Are any Boulder runners NOT in a YouTube-d training group?

summer of free money wrote:

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Ouch. I'm not Gordon Ramsey, but I predicted that baking result before they put it in the oven.

youtube viewer wrote:

summer of free money wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VnST4GlF1FU&quot

Ouch. I'm not Gordon Ramsey, but I predicted that baking result before they put it in the oven.

Lol did they seriously just mix yogurt/flour together and throw it into the oven?

jenapharm wrote:

summer of free money wrote:

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I watched this entire thing (I don't know why) it was so painful. Sad ro think we started all this looking inside a college program with "running with the Buffaloes " and it has depended down to this.

This is the zoomer version of running with the buffaloes, if that book was modern day it’d be admittedly a flo track series and not a vlog but you get what I mean

I've been trying to avoid running into these groups and yet I've seen pretty much all of them around (Oregon guys, Athlete Special, CU girls)

The answer is no.

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All the other training groups have been stuck in the Boulder Canyon for weeks where there is no cell reception! MF Chaos, bro.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10091937

Nonsense! wrote:

Youtube viewer wrote:

Someone else can provide links, but I saw your former athlete Sage Canaday with Spencer Brown. Then Brown with Sage. Didn't watch, but now there's a Brown with Tinman Elite.

Also Cooper Teare was with Brown as well as Charlie Lawrence.

Gotta admit, the running content on The Athlete Special channel has stepped it's game up and if you are a true running fan, it's pretty damn good.

Then your taste is low grade. I've seen the latest videos, they're worse than "Jersey Shore" in terms of meaningful content.

Boulder a magnet for entitled narcissists? No way, whodathunk! Lee Troop's crew looks like an exception but only because the runners are indifferent and Troop can't get a handle on the technology. Which is ironic, as Olympic level athletes like Jake Riley (or Jenny Simpson) don't have use for the YouTube stuff and he's the only genuinely interesting athlete by dint of true accomplishment. The rest are just clownish collegiate also-rans who have Peter Pan syndrome and enough free money.

Don't be a hater.

Couple of these runners are fast as Sh*t. Especially Cooper Teare. Probably going to be a bowerman or zombie NOP dude after next year.

They SHOULD be putting content out there. That Spencer Brown kid has like 50k subscribers on Instagram. I only say that because word is he is going to contract with a team. Your typical 3:39 1500 guy isn't going to get him that contract but throw in a large following of people to advertise too and it certainly helps. That's just the name of the game.

Everyone can't be Galen Rupp and just run then hide in his altitude house. In all other sports we care about the athlete and who they are personally.

Btw the Ben Crawford videos are very good. If you care at all he recently did a podcast and talks about his angle for videos and his experience in videography.

https://youtu.be/sTc7v33L2iA

I will say however that the Tinman stuff is cringy. They just come off as try hards.

You're the tryhard with this Boomer noise. I know it's trending for millennials to define their own success when they wind up average at traditional societal markers. 50K subs is a great accomplishment, his parents must be proud. Go ahead and just award him a berth on the team for Tokyo. ?

Everyone can't be Galen Rupp and just run then hide in his altitude house. In all other sports we care about the athlete and who they are personally.

Highly agree with this.

Ben Crawford’s channel is good. Guess these guys just says screw it let’s train in Boulder.

I like how he had videos uploaded from 5 years ago. Nothing in the mean time. Suddenly it’s like everyone rediscovers this YouTube thing.

Sepencer wrote this.

small triGger wrote:

Any old farts 35+ like me interested in going out there to make some parody videos? Could have some beautiful slo mo shots of one of us throwing down a 7’20 mile, beer gut and all.

Agreed! I should put together some footage of my easy long run today.

"Hey! What's up? This is Portland Hobby Jogger getting ready to rock some 8-9 minute pace goodness on some nice suburban streets and bike paths. I'll also give you my take on these sweet Saucony Liberty ISO 2 shoes. Spoiler alert! They give some niiiice overpronation control for pudgy old farts like me."

(Quick cuts of me plodding along to the worst public domain techno or acoustic guitar music that I can find to avoid paying royalties. Waiting at some cross walks. Putting my mask on to pass some walkers. Getting odd looks from seniors playing golf next to the bike path. Swigging water from a Camelback bottle.)

"It's pretty epic so far but, I'm starting to feel that this morning's oatmeal is scouring out my colon. Just passed a new strip mall with Starbuck's location and a Which Wich? Sweeeeet!"

