A special Q&A with Meb Keflezighi was filmed at the Tri Club of San Diego meeting on May 5th. Here is the audio. We call last evening Cinco de Meb & Bob since we were both born on May 5th. Meb takes us through his amazing journey from growing up without running water in Eritrea to…
He is the four-time winner of both the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon. He ran 59 marathons in his career and went sub-2:15 an unbelievable 28 times. Bill Rodgers came on to chat about his big wins, his races against Frank Shorter, and the pixie dust his Greater Boston Track Club coach…
Lisa Jhung’s new book is called Trailhead: The Dirt On All things Trail Running and it’s awesome. To run forever, the reality is that you need to incorporate trails into your life. Beyond the nuts and bolts of how and why to run on dirt, the format, the style, and the graphics make the book a…
“It means way more to me to have an athlete I coach win than it meant to me to win myself.” Those are the words of 2000 U.S. Olympic triathlete and Ironman Lake Placid Champion Ryan Bolton, who coaches the 2015 Boston Marathon Champion Caroline Rotich from Kenya. What a great conversation! Subscribe to Babbittville…
Jamie Monroe went through Navy SEAL training in Coronado years ago and now he not only lives on the island with his family, he and his team from Easy Day Sports are now putting on the iconic July 4th running event that has been going on there for 41 years. One of Monroe’s first moves…
The Balboa Park 8 Mile Cross Country Run will be celebrating its 61st anniversary this year and race director Eric Marenburg came on to chat about the San Diego Track Club’s legendary event. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
Classics Interview Series: Bill Rodgers As we head into the 2015 Boston Marathon, it’s the perfect time to go for a run and check out our classic conversation with the great Bill Rodgers. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
It’s one thing to run a fast marathon at the end of an Ironman. But it becomes extra special when you have to run that fast to actually win the race. Mirinda Carfrae was 14:32 back off the bike and in eighth place at the 2014 Ironman World Championship when she uncorked a course record…
When former collegiate field hockey player Gina Bartolacci ran her first marathon in 2011 in Indianapolis, she went 3:36 and qualified for Boston. Since then she has lowered her personal best over 50 minutes to 2:45 and is hoping to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…
Bernard Lagat came on to chat about growing up in Kenya, racing against the legendary Hicham El Guerrouj in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, becoming an American citizen and then representing the U.S. in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games. In 2014 at the age of 39 he broke the American record at the Carlsbad…