Tracey Russell is the CEO of the legendary Skecher’s Performance Los Angeles Marathon coming up on Sunday February 14th. This year Tracey and her team have added a special treat: On Saturday February 13th the Olympic Marathon Trials for both men and women will be held on a spectator friendly course in downtown LA. For…
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…
John Spence and his company Aardvark Safaris is involved with an amazing event called the Safaricom Marathon that will be held on June 25, 2016. Since 2000 the event has raised over $5,000,000 for Tusk Trust, a group that helps build communities in Africa and save endangered wildlife. People who have run the marathon or…
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…
Kathy Kinane is one of Southern California’s premiere event producers and she came on with us to chat about the upcoming Pacific Marine Credit Union Oceanside Turkey Trot (osideturkeytrot.com), which this year is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a brand new 10K course that takes the runners out onto the Oceanside Pier, a 5K, plus…
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…
Mike Bone is the main man at Spectrum Sports and his team is putting on the Catalina Eco Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K coming up on November 21st. Mike came on the show to talk about what makes events on Catalina Island so special. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to…
A.J. Acosta, an eight time All-American when he ran at the University of Oregon, was also a Foot Locker Cross Country National Champion in High School and is a 3:53 miler. A.J. came in studio for a chat about his career and shared a great story about a training session with two-time Ironman World Champion…
Broc Glover is one of the true legends of motocross and one of the first motocross stars to ride and run for fitness and to race duathlons. Broc came on to chat about his Hall of Fame career and how important running and cycling were to keeping him on top of his game. Subscribe…
Ben True is not only married to a two-time Olympic qualifier in triathlon, Sarah True, growing up he was sort of the Bo Jackson of endurance sports, a high-level athlete in both cross country skiing and running. Ben decided to hang up his running shoes and go full-time into skiing after reaching a major running…