(More bad background music. Slo mo of ducks swimming in a drainage control pond. Random shot of clouds. Another old runner dude giving me a wave as he passes on the other side of the street. Some housewives pushing strollers. A flock of geese crapping all over an empty youth soccer field)

"Getting tired and my knees are a bit sore. Still keeping my heart rate low. Thanks, Garmin 235! I love these kind of runs because you just relax and enjoy the flow. The zen. The chi. Yeah, it's all ZenChiFlow this morning. Click up in the right hand corner to get my monthly newsletter and score some ZenChiFlow merch! So the Saucony Liberty ISO 2 are treating me right...good shoes!"

(Same awful music. Me turning off the watch at my driveway. Posing with my hands on my knees in a very unnecessary fashion because I never violated Zone 2 but, have to look more human for my viewers. Switching to close up of me chilling in my home studio nursing a Brew Doctor kombucha and displaying a half eaten Shalane Flanagan Super Hero Muffin)

"That's how you do Saturdays my friends! Got a question? Hit me up at the link below and don't forget to check out the new PHJ ZenChiFlow fanny packs and trucker hats. Next week, we'll go for a power walk with my wife and talk about how cleaning out the garage keeps her from starting a fight and is great cross training for ultras. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel so you won't miss any new content. Peace out and keep moving forward!"

flvmmox wrote:

Everyone can't be Galen Rupp and just run then hide in his altitude house. In all other sports we care about the athlete and who they are personally.

Highly agree with this.

This isn't true at all. The NFL is the unquestionable king in the US and 99% of players can walk down the street unnoticed. I think the general public wants to watch sports and not listen to athletes opinions on everyday topics, they are only interested in how they perform.

jenapharm wrote:

I watched this entire thing (I don't know why) it was so painful. Sad ro think we started all this looking inside a college program with "running with the Buffaloes " and it has depended down to this.

Different cohorts. Outside of Teare (who is talented enough to overcome the absurdity), none of these vloggers will go on to do anything, especially the guys murdering themselves for no reason up at Rollinsville in July. At a place like CU, the people who are obsessed with the work tend to separate from those who are obsessed with themselves.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Boulder a magnet for entitled narcissists? No way, whodathunk! Lee Troop's crew looks like an exception but only because the runners are indifferent and Troop can't get a handle on the technology. Which is ironic, as Olympic level athletes like Jake Riley (or Jenny Simpson) don't have use for the YouTube stuff and he's the only genuinely interesting athlete by dint of true accomplishment. The rest are just clownish collegiate also-rans who have Peter Pan syndrome and enough free money.

You won’t hear much from Simpson. I think she learned to keep her mouth shut after she got called on her TUE’s. The people screaming tte loudest are typically the ones guilty of the same thing theyre criticizing.

Excellent!

Especially liked the half-eaten Shalane Flanagan super muffin part. What are you, Mark Twain?

Eaten Shalane Muffin. Just great.

I like it! Maybe differentiate yourself from the competition though. You know how every clip they show of them running inevitably has to end in some footage of them coming back to the camera to press stop (which eventually gets edited out)? Maybe keep that in.

SuicidePace wrote:

flvmmox wrote:

Everyone can't be Galen Rupp and just run then hide in his altitude house. In all other sports we care about the athlete and who they are personally.

Highly agree with this.

This isn't true at all. The NFL is the unquestionable king in the US and 99% of players can walk down the street unnoticed. I think the general public wants to watch sports and not listen to athletes opinions on everyday topics, they are only interested in how they perform.

You sound like the type of person who listens to sports radio on your drive too and from work. You then proceed to check your phone all day for ESPN notifications. Then at night you sit on your coach and nod your head in a agreement while you drink a bud and watch Laura Ingraham rant about how Lebron James should just shut up and dribble.

I get it you DO NOT particularly like this specific form of running content. You have to look at the whole picture however. As we see with larger sports you as an Athlete are a brand. Now that might be a little hard to wrap your head around but people promoting themselves DOES help the sport.

Now it may be cringy sometimes I get it. Believe it or not this will start to be the new normal.

Good runners being able to monetize off the running they do (not just being dependent on flotrack showing up for a workout Wednesday). Or self promoting their sponsorship (not just being dependent on a Runnersworld Cover).

This is Future. You can already see from athlete's like Gwen Jorgensen for example.