Run Rabbit Run 100 is in the books, phew, what a wild running race, the longest of my life. Run Rabbit Run 100 was a wild ride for me. The race plan went off...
Woah that was a raw and honest video at least. Drinking just water untill mile 30 it seems (and after for that matter), and eating 1/3 of a banana and some watermelon. Yikes.
Fellas, what are your predictions for how long before this house of cards of his comes crashing down? Does his channel survive to the end of the year given the content he's been producing lately?
I think there was a time years ago when Seth's videos were legitimately a bit more interesting, or he seemed to actually put some consideration into a shoe review at least. Now, like everyone's already noted on here, the shoe reviews are so low-effort and it's like he barely knows which shoe he is reviewing in which video. Just rambles on in a single take without any apparent preparation throwing out a few common buzzwords and putting random sound effects in the audio track. Every review ends up being identical, and the final scores end up being almost identical too, so there's no value at all in the reviews at this point.
And on the "running" vlog side of it, the videos are also so formulaic it's becoming a meme. Wake up super early, dramatic shot of making coffee and eggs, pace around the dark house muttering catchphrases, vlog while driving, some B roll drone shots of downtown Denver or a mountain, more overused catchphrases and weird fake voice, show yourself neglecting your family who are running around in the background while you film yourself opening a package for the 10,000th time, try to shoehorn in some recycled "deep" theme/message like "getting out of your comfort zone" which has been discussed ad nauseum by now, etc...
You can see his subscriber growth rate has tapered off dramatically over the past few months. I bet views have too and the channel is not bringing in nearly as much money today as he might have projected it would a year or so ago. I would love to see an actual behind-the-scenes vlog where he and TL go over their finances, figure out how they're gonna keep making mortgage payments, figure out a budget, etc. That would be gold.
Woah that was a raw and honest video at least. Drinking just water untill mile 30 it seems (and after for that matter), and eating 1/3 of a banana and some watermelon. Yikes.
He really did that? ( I didn't really watch the whole thing).
Well, that is not really clever. What I noticed straight away, that Seth was wearing a singlet. That is never a good idea for an ultra in scorching heat. Rookie mistake. One of many obviously. He probably thought he could easily win this thing and then he already had to stop and sit at mile 28. That's the reason why great marathoners will never be good at ultras. They can just run for good two hours. That's it.
Fellas, what are your predictions for how long before this house of cards of his comes crashing down? Does his channel survive to the end of the year given the content he's been producing lately?
I think there was a time years ago when Seth's videos were legitimately a bit more interesting, or he seemed to actually put some consideration into a shoe review at least. Now, like everyone's already noted on here, the shoe reviews are so low-effort and it's like he barely knows which shoe he is reviewing in which video. Just rambles on in a single take without any apparent preparation throwing out a few common buzzwords and putting random sound effects in the audio track. Every review ends up being identical, and the final scores end up being almost identical too, so there's no value at all in the reviews at this point.
And on the "running" vlog side of it, the videos are also so formulaic it's becoming a meme. Wake up super early, dramatic shot of making coffee and eggs, pace around the dark house muttering catchphrases, vlog while driving, some B roll drone shots of downtown Denver or a mountain, more overused catchphrases and weird fake voice, show yourself neglecting your family who are running around in the background while you film yourself opening a package for the 10,000th time, try to shoehorn in some recycled "deep" theme/message like "getting out of your comfort zone" which has been discussed ad nauseum by now, etc...
You can see his subscriber growth rate has tapered off dramatically over the past few months. I bet views have too and the channel is not bringing in nearly as much money today as he might have projected it would a year or so ago. I would love to see an actual behind-the-scenes vlog where he and TL go over their finances, figure out how they're gonna keep making mortgage payments, figure out a budget, etc. That would be gold.
I don't think Seth has to make money to survive. He is trust funded. The vlog is just a reason to exist.
The whole concept of vlogging every day makes no sense. Who wants to see somebody else eating his breakfast on a daily basis? Nobody.
But he might doing this forever so that he has a reason to get out of the house, operating a drone illigally over Denver airspace and drink coffee in random coffee shops. All of that is better than staying at home and ironing diapers for his kids.
