The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

my god who is watching 25 minutes of this. i lost it after 2

I only made it 30 seconds and determined it was unwatchable.

55,000 views. HOW

oh, I need to just talk into the camera for over 20 minutes! That's what I've been doing wrong 🤦

Remember in grade school when you would make fun of a girl, hit her on the arm, etc, but you really had a crush on her? Y'all are just lusting for anyone posting on YT. Sounds like a little KY, before some YT, and if you're lucky a PR or not. Depends on your goals.

what is this Adidas thing they're all at?

Road To Records event. Adidas flew in lots of elite athletes but also many many running youtubers from all over the world to this.

I guess we will see many of them again at Berlin Marathon. This must cost really loads for adidas but the reach on social media is HUGE.

I'm not much of a YouTube aficionado, but Ben Parkes said he had been injured enough to not run for 5 weeks and his longest run in buildup had been 25k.

If true, that's pretty brave starting Boston as that's going to hurt.

His splits were basically 1:20/140 and he said he spent 2 hours in the medical tent afterwards.

I know YouTubers are basically no running, no content, but I think you're being a bit harsh.

so you actually believe he spent hours in a medical tent, when he said at the beginning he had to rush off after the race in order to make his flight?

Wake up.

That just highlights your level of cynicism.

I naturally assumed he incurred the cost involved of changing flights.

Nobody is forcing you to watch Ben Parkes. Dude has had some pretty nasty injuries and is 40+ now, he shouldn’t be getting hate for not running 100mpw or being in 2:25 shape.
Just let him run and make content, I think he knows better than anyone that he isn’t training to run fast.

adidas made an annual loss of 75 million € in 2023, I doubt the investment in flying in a lot of influencers will turn the loss into a win in 2024.

The amount of followers is the new currency. No one has ever complained about getting free travel and expenses paid for.

are you all going to join matt choi's "community"?

Does he charge?

I mean to be fair to Ben Parkes he's just finished the (100 mile version) Mallorca 312 cycling event. I doubt there are many people that could run Boston, London, then ride the Mallorca 312 in the space of two weeks, even if money/time was no object. I do think he'd run faster if he was a bit more strategic about the events he entered, instead of the 'gotta catch em all' approach but it must work for the views etc.

Kofuzi london video up. Says he pulled two all-nighters while in London working on his Boston video…. get some sleep next time big bro

oh the dedication the creators put in for us.