The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

Aubrey Is Running (or whatever his new channel is) is now running Boston.

It makes a mockery of the hard work some people put in to qualify. Absolutely amazing this guy, with such a small following is being flown to marathons around the world

Kofuzi strikes me as the type that gets mad if the grocery store won't let him use a coupon.

What’s his predicted run time.

Another Ben Parkes solo run. 1:03 moving time, 1:27 elapsed time.

What's the reason for all the pauses?

If it’s anything like the city I live in he’s probably having to stop every minute to avoid getting run over.

Firstly it's Z1/Z2 London, so there are lots of roads to cross and crowds to navigate. Secondly he went under the Greenwich foot tunnel, so that's like 5-10 minutes of watch paused for the stairs. Do none of you live in big cities?

I run the river loop 3x/week: that route requires only 1 road crossing and is very sparse for pedestrians + Greenwich Foot Tunnel is max 60s each side for the stairs, even at a leisurely walking pace

i have no idea what is taking him so long

He strikes me as the type of guy that gets upset when people don’t bring their own bags to the grocery store.

I do not get the how some of these people become the chosen ones. I think Aubrey and Tommie Runz (who appears to be joined at the hip with Kofuzi) are unbearable.

Midlife runner seems like the smuggest influencer of all to be honest. Not anywhere near as funny as he thinks and the Matt Fox links shows he hasn’t the strongest morals either.

When you contrast with the British equivalent MARM he’s far less amusing.

I think that’s the difference between Americans and Brits summed up in a nutshell if you watch those two channels. In terms of humour, self deprecation levels and cringe factor.

Filming probably? He always uploads a bunch of selfies - likely stills from footage he's getting.

Just attempted to watch the beginning of the latest SJD vlog and felt an intense lack of motivation to watch anymore Running ShoeTuber’s videos. The combination of toxic positivity, unlikeable personalities, lack of originality, and click-bait motives all contribute to reasons for not watching the over abundance of these narcissistic enterprises.

The sport of Running would be better off if the following people reclaimed their dignity and stayed off the interweb:

professional runners

sub-elite runners

sub-sub-elite runners

sub-sub-sub elite runners

college athletes

jobby hoggers

runners over the age of 21

runners under the age of 21

Jess and Ben Parker split over a year ago, seems like he can't keep his hands to himself. If you watch any of the Runna Podcasts, you'll see his wandering eyes, his inappropriate questions, and the rather inappropriate clothing he wears when presenting.

The only one I watch with consistency and am subscribed to is Sage.

Yeah I agree it's ridiculous. He ran like 4:30 in Berlin didn't he? He'd probably be faster without the overly positive yapping while running though. Influencers should have to qualify like everyone else.

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

Ben Felton, AKA Ben is Running, won his hometown half marathon! Unfortunately from his Strava, it appears he might be injured before the big London showdown with Cole, Nick Bester and Ben Parkes.

Speaking of Ben Parkes, he ran a 50k! It had a hundred hills and was on the West Side of London.

The Believe in the Run crew are trying to be honest about Tracksmith's race shoe while not alienating a potential source of free travel. The result is a review which says, "I'm not going to race in this, but I absolutely love running in the shoe."

Speaking of free travel, the King of Free Travel who is Kofuzi is posting another sponsored video for Runna. Not many people watched it. He also gave high marks to the Hoka Cielo X1 2.0, a shoe other reviewers did not love. Perhaps that was a peace offering to Sage after their infamous ending.

Allie Ostrander is helping her sister, Taylor, train for the Boston Marathon (I hope she beats some of the male ShoeTubers, like Kofuzi, if he bothers to run it), trying to break 32 in the 10k by training in an indoor track in Alaska. Unfortunately her shin is injured. Indoor tracks, injury factories. But it also was the most exciting day of her dog Georgie's life: the video was sponsored by a dog food company! Way to go Georgie and your 4:47 mile.

Allie's partner, Spencer Brown AKA The Athlete Special AKA the Local Legend, is grinding out an 8x1k with 400m jog workout in the howling wind of Boulder.

And, finally, we can't visit the great State of Colorado without checking in with the Greatest of All Time, Still the Original Running YouTuber. The Jersey City Half is coming up and he's doing intervals and mile repeats to get ready. His mile repeats were in about 5 flat pace. Pretty impressive for a guy pushing 40!

And that's all the time we have this week for running YouTubers! Soon it's Spring Half and Full Season! Exciting portion of the ShoeTuber year!

If Ben F really is injured again then this will be absolutely calamitous timing, as he's apparently just about to go back for another stint in Iten = yet another 3 week block of high-altitude elliptical? The parallels are stark though as here, just like last time, he has a quad niggle and then immediately races a HM on it which makes it worse

Correct, London is great for unbroken running. Tones of river paths and parks

Even though he will shill for anything and everything it’s a shame as he does seem like a genuinely nice guy! I really hope it is just a niggle.

But who would have thought running high mileage, multiple sessions a week, double threshold and racing regularly was a recipe for disaster? Bring back 2 workouts and a long run and as much easy running as you can handle.