‘The strongest I’ve ever been’: Record-setting miler Gary Martin returns to the Penn Relays

Virginia miler Gary Martin of Virginia passes the baton in the College Men's Distance Medley Championship of America on the second day of the 2023 Penn Relays at Franklin Field.Gary Martin frequently repeats these phrases to himself while he puts himself through the grueling training circuit that requires him to run up to 80 miles per week.

Martin and his teammates also will be driven following their less-than-spectacular performance in last year’s Relays, when Virginia just missed the podium with its fourth-place finish. Given his dominance at the event as a high schooler, Martin labeled it as a disappointment. “You have to put yourself out there to even have a shot at it. That’s the big mental part that I’m now really getting a grasp of.”

Aside from Martin’s excitement to compete close to home, the self-labeled coffee lover also looks forward to visiting one of his favorite cafés, The Board and Brew, in University City. Martin said he plans to order two to three cortados each day — before and after — his races this weekend.

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