S3E4 -- The Unlikely path to Ultra with Gloria Aguilera
Not every athlete who challenges the 515 distance has completed 20 Ironmans, or have been winners in their age groups, or are Ultra marathon junkies. Some just work their way up the distances and prepare to take on the 515 distance with a hope of just finishing. My guest today, Gloria Aguilera, did not do any of that. Her first triathlon was the Ultra 355 in Cozumel and now she is my guest as the UltraMX 515 athlete in profile.
She is lucky to have an experienced guide in the form of husband Jose Postigo, a 2 time finisher of UltraMX 515 and 2 time finsiher of the UltraMX 515 Non Stop. He also joins our conversation and shares some of his stories about those races.
Gloria brings a great perspective to the 515 personal challenge. She recognizes her athletic shortcomings and is not out to win it all. Both her and Jose are in it for the fun, the Ohana, and to live a healthy lifestyle.
Steve King shares the background of the UltraMX 515 race director and coach of Gloria, Van Sanchez.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Boston Marathon
- Ironman World Championships
- Ultra 355 Cozumel
- IM Los Cabos
- IM Cozumel
- UMUK
- UltraMX 515 Series
- Ultra 355 Australia
- Ultra 355 Canada
Shout outs and mentions in this episode:
- Inaki de la Parra
- Debbie Jones
- Brian Jones
- Ramiro Gutierrez
- Miguel Aguilar
- Michelle Echeverria
- Jorge Cabrera
- Samantha Portilla
- Will Rogers
- JD Tremblay
- Chad Bentley (S1E1)
- Brad Sawa (S1E10)
- Van Sanchez (S1E6)
- Fernanda Cantu
- Mario Esparza
- Carlos Peña
- Melissa Peña
- Delia Lujan
- Miguel Garcia (S1E6)
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Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music : Run by 331
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