How special is Sara Hall? She won the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship in 2000 and, 20 years later at the age of 37, she is still going strong. On December 20th she set out to break Deena Kastor’s American Record for the marathon (2: 19: 36) in the Marathon Project marathon and missed…
In honor of “Marathon Monday” aka race day for the legendary Boston Marathon, we put together a collection of some of our favorite interviews from the past four years of our Breakfast with Bob: Boston Edition. Looking forward to the next time we can all get together in Boston, in the meantime, enjoy these chats:…
Breakfast with Bob: Boston Edition featuring: Ryan Hall Ryan holds the American Record for the half marathon with a 59:43, he is the only American to go sub 2:05 for the marathon (2:04:58 at the 2011 Boston Marathon) and is a two-time Olympian in the marathon. Ryan takes us through his legendary career and memorable…
Join us for our 2018 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Boston Pre-race interviews filmed at the Boston Marathon Expo Friday – Sunday, April 13 – 15 Watch all the interviews on: Facebook YouTube In Person at the Hyland’s Booth at the Boston Marathon Expo (339 – 341) Friday Line Up All times Eastern.…
Leading in to this year’s Boston Marathon, I filmed a few of my favorite Boston Marathon stories for our friends at Hylands. Dave McGillivray In this episode, I share how it all started for Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray. Dick and Rick Hoyt In this episode, I recount the incredible story of…
This week on Babbittville….Counting Down to Boston! This week on Babbittville we look forward to the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17th with a look back at a few of our favorite features and interviews around this legendary event. Be sure to join us for Postcards from the Finish Line: Pre-Race Interviews from the Boston Marathon!…
Classics: From our archives, a classic interview from 2011 with legendary American runner Ryan Hall. We chatted with Ryan Hall right after he ran his marathon PR of 2:04:58 at the Boston Marathon. Ryan grew up in a family where everyone was an endurance athlete. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes…
Best of 2016: Ryan Hall The first time we interviewed Ryan Hall was right after he broke the American record and became the first American to go under an hour for the half marathon with his amazing 59:43 in Houston. Over the span of five fabulous years from 2007-2011, he ran ten marathons, and nine…
The first time we interviewed Ryan Hall was right after he broke the American record and became the first American to go under an hour for the half marathon with his amazing 59:43 in Houston. Over the span of five fabulous years from 2007-2011, he ran ten marathons, and nine of those were 2:12 or…
Pete Jacobs won the 2012 Ironman Triathlon World Championship and would like nothing better than to go back to Kona on October 10th and get win number two. We chatted about his struggles to stay healthy over the past few years, his wide ranging discussions with top marathoner Ryan Hall, and how his training is…