Ep. 722: The Life-Saving Power of Running (or any sport) - Dave Scarpello
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
After surviving an armed robbery attack at the age of 26, Dave was told he’d never walk again. Being stubborn, he proved everyone wrong by getting back on his feet in a surprisingly short amount of time. Unfortunately, a few years later he was hit at a stop light by a drunk driver and forced to start back at square one and learn to walk yet again. Three back surgeries later and years of managing chronic pain with prescriptions left Dave in a state of life that he no longer wanted to live in. Something had to change.
He walked into the pain clinic that had been treating him and told the doctors he would radically change his life and become healthier. He found peace while walking the streets of Philadelphia for exercise and quickly saw the positive impact it was having on him. After hearing about a neighborhood 5k and learning that you can walk the entire way, he set his sights on simply finishing.
It absolutely changed his life. The 5k grew to 10k, and then to a half marathon, and ultimately led him to run the New York City Marathon, which was admittedly one of the best days of his life.
Being a beer lover, Dave wanted to find a healthier alternative to the beers he enjoyed after a long run. A quick internet search led him to a brand new company, Athletic Brewing. He was hooked right away and has been a consistent supporter for the last few years and subsequently joined our ambassador team.
Despite finding running as his therapy of choice and Athletic Brewing as his beer of choice, Dave has still faced a number of challenges that take the same level of tenacity to overcome as the early days.
We hope Dave’s story inspires you to live without compromise and full of adventure!
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| 0:00.0 | You know, it went from, you're never going to walk again, and I'm in a wheelchair, to you're |
| 0:07.2 | never going to be able to walk without your walker. |
| 0:10.8 | You're never going to be able to walk without a cane, then progress to. |
| 0:15.2 | You're never going to be able to walk without a limp. |
| 0:18.5 | And the thing is, like, when I'm in a walker and they're telling me, |
| 0:23.7 | I'll never be able to walk with a cane, I'm thinking that's great because I'm, like, I'm walking. Happy Thursday, folks. |
| 0:47.7 | For this Thursday episode, we're not going to be doing a throwback like we usually do. |
| 0:51.8 | We're going to be doing an episode from my other show without compromise through athletic brewing. And that's because Dave is so dang inspirational. I |
| 1:00.8 | wanted to play it here. Now, it's not necessarily an adventure sport, but it is sport and it is movement, |
| 1:07.8 | and it is being out in nature as you'll hear. |
| 1:11.5 | Dave loves running outside, even if it is in the concrete jungle of Philly. |
| 1:17.4 | You know, the pictures he posts from his run all the time that I see in the ambassador group. |
| 1:21.7 | You know, it's beautiful, beautiful settings and it's the power of nature and the power of getting |
| 1:25.6 | yourself moving. |
| 1:27.2 | And that's applicable whether it's, you know, running in the streets of nature and the power of getting yourself moving. And that's applicable, |
| 1:28.5 | whether it's, you know, running in the streets of Philly or running in the Himalayas in the |
| 1:33.1 | middle of nowhere or wherever it is for you. The power of finding that thing for you and doing it |
| 1:39.8 | every day or doing it as often as you can is true across the board. And it doesn't matter what your |
| 1:46.2 | background is or where you come from. Dave's story is going to prove that to you. If you're at all |
| 1:51.4 | interested in hearing more or reading more, there is a link to a blog post about Dave's story. |
| 1:56.2 | But I just encourage you to just to learn as much as you can from him. He's well spoken. He's |
| 2:00.8 | eloquent. He's a spoken, he's eloquent. |
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