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Babbitville Radio
by KLSD-AM (KLSD-AM)
Since 1990, Bob Babbitt, a USA Triathlon and Ironman Hall of Fame inductee, has been hosting a highly-acclaimed radio program and podcast showcasing the world’s best runners, triathletes, and cyclists - first with The Competitors and now with his new show, Babbittville Radio. These are long-form interviews, and over the years, endurance athletes have enjoyed downloading and listening to insightful and entertaining conversations with legendary athletes like cyclist Greg LeMond, triathlete Paula Newby-Fraser, or runner Meb Keflezighi while they are out running, cycling, swimming, or working out in the gym.Babbitt has always been a big believer in the life-lessons we all learn through endurance sports and, besides interviewing endurance sports legends, there are also interviews with incredibly motivational and inspirational athletes along with a diversified mix of conversations with the best coaches, race directors, journalists, sports scientists, and authors.
Episodes
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Kush Mahon CEO of ZoneIN
Kush Mahan is the co-founder and CEO of ZoneIN, a personalized nutrition app that will be launching soon. He came on to chat about his background as a professional squash player and how, over time, he and so many other athletes could really use some direction when it came to the best fueling for...
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Angela Madsen Talks With Bob From The Middle Of The Ocean!
The amazing Angela Madsen is in the midst of rowing 3,000 miles from California to Hawaii. She took time out from rowing 12 hours a day to chat with us on her satellite phone. During the conversation we surprised Angela with a $2500 Challenged Athletes Foundation grant! See…
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Ironman World Champ: Karen Smyers
Karen Smyers was still racing as a professional triathlete at the age of 50. The US captain for the Collins Cup, Ironman World Champion and multiple time ITU World Champion came on to chat about her spectacular career! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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UC San Diego Track and Cross Country Coach Nate Garcia
Nate Garcia is the long time track and cross country coach at UC San Diego. Before that he ran for legendary coach Ted Van Arsdale. We chat about his running and coaching careers and how he is adapting to UCSD becoming a Division I school. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Marc Roy of SportsStats
In a typical May weekend, Marc Roy from SportStats and his team would be handling the timing for up to 43 events all over the world. In a typical year 1.5 million people would cross Sportstats finish line. So how do you pivot to virtual racing while keeping your business afloat? I learned so much...
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Joe DeSena, Founder of Spartan Race
A few weeks back the founder of Spartan Race, Joe DeSena, called me. Covid-19 was wrecking havoc with the world of endurance sports and he was hoping to put a coalition of endurance sports leaders together to see if they could combine forces to get some government support for an industry that has...
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Superstar, Ben Hoffman with Bob!
Ben Hoffman is coming off one of his best years ever with his third win at Iromman South Africa, a fourth on Kona and then a second place at Ironman Florida where he ran a 2:36 marathon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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King of the Duathlon, Kenny Souza
Kenny Souza was the King of Duathlon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was great to have Kenny Kaboom on to chat about hos awesome career! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Robin Englehardt Talks with Bob!
Robin Englehardt completed the 1981 Ironman when he was only 14 years old and, since the age limit was bumped up to 18 not long after that, I am the only person who can claim that he was out kicked by a 14 year old at the Ironman World Championship. Sent from my iPhone See omnystudio.com/listener...
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Blind Athlete Tom Sullivan Chats with Bob!
Tom Sullivan has never let being born blind get in his way. Every time i chat with Tom I leave the conversation invigorated! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Glenn Hartrick sits down with Bob!
Long time runner and triathlete Glenn Hartrick was paralyzed in a bike accident on June 12, 2014. In this conversation he shares his journey from that horrific moment on time to the finish line of the 2018 Ironman World Championship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lera Doederlein chats with Bob!
Lera Doederlein was born with deformed legs in Russia before being adopted by the Doederlein family. After struggling with leg braces and arm crutches she had both legs amputated above the knee at the age of 14. For the first time ever, sport became part of her life and she is now, at the age of...
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Sue Reynolds talks about her new book!
Sue Reynolds was a 335 pound grandmother with absolutely no athletic background before she decided to make some drastic changes in her life. She is now a top age group triathlete after losing 200 pounds and her book ‘The Athlete Inside: The Transforming Power of Hope, Tenacity and Faith’ will be...
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Liv Stone, Gold Medalist at the AMP Surf ISA
Liv Stone is coming off winning a Gold Medal at the AMP Surf ISA World Para Surfing World Championship. As a double above elbow amputee from Lancaster, Pennsylvania who was only introduced to surfing a few short years ago, her journey to the top of the sport has been amazing! See...
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2021 Paralympic Team Hopeful, Tyler Jones!
Tyler Jones is an 18 year old below knee amputee and long time CAF athlete who has run 12:03 for 100 meters and is a hopeful for the 2021 Paralympic Team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Eric Byrnes sits down with Bob Babbitt!
Eric Byrnes from the Major League Baseball Network is a former pro baseball player as well as a top age group triathlete. With PE going away in school’s, he decided to create the ‘Let Them Play’ Foundation to, hopefully, create some major change in the system. His film ‘Let Them Play’ , which...
