Scott D’Angelo is a long time triathlete who “likes the impossibility of things,” and he’s taking that attitude right to the starting line of Badwater this year.
D’Angelo is a five-time Ironman finisher who started running ultras in 2009. Since then he has completed over 15 ultras and has crewed for Jennifer Vogel, Lane Vogel and Mimi Anderson. For D’Angelo, now is the time to do Badwater. He’s ready.
But Death Valley was not always on his bucket list. “Badwater wasn’t even on my radar,” D’Angelo said, “not like Iron distance triathlons were.”
Preparing for Badwater became a matter of experience. In 2011, D’Angelo ran three long endurances races, the 100-mile Canadian Death Race, The Laramie 100, the Palm 100K, and the Peanut Island 24 Hour which is 102 miles.
He also completed one of the Racing the Planet series in Nepal in 2011. The race was a 150-mile stage race much like Marathon de Sables in Morocco. There, he tented with Marshall Ulrich, who has run Badwater 20 times. It was there that D’Angelo learned about Ulrich’s attempt to circumvent Death Valley this summer, and those aspirations were inspiring to D’Angelo.
D’Angelo feels he’s prepared for Badwater and his endurance running general, and his attitude is that he’s naturally built for these types of adventure/endurance races. He recently ran from Boca Raton to Jacksonville, completing did this 300-mile jaunt in six days to prove to himself he could be self-sufficient.
And, with renown endurance athlete Jennifer Vogel as his coach and one his crew, he’ll do just fine.
When D’Angelo is not doing a triathlon, running, rock climbing, surfing, or doing another type of sport, he’s potentially saving lives. He lives in Delray Beach Florida and has worked for the past 21 years as a firefighter. Scott recently opened The Dog House Performance Cycling Center in Boca Raton, FL.
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