Breakfast from Kona 2019

  Breakfast with Bob from Kona 2019   View this post on Instagram   Breakfast with Bob from Kona 2019 Starts Soon! Free up your schedule. Plan your trainer sessions accordingly. Over 10 hours of interviews coming your way. Celebrating our 10th year of Breakfast with Bob. Watch on Facebook and Babbittville YouTube. #bwbkona A…

Live Like Klaus

From the January 2000 issue of Competitor Magazine By Bob Babbitt   Klaus Barth The moment is frozen forever. The head is tilted back as his eyes search the heavens. With his fists clenched and the mouth wide open, the expression is one of pure, unadulterated joy. I squint through the photographer’s loop to check…

Beth James: Team Liza

On July 4, 2004, Beth James and her three kids were driving home from a gathering when their vehicle was struck by two cars that were drag racing through the streets. Beth’s youngest daughter Liza ended up with severe brain damage from the crash. Being a long-time runner and triathlete, Beth and Liza created Team…

Lyn Lemaire

In January of 1979, the second year of the event on the island of Oahu, Lyn Lemaire became the first woman to finish the Ironman and the first woman to win the Ironman. Out of 12 finishers she took fifth place that day after cycling her way into second. This interview was recorded back in…

Clayton Treska

Clayton Treska was a 290 pound Marine when he was diagnosed with Stage 1 Testicular Cancer. After six rounds of chemotherapy, he decided to start swimming cycling and running to lean out now that his battle with cancer was behind him. Not long afterwards. in July of 2009, the doctors found a tumor on his…

Mike Reilly: Finding My Voice

Mike Reilly, The Voice of Ironman, and my long-time friend, joined me recently for a great evening of story telling for the Triathlon Club of San Diego. His new book is called ‘Finding My Voice’ and you can find it at mikereilly.net   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here.   Sponsors Subscribe…

Ben Hoffman at Tri Club San Diego

One of America’s premiere triathletes, Ben Hoffman has gone from racing on the collegiate level at the University of Montana at Missoula to racing head-to-head with the best triathletes in the world. Ben has six Ironman wins in his career plus a ninth, fourth, and second place at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.…

Talk Story: Blazeman

Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week I share the story of Jon Blais, Blazeman. Diagnosed with ALS May 2, 2005 at the age of 33, Jon Blais died May 27, 2007, at…