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Dr. Mac Larsen
Dr. Mac Larsen is a long time endurance athlete as well as a life long Emergency Room doctor. Who better to chat with about the Coronavirus Pandemic? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Rob DiMartini: President and CEO of USA Cycling
Rob DeMartini spent 12 years as the President and CEO at New Balance and the company grew from $1.5 million to $4.4 billion under his leadership. During his time at New Balance he also became an avid cyclist and was recently named the President and CEO of USA Cycling. See omnystudio.com/listener...
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Blind Runner, Joel Gomez chats with Bob!
Joel Gomez is a 16 year old high school track star whose PR is 4:03 for 1500 meters. He played soccer when he was younger but his vision deteriorated to the point where he had to find another sport. His goal is to run the 1500 meters in Tokyo in the Paralympics and then, maybe by 2018, run in the...
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Lee Silverman Talks Athletic Detergent with Bob!
Lee Silverman started with one Jack Rabbit Sports store in 2003 and had four stores around New York City before selling the stores to The Finish Line in 2015. While he owned the stores, a sales rep from Win Detergent pitched him on carrying the detergent in his stores because the product would...
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5 Time Ironman 70.3 Winner Kelsey Withrow
Kelsey Withrow has overcome a ton in her career including dealing with an abusive coach and suffering potential career ending injuries after getting hit by a truck while out cycling. But there is something to be said for staying the course. She has now won five Ironman 70.3 races in her career…
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CEO of UCAN, Soba Murlai
Shoba Murali is the Co-Founder and CEO of UCAN. Like with a lot of companies, at the beginning there was no plan to create a business. The goal was to create a type of food product that would help save a young boy named Jonah's life. The next thing you know, elite runner Meb Keflezighi and a…
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Jeff Byers Joins Bob!
Jeff Byers is the CEO and Co-founder of Amp Human, the creators of PR Lotion. Jeff's background is fascinating as he went from a kid running cross country in seventh grade to a highly recruited offensive lineman to a collegiate football player under Pete Carroll at USC and he ended up playing in...
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Richard Browne's Talk with Bob!
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 at the Paralympics…
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Mike Wardian Talks with Bob!
A few years ago, Mike Wardian won the Rock N Roll Las Vegas Marathon in 2:38 while dressed as Elvis. Next up? On March 14th he is going after Buffalo Bill McDermott's Catalina Marathon course record of 2:39:18 that was set way back in 1991. This will be the 42nd edition of one of the world's most...
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Brennan Lindner Sits Down With Bob!
Brennan Lindner of Generic events is the race director for the Herbalife24 LA Triathlon on Sunday May 17th. this point to point race from Venice Beach to LA Live has a variety of options including Olympic and Sprint distance race, an Aquabike, a 24 mile Bike Tour and a 3.1 mile walk or run. To…
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Justin Phongsavanh's talk with Bob!
Justin Phongsavanh was at a McDonald’s in Iowa with a friend in 2015. He was an 18 year old high school track and field and rugby athlete with his entire life in front of him. A US Army veteran emerged from the McDonald’s, went to his car, grabbed a gun and proceeded to pistol whip Justin’s…
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The Legendary, Meb Keflezighi chats with Bob!
Besides being a true running legend with an Olympic Silver Medal, a New York City Marathon win, a Boston Marathon win and four appearances in the Olympic Games, Meb Keflezighi is part of the ownership group for the world's fastest road 5k, the infamous Carlsbad 5000, presented by National...
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Bob talks with Matt Stills
Matt Sills is the main man behind the 21st annual Playtri Desert Triathlon coming up on Sunday March 1st. Exciting news. For the first time in a number of years the 5K and 10K run will go around the lake and the official charity will be the F-Cancer Foundation. I love Matt's back story. His first...
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Jamie Whitmore's talk with Bob!
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 JDAWG re -invented herself and took home a Gold and...
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Katie Zaferes sits down with Bob!
Katie Zaferes was invited out to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado after finishing up her 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...
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Don and Evan Davis talk with Babbitt!
Don Davis started the SOS Triathlon back in 1983 and he did it the old fashioned way: A bunch of buddies with no permits doing a fun bit of bike, run, swim as a way to get a workout in. The Survival of the Shawangunks sells out in about six minutes so Don and his son Evan decided to put on an…
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Patrick Lange's talk with Bob!
Patrick Lange is the two-time Ironman World Champion and the course record holder for the marathon. This past October he pulled out of the race during the bike ride with a virus. We chatted about his career, dealing with the disappointment of having to pull out of Kona and his goal to win again…
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Michael Brown sits down with Bob
Michael Brown from Super League came on to chat about their first US event that will be over the May 22-24 weekend in Tempe, Arizona. Short and fast draft legal age group racing with waves of 50 at a time followed by night time pro racing under the lights? It sounds great! See...
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James Sa chats with Bob!
James Sa’s life changed forever on July 31, 2011 when he became a quadriplegic after being injured during an obstacle course race in Michigan. Watching the movie ‘Murder Ball’ while in rehab helped James find the sport of Quad Rugby that is now a huge part of his life. See omnystudio.com/listener...
