She was finishing up her CPA at the University of Wisconsin and was ready to start her new job at Ernst and Young. But that’s when her life changed forever. During her collegiate days Gwen Jorgensen had been on the swim team for the first few years and then finished by running on the track team.…
Helen Jenkins is a three-time Olympian from Wales who was kind enough to join us in studio to chat about her amazing triathlon journey. 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…
Triathlete Nicola Spirig has raced in four Olympic games and has finished 19th, 6th, 1st, and now 2nd. She had a sprint finish to win Gold in 2012 in London and this year she and Gwen Jorgensen went head-to-head throughout the bike and the run until Gwen surged away for the Gold. Nicola takes us…
Enjoy the audio from this Breakfast with Bob interview filmed at the ITU Grand Final in Chicago, September 2015: I chatted with Mario Mola, who was ranked number two in the world at the time, before the ITU Grand Final, which he would go on to win a few days later. After being happy just to make…
[box style=”note”] Note from Bob Babbitt: I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing 7 of the 9 triathletes who have won gold medals at the Olympics. Enjoy these interviews. Can’t wait to interview the next two gold medalists in 2020! [/box] Simon Whitfield: Sydney 2000 Filmed on location at the 2015 ITU Hall of Fame Gala in Chicago: Simon…
In her hall of fame career, Michellie Jones won two ITU World Championships, an Olympic silver medal, the first ever XTERRA World Championship and the 2006 Ironman World Championship. Now she is racing with hearing and vision impaired triathlete Katie Kelly to, hopefully, bring home a Paralympic medal from Rio in 2016. Subscribe to…
Katie Hursey Zaferes loved running the steeplechase at Syracuse and her first pro season as a triathlete wasn’t until 2013. She is obviously a quick learner. She is now ranked second in the world and in her first four ITU races in 2015 she has finished second three times and third once. Subscribe to…
2004 Olympian Barb Lindquist is the MVP of USA Triathlon. Her job is to scout the high school and college scene and identify potentially great triathletes. She discovered the woman who is now the very best in the world, Gwen Jorgensen, and Gwen is just the first of many. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes …