Katie Zaferes was invited out to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado after finishing her collegiate running career at Syracuse. Her first day there was January 14, 2013. In a very short period of time she went from not being able to click into her pedals to becoming a 2016 Olympic Triathlete. After winning four…
Enjoy the audio from this Breakfast with Bob interview, filmed on location at Challenge Penticton. Two-time Challenge Penticton champion Jeff Symonds lives by the ‘Get Ugly’ mantra. Penticton being his hometown, winning this Sunday is his total focus. In this interview, we chat about Jeff’s background in steeplechase, how he first got into triathlon, and how…
Two years in a row, two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion Melissa Hauschildt came to Kona hoping to race the Ironman World Championship, and both times she wasn’t able to race because of injuries. The former steeplechase star has kicked off 2016 with two huge wins and it’s full steam ahead for Kona 2016. Subscribe to…
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…
Matt “The Bear” Novakovich has been on an amazing athletic journey. Just like Ned Overend who ran cross country, did the Ironmnan, got into mountain marathons and road cycling before discovering his true calling on a mountain bike, the 41 year old Spartan Racing legend from Alaska raced the Steeplechase in College at BYU, ran…