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Jim Knaub joins Babbittville
Jim Knaub is a wheelchair racing legend with five Boston Marathon wins and three at the LA Marathon. He was an Olympic Trials pole vaulter on his way to a workout on his motorcycle when a car turned into him and his life was changed forever. His motto? Why walk when you can fly! See...
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Jamal Hill's Conversation with Bob
Jamal Hill was ten years old when all of a sudden he lost the use of his lower arms and lower legs. It turned out that he had a genetic disease called CMT that affected his extremities. For years he was embarrassed about having the disease and told no one. At the age of 23, the long time swimmer...
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Greg Cohen Chats With Bob!
Greg Cohen is a personal trainer in LA who was diagnosed in 2017 with a rare and incurable auto immune disease called Scleroderma. After getting over the shock of the diagnosis, he decided to train for the 2018 LA Marathon. After running LA again in 2019, the goal now is to run four marathons in...
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David Bailey's Hour With Bob!
David Bailey was on the very top of the motocross world when he was paralyzed in January of 1987. He came back from that tragedy to have three epic battles in Kona with Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda in the handcycle division. In this conversation Davis takes us through his journey to the very top in…
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Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
CAF’s Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah from Ghana went from shining shoes on a street corner to riding a bike across his country on one leg on a mountain bike to having a movie made on his life that was narrated by Oprah. Can one person change the plight of the disabled in his country? Emmanuel would say...
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93 Year Old Triathlete, Charley French Chats With Bob!
Charley French is 93 years old, was born in 1926, fought in World War II, helped to create the modern ski goggles and was working with Boone Lennon at Scott USA and tested out the first pair of aerodynamic handlebars that totally changed the sports of triathlon and cycling. Besides that, he is...
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Chris Kostman with Bob Babbitt!
Chris Kostman, the long time owner of the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon across Death Valley joined us to chat about his new event. It’s called the Artsakh Ultra and it’s an off- road trail run consisting of six separate stages and 160 miles on the Janapar Trail in Armenia and Artsakh. It sounds…
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Mike Bone's Conversation with Bob!
Mike Bone also joined us to talk about the Catalina Island Half Marathon on November 16th and the epic Catalina Island Marathon on March 14, 2020. For information on any of the running events on Catalina Island, go to www.runcatalina.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Robin Thurston Chats With Bob!
Robin Thurston is the creator of Map My Fitness and now the CEO of Pocket Outdoor Media, which owns Triathlete Magazine, Women’s Running Magazine and VeloNews Magazine. We chatted about everything from Robin’s early days as a cyclist to his belief in the iconic brands he now owns. See...
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Michael Marckx Joins Bob Babbitt
Michael Marckx is the creative genius behind the Belgian Waffle Ride and the brand new Peter Sagan Gran Roadie- OH coming up on Sunday November 10th. Cyclists can ride 50k, 100k or 150k plus there is a special evening with Peter Sagan and Bill Walton at Bill Walton’s amazing home that benefits…
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Dan Eisenhardt Talks About His High Tech Swim Goggles
Dan Eisenhardt is the CEO of Form Goggles, the first swim goggle to offer actual information about your swim while you are training. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Rocky Harris and Bob Babbitt!
Rocky Harris is the CEO of USA Triathlon and he joined us to chat about about the state of the sport. A lot has been happening during the two years he has been in charge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Good Friend, Cam Wurf with Bob!
Cam Wurf is always one of our most popular guests. He was an Olympic rower, a professional cyclist and now one of the world’s best triathletes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Judge Craig Mitchell Talks About His New Movie, 'Skid Row Marathon' with Bob!
Judge Craig Mitchell was introduced to the Midnight Mission on Skid Row by a defendant who he had sent to jail. A committed runner, it didn't take long for Judge Mitchell to start a running program for the homeless and that program is the focal point of Producer Gabi Hayes' phnomenal new...
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Brad Snyder Catches Up with Bob
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. See...
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Since 1990, Bob Babbitt, a USA Triathlon and Ironman Hall of Fame inductee, has been hosting a highly-acclaimed radio program and podcast showcasing the world’s best runners, triathletes, and cyclists - first with The Competitors and now with his new show, Babbittville Radio. These are long-form interviews, and over the years, endurance athletes have enjoyed downloading and listening to insightful and entertaining conversations with legendary athletes like cyclist Greg LeMond, triathlete Paula Newby-Fraser, or runner Meb Keflezighi while they are out running, cycling, swimming, or working out in the gym.Babbitt has always been a big believer in the life-lessons we all learn through endurance sports and, besides interviewing endurance sports legends, there are also interviews with incredibly motivational and inspirational athletes along with a diversified mix of conversations with the best coaches, race directors, journalists, sports scientists, and authors.
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Since 1990, Bob Babbitt, a USA Triathlon and Ironman Hall of Fame inductee, has been hosting a highly-acclaimed radio program and podcast showcasing the world’s best runners, triathletes, and cyclists - first with The Competitors and now with his new show, Babbittville Radio. These are long-form...
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