Rewriting the Book on Plus Size Running

Fantastical Fatty Podcast

05/26/23 • 45 min

REWRITING THE BOOK ON PLUS-SIZE RUNNING!

MARTINUS EVANS | @300POUNDSANDRUNNING

In a world where fat athletes are excluded from races, training, clothing, and all other forms of representation ... it just takes one crappy comment from a troll to piss someone like Martinus off enough to create his own size-inclusive world for plus-size runners!
Martinus Says...

"You need to have delusional self-belief. You have to believe in yourself so much, so hard that anybody else around you thinks you're crazy. "

Some of the highlights of our convo include,

When the Doctor Tells You You're Too Fat So You Decide to Run a Marathon
When Run Coaches Won't Train Fat People So You Become a Run Coach Instead
When the Haters Spur You On To Create an Entire Brand Around Their Mean-Spirited Words
Why We Need to Learn to Do It Afraid and Do It Alone
When Everyone's Worst Nightmare Comes True: Falling Off the Treadmill
Why You Need Delusional Self-Belief

Meet the Martinus!

Martinus Evans has run over eight marathons since his doctor told him to “lose weight or die” in July 2012. Since then, he’s also coached hundreds of runners and founded the Slow AF Run Club, a community of over 10,000 members worldwide. He is also the author of the book Slow AF Run Club: The ultimate guide for anybody who wants to run who enjoys speaking passionately about issues related to size-inclusivity, mindset, DEI and mental health.

All Resources We Talked About

Slow AF Run Club
Book: Slow AF Run Club
Get the First Chapter of Martinus's Book, "Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run,"

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About Fantastical Fatty
Lindsay Johnson, aka Fantastical Fatty, is a fat joy activist, fat liberationist, and fat fitness lover. They believe fat people deserve to love their fat bodies and take up space!
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05/26/23 • 45 min

Fantastical Fatty Podcast - Rewriting the Book on Plus Size Running

Transcript

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if you think of a person listening to this right now and they're going, can I, can I be an athlete? Can I do these things? Can I face the struggle and do these things? What are some tips you would have for that person to help them shift into an athletic mindset when they don't perceive themselves as having an athlete's body or looking like an athlete? First thing I'll say is yes you can. I have this phrase of delusional self-belief, right? Yeah. Ooh, delusional self-b

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