New Zealand’s Cam Brown has had two second place finishes, two thirds, and a fifth at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. But for a guy who has been racing since he was 14, the fact that he is still winning races at the age of 42 and now 43 is unbelievable. How about this? In…
Kurt Madden finished seventh at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship back in 1980. He also finished sixth in October of 1982 and came back again in 1985. He hasn’t been back to race the Ironman Triathlon World Championship since 1985, but he qualified to race this year at Ironman Texas, and at the age of…
September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…
Paula Newby-Fraser is known as the Queen of Kona, and rightfully so. From 1985-1996 she won the Ironman World Championship eight times, took second once, third twice, and fourth once. We call that domination! Paula came on to chat about her first triathlon and Ironman experience, her long time rivalry with New Zealand’s Erin Baker,…
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…
Sebastian Kienle is the 2014 Ironman World Champion and he would like nothing better than to defend his title this October in Kona. We chatted about his career, how winning the Ironman World Championship changed his life, and about another German named Jan Frodeno who just went 7:49 at Ironman Frankfurt. Subscribe to Babbittville…
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…