Philip King: You Can Have as Much Fun as You Can Afford - R4R 312
The Running for Real Podcast
Tina Muir
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Philip King isn’t concerned with PRs - which is surprising, considering how fast he is, with times around 1:15 for the half marathon and 2:48 for the full. He runs for the challenge, to connect with others, and to motivate members of his community. He’s active in Black Men Run, serves on the Black Unicorn Marathoners committee, and has run in races around the world, all while working a full-time job and raising a family.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running. |
| 0:14.1 | Together, we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps |
| 0:21.6 | us become better people, whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run while the |
| 0:26.1 | rest of the world still sleeps, or befriending the strangers next to you at the |
| 0:29.8 | start line of a race. We are here to connect with others who see running as the common thread |
| 0:35.1 | that weaves our lives together. Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks |
| 0:40.5 | of life, united by a love of running. |
| 0:47.4 | Hello my friends, welcome to episode 312 of the Running for Real Podcast. Thank you for joining |
| 0:52.4 | me today. I'm excited that you are here and excited for you to get to know my guest. |
| 0:57.4 | Now my guest today is someone I was introduced to at the Boston Marathon when I was in the |
| 1:01.9 | Tracksmith store, actually. I just happened to be in there, got to meet him, really enjoyed |
| 1:06.7 | connecting with him, put it together during this interview that I'd actually seen him at an event |
| 1:11.8 | he had put on the 2022 Black Unicorn Marathoners Celebrate and Connect Boston Meetup event, |
| 1:18.6 | which I have mentioned before. It's an event I went to to celebrate the Black Marathoners at the |
| 1:23.5 | Boston Marathon, the director of the BAA was there and as was Meb. So it was a really cool |
| 1:33.0 | event that I really enjoyed going to and Philip, my guest today, Philip King, was actually one of |
| 1:38.7 | the people presenting Adrian Benton, who was the founder of the Black Unicorn Marathoners, |
| 1:45.4 | with an award, because she has now been elected to serve on the BAA Board of Governors. |
| 1:51.9 | So today I want to bring Philip on the show, my friend Alex, who I trust her opinion immensely, |
| 1:58.9 | had recommended him as someone good to talk to and I was very interested because while Philip |
| 2:03.8 | is very fast, he has run 115 in the half, he also doesn't really pay attention to his PRs, |
| 2:11.1 | he is a very stressful job and he has three daughters. So there's a lot going on and I really |
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