The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

Latest Floberg vid. Pretty much unwatchable.

maybe he's a trustfundafarian. except without the dreads. I dont know how it all works but I doubt they make much from their YouTubes. theres this whole class of people who have so much money that they need to give it away so they put it in an account for their children (or grandchildren) and then when the child is older they get a certain amount each month and basically do whatever the f they want with it. a lot of time they use it for drugs and/or gambling. then there is usually a fight of some sort about it and the family stops talking to each other.

It's time to catch up with our favorite Running YouTubers!

Kofuzi is on Cloud 9, reviewing an On shoe and taking a trip to go trail running in Africa (so much for the I'm staying home this year resolution). He's also publicly pining for a Sydney bib and saying he's in discussions/negotiations with Sport Tours about it. I guess that kind of sponsorship does make sense. If five people with the cash watch his video and decide to drop $15k to run Sydney with them, it probably covers his comped travel and appearance fee.

Phily Bowden is celebrating being accepted into the London Elite Field.

Allie Ostrander defeated Phily Bowden by about a minute in her debut half marathon and is celebrating her top five finish and 71 minute half debut.

Spencer Brown AKA the Local Legend AKA The Athlete Special is celebrating the return of the Athlete Special and a top ten finish at the Mesa Half Marathon.

The Greatest of All Time, Still the Original Running Shoetuber is documenting his training for the Jersey City Half Marathon in a new shed in his back yard. And running in cold weather.

Matt Fox is trashing Nick Bester. Nick Bester says his account got hacked. That's so much drama it should have its own thread.

Ben is Running is doing hill sprints and liking the new Adidas shoe (Evo SL)

Ben Parkes is trashing the new Nike shoe (Pegasus Premium) because it's so heavy. Lots of YouTubers don't like that shoe. But apparently they're all too young to remember the late 90s and give it the proper review which is: 1997 called, it wants its top running shoe back.

Some new dude named Yowana is rambling on for over an hour about the Nike shoe and hawking some app that he presumably has some relationship with. I don't really get that guy's videos and I can't watch more than a minute or two of them at a time, but he gets lots of views. I don't think he's that big of a fan of the Nike shoe either.

The Believe in the Run crew is rehashing their trip to Miami, which warmed them up from a cold Baltimore winter, talking with Hoka product designers (Hoka paid for their trip to Miami it seems), and eating cordiceps Mushrooms.

And in positive news, the views and likes and comments on Matt Choi's Instagram posts have crashed since his New York City Marathon stunt.

And that's all the time we have for running YouTubers today! I'm looking forward to see how they do in their Spring Marathons.

this is the 4th or 5th time we've heard this story from him on a Podcast or Youtube video

I was more amazed no one has commented on him taking Ozempic for weight loss to improve his marathon time.

Incoming stress fracture from under eating - BOOK IT

The Matt Choi news warms my heart! I am happy to see that consequences still exist in some pockets of our society.

Pot meet kettle

Also amazed me! Further, it makes me wonder what other PEDs he's taking.

I don't believe for a second, he just casually decided to play around with injecting peptides on a 4-day break. He's probably been experimenting for years.

Technically, it's not a banned substance; which is probably why he talked about it.

"My kids are my top priority"

Welllllll.... except when one of the kids has a championship game and I need to do a shakeout runs with the Youtube fans.

Ben Parkes went to private school, meaning his from a relatively affluent family. I agree and also assume he's living off of some sort of inheritance or trust fund.

How can someone who quit their job to run be doing less than your average hobby jogger? Dude is averaging 40km a week, what else does he have to do all day?! It boggles the mind.

Long time lurker but hearing him comment on essentially extended fasting via Ozempic and him explaining how he is definitely not breaking him visa does not instill any extra belief that he cares about the ‘recovery period’ he took or his ‘non illegal’ travel activities.

What he is doing is just about as shady and ED territory as it gets

Is it that easy to get Ozempic in the US? In the UK I'm pretty sure it's prescription only and I don't think any doctor would prescribe to anyone with a BMI below 30 (maybe I'm naive here). Like he says, even the smallest dose is too much for his skinny ass and makes him nauseous all day. It doesn't sound fun, and hunger is a pretty powerful mechanism for keeping you healthy - what are the bone health and hormonal implications of this while training? Dude's setting a really terrible example, and in my moral universe, what he's doing is de facto doping, regardless of WA rules.

once again i will use this thread to say that floberg is lame, the corny boy band music, overly dramatic editing like he's training to run sub 2 at the ineos challenge or something like that.. jeez

I like Yowana. He does stream of consciousness shoe reviews with little to no editing. His has an app for his Hobby Jogger community that includes a resale market place for lightly used running shoes. I think he likes the Peg Premium but I haven't made it all the way through.

Thought that was a wild thing to try. Even if it isn't a banned substance, he's still taking a medication that you need a prescription for (at least in the US) that he clearly doesn't need.

Spence is looking for a coach...and much like a Marvel Easter egg, there is a back of the head shot of Philly B at the end of his clip. Is he "loving the grind"?

This related to Phily’s coach, not Phily

Would you mind elaborating on the Choi views and likes drop off? Having been impacted (marginally, but still annoying) by his two Houston bike stunts, I make a concerted effort to avoid his stuff since doing so would give him a boost.

This would imply Bester breaking the Federation's Coaching Code of Practice. I find it hard to accept that a man of his ethical calibre would do so.

Anyone with inside info on the Bester/Fox falling out? Where does the truth lie? They tell completely different stories about what happened. Is there truth somewhere in the middle?