Simon Whitfield won the first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport of triathlon and his stories about that first Olympic experience, racing against legends like Simon Lessing and Javier Gomez, plus spending time in England with Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, are epic! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…
Susan Williams is the only American triathlete, male or female, to own an Olympic medal from the sport of triathlon. And to think that her goal before getting into triathlon at the advanced age of 24 was to be an astronaut. She won her bronze medal in Athens back in 2004 and is about to…
Classics Interview Series: Davis Phinney In this classic interview from 2004, Paul Huddle and I chat with legendary American cyclist Davis Phinney after Davis and I had attended the Ride for the Roses event in Austin. Davis takes us through his amazing career, including how he would look for Ron Kiefel’s wheel when it came to…
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…
Classics Interview Series: Billy Mills Billy Mills shocked the world when he won the Gold Medal for the U.S. at 10,000 meters back in 1964. Billy gives us an up close and personal look at what led to the best race of his life. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…
Evie Stevens played tennis at Dartmouth and, after college, was working 50 hours a week on Wall Street. So how did she get from Manhattan to London as an Olympic cyclist? Evie’s story is beyond amazing. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix…
Molly Huddle was a one person cross country team her senior year in high school with her dad as her coach. She went undefeated, set 12 course records, and took fourth at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship. In 2014 she had a huge year, breaking her own national record at 5,000 meters and…
Breakfast from Kona Interviews: Apolo Ohno 8-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno completed the Ironman Triathlon World Championship on October 11th. He came on Breakfast from Kona a few days before the race to talk to us about his training and how he has transformed himself from a short track skater to an endurance athlete. Sponsors Subscribe to…
When it comes to greatness over time and over different distances, runner Rod Dixon is at the very top of our all-time list. Not too far behind, though, is triathlete Michellie Jones who dominated the legendary non-drafting triathlons like Chicago, St. Anthony’s and Escape from Alcatraz ,won the first ever XTERRA Off -Road World Championship,…
In this awesome two-part interview with running legend Rod Dixon, we chat about everything: from his memory of listening to the classic Jim Ryun vs. Kip Keino finals of the 1500 meter in Mexico City in 1968 on his transistor radio and telling his friends that one day he would be in the Olympics just…