The Current22:56Meet Martinus Evans, the 300-pound marathon runner
About a decade ago, Martinus Evans went to see his doctor, and was given an ultimatum.
“I’m sitting there and my doctor is like, ‘Mr. Evans, you’re fat. You need to lose weight or die,'” he told The Current’s Matt Galloway.
Evans was there because of hip pain, but said the doctor seemed to ignore that problem to focus on his weight (he was approximately 360 pounds at the time). As the physician recommended buying trainers and taking up slow walking at an athletics track, Evans became frustrated.
“I said, ‘Screw that, screw you. I’m going
