The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

NewRoadWarrior wrote:

bigswing wrote:

I usually like Phily's videos and find them authentic but this one was rough. That was the smallest swing ever, she was on world standard pace for a whopping 5km. She mentions she is 3rd Brit (forgets to say it's out of 4, one jogged it in and a non elite was faster).

Just come out and say you massively overestimated your fitness and/or overtrained. That voiceover from the dead trying to frame it as an act of heroism is beyond cringe. Starting to suspect that the initial talk with the coach might have been shot after the race...

Think about it this way. Philly's marathon best is 2:25 in Valencia. From experience, the London course is about 1.5 minutes slower than Valencia. It was a warm and humid day in London - so maybe 3.5 minutes slower than Valencia. Women-only race in London, so she ran a long way alone - that's perhaps worth about 1 minute.

If we assume above stats are correct, London course was maybe 6 minutes slower than Valencia course, and Philly ran 5 minutes slower. So maybe she actually had a better performance than she did in Valencia!?

Nothingface wrote:

sirpoc84 wrote:

What I find funny with shoe reviewers is how they all have supposedly perfect forefoot form, then they show wear on the heel. Not that I can talk, I have the worst running form ever but I do find that amusing as it's some kind of flex to have perfect form as if it'll make you faster. My main problem with Sagasu running is how pro Nike he is. We all have our favourites, but when he said he likes the Pegasus premium as a running shoe I knew he was taking the p*ss.

The ironic thing is that forefoot striking has it's downsides too. I run like i'm tiptoeing through the goddamn tulips, and it's probably a limiter in some respects. I'm pretty much all knee drive and no power out the back of my stride, so I'm comically bad at hills. I'm too damn bouncy so I struggle with turnover for faster stuff. Supershoes don't work well for me since most of the energy return comes from elsewhere in the shoe, and anything lower-profile is getting harder to find. I'm also not that fast, and I can't even be a shoetuber because it looks so darn silly. Pick ya battles and all that.

shoutuber_gearheads wrote:

Weird looking couple wrote:

I’m trying to think of a kind way to say this, but, well, one of the reasons I like Ben Felton is he’s just such a dorky weird looking dude, which just helps him seem authentic and not arrogant at all. His girlfriend matches him so well in appearance, that, well, how can you not like this dorky unattractive couple? It sounds kinda bad, but really I like them a lot because they are just so far from your typical influencer type who are all about how they look etc., it’s nice to have the very ordinary guy just taking about his running while also being a pretty darn good runner. He’s the opposite of the shirtless dude running marathons in jeans.

Yeah they both kind of look like if Sid from Ice Age shagged Skinny Pete from Breaking Bad, that's what you'd get.

so frkn annoying wrote:

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FKN REKT

ben is so annoying. he has no personality. honestly seems like ben or a friend of his wrote that post to say why you like him because...why else would you write that long of a post to tell us you enjoy him because he's a dork as if you're trying to convince the rest of us that he ain't that bad and we should see him differently. lol dude. ben is running is a clown. watching him interact with his gf/employee is also cringeworthy. they're both so bland. i dont understand why felton has such a large following and has people come out for cheer groups. it's very weird to me what is the draw with the guy truly. even the entire looney london is calling intro he's done for the recent video series is simply coming off as someone who knows he is such a dull individual trying to act like he's a goofy creative lil guy. it's such a facade