Fellas, what are your predictions for how long before this house of cards of his comes crashing down? Does his channel survive to the end of the year given the content he's been producing lately?
I think there was a time years ago when Seth's videos were legitimately a bit more interesting, or he seemed to actually put some consideration into a shoe review at least. Now, like everyone's already noted on here, the shoe reviews are so low-effort and it's like he barely knows which shoe he is reviewing in which video. Just rambles on in a single take without any apparent preparation throwing out a few common buzzwords and putting random sound effects in the audio track. Every review ends up being identical, and the final scores end up being almost identical too, so there's no value at all in the reviews at this point.
And on the "running" vlog side of it, the videos are also so formulaic it's becoming a meme. Wake up super early, dramatic shot of making coffee and eggs, pace around the dark house muttering catchphrases, vlog while driving, some B roll drone shots of downtown Denver or a mountain, more overused catchphrases and weird fake voice, show yourself neglecting your family who are running around in the background while you film yourself opening a package for the 10,000th time, try to shoehorn in some recycled "deep" theme/message like "getting out of your comfort zone" which has been discussed ad nauseum by now, etc...
You can see his subscriber growth rate has tapered off dramatically over the past few months. I bet views have too and the channel is not bringing in nearly as much money today as he might have projected it would a year or so ago. I would love to see an actual behind-the-scenes vlog where he and TL go over their finances, figure out how they're gonna keep making mortgage payments, figure out a budget, etc. That would be gold.
I don't think Seth has to make money to survive. He is trust funded. The vlog is just a reason to exist.
The whole concept of vlogging every day makes no sense. Who wants to see somebody else eating his breakfast on a daily basis? Nobody.
But he might doing this forever so that he has a reason to get out of the house, operating a drone illigally over Denver airspace and drink coffee in random coffee shops. All of that is better than staying at home and ironing diapers for his kids.
I've seen the trust fund thing mentioned a few times on here, but genuinely asking, what is the evidence of that? I haven't come across anything in any of his videos that give that impression, granted it's not like I've been diligently watching every video for years or something. But if anything, he's mentioned a few times about struggling financially for a little while and having to "pinch pennies" and buy used running shoes and all that. Where does the trust fund thing come from?
I don't think Seth has to make money to survive. He is trust funded. The vlog is just a reason to exist.
The whole concept of vlogging every day makes no sense. Who wants to see somebody else eating his breakfast on a daily basis? Nobody.
But he might doing this forever so that he has a reason to get out of the house, operating a drone illigally over Denver airspace and drink coffee in random coffee shops. All of that is better than staying at home and ironing diapers for his kids.
I've seen the trust fund thing mentioned a few times on here, but genuinely asking, what is the evidence of that? I haven't come across anything in any of his videos that give that impression, granted it's not like I've been diligently watching every video for years or something. But if anything, he's mentioned a few times about struggling financially for a little while and having to "pinch pennies" and buy used running shoes and all that. Where does the trust fund thing come from?
If you have enough life experience you can sense that.
Seth lives in a Mac Mansion in Colorado (which is not cheap) with 4 kids, 5th is on the way. That's a lot of financial commitment right there. Huge cars in the garage, all kinds of junk in the house. Dave Ramsey would have a blast with this.
And there is no way that you could finance that with a youtube channel and some free shoes.
The problem is also that they' re now expectiang a fifth child. And at the rate it' s going I kind of doubt it will be the last one. And with dwindling Youtube income and more mouths to feed I can' t see this Vlog thing to be sustainable.
I don't know if he has a trust fund, but I remember an old vlog where he drove past his childhood home. It looked like a pretty nice house, but nothing crazy extravagant. I suspect he made a huge profit on the sale of his old house too, maybe his parents helped out when they purchased it.
It seems like he very quickly decided that he can afford a much larger house soon after starting the youtube membership thing. Didn't wait to see if it would be sustainable. If that doesn't work out long term, look out.
If you have enough life experience you can sense that.
