Martinus Evans
Martinus helps people finish the hard things they’re afraid to start. Through his Finish Anyway framework, your audience leaves with tools they’ll use tomorrow. 100% rate his sessions valuable.
Martinus Evans is an Emmy-nominated keynote speaker, bestselling author, and founder of Slow AF Run Club (40,000+ members). A 9x marathoner at 300+ pounds, Martinus helps people finish the hard things they’re afraid to start.
A doctor told Martinus at 360 pounds that running a marathon would kill him. But that wasn’t the first time someone told him what his life was going to be. Before the doctor, there was Detroit, where he grew up next to a crack house and lost two brothers before the age of ten. Before the marathons, there was college, where he earned a 1.2 GPA his first semester and an advisor told him to find a factory job. He graduated anyway. Got two master’s degrees anyway. Ran nine marathons anyway. Built a community of 40,000 people who had every reason to quit and didn’t.
Now Martinus brings that framework to stages across industries. His signature keynote, “Finish Anyway,” is built on three principles: Decide before you feel ready. Adjust when the plan breaks. Finish as identity. He customizes every keynote to the audience’s industry and challenges, from healthcare and financial services to education, technology, and associations of every kind.
Martinus has worked with organizations and brands including Adidas, Nike, New Balance, SHRM, Ally Financial, Affinity Consulting, and CCISDA. His audiences consistently rate his sessions 100% valuable, and meeting planners describe the booking process as “simple and easy to follow.”
He is the author of Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run (Avery, 30,000+ copies sold) and was named Outside Magazine’s Outsider of the Year and Well+Good’s Changemaker of the Year. His documentary Final Finishers received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sports Documentary Short.
Martinus holds an MA and MS and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martinus Evans is an Emmy-nominated keynote speaker, bestselling author, and founder of Slow AF Run Club (40,000+ members). A 9x marathoner at 300+ pounds, Martinus helps people finish the hard things they’re afraid to start.
A doctor told Martinus at 360 pounds that running a marathon would kill him. But that wasn’t the first time someone told him what his life was going to be. Before the doctor, there was Detroit, where he grew up next to a crack house and lost two brothers before the age of ten. Before the marathons, there was college, where he earned a 1.2 GPA his first semester and an advisor told him to find a factory job. He graduated anyway. Got two master’s degrees anyway. Ran nine marathons anyway. Built a community of 40,000 people who had every reason to quit and didn’t.
Now Martinus brings that framework to stages across industries. His signature keynote, “Finish Anyway,” is built on three principles: Decide before you feel ready. Adjust when the plan breaks. Finish as identity. He customizes every keynote to the audience’s industry and challenges, from healthcare and financial services to education, technology, and associations of every kind.
Martinus has worked with organizations and brands including Adidas, Nike, New Balance, SHRM, Ally Financial, Affinity Consulting, and CCISDA. His audiences consistently rate his sessions 100% valuable, and meeting planners describe the booking process as “simple and easy to follow.”
He is the author of Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run (Avery, 30,000+ copies sold) and was named Outside Magazine’s Outsider of the Year and Well+Good’s Changemaker of the Year. His documentary Final Finishers received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sports Documentary Short.
Martinus holds an MA and MS and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Finish Anyway: The Framework for Starting Hard Things and Finishing What Matters
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or closing session
This program is perfect for:
∙ Organizations whose people are stuck, burned out, or avoiding the hard thing in front of them
∙ Annual conferences, all-hands meetings, and events that need a closer who leaves the room changed
The audience will leave with:
∙ The permission to start before they feel ready and a framework for adjusting without abandoning
∙ A new relationship...
Leading Through the Wall: How to Move Your Team from Stuck to Finished
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or workshop
This program is perfect for:
∙ Leadership teams dealing with stalled initiatives, low momentum, or difficult transitions
∙ Management retreats and executive offsites where leaders need practical tools, not just motivation
The audience will leave with:
∙ The ability to diagnose whether their team needs a new plan or just permission to keep going
∙ A framework for adjusting strategy...
High Performance Does Not Flow to Low Energy: The Practice of Finishing Without Burning Out
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or breakout
This program is perfect for:
∙ HR professionals and wellness committees addressing burnout across their organization
∙ Healthcare, education, and nonprofit audiences where people are running on empty
The audience will leave with:
∙ A new model of resilience built on strategic recovery, not relentless pushing
∙ The phone battery framework, an interactive exercise that changes how...
The Recovery Is the Performance: Why Your Best People Keep Quitting and What to Do About It
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or executive session
This program is perfect for:
∙ C-suite and senior leaders dealing with retention challenges and burnout-driven turnover
∙ Organizations losing their best people to exhaustion, not competitors
The audience will leave with:
∙ A diagnostic for why their people are actually leaving (it’s rarely what the exit interview says)
∙ The “ebb and flow” model for building recovery...
The Slow AF Revolution: Building Teams Where Everyone Finishes
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or breakout
This program is perfect for:
∙ DEI conferences, inclusion tracks, and organizations building cultures of belonging
∙ Sports organizations, education conferences, and any audience redefining who gets to participate
The audience will leave with:
∙ A new definition of performance that measures who finishes, not just who finishes first
∙ The architecture of belonging from a...
Don’t Quit, Adjust: A Framework for Finishing in Uncertain Times
Format: 45-90 minute keynote or closing session
This program is perfect for:
∙ Industries navigating AI, regulatory change, budget pressure, or restructuring
∙ Annual conferences where the theme centers on change, adaptability, or navigating uncertainty
The audience will leave with:
∙ The “Adjust, Don’t Abandon” principle for knowing when to pivot and when to push
∙ The mile-five check-in, a practical tool for assessing...
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