Pete Jacobs won the 2012 Ironman Triathlon World Championship and would like nothing better than to go back to Kona on October 10th and get win number two. We chatted about his struggles to stay healthy over the past few years, his wide ranging discussions with top marathoner Ryan Hall, and how his training is…
Matt Dixon is the main man behind Purple Patch Fitness and works with top pros Meredith Kessler, Jesse Thomas, and Tim Reed, as well as Ironman hopeful, actor Sean Astin. Matt’s insight into the athletes he works with plus what he learned from his swimming and professional triathlon career make this a fascinating interview. …
“I am just a boy from Belgium,” says Marc Herremans. But he is so much more. He was sixth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in his debut in 2001, but was paralyzed in training early in 2002. His journey back to Kona to complete and finally win that race in a handcycle is…
Aussie Tim Van Berkel took an impressive 7th in his Kona debut and ran a 2:50 marathon. He was actually in 4th pace coming out of the Natural Energy Lab before having some cramping issues. With his main goal for 2015 being the Ironman World Championship, and with three really fast Iron-distance wins on his resume (8:07,…
I was on stage at the Ironman World Championship Carbo Party in October of 1993 interviewing Mark Allen and Germany’s uber-cyclist Jurgen Zack. At that point in time, Allen was the dominant guy in Kona. Once he finally figured out how to knock off six-time champion Dave Scott in 1989, he went on to win…
Caroline Steffen is a two-time winner of Ironman Frankfurt, a two-time second place finisher in Kona and a two-time ITU World Champion. As a former professional bike racer, she loves the challenge of the Ironman Frankfurt course and feels she is ready to handle the heat of race day. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
Jan Frodeno is the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, and in his first two full Ironman events in 2014 he took third at Ironman Frankfurt and third at the Ironman World Championship. This weekend he returns to Frankfurt to try and knock off, among others, the last two Ironman world Champions, Frederik Van Lierde and Sebastian…
In response to our interview with Ironman CEO Andrew Messick, top pro Rachel Joyce came on to talk about the issue of 50 Women to Kona. We also chatted about her foot injury and her recent coaching change. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
In honor of the great David Letterman retiring from Late Night, we thought it would be fun to put together our own Top Ten list. Here you have the Top Ten list of: Things you don’t want to hear when you’re in Kona to race the Ironman World Championship. 10. We apologize…..you’re bike somehow…
Matt Hanson got into the sport four short years ago and is now the Ironman Triathlon North American Champion. With his big $30,000 pay day in Texas along with the course record, the question becomes: how fast can he go in Kona in October? Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…