Timothy O’Donnell has accomplished pretty much everything in his triathlon career. He has four top ten finishes in Kona, has been the top American there twice, won both the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 US Pro Championships, and gone 7:55:56 at Ironman Brazil. TO will turn 38 on October 1st and would like nothing better than…
When she was a little girl, Natascha Badmann was always the last kid picked when it was time to play. She only got into working out when she was in her 20s as a way to lose a few pounds. During her journey, the woman from Switzerland went from losing a few pounds to winning…
When he was 13, Sean Swarner was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease and eventually Askin’s Sarcoma as well. How bad did it get? He was in a medically induced coma for nearly a year and in 1990 he was given two weeks to live. Since then Sean has climbed Everest, trekked to the north and south…
Sean English was a long time race announcer and endurance athlete when he went in for an MRI in the summer of 2016. What he thought was a little bit of a back issue turned out to be metastatic stage 4 cancer. Sean came on to chat about his life as a skier, triathlete, announcer,…
JT Lyons, the owner of Moment Bike Shop, puts on the San Diego Triathlon Classic that is coming up on Saturday September 8th at Liberty Station. It’s an awesome race featuring both Sprint and Olympic distance races along with a very cool bike course plus post-race pizza, mimosas, and craft beer. You can check out…
Kimee Armour was weighing in at 400 pounds and dealing with a disease that attacks the nervous system called Sjögren’s Syndrome. So what did she do? Kimee found the sport of triathlon, completed two full Ironman events, qualified to go to the ITU Duathlon World Championships and represent Team USA, and she now weighs 158…
Filmmaker Yanfeng Zhang wondered why a feature-length documentary showcasing the spectacular race known as Challenge Roth had never been produced and personally funded the creation of the triathlon documentary We Are Triathletes. The film will be in 171 theaters across the US on Wednesday August 8th and in 44 theaters in Canada on Thursday August…
Pre-race interviews filmed onsite at the 2018 2XU New York City Triathlon, a signature event of the Life Time Triathlon Series 2018 Women’s Champion: Sarah Haskins 2018 Men’s Champion: Ben Kanute Alison Kreidweis: Co-Founder Empire Triathlon Club Austin Hindman Cam Dye: 2nd Place Charles Catherine Dave Kappas: Legendary Race Announcer Earl Walton: Founder Tailwind Endurance…
Pat LaFontaine is a hockey Hall of Famer who was forced to retire from the sport at the age of 33 because of concussions. In this wide-ranging conversation we follow his journey to the 1984 Olympics and, in the same year, to the Stanley Cup Finals. Pat is also a committed Ironman triathlete and his…
Six-time Ironman champion Mark Allen came on to chat about his spectacular career. While we have chatted a bunch over the years about his first win in Kona in 1989’s Iron War over Dave Scott and his sixth and final win in 1995, where he caught Thomas Hellriegel in the last few miles, this time…