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…
We sat down with triathlon legend Greg Bennett at the Triathlon Business International Conference. Greg talks with us about his amazing career, and explains why he believes the 2011 Hy-Vee event was his best race. Greg also talks about how he wants to give back to the triathlon industry. Greg’s energy and enthusiasm for our…
The first time we interviewed Ryan Hall was right after he broke the American record and became the first American to go under an hour for the half marathon with his amazing 59:43 in Houston. Over the span of five fabulous years from 2007-2011, he ran ten marathons, and nine of those were 2:12 or…
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…
Robert Lusitana ran at Grossmont College and then at UCLA for Coach Bob Larsen. A few years ago Robert decided that the time was right to honor the legacy of one of America’s greatest coaches by telling the story of his life – while weaving in the amazing backstory of Coach Larsen’s greatest runner, Olympic…
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…
Sarah True just qualified for her second U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team in Rio by finishing fourth in the test race. During our conversation Sarah shared what she learned from the injury that laid her up for nearly a year back in 2010 and from finishing in fourth place only ten seconds off the podium at…