The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

I genuinely hope all the British women smash it. I hope there's a good battle and makes for good viewing.

In other news someone has hacked Nick Bester and deleted his YouTube (and other stuff). I think some on this thread could be prime suspects 👀

Yikes. Not good. I wonder if the content/access is being held to ransom in some way? If not, I assume you're suspecting foul play from Bester's erstwhile collaborator who has shown plenty of historic and recent form for being deranged.

How do you know he's been hacked? Could it also be the case YouTube deleted his channel?

He posted about it on strava, said it was all deleted and he couldn't access his drive. Usually a hacker would do this for financial gain but if there is no monetary request, he ought to be thinking carefully about who would do this and why as it's quite a lot of effort to go to, one would think. Our very first shoetube case for the letsrun detectives to solve?

My guess is on the Foady Runs lot.

I see them at runs and they're all tattooed thugs

Who knows but Nick and Matt Fox had a crazy and nasty falling out. That said something like this sounds more like a copyright strike channel termination from YouTube than a hacking. If races with broadcast rights are reporting the ShoeTubers for unlicensed content, then this ShoeTuber game will change dramatically.

What about?

Nick Bester seem genuinely suffering from narcissistic personality disorder

Not sure if anyone else saw this but last night Nick Bester's channel went live 3x, having been hacked and playing some weird Cryptocurrency video with some AI voiceover

He's posted two IG stories:

22hr ago: "My gmail / google account has been hacked. And seems like its been disabled. The admin behind this is a nightmare. At the moment I've lost access to my Youtube and many other things. I suppose when things like this happen, it makes you appreciate the finer things in life"

7hr ago: "My Youtube channel has been deleted. Wow, how's that for a Monday! Buuuut we wont stop until we get it back.. whether it takes a day, a month, a year, or a decade! Never needed a track/interval session so badly. Just to clear the head."

Somewhere in Chicago there is an Aussie celebrating...

Ah in that case it sounds like a crypto scam that has been targeting relatively 'well known' content creators. Apparently they send them a phishing email with something like "your content has been flagged/copyright striked, click here to see which video" and when they click it the hackers have access and try to launch a customised sh*tcoin for an extremely short term crypto pump and dump. So his channel was probably shilling some sort of NICKCOIN or the like before it got deleted. Moral of the story, always check the sender and try to avoid clicking links from emails.

I wonder if the hacker said Boomshakala once he got into the account?

so I should sell my boomshakalakacoin?

probably a case of karma striking for all the purchased viewing figures (note some of his woeful POV parkruns which apparently have over 1 million views) and the copy & paste training plans he flogs to the local muppets for £150+ per month. hes not a well liked man on the English scene and theres no sympathy for a man making so much money for nothing

The tech side escapes me. I do have a hunch that Bester can carry on training, earning, parenting and existing without YT access for however long. I can't sink to schadenfreude of course but would see a C21 poetic justice if he was held to some sort of adverse financial ransom to get his content and access back.

His channel is back online by the look of it

Would you rather:

Eat a bobo with Seth - upvote

Drink some LMNT with Allie O - downvote

not only is it not back, but his IG has now been hacked an advertising Crypto in his bio

BITR's Thomas Neuberger knows his gels.

Serious miles going down for SD, will he succeed, discuss:

Nope. Here is my non-personal attack reasoning:

1. He continues to load up lots of Zone 1 and 2 miles only. This is the same as every other build that he has done. You can’t run five minute pace if you have not practiced running five minute pace.

2. He has put out a lot of content mentioning his age, the aging runner, taking care of aging muscles, etc. I suspect that this is setting lower expectations and some excuses should the race not go well. I also infer from this that he will avoid substantial quality work because it could injure the aging runner.

3. If Colorado gets an early Spring thaw, then he will grab the drone and head to the mountains to seek beauty and vert. He admits to liking trail stuff because it is fun and he will see it as an early pivot towards Pikes prep. It would prove irresistible and the HM will become an afterthought. See point #2.