Dallas Eakins is the new head coach for the Anaheim Ducks and he is also a very accomplished mountain biker who just finished his tenth-consecutive Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. I loved his stories about what he learned from his nearly two seasons as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, his tenure with the…
David Goggins is one of the few people on the planet who has one million Instagram followers and follows absolutely no one. That fact alone speaks volumes about the man! This former Navy SEAL went from a 290 pound body builder to an endurance sports legend with a fifth place in his first Badwater 135…
Dave Mackey was the Ultrarunner of the Year in 2011 and completed the brutal Leadman Series of events in 2014. In May of 2015 a boulder fell on his lower leg while he was out trail running and, after enduring 13 surgeries over 17 months he finally had his leg amputated below the knee. He…
Willie Stewart just might be the greatest endurance athlete you’ve never heard of. Who else with only one arm has kayaked the Grand Canyon, run the HURT 100, taken home a Paralympic Medal in Cross Country skiing, won the Catalina Marathon overall, completed numerous Ironman Triathlon, Escape from Alcatraz, and XTERRA events, plus motivated thousands…
Austrian Alban Lakata was a two-time Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race champion (2012 & 2013) and the course record holder (6:04:01). In our pre-race Breakfast with Bob chat, Alban said he thought he was ready to take the course record down under 6:00. He is definitely a man of his word! Although…
Christoph Sauser took a bronze medal home to Switzerland from the 2000 Olympics in mountain biking, has won the legendary Cape Epic Stage Race a record five times, and for the past three years has taken second at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Last year he finished only 18 seconds…
Julie Dibens came from England to the U.S. to swim at LSU. Her early triathlons included racing the Danskin and the USTS Series. In her career she made two Olympic teams, raced in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, won three XTERRA World Championship titles and the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In 2010 she was…
She is known as the Queen of Pain and absolutely nothing slows her down. Rebecca Rusch is a four-time champion at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, but this time around she is coming back to ride with some of our injured troops and share her course knowledge with them on race day.…
Todd Wells remembers coming to his first Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB, taking third place, and vowing not to come back. He has now won the event twice and, at the age of 39, is coming back as the defending champion. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter…
Willie Stewart was working construction in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C. not long after graduating from high school. His arm got entangled in a rope and, as he was being dragged toward a huge fan, the all-state wrestler had two options: lose his head or lose his arm. It was a moment that would…