Today’s video it’s the pinnacle of his tragic saga
Care to provide a summary for those not interested in sitting through it, even at 2x?
He is taking a sabbatical from having high quality videos. He will still post daily vlogs. He is tired. Fell asleep at the gym. Need to rest his head, body and legs. Started talking about his coming daughter but it was a bit unclear as he lost the train of thoughts.
I know he isn't but since he is training strength after his runs I just wish he gets a decent meal between.
he's cutting off the "quality" of his vlogs. And he proclaimed himself "professor ad honorem" on Youtube
How is that even possible? There is no quality in these vlogs. Just a guy putting his pants on too early in the morning and a lot of egg throwing into a pan.
Last week he ran for 17 hours 34 minutes. Yesterday he did a 23 mile run but it was also on technical trail with a lot of elevation. He runs very slow which is probably why he doesn't get injured much but tiredness and exhaustion must be a big problem for him..... I don't know how he keeps going.
Getting tired and taking a break is not called a sabbatical, it's called getting burned out. Dude, it's okay to take a break and stop posting. Get some sleep, get some food, get off Strava, do some easy running... it's not hard to understand how to rebalance the equation.
You would think the obvious thing to do would be to reduce the quantity rather than the quality, but apparently that’s not how SJD’s brain works. Gotta keep the daily vlog going just for the sake of keeping the daily vlog going. It’s has to end sometime, just rip the band-aid off.
Yeah, I do think he should take an actual break. He needs to come up with some new ideas for the Vlog and new topics to talk about. I think even his hardcore fans must be getting bored of watching him sip coffee, make eggs or open the PO box.
Guess it also serves as an early potential excuse if PP doesn't go very well
The fact that he is this tired from putting out the quality on his YT channel meant he just couldn't quite put in the training required and was just flat on race day for PP.
He's trapped. He needs the daily views for revenue, ego, or both. He's fearful that his audience is so fickle that they will unsubscribe and go watch someone else if he misses a day. So, we will get more rambling stream-of-consciousness monologues, shoe reviews and kitchen footage but less training footage and b-roll. That saves him editing time. Talk and mug into his iPhone, click upload, and done.
Getting tired and taking a break is not called a sabbatical, it's called getting burned out. Dude, it's okay to take a break and stop posting. Get some sleep, get some food, get off Strava, do some easy running... it's not hard to understand how to rebalance the equation.
He can't take a break. He put his only stream of revenue in youtube. He has 6 people to support and a giant house he needs to make payments on.
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.
A canadian Olympian marathoner finished 25th at Western States this weekend in his first 100-mile race at age 42. Don't let Seth's inadequacies drag down a whole genre.
He is taking a sabbatical from having high quality videos. He will still post daily vlogs. He is tired. Fell asleep at the gym. Need to rest his head, body and legs.
One thing I don't understand, maybe someone can explain it to me: How is possible that Seth could be tired / injured / burnt out when he so fastidiously applies KT tape all over his lower legs every day? Doesn't add up, we all know excessive KT tape usage cancels out lack of sleep, poor diet, and overtraining. Must be something else going on.
His view numbers are dropping post-pandemic, and he can't push out more stuff people actually will watch because he can only run one or two Euro marathons a year. The "run with me" stuff was a solution, but the amount of time those take to produce is even greater than the formulaic egg/headlamp/garage stuff nobody watches now.
He's going to get his butt handed to him when a drone lawsuit hits, and trying to lift on top of never eating, and running far, far too much mileage is the final nail.
Honestly if he would just cut the crap and acknowledge his downward spiral I think the vlog would pick back up. But he's probably too self-deluded to really acknowledge it to himself. As long as he doesn't miss a vlog day everything must be fine, right? Just keep turning those doorknobs and those bills will work themselves out right DGR?