It was one of those very special evenings in front of a packed house of Tri Club of San Diego members at Function Smart in San Diego. The greatest male triathlete in history, six-time Ironman World Champion Mark Allen, joined me for a wide ranging Q&A that took us from the very beginning of…
She swam for the first three years of college and ran for the next two. As she was about to go to work for the CPA firm Ernst & Young, former top professional triathlete Barb Lindquist asked her if she’d like to learn a little bit about this sport called triathlon. Four years later, Gwen Jorgensen is…
Terenzo Bozzone from New Zealand is only 29 years old, has five World Championship Titles and has been racing triathlons for nearly half his life. We chatted about moving from Olympic format to the Ironman and Ironman 70.3, his course record that still stands at Wildflower, training with and learning from two-time Ironman World champion…
When it comes to greatness over time and over different distances, runner Rod Dixon is at the very top of our all-time list. Not too far behind, though, is triathlete Michellie Jones who dominated the legendary non-drafting triathlons like Chicago, St. Anthony’s and Escape from Alcatraz ,won the first ever XTERRA Off -Road World Championship,…
He is the creator of the swimming wetsuit and the tri-centric website slowtwitch.com. It was a blast to spend some time catching up with triathlon legend Dan Empfield. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio on Apple Podcasts Babbitt Media Group Babbittville Radio on Stitcher Challenged Athletes…
Watching the great Mo’ne Davis throwing heat against the boys in the Little League World Series yesterday made me think back to women who have broken barriers in our sports. This photo from Peter Read Miller is from the start of the second-ever Ironman Triathlon on Sans Souci Beach on Oahu in February of 1979.…
Recently, a friend sent me a link to a piece of video from what we think was Robin William’s first ever triathlon experience at the Malibu Triathlon in 1997 where he rode the bike on a relay team with two-time Ironman champion and great friend Scott Tinley. In the video were triathlon legends Paula Newby-Fraser and Wendy…
We discussed Caroline’s change of coaches from Brett Sutton to Chris McCormack, how she fell in love with Hawaii, and her thoughts on defending her title in Roth. “I’m a happy racer and trainer again.” [box style=”media”] Subscribe to our Babbittville YouTube channel here [/box] Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
What is it about this sport that drives people to get up at 4:00 am, drive over to the start by 5:00 am and then put on a headlamp so you can set up your transition area at 5:30 for an event where your wave won’t jump into the water until 8:10 am? It’s funny.…