Marcus Smith
I am an entrepreneur, motivational speaker extreme athlete and coach. With a clear vision of making peoples lives better through health, culture and environment, I have developed and established two successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; and Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo.
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Even some Scottish people I spoke to had no real clue where this race was. That may have been the tipping point for me signing up for it. Remote and unknown. Two factors that more often than not lead to adventure. Convenience in race timing was on offer also. Convenience in location still being debated. I had three weeks from Traka to when we are due to start the Badlands route. As Holly would later point out “we could have gone and sat somewhere warm in Europe you know!” Fair point, but to me it made sense to head to Gatehouse of Fleet in South West Scotland to race the 2026 edition of the Gralloch. This was not my first UCI gravel race. Fun fact. The first gravel race I did was a UCI sanctioned world championships qualifier. A race that I secured a position at the World Champio...
Who Am I?
Purpose Driven | People Focussed | Holistically Ready | Always Learning | Living Life
I am an entrepreneur, motivational speaker extreme athlete and coach. With a clear vision of making peoples lives better through health, culture and environment, I have developed and established two successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; and Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo.
With a competitive sporting background, I played professional rugby from the age of 18, with a major highlight being my participation in the 2009 IRB Rugby Sevens World Cup. Retiring from the game in 2010, I moved to CrossFit and endurance challenges which I still take part in and love.
I believe that developing mental strength through physical challenges is one of the keys to a successful life and have multiple challenges and ultramarathons to my name. My experiences in these challenges and my near death experience have helped me coach numerous people to achieve their goals. From athletes wanting to run 1 mile or complete an ultra endurance event, to CEO’s setting workplace or leadership ambitions, to anyone seeking their life’s purpose and desires.
Prior to establishing my first business InnerFight, I spent 10 years in the sporting goods industry, with over five years as a sales director at market leader, Adidas and my final year at Nike.
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“Motivational”, “thought provoking”, “inspirational”, “forward thinking” are some words that my audiences have used to describe my talks.
From 50 people to 500 people, from kids to adults, I have had the privilege of speaking and motivating audiences around the world with a simple vision of making their lives better through sharing my experiences, my take on life and how I looked death in the face and decided to live.
My TED Talk is short and powerful bringing together the 9 months from when I nearly lost my life to running 30 marathons in 30 days.
At schools I inspire children to live, something I think we often forget to do.
In December 2018 I shared my “30 Marathons in 30 Days” experience with a sell out audience at InnerFight’s “InnerTalks”
“Lessons From The Desert” gained me international respect as I shared my lessons from 2 years of running over 2,000km across some of the worlds most brutal deserts.
Want me to speak for you? Get in touch with me through the contact form below.
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Phone:
+123 456 789 111
Email:
john@dotrex.co
Address:
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