Bob Babbitt

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🚨Bonus Bonus Bonus🚨Hey all you Breakfast with Bob viewers: we have a special treat for everyone. We just put out three b...
10/03/2026

🚨Bonus Bonus Bonus🚨
Hey all you Breakfast with Bob viewers: we have a special treat for everyone. We just put out three bonus interviews: Julie Derron, Sam Long, and Sam Laidlow joined us yesterday to chat a bit as they finish up their training and preparation for the IRONMAN World Championship. You can watch them all now on the Babbittville channel. Enjoy!

Aloha Friday on Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Great set of 10 interviews for Day 2. Thank you to Normann, Tamara, Grace,...
10/03/2026

Aloha Friday on Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Great set of 10 interviews for Day 2. Thank you to Normann, Tamara, Grace, Laura, Marjolaine, Patrick, Ben, Jan, Kieran, and Andrea for joining us. Watch all the interviews on the Babbittvill channel. In Kona? Join us on Monday for more!

Thank you to our great sponsors and partners: MasterSpas, Precision Fuel & Hydration, ROKA Multisport, OUTRIGGER Kona Resort and Spa, Quintana Roo Tri, Tri Travel, Salomon Running, TriFind, On The Rocks, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation

Great day of conversations to kick off our 2026 edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Thank you to Taylor, Kacper, Da...
10/01/2026

Great day of conversations to kick off our 2026 edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Thank you to Taylor, Kacper, Daisy, Gregory, Diana, Kurt, and Simon for joining us for Day 1. Watch all the interviews now on the Babbittville channel. And tune in tomorrow for more pre-race chats before the IRONMAN World Championship.

Thank you to our great sponsors and partners: MasterSpas, Precision Fuel & Hydration, ROKA Multisport, OUTRIGGER Kona Resort and Spa, Quintana Roo Tri, Tri Travel, Salomon Running, TriFind, On The Rocks, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation

Fun chat today in Kona with Taylor Knibb. Great to catch up before she takes on the Ironman World Championship on Octobe...
10/01/2026

Fun chat today in Kona with Taylor Knibb. Great to catch up before she takes on the Ironman World Championship on October 10th. Watch now on the Babbittville channel.

It's our 15th anniversary of Breakfast with Bob from Kona and we kick things off on Thursday. Here are the line ups for ...
10/01/2026

It's our 15th anniversary of Breakfast with Bob from Kona and we kick things off on Thursday.
Here are the line ups for Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2. Watch all the shows on the Babbittville channel. In Kona? Join us at On The Rocks.

Thank you to our great sponsors and partners: MasterSpas, Precision Fuel & Hydration, ROKA Multisport, OUTRIGGER Kona Resort and Spa, Quintana Roo Tri, Tri Travel, Salomon Running, TriFind, On The Rocks, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation

Thank YouFor three years, from 1998-2000, former Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda and motocross legend David Bailey went head-t...
09/30/2026

Thank You

For three years, from 1998-2000, former Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda and motocross legend David Bailey went head-to-head in Kona in the handcycle division. Moleda had been paralyzed when he was shot in the back during a mission in Panama. Bailey was a legend in the sport of motocross and at the top of his game before he had been paralyzed during a training session.
For the first two years, Moleda had his way with Bailey. But heading into the 2000 race, Bailey looked fitter than he had ever been before. He knew that he had to put in ridiculous mileage in the pool, in his handcycle, and in his racing chair if he wanted to finally take down Moleda.
The two were on a collision course and it played out that way on race day. Moleda went by Bailey going up Palani early in the handcycle ride. Bailey caught him on the way back to town, but flatted with about six miles to go in the ride and Moleda got away.
Early in the marathon, Bailey was losing ground. But then all of those training sessions started to pay dividends and he caught and passed Moleda as they came out of the Natural Energy Lab.
When Bailey came across the line for the win, he waited for Moleda. When Moleda arrived, the two embraced and I could see Bailey whisper something to Moleda.
As we headed away from the finish, I asked Moleda what Bailey had said to him.
“He told me ‘Thank You,’” said Moleda.
“What?” I said in surprise.
“That’s what I said!” Moleda continued. “He said ‘thank you for pushing me to a level I never would have reached on my own.’”
The three year battle between the two of them was special because the word disability and the wheelchairs disappeared. What we had on race day was two amazing athletes who wanted nothing more than to kick the others guy’s ass.
How awesome is that?

Photo of David Bailey by Rich Cruse
Photo of Carlos Moleda by Robert Oliver

09/30/2026

We're celebrating our 15th year of Breakfast with Bob from Kona with 15 days of highlights. In this highlight, we chatted with the great Chrissie Wellington the day after she was inducted into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. Here she explains why her 4th and final IRONMAN World Championship win in 2011 was so meanfinful. "It was that battle with my competitors that I craved."

Chrissie crashed hard during a group ride two weeks before the 2011 Ironman World Championship and ended up with contusions on her hip and shoulder plus extensive road rash from her thigh to her lower leg, she wasn’t sure if she could even get to the starting line. Off the bike, Chrissie was 22 minutes behind the leader, Julie Dibens, and ten minutes back of Rachel Joyce and Leanda Cave. Her time at the end was 8:55 and her margin of victory on Mirinda Carfrae was a mere 2:49, her closest race ever in Kona.

..... just 10 days until the best celebration in our sport.... as the great Chrissie Wellington did in 2008 when she go...
09/30/2026

..... just 10 days until the best celebration in our sport.... as the great Chrissie Wellington did in 2008 when she got her second of four IRONMAN World Championship titles.

Photo by Rich Cruse

09/29/2026

We're celebrating our 15th year of Breakfast with Bob from Kona with 15 days of highlights. In this highlight from 2014, Craig (CROWIE) Alexander, the soon to be inducted IRONMAN Hall of Famer and three-time IRONMAN World Championship winner, talks about "that magical finish line" and how special it is to cross it:

09/28/2026

We're celebrating our 15th year of Breakfast with Bob from Kona with 15 days of highlights. Sometimes just finishing is a win.
In 2016, we interviewed Peter Reid the day after he was inducted into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. Peter won the IRONMAN World Championship in 1998, 2000, and 2003. But it is his race in 2002 when he finished 2nd to training buddy Tim DeBoom that is most meaningful. After going through some major lows, Peter was just happy to be back racing and enjoying every moment. He explains in this highlight:

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