Take a walk down memory lane... Here you'll find the archive of The Competitors from the last 16 years. While there are quite a few shows posted already, keep checking back as we continue to add shows, update our podcast and bring you new episodes each week.

You can search our archive by entering in the name of a specific person you're looking for, or just a keyword like 'cycling' or 'triathlon'

Lt. Andy Baldwin

A few months back, Lt. Andy Baldwin was working as a Navy doctor in Hawaii and competing in triathlons. Then he was contacted by the folks from "The Bachelor" television show and became the star of their 2007 version, Officer and a Gentleman. He was honored as Competitor Magazine's 2006 Humanitarian of the Year on February 3, 2007 for the work he did on a medical mission to Laos, and two days later he went into seclusion as the shooting started for the ABC show. Andy came on The Competitors to go through the trials and tribulations of being involved in a national television show and during the interview introduced us to Tessa, his new fiance.

Ahmed Zaher

Ahmed Zaher put on the first ever Play Tri Festival outside of Dallas, Texas over the April 21st and 22nd weekend. The guy and his crew must be into pain and agony. On Saturday there were two aquathons, one sprint triathlon, a 10K and 5K plus a number of open water swims. That was all on day one! On Sunday they put on an Olympic distance race AND a half Ironman.

AJ Acosta

AJ won the Footlocker Cross Country Championships in 2005 and will be heading to University of Oregon in the fall. He is a special talent who could one day come one of America's best runners ever. Plus, he has a great personality.

AJ Acosta

AJ Acosta had run the fastest mile of his life the day before, 4:00:37. The fact that the University of Oregon star did it indoors made it that much more imrpessive.

AJ Acosta

AJ Acosta is a San Diego kid who has been chasing the 4:00 minute mile since his high school days. Now in his second year at the University of Oregon, on Saturday night March 8th, Acosta finally did it. He ran 3:58:53 to break Steve Prefontaine's indoor mile school record that had stood since 1973.

AJ Acosta

AJ Acosta has had an awesome summer. He broke Steve Prefontaine's indoor mile record (3:58:42) and had his first opportunity to run in the US Olympic Trials on his home track in Eugene, Oregon.

Al Joyner

Al Joyner started out as a high hurdler, but he'll be the first to tell you that he never was going to achieve greatness there. Instead he moved to the triple jump and the rest is history. In 1984 surprised everyone but himself by winning the Gold Medal.

Al Joyner

Al Joyner won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Triple jump in 1984. He grew up in a tough neighborhood In East St. Louis, and the feeling around town was that his sister Jackie was destined for the Olympics... and Al was destined for jail. Al came in studio to share his story.

Alberto Salazar Part 1

Alberto Salazar is one of the true legends of running, winning the New York City Marathon three times in a row (1980-1982) and running the fastest ever American debut marathon (at that time) in the 1980 race. He was strong at all distances, going 13:11:93 for 5K and 27:25:61 for 10K. Alberto came on The Competitors a number of years ago to chat with Bob about his amazing career.

Alberto Salazar Part 2

Alberto Salazar is one of the true legends of running, winning the New York City Marathon three times in a row (1980-1982) and running the fastest ever American debut marathon (at that time) in the 1980 race. He was strong at all distances, going 13:11:93 for 5K and 27:25:61 for 10K. Alberto came on The Competitors a number of years ago to chat with Bob about his amazing career.

Alexi Grewal

Alexi Grewal came to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles as a complete wild card. Yes, he was on the U.S. cycling team for the road race in Mission Viejo, but since he had had no contact with Coach Eddie B. or any of the other members of the team in the months leading up to the games, he was really racing for himself. In this candid interview he admits that Davis Phinney was the strongest guy out there that day, but Alexi had a few tricks up his sleeve to put himself in the very best position to win the Gold Medal.

All about Paddleboarding

For a little change of pace, the evening's topic was the a hot new sport called paddle boarding. In studio with Paul were Roch Frey, triathlete and born again paddle boarder, Brian Scymanski and Matt Friedman from North County Paddleboards. They interviewed 6-time Molokai to Oahu champion Jamie Mitchell, who went 4:48 for the 32 mile crossing this year, an amazing accomplishment.

Andy Hampsten

Andy Hampsten is one of the true legends of American cycling. We were jazzed to be able to spend some quality time chatting with the only American to win the Giro d'Italia.

Andy Holder

Andy Holder goes by the name "Iron" Andy. Why? Because the guy is able to compete in triathlons plus inspire and inform diabetics around the world at the same time. He is an amazing guy.

Andy Potts

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Andy Potts didn't get into the sport of triathlon as a professional until 2003. A year later, he was on the Olympic Triathlon Team representing the US in Athens. This summer he'll be focusing on the Race For the Toyota Cup...and just maybe on the Ironman World Championship in Kona!