I agree, and I quite like the guy. But is someone with only one pace the right kind of person to be reviewing shoes? How can he tell the difference between a good marathon racing shoe and a good daily trainer?
I've never watched the guys videos, but isn't that a lot more relatable to most viewers than someone like 5'1" 100pound seth doing 40 miles around a chipotle in snow or "recruiting red blood cells" running up and down a mountain placing go pros to run by?
Whisper it but The Welsh Runner is quietly putting together a very solid looking block for Berlin marathon 👀
no chance, he looks like hes carrying a bit of a spare tire. standard procedure of smashing all sessions as fast as possible on that council estate pancake flat loop.
absolutely nothing new here so how does he expect a different result? accounting for the excess baggage, likely we will see the wrong side of 2:30
Cole needs some serious time off and re-evaluation. he knows if he runs 140 miles per week, he can run well. but this volume is clearly unsustainable with his part-time job and young age. he would be better served doing a slow build up to seeing if he can hold 80-90 miles per week and remaining healthy. he probably wont get the same spectacular results, but he will likely enjoy his running more and avoid serious health/mental issues which its pretty clear, are already present
Cole is coached by Ellis Cross, a brilliant runner in his own right but coaching experience limited to <2-3 years and can you really expect a current full time athlete with minimal coaching experience (or any qualifications) at this level to have the skillset to be able to reign Cole in and/or see the symptoms that everyone else can and act upon them? More chance of Newcastle signing Isak back.
I agree, and I quite like the guy. But is someone with only one pace the right kind of person to be reviewing shoes? How can he tell the difference between a good marathon racing shoe and a good daily trainer?
I view shoetuber reviews mainly to see actual footage of the shoe in action in the real world. Otherwise, all we'd get would be promo fotos published by the manufacturer.
Shoes are such an individual thing, it really tells me nothing if Ben Parkes likes the rocker on the "PhenomenonPlus Ultra 16" better than on the he did on the 15.
I view shoetuber reviews mainly to see actual footage of the shoe in action in the real world. Otherwise, all we'd get would be promo fotos published by the manufacturer.
Shoes are such an individual thing, it really tells me nothing if Ben Parkes likes the rocker on the "PhenomenonPlus Ultra 16" better than on the he did on the 15.
Of course he does - the 16 is SO MUCH better than the 15. The 15 was really terrible but the 16 turned it around and is going to be my main marathon racer going forward.
12 months later...
FINALLY Acme pulls it together with the PhenomenonPlus Ultra 17 MAX. I've wanted to like this shoe for a while, but the 16 just didn't work, at all. I'm pretty sure the 16 gave me both PF and AIDS. With the 17, it's finally on par with the Alphapimp8pro
no chance, he looks like hes carrying a bit of a spare tire. standard procedure of smashing all sessions as fast as possible on that council estate pancake flat loop.
absolutely nothing new here so how does he expect a different result? accounting for the excess baggage, likely we will see the wrong side of 2:30
Cole needs some serious time off and re-evaluation. he knows if he runs 140 miles per week, he can run well. but this volume is clearly unsustainable with his part-time job and young age. he would be better served doing a slow build up to seeing if he can hold 80-90 miles per week and remaining healthy. he probably wont get the same spectacular results, but he will likely enjoy his running more and avoid serious health/mental issues which its pretty clear, are already present
Cole is coached by Ellis Cross, a brilliant runner in his own right but coaching experience limited to <2-3 years and can you really expect a current full time athlete with minimal coaching experience (or any qualifications) at this level to have the skillset to be able to reign Cole in and/or see the symptoms that everyone else can and act upon them? More chance of Newcastle signing Isak back.
Cole has been running decent mileage for over a decade
no chance, he looks like hes carrying a bit of a spare tire. standard procedure of smashing all sessions as fast as possible on that council estate pancake flat loop.
absolutely nothing new here so how does he expect a different result? accounting for the excess baggage, likely we will see the wrong side of 2:30
Cole needs some serious time off and re-evaluation. he knows if he runs 140 miles per week, he can run well. but this volume is clearly unsustainable with his part-time job and young age. he would be better served doing a slow build up to seeing if he can hold 80-90 miles per week and remaining healthy. he probably wont get the same spectacular results, but he will likely enjoy his running more and avoid serious health/mental issues which its pretty clear, are already present
Cole is coached by Ellis Cross, a brilliant runner in his own right but coaching experience limited to <2-3 years and can you really expect a current full time athlete with minimal coaching experience (or any qualifications) at this level to have the skillset to be able to reign Cole in and/or see the symptoms that everyone else can and act upon them? More chance of Newcastle signing Isak back.
not true. ellis isnt his coach. he was a sounding board / gave advice in the lead up to London. Cole said so in one of his previous videos.
Cole is coached by Ellis Cross, a brilliant runner in his own right but coaching experience limited to <2-3 years and can you really expect a current full time athlete with minimal coaching experience (or any qualifications) at this level to have the skillset to be able to reign Cole in and/or see the symptoms that everyone else can and act upon them? More chance of Newcastle signing Isak back.
Cole has been running decent mileage for over a decade
Running high mileage got him his fast times
It's just bad luck he's injured. It happens
He wants to be a pro.
No he hasn’t 😂😂😂😂😂
Scroll back on his Strava and you’ll see years of 50-70 mile weeks, got a stressy, came back and started slamming 100mi+ weeks and then into 200km weeks, smart for long term development that.
