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…
Michellie Jones just might be the most versatile and winningest female triathlete in history. She took a silver medal at the first-ever Olympic Triathlon in 2000, won the 2006 Ironman World Championship, and paced visually and hearing impaired Katie Kelly to a Paralympic gold medal in the first-ever Paralympic Paratriathlon in 2016. She also has…
Evan Pardi is one of those unique triathletes who has mastered the Tux-to-Speedo transition. When he is not racing as a professional triathlete or XTERRA athlete, Evan plays the double bass with the Tucson Symphony. Do you think it’s a hassle traveling with a bike? Imagine traveling with a 7-foot tall double bass! …
From our Classics Interview Series: Enjoy this interview with Steve Larsen from the summer of 2008 Steve Larsen did it all as an athlete. He grew up in Davis, California where local boy Dave Scott was his hero. Greg LeMond set him up on his bike, and he began bike racing at the age of…
Jamie Whitmore had won 37 XTERRA races, six national titles, and one world championship by the time she was forced to retire at the age of 31. But as we’ve seen so many times before, when one door closes in life, sometimes another one opens. Jamie’s journey to Paralympic Gold and Silver in 2016 is…
Josiah Middaugh just won the XTERRA U.S.National Championship in Ogden, Utah by 7/100ths of a second. Great story! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes 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 Foundation Cruse Photo
Enjoy the audio from this Breakfast with Bob interview, filmed on location at Challenge Penticton. Melanie McQuaid is now 40, but the three-time XTERRA World Champion still feels that she can race at the very highest level. I am intrigued by athletic rivalries and we got into one of the very best: the one between Melanie and…
Julie Dibens came from England to the U.S. to swim at LSU. Her early triathlons included racing the Danskin and the USTS Series. In her career she made two Olympic teams, raced in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, won three XTERRA World Championship titles and the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In 2010 she was…
After winning 37 XTERRA races in her hall of fame career, Jamie Whitmore was diagnosed with cancer in March of 2008. After surgery she was unable to run, so she reinvented herself as a para-cyclist and is now pushing hard to make it to the Paralympics in Rio in 2016. This is a story of a…