The Brooks Run Guide Interviews, Gary Martin, Brooks NIL Athlete, UVA Athlete, Episode 7

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with Gary Martin,

Brooks Sponsored NIL Athlete,

Episode 7

Updated December 9, 2025

Gary Martin is an exciting American middle distance runner, coached by Trevor Dunbar and Vinn Lananna at the

University of Virginia. A strong high school runner, Gary ran at Archbishop Wood High School, in Westminster, Pennsylvannia.

Gary just finished fifth in the NCAA SouthEast Regional, as he and his team, the UVA Cavaliers, move to the NCAA Division 1

Cross Country Championships.

Gary Martin runs most weeks around 75-80 miles a week and is focused on quality training, building his endurance and strength to race from 800 meters to 5,000 meters. His favorite indoor distance? The 3,000 meters!

Gary Martin is a Brooks Glycerin fan.

Gary Martin is a Brooks NIL Athlete, and this was a very fun interview!

On December 6, Gary Martin took third in the 5,000 meters at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener, in 13:05.57, a nearly 8 second PB! What a great track opener after his 7th place in the NCAA Cross Country Championships on November 22, 2025.

Thanks Gary for your time and enthusiasm!

Gary Martin’s PB’s? Quite Impressive!

1:47.46 for the 800 meters (2024, Charlottesville)

3:32:03 for the 1,500 meters, (2025, Eugene)

3:48:82 for the Mile indoors (2025, New York City)

7:36.09 for the 3,000 meters Indoors (2024, Boston)

13:16.82 for the 5,000 meters (2024, Charlottesville)

New PB at 5,000 meters of 13:05.57 (December 6, 2025)

Special thanks to Brooks sports marketing for setting up this interview!

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Special thanks to Gary Martin, Brooks NIL athlete, for this time and enthusiasm. Special thanks to Brooks sports marketing for their support.

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Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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