On today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast, I got back on the trip. 15 seconds became 20
seconds, came back, 20 became 30, 30 became a minute, next to you know I was running minutes.
And from there it became minutes to miles. And I think for a lot of people listening,
it's more about being consistent and persistent in a journey versus looking out,
I should be farther than what I am. So I actually took joy and going to the gym every day and
seeing progress. It just became momentum. Hi friends, welcome back to another episode of
the Real Foodology Podcast. I am your host Courtney Swan. And as always, I am so happy and excited
that you guys are here. Today's guest is Martinez Evans. He has an amazing story of motivation and
what inspired him to get on the treadmill and start running marathons. He has a book called
300 pounds and running. And he shares his story with us about what motivated him to start doing
marathons. He went from having never run a marathon, being in pain. And he and I also have similar
life experiences that we went through when we were younger. And so we share a little bit about that.
We hear from him what he learned in all of that and how it really shaped his life. So this was a
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Martinez, I'm so excited to have you on the podcast today. I was actually listening to
another podcast that you did. And I'm so inspired by your story. And I'm so excited to share it with
my audience today. Thank you, Corinne. I'm glad to be here. Thank you so much. So for people that
do not know your story and your book, can you tell people a little bit about how you started
getting into marathons and just your whole journey with your health? Yeah. So all of this started
back in 2012. I was working at Men's Warehouse at the time. So I was working commission sales
on my feet eight to 10 hours a day. So I just want to pin that as I continue to sell a story.
I was on my feet for eight to 10 hours a day on the sales floor hustling, right? In hard bottom
dress shoes on concrete floor. So I started to develop some hip issues because of that.
Went to go see a doctor, doctor went to go send me to an orthopedic surgeon. And I'm sitting in
orthopedic surgeon and doctor's office. And he's looking at me. He's like, so you have his
hip pain. I'm like, yes. And I go through the whole thing of like a work warehouse. I'm on my
feet all the time. I'm moving up shaking. Used to be a football player. And you know,
just trying to get him up to speed. And he's like, okay, uh huh, uh huh. And he was like,
I know why you in pain. I'm like, okay, like why? And he was like, it's because you're fat.
And I was like taking a bag. I was like, what? And then he went on this whole
tiring of like your fat. You got two options. You need to lose weight or die. You got this stomach
of pregnant woman. You need to get on a treadmill or an attract and start walking and all this
other stuff. And I was still on the fact that he called me fat. Yeah, you're like, whoa, I
could like back it up. Like I came here because my hip hurts. And I've been on my feet in this
store running around eight to eight to 10 hours a day. And you're telling me I'm fat. So then I
go on this whole thing of like, well, screw you, screw all of this. You talking about if I wanted
to, I can run America. He laughs at me and tells me the best, the most stupidest thing he heard
in all his years of practicing medicine. And if I ever ran a marathon, I would die on the course.
So as much as I wanted to put hands on him, I did not. And I left at the doctor's office and I bought
some running shoes and I started running that day. How did that make you feel with that doctor
saying that to you? I think this is actually a really important part of your story,
because there's there's so much conversation happening right now online, especially with
women, I think when they go to the doctor, women don't want to get weighed anymore. They don't
want to hear anything from their doctor about their weight. And I think we're doing people
a disservice. I think there's a way to do it that can be really sensitive to the person's
experience because we don't want anyone feeling really bad about themselves. But I think what
your doctor did quite literally probably saved your life. And so I think there's got to be this
balance, this middle ground where our doctors are honest with us about the reality of the current
situation so that we can do like make better choices and change. I don't know if you saved my life.
To me, I don't know if you say my life, like, did he change my life? Like,
did my actions that preceded his interaction change my life? Absolutely. But I also think that
I'm not the average individual. If an average individual went into the doctor's office and
you're there because you're having hip pain, right, whatever, or you need her or like whatever,
your ankle, shoulder, whatever can be hurting. You go to the doctor because something's hurting.
Hey, Doc, my shoulder hurts. And instead of the doctor being like, okay, like, let's figure out
and let's treat the shoulder. He's like, well, you know, you know, treat that shoulder. Like,
if he has lost weight, and it's like, well, what that has to do with my shoulder, right? So I think
that the whole notion of the doctor said from my life, I don't necessarily think so because
that was the first time he ever met in that doctor. He was an orthopedic surgeon. And like,
this is the first time I'm ever meeting him. So he don't know my background. He don't
have anything in my charts and things of that sort. So I think for most people,
it's a hit and miss. But I think overall, it's about not throwing preconceived notions
around that a person where you're trying to seek help, right?
