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The Competitors Radio Show
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THE COMPETITORS has been on-air since 1990. Hosted by Bob Babbitt,the co-founder of Competitor Magazine, along with former professional triathlete and the co-founder of Multisports.com Paul Huddle, the weekly show is a fast paced look at the world of endurance sports through the eyes of the greatest endurance athletes in history.
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19-Jul-2006 |
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Competitor Radio Episodes - | Eric Blehm | Eric Blehm is the best selling author of The Last Season and the recently released The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Eric came in studio to share what went into creating each of his books. It?s definitely not running, triathlon or cycling, but we guarantee that you?ll be moved by each of Eric?s books. | Get at Short URL | Download Eric Blehm | Play in Popup.
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| Nick Radkewich | Nick Radkewich was on the first ever US Olympic Triathlon team back in 2000 in Sydney, Australia and is now coaching. Yes, he was an Olympian and yes he ran at Notre Dame. But what is the most impressive stat on Mr. Radkewich? When he was 14 he defeated a fellow teenager for the IronKids National Championship named Lance Armstrong. | Get at Short URL | Download Nick Radkewich | Play in Popup.
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| Matt Reed | Matt Reed was born in New Zealand, moved to Australia when he was nine and became a US citizen in 2007. He shares his stories about moving to France and Germany in his early 20?s to try to make it as a professional triathlete, which can be tough when you are 6?5? tall and are new to the language, the food and the culture. Matt overcame all the odds to represent the US in the Olympic Triathlon in Beijing. | Get at Short URL | Download Matt Reed | Play in Popup.
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| Mirinda Carfrae | Australia?s Mirinda Carfrae, the 2007 Ford Ironman 70.3 World Champion, went to Kona this past October to try her hand at the world?s most important triathlon. So how did she do? She took second to England?s Chrissie Wellington and broke the women?s run course record (2:56:51) in her first ever marathon. The former basketball star discussed her quick transition from the hardwood to the lava fields. | Get at Short URL | Download Mirinda Carfrae | Play in Popup.
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| Kara Goucher | Kara Goucher was a 2008 Olympian at 10,000 meters where she took tenth in a personal best of 30:55. A few months later, she did her first ever marathon and took third in New York. In 2009 she took third in Boston where the top three were separated by a total of nine seconds. Later in the year she won the Rock ?n? Roll Chicago Half Marathon overall. | Get at Short URL | Download Kara Goucher | Play in Popup.
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| Dathan Ritzenhein | Dathan Ritzenhein is a runner on a roll. In 2009 he set personal records at 5,000 (12:56.27), 10,000 (27:22.28), the half marathon (1:00:00) and the marathon (2:10:00). His 5K PR also happened to be the fastest 5000 in American history. Dathan came on a few days after celebrating his 27th birthday. Besides being a great runner, Dathan was also a blast to chat with. | Get at Short URL | Download Dathan Ritzenhein | Play in Popup.
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| Tom Warren | It has been 30 years since Tom Warren won the second ever Ironman Triathlon back in 1979. Tommy came on with us to talk about the early days of the sport and what he remembers from the race that did so much to put Ironman on the map. | Get at Short URL | Download Tom Warren | Play in Popup.
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| Jarrod Shoemaker | Jarrod Shoemaker is a Boston native who ran at Dartmouth, but didn?t get into the sport of triathlon until 2004. By 2008 he was on the US Olympic team and in 2009 he had a huge breakthrough when he won the Hamburg ITU race. Jarrod came in studio to talk about his racing, training and his plans for London and 2012. | Get at Short URL | Download Jarrod Shoemaker | Play in Popup.
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| Clayton Treska | Clayton Treska was a 295 pound power lifter before making the decision to get into endurance sports. His goal is to complete the 70.3 event in Kona on June 5 and he insists that nothing will stand in his way. But first he has to prove the doctors who diagnosed him with Stage 4 Cancer in late July wrong. | Get at Short URL | Download Clayton Treska | Play in Popup.
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| Chris Lieto | Chris Lieto had the race of his life at the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship, led for the better part of the day, but ended up second to a fast closing Craig Alexander. He came on to discuss his thoughts on the race and the improvements in his running that came from spending six weeks training in Mammoth. | Get at Short URL | Download Chris Lieto | Play in Popup.
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