Katie Zaferes joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Katie Zaferes represented Team USA at the Collins Cup as a Captain’s Pick. Katie won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in triathlon for Team USA and a silver medal for Triathlon Mixed Relay. Katie raced in Match 2 against…
Taylor Knibb, 23, became the youngest American triathlete to make an Olympic team when she won the final U.S. Olympic qualifier in Yokohama, Japan. Taylor did her first triathlon when she was 11 and never looked back. What a treat to get to chat with Taylor! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel…
Richard Browne’s life changed forever when he was 16 years old back in 2007. He slipped and fell through a plate glass window and ended up having 13 surgeries over the next three years to try and save his leg. In 2010 he had his leg amputated below the knee and by 2012 he was…
It’s not often I get the chance to get to chat with two great American Running Legends. This conversation with Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein was one of my all-time favorites. Enjoy! Presented by UCAN Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt…
As a six-year-old, Jamie Whitmore would sit in front of the TV during the Olympics and dream that one day she would be that athlete standing on the top of the podium while the American flag was being raised and “The Star-Spangled Banner” was being played. She never imagined that at the age of 40,…
Jamie Whitmore won 37 XTERRA titles and one world championship in her amazing career. But her pro career was cut short when a cancerous tumor had to be cut out of her sciatic nerve, which ended her ability to run forever. But the woman known as J-DAWG re-invented herself and took home a gold and…
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…
Brad Snyder lost his vision after he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan in 2011. Exactly one year later, he took home a gold medal in the 2012 Paralympics in London. After taking home seven medals in two Paralympics in swimming he is now training to make it to Tokyo as a Paratriathlete. …
Joe McCarthy was paralyzed back in 1996 while surfing at the Imperial Beach Pier. Through the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Joe was able to get back into the ocean again in 1999 and became a three-time Paralympic swimmer starting in 2000 in Sydney. Next up for Joe? He’ll get back in the ocean by the Imperial…
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…