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124 How a Distance Runner Turned a Shoe Company Into a Billion-Dollar Brand with Angel Martinez

The School of Greatness

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What Attracted You to Running?

In distance running, there's no coach that's going to bench you. And then the clock never lies. There's no subjectivity. It's all the same playing field. Same race. Exactly. You can clock does not lie. That's what attracted me is absolute. I could be as good as I want it to be. Wasn't up to the couch.You didn't like me. Pretty human. Yeah. No, none of that. Just the idea that it's all up to me. I like that. I like it. Right. So what attracted you in the footwear business? In the first while, that was a natural extension of loving running.

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