By Bob Babbitt Mark Allen came to Kona five times trying to win the Ironman and to beat Dave Scott. On his sixth attempt it finally happened. I am sitting in the back seat of a Ford Mustang convertible on the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday October 14,…
At the 1987 Ironman World Championship, the growing rivalry between Dave Scott and Mark Allen played out in dramatic fashion in the lava fields after the two greats left T2 together. Allen led late into the run, but faded hard, and Scott passed him to get his 6th title. Heading into the 1988…
From Competitor Magazine, November 1987 by Bob Babbitt Ironman Commandment Number One: Thou shalt never take thine eyes off the road. It was mere seconds since the end of the swim. Dave Scott was looking down, trying to get the bike shoe on his right foot to stay on the pedal. Mark Allen,…
Timothy O’Donnell has finished third, fifth and sixth in Kona. Is this the year the new dad becomes the first American male to win the most important event in the sport since Tim DeBoom in 2002? Watch the interview with Timothy here. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
Because these go to 11….. Even though I left Competitor in 2014, I will always treasure the brand that I am proud to have created and nurtured with my partner Lois Schwartz. I have kept copies of every issue we produced, from our first issue in June of 1987, through 2012. In my mind, being…
In his first-ever Ironman distance event at Ironman Texas, Germany’s Patrick Lange won the race and ran a 2:40 marathon. So how do you follow up a performance like that? Well, you go to Kona for the very first time, get off the bike in 23rd place, run 2:39:45 to break Mark Allen’s run record…
Here are the interviews from the Championship Edition of the 2016 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Enjoy! Daniela Ryf Jan Frodeno Sebastian Kienle Mirinda Carfrae Patrick Lange Heather Jackson Ben Hoffman Mark Allen Dave Scott Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
Here are the interviews from Day 1 of the 2016 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Enjoy! Heather Jackson Leanda Cave Jan Frodeno Mark Allen Ben Hoffman Tim Reed Linsey Corbin Cyril Viennot Terenzo Bozzone Jesse Thomas Sarah Piampiano Alicia Kaye Subscribe to our newsletter …
Todd Jacobs finished eighth in Kona in 1987 and 1988. He is also one of my favorite people to interview ever. In this conversation we cover Scott Tinley, Mark Allen, and Dave Scott, plus the three year Ironman battle between wheelchair legends David Bailey and Carlos Moleda. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes …
Mark Mastalir is a former top high school runner who was an All-American at Stanford and ran in the 1992 Olympic Trials at 1500 meters. After working with Reebok, Nike, the NBA, Wrigley and HOKA, he is now the VP of Marketing and Partnerships for the wearable technology company Lumo Body Tech that just signed…