Mike Ryan is a long-time sports medicine expert who you can see on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. He is also a six-time Ironman with a PR of 10:36. On October 13th he will be part of the livestream team showcasing coverage of the Ironman World Championship on the NBC Sports Website and on Ironman.com. From…
From 30 Years of the Ironman World Championship, by Bob Babbitt The room is hospital white, the floor polished squares of institutional linoleum. Sterile. Unforgiving. The smell of despair hangs in the air like a soggy cloth coat on a withered old man. This is no place for a little girl. Barely five years old,…
Clayton Treska was a 290 pound Marine when he was first diagnosed with testicular cancer. After getting a clean bill of health, he started training for triathlon before persistent back pain turned out to be a reoccurrence of his cancer, but this time the diagnosis was much worse: terminal. His journey from there to the…
Breakfast from Kona Interview: Diana Bertsch and Mayor Billy Kenoi Ironman Hawaii race director Diana Bertsch and Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi joined us on Breakfast from Kona to welcome everyone to Ironman Week and to Kona! Mayor Billy raced this year and inspired everyone in his wake! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes …
Breakfast from Kona Interviews: Apolo Ohno 8-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno completed the Ironman Triathlon World Championship on October 11th. He came on Breakfast from Kona a few days before the race to talk to us about his training and how he has transformed himself from a short track skater to an endurance athlete. Sponsors Subscribe to…
Breakfast from Kona Interviews: Mirinda Carfrae The day after winning her third Ironman World Championship title, Mirinda Carfrae joined us on our Championship Edition of Breakfast from Kona to take us through her amazing day, which included an awe-inspiring run that started with her 14 and a half minutes down from the lead. Mirinda showed us…
Ben Hoffman is the Ricky Bobby of triathlon since his mantra is, simply, “I want to go fast.” He has won four full Ironman events in his career and made a huge leap when he went from 15th in 2013 to 2nd in 2014 at the Ironman World Championship. Plus, he has both a bacon…
Daniela Ryf from Switzerland is a two-time Olympian who this year won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Mt. Tremblant and then came within 2:03 of winning the Ironman World Championship in Kona. She came on to chat about her early years in the sport, her Olympic experience, the stomach issues which derailed Daniela’s career…
Breakfast from Kona Interviews: Mary Beth Ellis Her coach Siri Lindley calls her The Badger…We call Mary Beth Ellis confident, fun, and energetic! We had a great chat with Mary Beth prior to the Ironman World Championship. Mary Beth chatted with us about her background, her prep for Kona, and what it’s like to train with Coach…
Breakfast from Kona Interviews: Sebastian Kienle 2014 Ironman World Champion Sebastian Kienle joined us on Breakfast from Kona the day after the biggest win of his career for our Championship Edition show. Sebastian chats with us about his race and what it felt like to be the first person to run down Ali’i Drive on…