Running a Marathon at Any Speed with Martinus Evans

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🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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12 years ago Martinus Evans went on his first run. Despite the initial struggle, he went on to complete his first marathon just 18 months later. Today, Martinus is a marathon runner, author, speaker, and the founder of the Slow AF Run Club, a community of over 40,000 members that motivates runners of all speeds to go after their big goals.

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0:00.0	The sport of running has challenged me.
0:04.0	It has made me a better person.
0:06.0	It has really helped me to see that I can accomplish any goal that I have.
0:15.0	Like, if I can go through 20, 30 weeks of training and, like, do this hard race, then I can do anything that I want to.
0:28.5	Twelve years ago, Martinez Evans went on his first run. It was not fun and it definitely wasn't
0:34.6	easy, but it turned out to be the first day of an entirely new life for him.
0:39.5	18 months after that first jog, Martinez ran his first marathon. Fast forward to today,
0:45.3	and Martinez is a prominent voice in the running community. He's an author, a speaker, and the founder
0:50.7	of the Slow A-F Run Club, a community with over 40,000 members that encourages
0:56.1	runners of all speeds to go after their big goals. I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas
1:02.2	Worth Living, an REI Co-Ob Studios production brought to you by Capital One.
1:08.4	Most races and training plans assume that participants run a 10-minute mile.
1:13.4	Martinez runs slower than that, usually closer to 15 minutes.
1:17.5	He knew that he wasn't the only back-of-the-pack runner, so in 2019, he decided to start the Slow A-F Run Club.
1:25.8	Since starting the community, Martinez has gone on to write a book for slow
1:29.9	runners, and he's built a career as a running entrepreneur.
1:36.8	Martinez Evans, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. I am so excited to chat with you.
1:42.8	Thank you for having me. Let's just start with
1:45.8	running. Like, how did you get into running? Oh, man. So how did I get into running? I'm going to bring
1:54.3	you back to 2012. I was working a commission sales job. I was on my feet eight to ten hours a day.
2:00.3	I found myself
2:01.3	at a doctor's office. The doctor was like, oh, I know why you win pain. I was like why. He was
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