Enjoy this collection of interviews with some of the Team USA Olympians! Des Linden: Women’s Marathon Filmed on location at the Boston Marathon Expo, Olympian Des Linden and her agent Josh Cox joined us for a chat a few days before the marathon. We chatted with Des about her races here at Boston and…
Hunter Kemper: Fuel for the Fire Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece on Hunter Kemper in 2012, right after his memorable race in San Diego. Hunter went on to finish 14th in London at his 4th Olympics. It is early January 2011. Three-time U.S. Olympic triathlete Hunter Kemper should be training or helping his wife,…
[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…
What is going on with track and field? If you watched the 800 and 1500 meters at the Olympic Trials, the races looked like a combination of UFC and Roller Derby. We chatted with the amazing Brenda Martinez about her third place in the 1500 – she dove for the line to get her trip…
Leo Manzano is a two-time Olympian and the silver medalist from the 2012 Olympics at 1500 meters. Always great to catch up with Leo! 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…
It’s not often that you get to chat with two brand new Olympians at the same time. Greg Billington and Joe Maloy came in studio just a few weeks after being confirmed as two of the three members of the 2016 USA Triathlon Olympic team. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe…
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…
He is a three-time Olympian, Pan American Games Gold Medalist, 1981 Ironman World Champion, and in 1985 he set the land speed record on a bicycle of over 152 miles per hour. John Howard is now coaching 43-year-old Denise Mueller, mother of three, who this September hopes to set a land speed record of her very…
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…