Deena Kastor is one of the true legends of American running and still holds US records for the marathon (2:19:36), the 15K (47:15) and the 8K (24:36). She started running at the age of 11 and took home the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 in Athens, won the 2005 Chicago Marathon, and the 2006 London…
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports. This week I share a story about One Arm Willie Stewart, and a memorable experience at the New York City Marathon. “I’m staggering along and all…
It’s great that Brenda Martinez has a World Championship silver medal in 800 meters from 2013 in Moscow and was a 2016 Olympian at 1500 meters. But the real measure of this amazing woman is what she does to help young girls through the girls camps she created back in 2013. Giving back is incredibly…
It was a great pleasure to get to chat with some amazing women and men for our Breakfast with Bob Boston Edition interviews at the Boston Marathon with members of the Hyland’s Healers Marathon Team. These amazing individuals dedicate their professional lives to caring for and healing others. They all share the common bond of…
She ran the steeplechase and made it to the Olympic Trials in both 2012 and 2016. She won her first marathon in 2:30:41. When Becky Wade earned the Watson Fellowship, she traveled and ran in 22 countries in 12 months, went through 11 pairs of running shoes and ran 3,504 miles! Becky is gearing up…
24 year old Molly Cuevas is a former collegiate field hockey player who had never run a marathon when she decided to run 3,000 miles across the US and raise funds for the Challenged Athletes Foundation along the way. She will be leaving Santa Monica on April 1st and we chatted about what she is…
4:29 miler Sean English was on his way to church with his family in early April 2017 when a Jeep with six passengers inside rolled over on the highway. His family stopped to help and Sean was hit by an impaired driver and ended up losing his leg below the knee. Seven months after getting…
Julie Weiss, aka The Marathon Goddess, ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks in order to honor her dad who had died 35 days after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She has now run over 100 marathons and raised over $500,000 for Pancreatic Cancer research. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance …
The 2019 Polar Running Summit featuring Gino Cinco, Jim Vance, Terrence Mahon, Dan Guillory, and myself will be at Function Smart in Sorrento Valley on Saturday, March 16th from noon to 5:00 and it’s FREE! Stan Brajer from Polar came on the show to share the specifics. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO…
Roger Craig is the three-time Super Bowl Champion from the San Francisco 49ers and the first running back in history to score three touchdowns in the Super Bowl. His passion now is running marathons and half marathons. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on…