Daniela Ryf is a two-time Olympian who in 2014 won the Ironman 70.3 Championship and took second in Kona. Undefeated in 2015, she is the woman to beat at Ironman Frankfurt. I chatted with her while she was actually driving the bike course to get a feel for how technical it is. Subscribe to…
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…
Frederik Van Lierde, the 2013 Ironman World Champion, is about to race one of the greatest fields ever assembled outside of Kona at this weekend’s Ironman Frankfurt. How versatile is the 36 year old Belgian? So far in 2015 he has won Ironman South Africa by 14 minutes while running a 2:49 marathon, taken third…
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…
Derek Garcia was living in Coeur d’Alene when he heard that the Ironman was coming to town. “My first thought was that the Ironman was, for some reason, abandoning the Big Island of Hawaii and moving their event to Idaho,” he laughs. Before he did his first multi-sport race, he thought that once you put…
Craig Alexander is the three-time Ironman World Champion and the course record holder. It’s always a treat to get to chat with Crowie about the most important moments in his legendary career. During our interview, we chatted about his daughter Lucy, who has become quite an accomplished swimmer and runner. “As a runner, I think…
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…
He is as old school as they come. After 35 Ironman events, nine top ten finishes in Kona, including his 2005 Ironman World Championship title, Faris Al-Sultan has decided to retire. Faris, as always, was a great interview! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on itunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone …
Liz Lyles did her first triathlon in a surfing wetsuit and on a borrowed mountain bike without clip on pedals. She won her age group. The mother of two turned pro in 2012 and won Ironman Wisconsin that same summer. In October of 2014 she was the first American when she took seventh at the…