Meet Tyler Jones. He’s an 18 year-old below-knee amputee and long-time CAF athlete who has run 12:03 for 100 meters and is a hopeful for the 2021 Paralympic Team. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on…
Long-time runner and triathlete Glenn Hartrick was paralyzed in a bike accident on June 12, 2014. In this conversation, Glenn shares his journey from that horrific moment in time to the finish line of the 2018 Ironman World Championship. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville…
Claire Danson won her 30-34 age group at the ETU Tri European Championships on June 1, 2019. On August 28th, Claire had a collision with a tractor while out on her bike and suffered two punctured lungs, broke both wrists, fractured all of the bones in her neck and ribs, and was paralyzed from the…
Brad Snyder lost his vision after he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan in 2011. Exactly one year later, he took home a gold medal in the 2012 Paralympics in London. After taking home seven medals in two Paralympics in swimming he is now training to make it to Tokyo as a Paratriathlete. …
From our Breakfast with Bob: Nice, France Edition: Lauren Parker Lauren Parker joined us at our Challenged Athletes Foundation San Diego Triathlon Challenge in October of 2017 after being paralyzed in April of that year while training for her first Ironman as a pro. After being introduced to CAF, she received a handcycle from CAF…
On April 18, 2017, professional triathlete Lauren Parker from Australia was just a few weeks from her first Ironman as a pro when both tires flatted at the same time during a training ride and she ended up paralyzed from the waist down. In October, the Challenged Athletes Foundation brought Lauren to San Diego for…
Liz Baker is a sight-impaired triathlete who took fourth at the first-ever Paralympic Paratriathlon. But the real story we discuss takes you deep inside the mind and body of an athlete who had the guts to push herself way past the tipping point while the whole world was watching. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on…
Here’s the audio from Breakfast with Bob interview with Melissa Stockwell at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Chicago, September 2015. Melissa Stockwell served her country in Iraq and lost her leg in 2004 when she was struck by an IED. During her time spent post-injury at Walter Reed Medical Center, Melissa found the support and…
Tricia Downing was a high level cyclist who came to San Diego one year and piloted a blind cyclist at CAF’s San Diego Triathlon Challenge. When she was back home in Colorado, she was hit by a car while cycling and ended up paralyzed. While in her hospital bed she applied for a CAF grant…
Amy Dixon is a wine expert who has been blind since the age of 22 and has only been into triathlon for the past few years. Susanne Davis became a professional triathlete way back in the 1990’s and her goal was to be in the first ever Olympic Triathlon back in 2000. They have now…