Now, now, now this doctor was my PCP. And we've been on this journey and he's had
this relationship with me. He understands what my blood panels look like. He understands like
all of the other things I'm going with. Okay, like, let's have a conversation, right? Mr.
Evans, you have high blood pressure. Let's try to treat that. Mr. Evans, you're
cholesterol is high. Like, let's try to treat that. But for a doctor to come in and just be like,
you're fat and you're going to die, not knowing what I do. For example, that's one of the reasons
I I pinned. I wanted to pin. I was on my feet working this commission sales job
eight to 10 hours a day on my feet all day, right? So it's not like I'm not active. I'm just
a larger individual and I always been a larger individual. So who's to him to say that, you know,
me not being on that floor on the cell floor running around or whatever, whatever, or being a weekend
warrior, playing basketball, football, my friends, flat full, football, my friends hasn't had anything
to do with that particular hip injury. Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. And I appreciate that.
I appreciate you explaining that. So then how, how did you get from that place then to running
marathon, marathon? What was the motivation behind that after that conversation with the doctor?
Were you just like, I want to show him? Yes, he pissed me off. So it was all it was your spite,
right? The fact that this doctor told me that me running marathon or even thinking about running
or marathon is the stupidest thing that he's ever heard. And to me, I'm like, I'm not stupid.
I'm a very smart individual. Like, who are you to tell me I'm stupid because I want to do something
and you don't see it for me. Right? That's like, you know, Courtney saying, I know you're doing
this podcast, but you'll never be a great podcaster. You would never be as good as any Porterfield
or whoever, whoever, right? I don't know you and you don't know me, but like putting that
judgment on this like, man, I don't know if we'd cuss, we'd say F you do like,
fuck what you saying, right? And I think that's the same thing with this doctor was,
yo, I'm not here trying to hear what you're trying to say. And if I want to go run a marathon,
damn it, I'm going to do it today. I mean, I think there's a great lesson here. And this is
something that I learned in a very young age with my dad who has since apologized to me and has
corrected himself. But when I was younger with my career path, he would always tell me, you're not
going to make it like you're not, you're not going to be successful at this. And I was like, watch me,
you know, and it was the greatest motivator. You know, it was honestly a gift that he ultimately
gave me. It was really hard at the moment, but it really pushed me to prove him otherwise. And
it sounds like the doctor gave you that gift as well, which is pretty cool. Yeah, I think more
than anything he gave me the gift to say screw you man, watch me watch me work. And I can definitely
prove you wrong. That's amazing. So after that doctor's appointment, you immediately went and got
running shoes, right? And you went to the gym. So I got running shoes, right? When is it a running
shoe store? I'm like, I need running shoes, I need them now. Right?
Like let's go. It's on motherfucker. Let's go. I get those running shoes. I get to the
low fitness center inside of my apartment complex. There's three treadmills and the only tread
metal is open. It's the middle one and conveniently sandwiched between two gazelles. So I'm sizing
these guys up. One guy is going like 10 on the treadmill. Other guys going like nine and a half.
I don't know nine. I'm thinking to myself, I can at least go seven there. Right? Because I'm
sizing these bills up like they run an emphasis on this treadmill. Their legs are striding now.
They're breathing hard. And I'm thinking myself, like I can do this too. What go seven? So I put
seven into the treadmill. And that's the belt was going through my legs. I was thinking myself,
like, I don't know what I'm getting myself into, but I'm going to do it. And so I get on a treadmill.
