Babbitville Radio: Recent Episodes
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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.
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 the best race day performance. The website is www.getzonein.com.
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!
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!
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.
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 from this conversation!
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 been devastated by the Pandemic.
I reached out to Rich Harshbarger at Running USA and Rocky Harris at USA Triathlon to get the ball rolling and things have been moving at warp speed ever since. Joe came on the show to chat about the creation of the Endurance Sports Coalition which represents over 475 organizations, 50,000 events and 30 million Americans. It’s nice to see what can come out of one five minute phone call!
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.
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!
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.
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Tom Sullivan has never let being born blind get in his way. Every time i chat with Tom I leave the conversation invigorated!
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.
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 16, on the US Women’s National Developmental Sled Hockey and is also on CAF’s Women’s Handcycle team.
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 coming out on April 28th. Sue is a true example of the power of endurance sports!
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!
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.
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 showcases his triathlon across America, is available starting on Tuesday April 7th at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.letthemplayfilm.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=GC0NZZhaEw6GOQSjMHI2g15k_drElRoPmOYiK2k0eZ8&r=BGv-oUgONLdvyv0S1Nrph1y3E3Jcd1iTP2HO7jHx_H4&m=bAFTFiDsGYLym5FmkXTvMp5idPvDm5Y2vmjWSb5N9pg&s=TeH1n3xsONr2OA6v3A_F23iIlh_LVP28SWhp9NPoDxc&e= . For the month of April, $1 from every view goes to support the World Health Foundation’s Covid-19 Fund.
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?
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.
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 Olympics as well!
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 remove the running and fitness related smells that regular detergents simply couldn't. Silverman went home and tried Win out on his favorite running shirt that he had just thrown away because it smelled so bad. Needless to say, he loved the product and he ended up buying the company. You can try it for yourself at www.amazon.com/win detergent.
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 and, after having bike issues in Kona and not finishing in 2019, the goal is to, hopefully, get back to Kona this October. Based on her history, this is not a woman you should ever bet against!
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 number of collegiate and professional sports teams are adopting UCAN as their secret weapon. The creation of UCAN is an amazing story showcasing the power of doing the right thing.
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 the NFL.
After retiring from the pro football in 2014, he quickly lost about 80 pounds, discovered endurance sports, bought his first road bike in January of 2017 and worked with his partner to create Amp Human and PR Lotion.
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 in London winning a silver medal at 100 meters on the track and he followed that up by breaking the 100 meter World Record in 2013 and the 200 meter World Record in 2014. His next goal? To make the US OLYMPIC team in the decathlon!
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 scenic off-road marathons and you can sign up for the marathon, 10K, 5K or Kids Run at www.runcatalina.com.
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 find out more info and to register, go to www.herbalife24tri.la.
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 friend. He also shot Justin in the arm and the bullet lodged into his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The shooter received a sentence of only five years and actually said to Justin ‘Enjoy your wheelchair’ as we was being escorted off to jail. This interview takes you through Justin’s journey from the shooting to his 2017 National Championship in the javelin to being named to the 2020 National Team.
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 University. This year Junior Carlsbad is on Saturday March 21st and the Carsbad 5000 is on Sunday March 22nd. For all of the details check out www.carlsbad500.com.
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 ever triathlon was the Desert Tri and he finished dead last. But finishing that event changed his life forever and led him to ultimately buying the event and becoming a race director.
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 Silver medal in Para cycling from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio.
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 winning four of eight WTS races in 2019 plus the Grand Final, Katie finished the year ranked number one in the world. She is also the defending Super League Champion!
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 event on Cape Cod and, on March 7th, their inaugural event on Curacao. This is obviously a family that loves triathlon and dad, the retired teacher, and son, the firefighter, are all in on creating a great new event in Curacao!
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 in 2020.
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!
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.
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!
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 decided to go for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo swimming the 50 and 100 free and the 100 backstroke.
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 2020 and film a documentary for Project Scleroderma.
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 two incredibly unique sports.
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 absolutely!
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 still out there racing triathlons and proving every day that our sport is the Fountain of Youth!
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 truly amazing and the website is www.badwater.am
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
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.
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 CAF on Friday evening November 8th and then another cool VIP evening with Peter on the 9th. Michael and I chatted about his days as a runner, cyclist and triathlete and it was a treat to go through his amazing career with him. For more info on the Peter Sagan weekend, check out https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.roadieoh.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=GC0NZZhaEw6GOQSjMHI2g15k_drElRoPmOYiK2k0eZ8&r=BGv-oUgONLdvyv0S1Nrph1y3E3Jcd1iTP2HO7jHx_H4&m=wq47eHcCtnEZ_aDntKUqhFTLtifqqGYEOtPhVEnYmBo&s=mPAz1QZEV2AaapudJQvj8npjlFk9-rB_i_0CqHAvwKA&e= .
