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Legend: Bob Babbitt&#;s Unique Position in Triathlon History
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When I first met Bob Babbitt in the summer of , he was wearing a Speedo brief and cradling a droopy paper plate of huevos rancheros. With him was his similarly attired roommate, future mountain biking great Ned Overend.
The occasion was the Tug&#;s Tavern Swim Run Swim, a seminal multisport event in San Diego, staged by Tom Warren, winner of the second-ever Iron Man competition in Hawaii the previous February.
So that explains the Speedos. The plate of huevos was the Tug’s version of a finisher medal. Finish in the top , you got a free Tug’s Tavern Mexican breakfast. Finish after that and you got to watch everyone else eat.
Standing together in the sun, looking like bushy-bearded Bobbsey twins, Bob and Ned pretty much told the story of the ev
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Ironman Kona Pre-race Vibes With Bart Aernouts, the Not-so-underdog Underdog
If you Google &#;Bart Aernouts&#;, the first result that comes up is a Wikipedia page is not for this IRONMAN Kona &#;underdog&#;, but for a former Belgian professional cyclocross racer.
While impressive in his own right, he’s not the athlete we’re referring to. Our Bart, Bart Aernouts, the triathlete, is somewhat of a mystery. Even Google is confused.
Why?
He’s a man of few words. He gets his training done, pays no attention to the fanfare or what his competitors are doing, and carries on.
“Watching Bart race, he never makes a mistake,” said Bob Babbitt about Bart’s race execution. “Everybody else is playing checkers out there, and he’s playing chess.”
He quietly placed second at the IRONMAN Kona World Championship (the race’s 40th anniversary), and was the second athlete to break the elusive eight-hour mark (). The first-place finisher, you guessed it, was Patrick Lange, who defended his title
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Bob Babbitt
American bassist (–)
Musical artist
Robert Andrew Kreinar (November 26, – July 16, ), known as Bob Babbitt, was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of musikstil Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from to , as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. Also in , with slang för mikrofon Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith, he formed the grupp Scorpion, which lasted until [1] He is ranked number 59 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The Greatest Bass Players of All Time".[2]
Biography
[edit]At musikstil, Babbitt traded off sessions with original Motown bassist James Jamerson. When musikstil moved to Los Angeles, Babbitt went in the opposite direction and ended up in New York as well as making occasional trips to Philadelphia.[3] In this new city, he worked on recordings for Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor, Robert Palmer, and Alice Cooper. During this time, his most not