From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition interview show, enjoy this epic interview with the one and only Greg Welch. Australia’s Greg Welch won the 1994 Ironman World Championship, finished second in 1991, and took third in both 1989 and 1996. But his 11th place finish in 1999, despite the fact that he was…
A few months ago, when we launched our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition interview show, we couldn’t think of a better person to help us kick it off than Cam Wurf. The guy is a walking-talking ray of sunshine. When we spoke to Cam, he was about to become a daddy for the very…
Robin Englehardt completed the 1981 Ironman when he was only 14 years old and, since the age limit was bumped up to 18 not long after that, I am the only person who can claim that he was out-kicked by a 14-year-old at the Ironman World Championship. For more on the early days of…
It happened 40 years ago on Sunday, January 12, 1980, and it’s a day that changed my life forever. There were 108 of us there on the island of Oahu to attempt the third-ever Ironman Triathlon. In both 1978 and 1979, the event attracted 15 starters and 12 finishers. Because of a long article in…
Thank you to all our great Babbittville on Instagram friends for following along with us in 2019 as we celebrated the wonderful world of endurance sports and all the amazing athletes we got to spend time with and the events we got to enjoy. Here’s a look back at our Top Nine Instagram posts from…
Enjoy the audio from our Breakfast with Bob from Kona pre-race conversation with Heather Jackson Heather Jackson has been third, fourth and fifth here in Kona and, after finishing 14th in 2018, she is looking to hopefully get back on the podium. Heather talked with us about the lessons she has learned racing here and…
Enjoy the audio from our Breakfast with Bob from Kona pre-race conversation with Lionel Sanders Lionel Sanders is only one of our favorite triathletes on the planet. Watching him limp his way to a 2:51 marathon in Kona in 2017 while taking second place to Patrick Lange said a ton about his toughness. From 2013-2018…
This year for our Breakfast with Bob from Kona pre-race interviews, we had the honor and pleasure of chatting with the women’s top ten before their outstanding performances at the 2019 Ironman World Championship. Enjoy looking back at what they had to say and how they were feeling prior to the sport’s biggest race.…
2019 Ironman World Championship Boston Marathon Qualifiers Marathon results data from our friends at SportStats…. Yep, the Ironman World Championship marathon course is a certified Boston Marathon Qualifier, and on October 12th in Kona, there were 170 Ironman World Championship finishers who ran qualifying times for the Boston Marathon in 2021. Which…
Enjoy the audio from our Breakfast with Bob from Kona pre-race conversation with Ben Hoffman Ben Hoffman was forced to sit out last year’s world championship after suffering a hip injury. This has left him hungrier than ever to put in a great performance here in Kona. He’s also got the added inspiration of baby…