Dan Eisenhardt is the CEO of Form Goggles, the first swim goggle to offer actual information about your swim while you are training.
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.
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!
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 documentary 'Skid Row Marathon.' The film will come out on October 14th in 650 theaters around the nation through Fathom Productions and I loved every minute of it. The Judge joined me to chat about the film, the program and his firm belief in second chances.
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.
Marc Roy is the main man at SportStats and, with Kona coming up, he joined us to chat about how his job has changed over the years.
Thom Richmond from California Triathlon joined us to chat about the growth of his triathlon events on both the west and east coast.
Ron Mix was the second AFL player to be inducted itno the Pro Football Hall of Fame behind his San Diego Charger teammate Lance Alworth. Now 81 year old, the man they called 'The Intellectual Assassin' was called for holding only two times in his ten year career and, believe it or not, when he started weight lifting in high school and then at USC, coaches were against it. They thought weight lifting would make the players inflexible and muscle bound.
At the 1965 AFL All-Star Game scheduled to be held in New Orleans, a contingent of African American players threatened to boycott the game because of the discrimination they faced there leading into the game. Ron Mix was the first white player to join in the boycott and the game was evenutally moved to Houston.
The Chargers retired his jersey...then, after he was traded to the Raiders, the owner of the team Gene Klein un-retired his jersey.
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle had the Chargers then re-retire his jersey.......but later on they un-retired it again.
The first two AFL Players to be inducted into the Pro Football HOF were Lance Alworth and then Ron Mix, Ironic that the first two AFL Players to go in were both Chargers and that one of those guys doesn't even have his jersey retired by the Chargers!!
This was a fascinating interview with a true football legend!
Gilad Jacobs is the CEO of Normatec, the number one recovery product on the market. While triathletes were the first endurance athletes to recognize the value of Normatec, the product now has become invaluable to professional and collegiate teams in all of the major sports.
Rick Steele headed over to this year's Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France looking to have a great race. Little did he know that besides swimming, cycling and running he would end up saving the life of a fellow competitor.
Joe McCarthy was paralyzed back in 1996 while surfing at the Imperial Beach Pier. Through The Challenged Athletes Foundation, Joe was able to get back into the ocean again in 1999 and become a three-time Paralympic swimmer starting in 2000 in Sydney. Next up for Joe? This weekend he'll get back in the ocean by Imperial Beach Pier as part of a relay team at the Legendary Superfrog Triathlon.
Dallas Eakins is the new head coach for the Anaheim Ducks and he is also a very accomplished mountain biker who just finished his tenth consecutive Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race I loved his stories about what he learned from his nearly two seasons as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, his tenure with the San Diego Gulls and his long career playing in both the AHL and the NHL.
David Goggins is one of the few people on the planet who has one million Instagram followers and follows absolutely no one. That fact alone speaks volumes about the man! This former Navy SEAL went from a 290 pound body builder to an endurance sports legend with a fifth place in his first Badwater 135 across Death Valley and a second place in his first Ultraman Triathlon. At one point David Goggins seemed to do doing a 50 mile, 100 mile or 24 hour run pretty much every weekend of the year.
His philosophy of life is captured in his New York Times bestselling book 'Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind And Defy The Odds' and and he joined us after completing the Leadville 100 Trail Race, his first ultra race in over six years, in an impressive 22:55.
Steve Katai graced the covers of Triathlete Magazine and Competitor Magazine when he won the Degree Everyman Ironman Contest over 15 years ago. He ended up moving to San Diego from Ohio and receiving a salary from Degree while training with Ironman legend Paula Newby-Fraser for his first ever Ironman. Over the years, Steve has become an expert at all types of training and he is now the Director of Education for Hedstrom Fitness..You can join Steve and other top fitness professionals at the first ever www.themovementtour.com on September 21st and 22nd at the Hilton San Diego Resort on Mission Bay.
On July 4, 2004, Beth James and her three kids were driving home from a gathering when their vehicle was struck by two cars that were drag racing through the streets. Beth’s youngest daughter Liza ended up with severe brain damage from the crash. Being a long time runner and triathlete, Beth and Liza created Team Liza and, after finishing Ironman Wisconsin last fall, the two will be on Kona to try and become the first mother/daughter duo to finish the Ironman World Championship on October 12th.
