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…
Abbott is the new title sponsor of the World Marathon Majors – Tokyo, London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York – and their goal is to not only help support the world’s best runners and wheelchair athletes, but to help grow the sport of running as well. Chris Miller, Divisional Vice President Global Brand Strategy and…
When Glenn Hartrick got into endurance sports back in 2006, he jumped in 1000%, going from participating in eight events in 2007 to 36 events in 2012 and a total of 157 events overall. In June 2014 he was paralyzed when he was hit by a car while on his bike, but the December 2012…
A special Q&A with Meb Keflezighi was filmed at the Tri Club of San Diego meeting on May 5th. Here is the audio. We call last evening Cinco de Meb & Bob since we were both born on May 5th. Meb takes us through his amazing journey from growing up without running water in Eritrea to…
He is the four-time winner of both the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon. He ran 59 marathons in his career and went sub-2:15 an unbelievable 28 times. Bill Rodgers came on to chat about his big wins, his races against Frank Shorter, and the pixie dust his Greater Boston Track Club coach…
In his career as an actor, Sean Astin has starred in Goonies, Rudy, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He ran cross country in high school and got back into running in 1998 when he ran the LA Marathon, an event he has now completed four times. He came on the show to talk…
“It means way more to me to have an athlete I coach win than it meant to me to win myself.” Those are the words of 2000 U.S. Olympic triathlete and Ironman Lake Placid Champion Ryan Bolton, who coaches the 2015 Boston Marathon Champion Caroline Rotich from Kenya. What a great conversation! Subscribe to Babbittville…