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…
It was the ultimate good news/ bad news scenario. U.S. steeplechaser Evan Jager was in Paris about to win the steeple at the Diamond League event. The good news? He set a new American record with his 8:00.45. The bad news? He tumbled over the very last hurdle and ended up in second. The 2012…
Gary Kobat is the long time trainer-to-the-stars, having worked with Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, David James Elliott, and many others over the years. He just returned from Taiwan where he worked with actors Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver on the set of Martin Scorsese’s film Silence that is due out in the fall.…
Christine Adams is the CEO of a true family business called In Motion. They own the Carlsbad Marathon and Half Marathon, they have a training program called In Motion Fit, and the ViaSat Triple Crown that includes Carlsbad, the La Jolla Half Marathon, and the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. Check out carlsbadmarathon.com. Subscribe…
Mark Zeigler, the award-winning journalist from the San Diego Union tribune, is our go-to-guy whenever the topic becomes performance enhancing drugs. Mark came on to discuss the BBC feature called ‘Catch Me If You Can’ that brings to light accusations against coach Alberto Salazar and Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes…