"I know he inspires a lot of people in the office to be more active and I know he inspires fans throughout Southern California to be active," Vice President, Community Relations and Kings Care Foundation Jennifer Pope said. "He always has a ton of energy, he's always happy. What more could you want?"
The Run Club meets every Sunday at 8 a.m. in the South Bay and goes for about an hour. Members can go at their own pace and reach whatever distance they want to travel in that timeframe.
Generally there's a lot of support during these sessions - not just within the group, but also from the active residents in the area.
"The unique thing about it is that where we take off from, you're continuously in contact with people," Evans said. "Whether it's our own Run Club people coming back against the trail that you were running on or you can make your way over to the water if you want the view, but there's always people out there so there's a lot of energy being provided - not only by Run Club members, but also the population in the community."
Since the Run Club started, Evans has seen members further embrace healthy habits and reach personal fitness goals and them make positive changes to their lives has meant a lot to him.
"I look at a couple of people that I know have knocked off almost three minutes a mile from the first days we started," he said. "When you look at something like that when you're running a 12 minute mile and all of a sudden you're running a nine minute mile - that's a huge, huge benefit."
Conversation topics are often about the Kings and what's going on with the team at that moment. Many games happen Saturday so there's generally a fresh idea for them to discuss.
"It's a 'Monday Morning Quarterback' type of thing so I try to answer whatever questions they might have and you get a different perspective as to the way they see the game from the perspective of a fan," Evans said. "It's just great interaction. You're not just talking about the Kings, but about the League. I think over time now, the group has really gotten to know each other. Some of them sit with each other at the games and have season tickets. They share tickets. They get together before games, so it's a social group."
