How Ultra Trail Runner Martin Perrier Turns Laziness Into 330 km Podiums Twice at Tor des Geants (2024 & 2025)

Hey Adventurers,

In this episode of The Adventure Reignition Podcast, I sit down with Martin Perrier professional ultra-runner, 2024 & 2025 Tor des Géants podium finisher (3rd & 2nd place over 330 km / 24,000 m+), author of You Have My Word (Je m’y engage), and coach/speaker on the power of personal commitment.

Martin is half-hyperactive, half-“world-class couch lover” (his words) which makes his take on discipline, willpower, and doing hard things refreshingly honest. We unpack how he transformed from skipping workouts to running for days, and how the same engine that gets him through 100-hour races can change any life habit.

We dive deep into:

• Intention vs Commitment: Why “wanting to” isn’t enough and Martin’s Commitment Equation
• High-achiever traps: When “more grind” is avoidance and why some athletes must commit to rest.
• Timeframes that stick: 30-day experiments, monthly reviews, and how to adjust without quitting.
• Excuses, decoded: The “Grand Slam of excuse" and how to neutralize each.
• Confidence, redefined: Not a prerequisite,  a consequence of action (and how to under-promise / over-deliver).
• Ultra mindset: Preparing for things to go wrong, troubleshooting on the move, and choosing when to stop (without self-betrayal).

✨ Favorite Quote : “I don’t have a choice — because it’s my choice.”

💡 What You’ll Learn

• How to upgrade a New Year’s intention into a real commitment that survives bad days.
• A simple way to set time-boxed experiments and review/adjust without losing momentum.
• How to spot the optimism bias and set targets you can actually beat.
• Why competing commitments (health, family, training, craft) must be made explicit to align your life.
• The difference between carrots & sticks vs. internal commitment and why the latter lasts.
• A practical script to ask a commitment partner for honest accountability.

🔥 This Episode Is For You If…

• You’re a creator, athlete, or entrepreneur who keeps “intending” to post/train/ship and wants it to finally happen.
• You’ve said “I don’t have time” lately and suspect it’s really a priority and excuses problem.
• You chase goals hard but struggle to rest without guilt.
• You want a mindset that treats life as an adventure.

📘 Martin’s Book

• You Have My Word (Je m’y engage) a practical guide to building commitments that reshape habits, identity, and results.

Where to find Martin

• Instagram / LinkedIn / Strava / Website: @martinperrier

🤝 Want to Go Deeper?

If you’re a multi-passionate creator or adventurer ghosting your own voice, I’m opening spots for my 1:1 coaching to co-create a magnetic personal brand rooted in truth over trends.

DM me “POD” on Instagram to start.

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Transcript

00:00:00:00 - 00:00:20:10
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How come I can be so lazy and have zero discipline and zero willpower? But at the same time, I can run for ten, 20, 30 hours in a row, 100 hours, even being incredibly tired and thirsty and hungry and whatever you want and not quit and keep going. If I'm so lazy, I could just just quit. And I and I struggle for years trying to understand what's the difference.

00:00:20:10 - 00:00:50:03
Inconnu
And it's not just motivation. Sometimes we say, oh, is the motivation. That's just not enough. And and that's how I put my finger on it. And, and realized, yeah, it's a matter of commitment. Whatever I'm committed to truly I can do and I can I can really move mountains and move across mountains as well. Specifically for me. But if I'm not fully committed, there's there's no way it could be something as easy as, you know, turning off my phone at 11 or just getting out of bed at 7 a.m. in the morning, even at eight.

00:00:50:03 - 00:00:57:11
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If I'm not committed to it, I may just skip because deep down there's a small voice in my head that says, what if you don't? Just don't do it? And.

00:01:05:04 - 00:20:30:00


00:20:30:00 - 00:21:03:10
Inconnu
Greg from the podcast. I really hope you have as much fun as I do first. Thank you for being here and if you enjoy it, please give it a follow and share this with a friend because it really helps a lot. Now if you are a multi passionate creator, an adventurer or a visionary that feel called to express themselves fully, I'm opening few spots for my brand new one on one coaching that helps you build brands that feel like you and attract align opportunities without copying trends, faking it, or just waiting for clarity to arrive.

00:21:03:11 - 00:21:25:16
Inconnu
So whether you are still figuring out your voice or want to have more confidence expressing your story, we will co-create your personal brand and content with a sustainable rhythm that you can actually follow Sports Unlimited. So follow me on Instagram and Jimmy Pug Powered to see if this is a great fit. All right. Back to the podcast.

00:21:25:16 - 01:13:50:05