140 Bob Babbitt - The Lightning Rod of the Endurance World
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Bob Babbitt is, simply put, the lightning rod of the endurance world.
In 1980, he participated in his first IRONMAN on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii, and has been making history ever since. He'd never call himself an elite athlete and yet, he's a member of the USA Triathlon and IRONMAN Triathlon Halls of Fame. Why? Because he believes that sport is essential for all and changes lives every day.
His name is synonymous with the sport of triathlon along with his long-running Babbittville podcast, radio, and tv show. In fact, it is Babbitt, more than anyone, who has given voice and image to this crazy event in Hawaii that no one could really wrap their mind around.
He is the heartbeat of multisport/triathlon and, in our sport’s story, is the main character. Nope. He's the hero.
Through his efforts, he has exposed endurance sports to everyone - literally - everyone, as co-founder of Challenged Athletes Foundation, founder of Competitor Magazine, and more.
"When you go from your gut and when you go from your passions, things seem to work out," he says in today's interview. "Sport makes you better at everything you do."
This mantra is the heart of the Performance Reset 2020 - experts and companies sharing their thoughts on the role of sport because, make no mistake, sport is powerful. You might be feeling rudderless. You might be tired of this carnival and the uncertainty. But, we have no doubt you have a performance-driven mindset. You may or may not identify as an athlete, but you can learn and thrive by applying elements of the athletic mindset.
Bob and all of the hosts and experts are here to help you develop your performance toolkit in 2021. Join us and let's keep everyone in the game of life through sport.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:03.5 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:09.3 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:13.3 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.0 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, |
| 0:23.6 | your host Matt Dixon. And today, oh, it's just, it's a good one, guys. It's a good one today. |
| 0:33.6 | This is a pretty special occasion. |
| 0:39.0 | We've got a special guest. |
| 0:40.4 | He is an Iron Man legend. |
| 0:43.8 | He's in the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame. |
| 0:45.6 | He's in the Iron Man Hall of Fame. |
| 0:51.4 | And that is, despite his distinct lack of athletic excellence. |
| 0:59.5 | It is the one and only Bob Babbitt. Bob started racing triathlons years ago in the late 70s. He did his first Iron Man triathlon in 1980 on the island of Oahu. Yes, the original |
| 1:06.9 | Hawaiian Ironman World Championships. And he's also the co-founder of Competitor Magazine, the Challenged Athletes Foundation, |
| 1:16.1 | which you guys will know all about, especially with the upcoming performance reset coming |
| 1:21.4 | up on the occasion. |
| 1:23.3 | And he created competitor radio and the Muddy Buddy Ride and Run series. |
| 1:29.1 | Bob is simply a legend and a lightning rod of the sport. |
| 1:33.5 | He's interviewed the very best throughout the whole of the sport of triathlon and well beyond. |
| 1:42.0 | And today we turn the tables, yet we get Bob on the other side of the |
| 1:47.5 | microphone. And we unpick Bob as a human being, his background, his youth, his journey in |
| 1:54.5 | triathlon. And I tell you what, I spent a good couple of hours planning, thinking about questions, building up the framework. |
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