Amy Cragg went to the 2012 U.S. Olympic marathon trials planning to make the team. When she ran sub 2:30 but took fourth, she was faced with a cruel reality: get on the track and qualify for the Olympic team at 10,000 meters or kiss her Olympic dream goodbye. She made the team by winning…
Fresh off the official announcement that she is on the US Olympic Triathlon Team, Katie Zaferes joined me for a chat. 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…
Bob Seagren of runracing.com remembers going down to the rug store as a kid, bringing home the bamboo poles that were inside the rugs, and then using them as pole vault poles. Who would have thought that those bamboo poles would one day lead to Seagren breaking the world record for the sport numerous times and…
His current roster of athletes includes two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion and Ironman World Champion Daniela Ryf as well as 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Nicola Spirig. When you add in his roster of former elite athletes, including four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington, Brett Sutton just might be the best triathlon coach ever. Subscribe to…
He is a three-time Olympian and a silver medalist, plus a Boston and New York City Marathon Champion. A lot of Meb Keflezighi’s success as a runner and as an sponsored athlete has come after a lot of the experts thought he was in the twilight of his career. Not quite. At the age of…
Suzy Favor Hamilton went to three Olympic games as one of America’s best-known track athletes. But she became more famous long after her running career was over when it became known that she was working as a high-priced escort in Las Vegas, and was dealing with bipolar disorder. I found Suzy’s story – and our conversation…
The injuries he suffered in a bike crash in 2014 were career threatening to say the least. So how did the great Taylor Phinney deal with having this major detour in his life? Take a listen to our conversation and let me know what you think. This is a young man who is wise way…
The 2015 ITU Hall of Fame inductees were honored at a gala dinner in Chicago on September 17th, as part of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final. We held a special Late Night Edition of Breakfast with Bob at the gala and interviewed the class of 2015 inductees, and a few ITU legends who were in…
At the age of 10, Hunter Kemper raced as an IronKid. 29 years later, he is looking to make history by becoming the first triathlete to make his fifth Olympic team. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple…
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…