With the 40th anniversary of Ironman coming up in 2018, who better to have on than the first-ever Ironman Champion Gordon Haller. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on Stitcher Challenged Athletes Foundation…
Classics Interview Series: Tom Warren From the archives, enjoy this classic interview from 2013: Tom Warren is the 1979 Ironman World Champion and one of our all-time favorite people. The guy always comes up with a story we never heard before! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri…
The year was 1980. There were 108 of us signed up for the third running of an event called The Ironman Triathlon on the island of Oahu. In both 1978 and 1979, 15 adventurers had signed up for the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run to see if they had…
For our 2016 Kona Countdown, I’m counting down my 50 Favorite Ironman Hawaii Moments Here are the top 25 moments….. 25 24 23 22 When Chris McCormack came to Kona for the first time in 2002 he thought he’d win the race. Check that. In a pre-race interview he said his goal was to win…
For our 2016 Kona Countdown, I’m counting down my 50 Favorite Ironman Hawaii Moments Here are Moments 50 through 26…. 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 Dr. Cory Foulk lives on the Big Island, and a number of years ago he thought that the Ironman was getting a tad too expensive and people were…
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…
Take a trip back in time to the creation of the most important endurance event on the planet, the Ironman Triathlon, with its co-founders, John and Judy Collins. Having the legends in studio with me was a total treat. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance …
Valerie Silk was never an athlete and couldn’t understand why her husband at the time wanted to connect their business, the Nautilus Fitness Center, to an obscure event that only had 15 people entered. The year was 1978, the event was called the Ironman, and Valerie Silk was the person who would guide what would…