My feature on Tim DeBoom’s 2001 Ironman World Championship for our December, 2001 issue of Competitor Magazine Tim DeBoom needs it. Badly. Sure, he’s happy for his friend Peter Reid. But fair is fair. He has waited in the shadows long enough. His year, his life, and his career are wrapped around this…
This October 23rd, on the beautiful island of Aruba, will be the inaugural Challenge Aruba Triathlon. I visited the aptly-named One Happy Island in March to film some Breakfast with Bob interviews and get a taste of the island. Get all the scoop on the race here: challenge-aruba.com Challenge Aruba Triathlon Tim…
September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…
September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…
Babbittville salutes the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Inductees COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Olympic bronze medalist Susan Williams, IRONMAN World Champion Tim DeBoom, multisport contributor Dan Empfield, age-group multisport stars Bill Bell and Karen McKeachie and paratriathlete pioneer Carlos Moleda were today announced as the seventh induction class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.…
Tim DeBoom is the last American to win the Ironman World Championship, which he did in both 2001 and 2002. We chatted about both training with and racing against Peter Reid, running down Chris McCormack at the 2002 race in Kona, and the uncertainty surrounding the 2001 race since it was only a month after…