• Episode 77: The Competitive Vacation Racer

  • Oct 11 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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Episode 77: The Competitive Vacation Racer

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  • Sal Escamilla and I met earlier this year at the Carmel Marathon expo and after the race. During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

    • The battle of the last name pronunciation (I lost)
    • How we first met at the Carmel Marathon expo
    • His experience at the 2024 Carmel Marathon
    • What we like to eat before and after marathons
    • The Q Elite race in Michigan in December that was Sal’s first distance race
    • Growing up in Elkhart, Indiana, the RV capital of the world
    • An international race in Ireland that was measured in miles vs. kilometers
    • How he’s the son of Mexican immigrants but embarrassingly isn’t fluent in Spanish
    • How his gamer friends in high school got him into running but then backed out
    • Running in college at Goshen College
    • The traffic accident that allowed him to have another track season
    • His professional career in technology as a developer
    • Training for his first marathon that was at the Carmel Marathon in 2022
    • The Boulderthon Marathon in Fall of 2022 - his first time running any kind of elevation
    • How he ended up running a marathon in Rome
    • Why he doesn’t want to run the Boston Marathon but considers himself a "competitive vacation racer"
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