And the team seconds later, I was on the ground. Wow. The way the sound my body made,
it ain't moving treadmill was like the loudest thing that I ever experienced inside a fitness
center. I hope you weren't injured. Okay. Go. Was it injured? You know, there was this internal
battle of like, do I stop? Do I keep going? I felt like the the treadmill was like rejecting my body
or like my body was rejecting the treadmill. But either way, there are so many things that
was going on at once that like time slowed down. And the next thing you know, when time sped up,
I was on the I was I was on the floor. And then the guys looked at me and was like, Hey, bro,
like, are you okay? And I was like, yeah, I just lost my balance. And then got my stuff and got
the hill up out of there. So as I'm leaving the fitness center, I'm going home. And I get to the
door to my apartment and I reach out and have this tattoo on my right wrist that says no struggle,
no progress. And it's a reference to the famous 1857 speech by Frederick Douglass,
the girls, you know, if there's no struggle, there's no progress. You know, men who favor freedom,
yet advocate the agitation are men who want crops without plowing the land, you know,
you want rain without thunder and lightning, or men who want the ocean without its law
roads, right? And he goes on and I speech to says like, you know, there, there, the struggle may be
a physical one or a moral one. However, to get some type of progress, you have to go through
some type of struggle. And I got this tattoo a while ago, maybe when I was like, I was in my
teens when I got it, and I got it very young. And I remember seeing that tattoo and they clicked for
me at that moment. I was like, all right, I know what I need to do. If they go through the struggle.
Wow. From hearing your story on this other podcast, it sounds like you had a lot of struggles
in your younger years, which I actually related to. I've also lost two siblings in my life. So my
heart really went out to you and I heard that and what has kept you motivated, you know, for I,
this is the question that I get a lot from people when they hear about, you know, my story of loss,
what has really kept you motivated in your life after experiencing so much loss at a young age?
Um, oh, no, Spike. It's a great motivator.
Spike is a great moderator, but I think it's just the, the, the sheer will of understanding that
your predicament can be a lot better and you have to almost will your way to get there.
So of course there was a lot of other factors that went along with that. So to even let people
in, you know, before the age of 10, I've had, I had two brothers pass on me. So one, I lived in
Detroit, Michigan. I used to stay next to a crack house and, you know, one brother ended up being
selling drugs. He ended up getting killed. And then I had another brother,
died by suicide and I ended up seeing his body, right? And I think that, you know, going through
those situations, um, A, you have people telling me, yo, if you don't change your life, you're going
to end up like your brothers. And that, that kind of pissed me off. But also, um, the fact that,
you know, people already had my future planned out for me. Um,
and I was still trying to figure that stuff out myself. So for example, you know, um,
when you live in Detroit, Michigan, in the, the 90s and 2000s, everybody worked for the big three,
which is for GM and Chrysler. So my father worked, um, 30 plus years at GM. My mother worked for a
plant that was like a supplier, like a class supplier for all of the big. So I remember being in
maybe my, um, in between my sophomore and junior year and my mother coming to me and saying, hey,
um, when you graduate, I've already talked to the, talked to my supervisor and we can get you in
as like a manager in training at the plant and yada, yada, yada. And like, that's a good thing
because, you know, you'll start out making a lot more money than I did and all this other stuff.
And I remember being like, well, what if I don't want to work at the plant? You know,
because like I see my parents do it, right? They, they spent hours literally, um, you know,
taking a screw out of the box and putting it into a piece of a car or whatever they was doing,
right? Hard manual labor. I see how tired they were. And, you know, my thinking was,
why would I want to sign up for that? I see what you're going through. Why would I want to sign up
for that? And I remember telling my mom, like, you know, I want to go to college. And me and her
have this, you know, debate of, well, I don't know how you're going to pay for college because
we can't afford it. And I can't afford it. You can't afford it. Yada, yada, yada. And, you know,
that watched me work thing that I learned about myself happen. So the, uh, the next year or my
junior year, I played football and I played football for my junior and senior year and ended up getting
the football scholarship. That's awesome. So, you know, it was just one of those things of,
you know, people already haven't your life planned out when you don't even
haven't figured out yet to even make your own steps. Yeah, I can very, very much relate with that.
And I was up against a lot of resistance and struggle because similarly, my parents had a certain path
that they envisioned for me and I had to fight really hard, which is so funny. I was actually
just talking about this with a friend the other day. I had to fight so hard to pave my own path,
but it was a path I didn't even like know what, what I was doing with, you know what I mean? Like,
similar, it sounds like to you, where I was like, okay, I'm not doing that one for sure.
