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Enjoy this Breakfast with Bob: St George Edition conversation with Daniela Ryf, recorded a few days before she won the Ironman World Championship.  Daniela Ryf is the four-time Ironman World Champion and the five-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion. How amazing has her career been? Between 2014 and 2021, Daniela had 39 wins in 45 races. But in 2019, Daniela finished 13th in Kona, and at the 2021 Iron...

Enjoy this Breakfast with Bob: St George Edition conversation with Kristian Blummenfelt, recorded the morning after he won the Ironman World Championship.  A few hours after welcoming the final finishers across the line, Ironman World Champion Kristian Blummenfelt joined us on Championship Edition to take us through his day, and talk a little bit about what’s next. For someone who wasn’t fee...

Enjoy this Breakfast with Bob: St George Edition conversation with Kristian Blummenfelt, recorded a few days before he won the Ironman World Championship.  An awesome chat with the Olympic gold medalist, Kristian Blummenfelt. Kristian made his full distance Ironman debut with a super speedy 7 : 21 : 11 at Ironman Cozumel. How fast can Kristian go here in St George? WATCH the interview on the Babbi...

Did you know that long-time cyclist and cycling commentator Bob Roll ran high school cross country against legendary triathlete Scott Molina and that the two discovered cycling and rode hundreds of miles together? What a classic conversation! This interview originally aired as the General Session at USA Triathlon ‘s Endurance Exchange Virtual Conference, March 2022 WATCH the interview on the...

The one and only Sam the Man, Sam Long, aka Mr Yo Yo Yo, joined me for a pre-race chat before CLASH Endurance Miami – which he would go on to win a few days later. WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Vincent Luis, from France, is a three-time Olympian, two-time World Champion, and a bronze medalist in the triathlon Mixed Team Relay from the Olympic Games in Tokyo. We chat about how a running camp in Kenya after a disappointing 2016 Olympic performance changed his entire approach to life and to his sport, his love of Super League racing, his goal to hopefully race in the 2024 Olympics in his ho...

Babbittville Classic Rewind: Chrissie Wellington 2008 This interview with Chrissie Wellington is from June of 2008, about eight months after she won her first Ironman World Championship title in Kona, Hawaii. Paul Huddle and I had a blast chatting with this amazing young woman. By the time she retired in 2011, she had won four Ironman World Championship titles and had gone undefeated in Iron dista...

Babbittville Classic Rewind: Greg LeMond, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina How special is this? Three-time Tour de France Champion Greg LeMond joined us on the phone with two-time Ironman World Champion Scott Tinley and 1988 Ironman World Champion Scott Molina with me in studio. This was a classic conversation! The opening sound bite features New Zealand running legend Rod Dixon talking about the 19...

In August, Cam Wurf went to Ironman Copenhagen and won his first Ironman since Ironman Italy in 2019. What a treat to get to chat with a guy who is a professional cyclist with the INEOS Grenadiers, and in his spare time kicks ass and takes names as a professional triathlete. There is no one better to chat with than Cam Wurf. I learn something new every single time! WATCH the interview on the Babbi...

When you look at the triathlon uber-cyclists of today, you think of Cam Wurf, Andrew Starykowicz, Sebastian Kienle, Magnus Ditlev, and Lionel Sanders, among others. But back in the 1980s, when the Big Four – Dave Scott, Mark Allen, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina – dominated the sport, an uber-cyclist named Mike Pigg from Arcata, California burst onto the scene, knocked off the Big Four...

What a treat! This is a can’t miss conversation with three-time Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno as he got ready to race Gustav Iden and Lionel Sanders at Ironman California. Enjoy! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Sam Long was kind enough to join us in San Diego for our 28th Annual Challenged Athletes Foundation Best Weekend in Triathlon. His relay partners were Paralympic Paratriathlete Jamie Brown swimming the mile, Sam cycling 41 miles, and the first double-amputee to finish the Ironman World Championship, Roderick Sewell, doing the ten mile run. After the event, Sam joined me in front of a full house at...