His new book is entitled 'Never Settle: Sports, Family and the American Soul' and it is spectacular. In this wide ranging interview we chat about his early days growing up in Pearisburg, Virginia, playing for the 1993 state champion Giles Spartans High School football team and how Special Olympic champion Olivia Quigley changed his life forever. His story about going to August for the very first time in 2015 and then being there in 2019 for Tiger's come from behind victory will give you goosebumps. Man, this guy is some story teller!
Skye Moench joined us to chat about her amazing background-she left her career as a CPA to become a professional triathlete- and her huge win at Ironman Frankfurt in July.
Eric Byrnes is a former MLB star who is now on the MLB Network. Last summer, in order to bring attention to the lack of PE in our schools, Eric swam, ran and rode across the US and the documentary he created, Let Them Play, will premiere on August 20th in San Diego before launching nationwide in November.
Dean Karnazes is one of my all-time favorite endurance sports personalities. At the age of 30 he left his corporate job to become a professional ultra runner and has never looked back. In this conversation we chat about his 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states adventure that basically kicked off his new career and all of the amazing adventures that came next.
When it comes to performing enhancing drugs in sport, no one is better at breaking it all down than Mark Zeigler from the San Diego Union Tribune. For this chat, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was our main topic of discussion.
Michael Epstein is one of the world’s premiere event directors and as we head into the 33rd annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon, it was the perfect time to re connect for a chat!
Mack Johnson was a college freshman when he fell off a patio on November 5th 2016 and was paralyzed from the waist down. Six months later, while he and his family were at Dateland in California on their way home from the NCAA Championships in Arizona, he met the amazing Bill Walton. the next thing Mack knew, he was introduced to the Challenged Athletes Foundation and riding twenty miles a day down the California Coastline on a handcycle as part of CAF's Million Dollar Challenge Bike Ride. Now he is playing wheelchair basketball at Auburn University!
Taylor Phinney became a pro cyclist when he was only 16 years old and has won three national time trial championships, a stage at the Giro d’Italia, a stage of the Tour of California and two World Championship titles in the Individual Pursuit. He also made two Olympic teams. His career was nearly ended the day after he won the 2014 National Time Trial Championship after a 60 mile per hour crash during the Road Race. Taylor is always a joy to chat with!
Barry Siff is the former president of USA Triathlon. While he still loves and is on the Board of both USA Triathlon and the ITU, he is now also the CEO of USA Team Handball. What is Team Handball? Barry is so glad you asked!
Hunter Allen raced BMX, the roads and MTB in a career that lasted 17 years. He is now one of the top coaches on the planet and an expert on training with power.
Molly Cuevas left Santa Monica on April 1st and ended up running over 3,000 miles across the US to Montauk Island, New York. She ran 35-40 miles a day for 89 days and ended up raising $50,000 for The Challenged Athletes Foundation!
Bob is joined by triathlete Evan Pardi! Not only is Evan a world-class athlete, he also plays double bass for the Phoenix Symphony!
Matthew Futterman from the New York Times has put together a spectacular new book on Meb Keflezighi’s legendary coach Bob Larsen: Running to the Edge. If you are a distance runner, you will love learning about the Jamul Toads and how the training they did under Coach Bob in the 1970s set the table for the re-birth of American running in the 2000s.
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories. This week's story is one about me and my father: Boxing Lessons
“....Fathers and sons share a unique relationship. Most of our communication is of the barely-speaking variety. When you’re about 4 or 5, a glove and a ball are introduced for the first time. Not a lot of dialogue comes along for the ride. "Let’s throw," is what I remember. Further down the father-son timeline, Dad introduces a full assortment of life’s props with the same type of exciting banter. From the guys I’ve talked to, "Let’s hit" accompanies a bat and usually occurs around the same time as "Let’s throw." "Let’s drive" and "Let’s fill out those college applications" is still light years away...."
Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports. This week I share a story about One Arm Willie Stewart, and a memorable experience at the New York City Marathon.
“I’m staggering along and all of a sudden I hear this motorcycle horn behind me,” remembers Stewart. “I’m thinking, ‘What the hell is a motorcycle doing in this mosh pit right now?’ Then someone yells, ‘Out of the way! Lance Armstrong is coming through!’ My first thought was ‘I can’t let Lance beat me!’"
Daniela Ryf is the most dominant triathlete on the planet right now. Fresh off her win and new course record at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, the four-time Ironman World Champion joined us for a Q&A with the always awesome Tri Club of San Diego.