But like, what am I doing, you know? And, and I think, um, an important aspect of this and,
and maybe you can relate to it was for me personally, I was really just having to follow my own intuition
and just know that this one path that my parents wanted me to go down was just not right for me
and to trust that even though I didn't know exactly what I was doing and I was going into
very unchartered territory to just trust that I, I somewhat knew what was going on with my intuition,
you know, and to follow that. Yes, absolutely. I think a lot of, of everything I do is about
trusting that intuition and just knowing, you know, in my book, I write about this thing of
having delusional self-belief, right? The notion of you have to believe in yourself so much that
everybody else around you thinks you're delusional, right? I love that. Yeah. That's one of the things
that I believe in. Okay, so let's go back to the marathons because I'm sure everyone's wondering,
so you, you had this experience at the gym and you kept going and you ended up running
multiple marathons, right? Yeah, so from the Frederick Douglass speech, what happened afterwards,
right? The next day I got back on the trip. I didn't fall, but I went a bit a little bit longer, so,
you know, 15 seconds became 20 seconds, came back, 20 became 30, 30 became a minute, next to you
know, I was running minutes, right? And from there, it became minutes to miles. And I think for a
lot of people listening, it's more about being consistent and persistent in a journey versus
looking at, you know, dang, I should be farther than what I am, right? So I actually took joy
and going to the gym every day and seeing progress, right? Some people might call it newbie games,
right? Like, you know, you go to the gym, you haven't been to the gym in a while, and like,
now you have all these games. So the same thing happened for me, and it just became momentum. So,
you know, eventually I got up to a point where I can run a 5k, which is a, you know, a race where
it's like 3.1 miles. I ran a couple of those and found out how fun that was. And then just
continued on the journey from 5k to a 10k, and then 10k to a half marathon. And on January 1st,
2013, I was like, okay, it's time for me to sign up for my first marathon. And I chose Detroit,
because you know, I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan. And I pretty much had, you know, 10 months
to train and practice for that marathon and to get there. And I ran that first marathon
took me roughly seven hours to run that thing. But I did it.
That's amazing. I mean, what did it feel like after you accomplished that? I hope that you feel
a sense of pride, because that's really, that story is incredible, where, you know, you felt the
treadmill, you were feeling super defeated, but you decided to go for it anyways. And training for
a marathon is a lot of work. Yes. Yes. Yeah. It's a lot. So what they don't tell you is that,
while training for a marathon, you pretty much don't have a life. Yes.
I have a friend right now that's training, and I've never seen him.
So you pretty much don't have a life. So say goodbye to your social, to your social life. That's
why mostly runners usually gang get with other runners, because you can understand. I think the
thing about running a marathon is that it's so hard, right? Like the training is grueling. You
don't have friends or like your friends don't understand you. But get about happy hours and
branches, right? My wife was like, what are you doing? Like there's no more brunch. And I was
like, not for a while. So it felt good to cross that finish line and really put like, put my hands
up and try out and really understand like, yo, I did this. But one of the other things that I also
tried to celebrate was throughout this whole process, right? So remember I was talking about
like every time I went a little bit further than I'd never went before, I tried to celebrate that,
right? So I remember when the first time I ran for five minutes straight, that was a celebration.
And then every weekend or just about every weekend, it was like, whoa, I've ran longer than I ever
did before, to the point where, you know, in marathon training, most people stop around,
stop running around like 18, 19 or 20 miles. And I remember being like, yo, I just ran 20 miles.
Wow. And like that was exciting and really being proud of that. So that when I came to the marathon,
even though I was a little scared because I never ran anything longer than 20 miles,
I knew that I can at least get there. And I was just going to let the vibes take me the rest of the
way. You should be very proud of yourself because running a marathon is hard. I've actually never
even run a marathon. And I've been pretty active my whole life and like, you know, gone in and out
of running. But marathon is a lot of work. And the fact that you not only did one, but you've done
how many now eight of them? Wow. So, so initially, we know the motivation was by what has been your
continuing motivation since then, that sense of accomplishment or?
I think it's a mixture of things, personal satisfaction. Also, I like the person I am when
I'm actually doing like a routine. So I kind of see like, marathon training is like, yo, I'm
the LeBron of running even though like I'm not right. But the thing of doing the training,
eating in a way that's going to feel for your for your training, right? The fact that
I'm putting in this work, like that's what I like the most about training for these races. It's not
about like running and comps now. It's more about the process that comes along with that that I really
enjoy. I will say that. And then, brands, you know, you wouldn't believe the countless friends you'll
meet on the road of like running a race and being like, yo, this hill suck, right? And they'll look
at you and be like, yeah. And it's like, okay, it's almost like being a little kid. Like, I like
pizza. Do you? And it's like, yep, I like pizza too. And it's like, well, I guess we're friends.