A true legend of endurance sports, Phil Liggett joined me for a chat before he does the commentary for the Collins Cup. Lots of great stories in this one! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

A few days before the inaugural Collins Cup, the 2014 Ironman World Champion, Sebastian Kienle joined me for a chat. Sebastian represented Team Europe at the Collins Cup and raced against Lionel Sanders and Andrew Starykowicz. WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Lucy Charles-Barclay had a race for the ages at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in St. George. She joined us to chat about her spectacular race, her epic season, her plans for the Sub-8 Challenge, and her goal to make the 2024 Olympic team! WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Kristian Blummenfelt joined me for a chat a few days before the 70.3 World Championship in St George. Kristian Blummenfelt won the Olympic Gold Medal in Tokyo and is looking to add to that with a 70.3 World Title here in St. George. WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Joe Skipper joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Joe Skipper represents Team Europe at the Collins Cup. Joe is currently ranked 5th on the Professional Triathletes Organisation World Rankings. Joe raced in Match 12 against Jackson Laundry and Justin Metzler, finishing 2nd. Filmed on location in Samorin, Slovakia at the X-Bionic Sphere. Brought to you by: Master Spas, Hyperice, F...

Skye Moench joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Skye Moench represents Team USA at the Collins Cup. Skye is currently ranked 10th on the Professional Triathletes Organisation World Rankings. Skye raced in Match 4 against Holly Lawrence and Ellie Salthouse, finishing 2nd. Filmed on location in Samorin, Slovakia at the X-Bionic Sphere. Brought to you by: Master Spas, Hyperice, FO...

Katie Zaferes joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Katie Zaferes represented Team USA at the Collins Cup as a Captain’s Pick. Katie won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in triathlon for Team USA and a silver medal for Triathlon Mixed Relay. Katie raced in Match 2 against Lucy Charles-Barclay and Paula Findlay, and finished in second. Filmed on location in Samorin, Slov...

Jan Frodeno joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Jan Frodeno represents Team Europe at the Collins Cup. Jan is currently ranked Number 1 on the Professional Triathletes Organisation World Rankings. Jan ended up winning his race, Match 7, against Sam Appleton, who finished second, and Sam Long, who finished third. Filmed on location in Samorin, Slovakia at the X-Bionic Sphere. Br...

Lionel Sanders joined me for a chat a few days before the Collins Cup. Lionel Sanders, from Canada, represents Team Internationals at the Collins Cup. Lionel is currently ranked 2nd on the Professional Triathletes Organisation World Rankings. Filmed on location in Samorin, Slovakia at the X-Bionic Sphere. WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

At Ironman Florida, Chris Nikic became the first person with Down syndrome to finish an Ironman. His next goal? To finish the Ironman World Championship this October. Dan Grieb has been Chris’ partner in his mission to change perceptions and reach his dreams, and he joined us to chat about their journey.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Siri Lindley is a force of nature and if you listen to just one of our interviews this week, this is the one. She used her unbelievable energy to win the ITU World Championship and become the number one ranked triathlete in the world. When she moved to coaching, she helped Susan Williams win the first-ever Olympic medal for an American triathlete, and then guided Mirinda Carfrae to 3 Ironman World...

We chatted with Sam Long on Breakfast with Bob a few days before Ironman Coeur d’Alene. We talked about his epic battle with Lionel Sanders at Ironman 70.3 St. George and the renewal of that rivalry coming up at Ironman Coeur d’Alene.   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .  

Taylor Knibb, 23, became the youngest American triathlete to make an Olympic team when she won the final U.S. Olympic qualifier in Yokohama, Japan. Taylor did her first triathlon when she was 11 and never looked back. What a treat to get to chat with Taylor!   WATCH the interview on the Babbittville YouTube channel here .