Episode 77: The Competitive Vacation Racer

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"