Those are the same thing with running running marathons, right? It was running races is that,
yo, this hill sucks. And the person come back and say, yeah, it does. And the next, you know,
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three hours, sometimes a little bit more that a person becomes friends with you. So I met countless
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question. Most people think that running like there will be a huge diet shift. And the answer is
not necessarily, right? One of the things that I learned throughout this whole journey is that
I wasn't eaten enough. So interesting. So hiring a nutritionist and going through the process,
I learned that I wasn't eaten. So when it came to performance wise and trying to run more and try
to run and get better at it and become a better runner, one of the things that my nutritionist did
was like, hey, you got to eat more. So when you start looking at the numbers of a basil,
basil metabolic rate of a guy that's 300 plus pounds, like 3,000 calories of like 3,500 calories a day.
And I remember when she had me do a 24 hour recall, she looked at the numbers and she was like,
yo, you're eating maybe 2,000 calories a day on a good day. I was like, yo, did you know if you
ate more to help with the performance, you'll probably feel better while running.
So it wasn't a thing of like eating clean versus not or like picking a specific diet. It was more of
like, you're doing this activity. And if we run the numbers, say you want to run a marathon, right?
At your weight, you're out there for six to seven hours, you're going to burn this many calories.
Like, how are you building that, fueling yourself to be able to run those miles?
And can't stay on your feet and you can feel better versus being like, oh,
carbs or don't eat carbs or only eat protein or things that I saw. It's just more been of like
understanding the timing of when I do eat and like how much versus the times when I'm not
necessarily trying to. That's interesting. I mean, we do know like from, because I am a nutritionist
and from a nutritionist perspective that there are certain foods that will feel you and give you
more energy so that you can run faster and run better. Have you noticed any of that at all? Or
has she helped you with that aspect of it? Or? I think one of the things we've just done is like,
hey, Martina, it's like you're about to run this race. Like, one of the things you might want to
not look into is, you know, not having so much fiber during this run or, or, you know, maybe cut
down on your fat intake, you know, during some of these runs, right? Or after you run, make sure
you increase your protein intake because like, that's when your body is primed for, you know,
these nutrients. So it's been more of like timing of specific macros versus being like, oh,
these things, not eat these things. I think that has been helpful. Okay, Martina is like,
you know, you're going to go for this run or you know, you have to be out there for three hours.
Maybe the meals before shouldn't be a high fiber food. You know, shouldn't be high fiber
or a high fatty food because you're going to be out there and you're going to have some
DI issues. So it's been more of the timing on certain foods, say certain food groups or certain
macros, then, you know, here's a list of all the foods to eat and like, they should all
type of things because for me, and my personality, I don't necessarily roll with that.
Yeah. So that's been more or less my experience with my nutritionist.
You got to do what works best for you, you know, and I always tell people like,
you are the only one that really knows what's going to be best for you, you know, like you can
work with experts that tell you like, hey, you know, X, Y, and Z is good for you and overall,
like better for you. But at the end of the day, you got to listen to you, you know, so it's important.
So I think a good example is like, my nutritionist is like, yo, you got to eat
imparts. Like, I don't like imparts. Like, imparts don't treat me well. Like, why would I want to eat
that? Yeah, you don't have to eat that. But like not eating imp parts, but understanding, okay,
like, I can still have TSC or things of that sort, right? So it's really about
finding what's best for you, but also advocating for you. Right? I think when you're having this
relationship with the nutritionist or whoever that's you're working with, like, whether it's your
doctor or things that that sort. I think for most people, you have to advocate and be truthful
to completely understand who you are and what you're going to do. So one of the quotes I always
tell my clients is that you're not lying to me. You're lying to yourself, right? Like, I can,
I can only help you with what you tell me. So if you tell me something that's a lie, like,
I can only go based off that versus if you were truthful and honest, we can work within those means.
Yes. Oh my gosh, I love that. I really love that. And this is something I talk about quite often
on my podcast is advocating for yourself and recognizing that while a doctor, a nutritionist,
whoever expert in their field, maybe an expert overall in like the human body, but you personally
are the expert in your own body. And when you're working with someone, it's important to have that
balance of meeting in the middle where they really listen to you and your needs and then help you
based on, you know, your experience because I don't know what it's like to live in your body.
