The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

tbf did you think a man who's entire brand is based on trying to wow beginners with 'quick and easy guide to break 3', 'how to break 3', 'tips while running a sub3 marathon', 'do this to break 3' etc (regurgitated in 15x different videos) would keep up proof of him not being able to break 3?

this is the same man who put his partners' 24hr trail race race vlog on his own channel to boost traffic instead of it rightfully going on hers

Is the BAA only going after youtubers that are not connected to Boston Marathon sponsors?

Oddly enough, I just started watching "It's Matt B". He is almost the antithesis of many shoetubers -- he qualified on his own and runs Boston every year, flew himself in, and stayed with his Mom.

What happend? Please inform us.

Matt B was told to remove his Boston Marathon video(s). Apparently, the same thing happened to Ben Parkes.

From what I watched this runner showed nothing but sincere reverence for the Boston Marathon. Surprised BAA would target him.

I watched his Boston video a few days ago. Don't recall any negativity or sarcasm about the race, only positive commentary. Interesting a copyright claim was filed against his video, whereas others have avoided the issue.

I tried to warn everyone....

As someone who wants to run tokyo, it might be easier to get an influencer bib. How many followers do I need and what content should be putting out to get a bib??

Special treatment for certain shoetubers from Boston. Ask Kofuzi, he calls all of the brands to "work" with to see if they can strike a deal.

Hi, I'm Roger Biebert, and I am here today to review IT'S MATT B's "Boston Marathon Weekend: Day 2". Let's get into it...

If Little Red Riding Hood were alive today, she would find that the wolves are bigger and badder, and she'd need to be a lot more resourceful to stay alive. That is the lesson of "Boston Marathon Experience,'' a dark comic excursion into deranged modern pathology. The movie retells the Grimm fairy tale in a world of hobby joggers, shoe enthusiasts, influencer celebrities, Bravey, and Matt B., who prowls running expos, shakeout runs, and pop up shops in search of victims.

Written and directed by Matt Bertrand, who wrote the joggers-in-trouble series "Can you gain weight from running,'' it plays like a cross between the deadpan docudrama of "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and the berserk revenge fantasy of "Switchblade Sisters." It seems aimed at people who love the Kofuzi runner's weekend series and have strong stomachs. Like it or hate it (or both), you have to admire its skill, and the over-the-top virtuosity of interchanging running "B-celebrities" and Matt Bertrand as the girl and the wolf.

The opening scenes play like updated Dickens, in which warped outlaws inhabit a lair. Soon you'll learn that "Boston Marathon Weekend Day 2' isn't about what happens as much as it is about Bertrand's angle on the material; this is like a story based on the most disquieting and disgusting experiences of the most hapless runners being duped into appearing as guests on the sleaziest daytime youtube livestreams. Bertrand, who has played great villains before, outdoes himself this time.

Occasionally an unsuspecting innocent will stumble into a video like this and send me an anguished email, asking how I could possibly give a favorable review to such trash. My stock response is Biebert's Law, which reads: A youtube video is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it. "Boston Marathon Weekend: Day 2'' is a hard-edged satire of those sensational true-life running vlogs that excite the prurient with detailed recreations of unspeakable events. We have a great appetite in this country for books, TV shows and movies about serial killers, perverted hermits, mad bombers, pathological torturers, marathon runners, and Greek Olympians, --just as long as their deeds are cloaked in moralistic judgments. We pant over the pages before closing the book and repeating, with Richard Nixon, "but . . . that would be wrong.'' "Boston Marathon Weekend' illuminates our secret appetites. Like all good satire, it starts where the others end. And its actors wisely never ever act as if they're in on the joke.

Matt Bertrand is as focused and tightly wound here as a young Seth DeMoor; he plays every scene as if it's absolutely real. Supporting actors play their scenes with the complete confidence of people walking in the trance of their running obsessions. Their goals and pre-race routines might make them figures of parody, but they play them with complete conviction, too. All the way up to the end--which is, shall we say, not only predictable, but obligatory.

Three out of Four Stars

People are saying BAA sent a seven day takedown notice to Floberg Runs as well.

Interesting he got one. His Boston video conveyed only positivity about the race, and, in my opinion, spotlighted the amazing spectator atmosphere that contributes to the race day experience.

Makes me wonder how Kofuzi's video, which I liked as well, avoided the notice? He's a lawyer, and a former law professor. Wonder if the BAA sent a notice to him, and easy access to legal support enabled him to call their buff -- and the BAA didn't further pursue it?

Or, and this is more likely I assume, he had Adidas' support (yes, I know he qualified time-wise, but I recall he got support from the brand in some fashion like custom white shoes or whatnot). Being a title sponsor, the BAA thought the wiser move would be to not bring light to the issue.

*Interesting if he got one, I meant to write.

Kofuzi did not run this year. He only traveled to Boston for the shoetuber circle jerk. Maybe he did not get the notice because he wasn't recording on the course.

Kofuzi placed BAA in a difficult position with that video by making it a fundraiser where all proceeds went to charity.

Of course. He "worked" hard.

Never heard of this Matt fellow before. Good review, although after watching a few minutes of his day before Boston vlog, I decided I wish not to view another vlog as his obsession with filming himself caused my cringe meter to exceed tolerable exposure parameters.

Oh my, he finally had to put the "includes paid promotion disclaimer" on his ads. I guess at least one YouTuber is now being warned by the FTC about failure to disclose things of value given in exchange for videos. Note he still didn't disclose that Adidas paid for the trip or what the value of it was!