Seth lives in a Mac Mansion in Colorado (which is not cheap) with 4 kids, 5th is on the way. That's a lot of financial commitment right there. Huge cars in the garage, all kinds of junk in the house. Dave Ramsey would have a blast with this.
And there is no way that you could finance that with a youtube channel and some free shoes.
Fair enough, I don't really disagree with any of that, but at the end of the day it's just speculation. Maybe the trust fund theory is correct and he'll continue to have that lifestyle even as YouTube earnings dwindle.
On the other hand, it's entirely possible he's just really overextended right now and we're all witnessing him panicking and trying to figure out how to stay afloat in all these increasingly unhinged videos. Perhaps we'll know for sure if he's still doing the same old thing in 6-12 months from now or if it turns out he has to "pivot" to the world of gainful employment.
I don't know if he has a trust fund, but I remember an old vlog where he drove past his childhood home. It looked like a pretty nice house, but nothing crazy extravagant. I suspect he made a huge profit on the sale of his old house too, maybe his parents helped out when they purchased it.
It seems like he very quickly decided that he can afford a much larger house soon after starting the youtube membership thing. Didn't wait to see if it would be sustainable. If that doesn't work out long term, look out.
Not that I know, but I would think that the money comes from his wife's family.
His real voice is pretty high pitched. He's worked out a youtube voice that's much lower these days. Everything about him is fake. Someone caught up with him right after Rotterdam for an interview and people were noting how different he sounded in that video.
Oh wow, watching his old video and now is day and night. His Youtube persona/voice is now just this really weird, kind of creepy, caricature of himself. I wonder if he keeps that going 24 hours a day or if he only slips into it when filming? Where is his YouTube accent even suppose to be from? It's it suppose to have some kind of folksy southern take? Does he not review his own videos and feel embarrassed by his shtick?
Does he not review his own videos and feel embarrassed by his shtick?
He's literally making review videos these days wearing a bath robe with a running visor and giant mountain bike sunglasses on his head. I think the answer to that question is pretty obvious lol.
Can't be embarrassed with that when he has a miracle hamstring recovery thanks to KT Tap on the calf (affiliate link below) to be happy about!
3 weeks ago our boy was dead in the water. Season over. CURSE YOU PLANE SEAT! Excruciating pain! Making weird calls to undisclosed medical places to get an appointment with no referral. Also like snow in high country too don't forget. All added up to being unable to take Kilian down in Zegama which would most certainly have been the outcome. Today on Strava though, hoooo oh boy, c'mon now! 37k's, 1700m of vert. It's a miracle. It's a miracle people!
I've seen the trust fund thing mentioned a few times on here, but genuinely asking, what is the evidence of that? I haven't come across anything in any of his videos that give that impression, granted it's not like I've been diligently watching every video for years or something. But if anything, he's mentioned a few times about struggling financially for a little while and having to "pinch pennies" and buy used running shoes and all that. Where does the trust fund thing come from?
If you have enough life experience you can sense that.
Seth lives in a Mac Mansion in Colorado (which is not cheap) with 4 kids, 5th is on the way. That's a lot of financial commitment right there. Huge cars in the garage, all kinds of junk in the house. Dave Ramsey would have a blast with this.
And there is no way that you could finance that with a youtube channel and some free shoes.
Dave would probably have a field day with the house, but they paid cash for the Tahoe and the CRV has been paid off for quite a while. So that actually falls in line with the total money makeover. They actually seem pretty frugal overall.
He's got a 500K mortgage, drives all over to run in an age of $6 gas, neither work, and his YouTubeness is falling.
Money is coming from somewhere. Evidence is either trustfund, or church settlement.
None of this says “trust fund” to me. If SJD or TL were trust fundies, wouldn’t it have hit a good couple years ago (usually)? And if so, they would’ve been living in a McMansion much earlier.
I don’t think they’re trust fundies. As others have said they have only recently been living (probably) above their means, and it will take a little while to catch up. Regardless of how strange and sometimes narcisstic SJD can be, I would hate to see him lose everything. I feel like he has become a product of his own youtube channel lifestyle. You hate to see it become a tragedy, but that’s probably what it will be.