You don't know what it's like to live in my body, you know, and so there really is a meeting in the
middle. And that's where I think you get the best, the best progress. So what is your advice for
people that have a goal and maybe they're not feeling super motivated? So what, what kind of
keeps you motivated? One of the things I try to tell people is rely on consistency. Like when
motivation is, is not there because here's the thing about motivation is only motivation is there
when there's good times, right? Motivation is the first thing to leave when there's something
rough going on. So when there's something rough going on, rely on consistency and pride yourself
on being as consistent as possible when motivation is not there. And that's the same thing with me,
right? Like I run these races and people are always like, Hey, Martinez, why do you do this?
Or how do you do it? Or how do I continue to stay consistent? You know, you have to figure out what
care is going to get you there. So for example, for me, it's more about signing up for as many
races as possible in a particular year, right? The fact that there are an infinite amount of
races in the world that I have not been to or places that I haven't been to that I want to go to
and signing up for that race keeps me honest and keeps me active so that I can run that race and
have a great time. Yeah, I love that. Well, before we go, I have two questions for you. One, well,
we'll start out with the first one. Is there anything else that you want people to know that we didn't
talk about that you feel like it's important for people to hear? Yeah, I think that is
is comparison is a thief of joy. Yeah, you know, I just want people to know that as you listen to
my story, you're probably like, I can't run eight marathons. That's impossible. And I want you to
know that we all start at day zero. So your day zero may look different from my day zero, my day
zero ended up with me like on the ground, like your day zero may be something different, but you
cannot compare those our own like our experiences, a much each other. The only thing you can do is
compare yourself from what you're doing today to what you're doing tomorrow is not where you
started is where you're going. So that's the first thing comparison is a thief of joy. And then the
second thing is have fun. Life is too short to be going through all of this stuff and to be unhappy
and to be hating your own self like life is too short to be for self-hate. It's too short.
So have fun. Enjoy yourself. Love yourself. Leave the haters. Leave a hating for the haters.
I love both of those messages so much. I actually just had a conversation about that the other day
on my Instagram because I just people just, I don't know, social media. So it just can be,
it can be a hateful place. And I'm like, why are we getting our panties in a bunch over the
smallest little things? Like, you know, just like let it roll off your shoulders. Like we're
not here for a long time. We're here for a good time. You know, let's have some fun while we're here.
Well, I want to ask you a question that I ask all of my guests before we go. What are your health
non-negotiables? So these are things that you do on a day-to-day basis just to
yeah, maintain your health and your energy and things that you do no matter what part of your routine.
One of my health non-negotiables is eating within 90 minutes of me waking.
I'm a better person when I do that. I'm not as cranky. Like it gives me the burst of energy
that I need. So like that's the first thing that a lot of learn. I personally have to eat
something within 90 minutes of waking up. That's a non-negotiable. Even if I got a
ghost somewhere up on traveling, I'm bringing a packet of oatmeal something. And then the last,
the second non-negotiable is never miss two workouts in a row. So the first one is a
problem. Like the first one is okay because life comes into it. It's in the second one. That's
the start of a new habit. So never miss two workouts in a row. That's really great advice.
I love that. So for people listening, can you tell them where they can find you so they can
find your book and find your work? Yes, you can find me all over the interwebs at 300 pounds and
running. It's 300, it's about about pounds and running. You can find me on Instagram, Facebook
there. You can also find our Run Club, Slowly at Run Club. It's a community of 10,000 members worldwide.
You can find it at runslowaf or slowly at runclub.com. And then we also got a little book coming out
on June 6th called Slowly at Run Club, the ultimate guy for anybody who wants to run,
which provides all types of stories that I experienced throughout my 10 years of running,
but also providing a how to in as well. Most how to manuals and running is written by
professional athletes or former professional athletes teaching you how to run their way.
And there's not anybody out there as of yet. So when my book comes out, it's teaching people
how to run in a more enjoyable way and not from a lens of a professional athlete.
I love that. I think it's going to help so many people. So we'll definitely leave some links in
the show notes. And yeah, Martinez, thank you so much for coming on today. I'm very inspired by
your story. Thank you for having me Courtney. Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you so much for
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