Cole is coached by Ellis Cross, a brilliant runner in his own right but coaching experience limited to <2-3 years and can you really expect a current full time athlete with minimal coaching experience (or any qualifications) at this level to have the skillset to be able to reign Cole in and/or see the symptoms that everyone else can and act upon them? More chance of Newcastle signing Isak back.
not true. ellis isnt his coach. he was a sounding board / gave advice in the lead up to London. Cole said so in one of his previous videos.
He’s outright said Ellis was his coach. Maybe not now, but previously was, whether he’s said otherwise in a video or not, that would be the shoe that fits with another YouTuber talking waffle to fit their narrative.
Cole has been running decent mileage for over a decade
Running high mileage got him his fast times
It's just bad luck he's injured. It happens
He wants to be a pro.
No he hasn’t 😂😂😂😂😂
Scroll back on his Strava and you’ll see years of 50-70 mile weeks, got a stressy, came back and started slamming 100mi+ weeks and then into 200km weeks, smart for long term development that.
I don't need to look at his Strava, he's well known in Kent races.
BSIs happen and he's not had that many
His long term development is a 2:16 first marathon
I think I know which YouTuber that guy earlier in the thread was talking about who spams millions of notifications. I also don’t subscribe to them and tried blocking them and also still get constant notifications of their multiple shorts and nonsense videos.
just over 13k subscribers and posts shorts announcing everything they do seemingly.
Scroll back on his Strava and you’ll see years of 50-70 mile weeks, got a stressy, came back and started slamming 100mi+ weeks and then into 200km weeks, smart for long term development that.
I don't need to look at his Strava, he's well known in Kent races.
BSIs happen and he's not had that many
His long term development is a 2:16 first marathon
Short term he ran a 2:16 marathon, mate. Then burnt himself out.
Long term is the next 10 years and he won't be running that long because, like so many other YouTubers, he just doesn't understand running
Scroll back on his Strava and you’ll see years of 50-70 mile weeks, got a stressy, came back and started slamming 100mi+ weeks and then into 200km weeks, smart for long term development that.
I don't need to look at his Strava, he's well known in Kent races.
BSIs happen and he's not had that many
His long term development is a 2:16 first marathon
wrong - his long term development is likely to be a hatred of the sport, a wheelchair and regular bouts of depression
mileage ramped up far to quickly. ellis cross would definitely not be putting his name to this and im surprised mark hookway at tonbridge hasnt tried to talk some sense into him (although these type of people always think they know best). the suicidal path has naturally hit the injury buffers, and it seems to be a regular occurence. he survived the London build up but is a regular on the injury bench. just like Ben Is Begging, these fragile, 6 stone wet through geeks are doing everything for the kudos and freebies rather than taking advice from real experts
I don't need to look at his Strava, he's well known in Kent races.
BSIs happen and he's not had that many
His long term development is a 2:16 first marathon
wrong - his long term development is likely to be a hatred of the sport, a wheelchair and regular bouts of depression
mileage ramped up far to quickly. ellis cross would definitely not be putting his name to this and im surprised mark hookway at tonbridge hasnt tried to talk some sense into him (although these type of people always think they know best). the suicidal path has naturally hit the injury buffers, and it seems to be a regular occurence. he survived the London build up but is a regular on the injury bench. just like Ben Is Begging, these fragile, 6 stone wet through geeks are doing everything for the kudos and freebies rather than taking advice from real experts
Man, that new Cole video is bad.
Why is he referring to himself in the 3rd person? Caption "Cole had to stop 2 times during the Big Half" why do that?
He also says "I know I'm not as fit as I was before London" - shouldn't he be looking at that training then because he's been increasing mileage and not getting fitter. Obviously the health issues are impacting him more than he thinks.
Also, damn, that weight loss is bad. Really bad. He looks ill and weak (which is probably why, even with the higher mileage he isn't as fit, he's weak)
I really feel for Cole and think he might hbe following a stertyopical path. High load, loads short term gains, but long term its a tight rope.
I was running 900km+ months in pursuit of GB vest (working full time & dad, so try and guess the recovery/sleep I was getting) gains were amazing, but goal race was sh*t and been burned out/injured since. I haven't really admitted to people it's burnout, and keep referring to my achilles pain (which is there, but even if it wasn't I would have struggled to run, in a way achilles has been a blessing as it forced a break). There's a sense of embarrassment, so I think runners don't share the mistake enough and warn others of it.
It's honestly so easy to think maybe I am superhuman and genetically recover faster. You see Jake and think maybe I'm like him. Some people are, but for most us, unfortunately the body has limits.
I genuinely like Cole and content and do hope he has outlying robustness, but dialling in a little would seem the optimum long term choice.
On a positive note after basically 2 months of not running, I'm quite overweight and suprisingly not that slow. Maybe not being over trained/burned out all the time is way to go.....
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wrong - his long term development is likely to be a hatred of the sport, a wheelchair and regular bouts of depression
mileage ramped up far to quickly. ellis cross would definitely not be putting his name to this and im surprised mark hookway at tonbridge hasnt tried to talk some sense into him (although these type of people always think they know best). the suicidal path has naturally hit the injury buffers, and it seems to be a regular occurence. he survived the London build up but is a regular on the injury bench. just like Ben Is Begging, these fragile, 6 stone wet through geeks are doing everything for the kudos and freebies rather than taking advice from real experts
Man, that new Cole video is bad.
Why is he referring to himself in the 3rd person? Caption "Cole had to stop 2 times during the Big Half" why do that?
He also says "I know I'm not as fit as I was before London" - shouldn't he be looking at that training then because he's been increasing mileage and not getting fitter. Obviously the health issues are impacting him more than he thinks.
Also, damn, that weight loss is bad. Really bad. He looks ill and weak (which is probably why, even with the higher mileage he isn't as fit, he's weak)
Feels like he (and floberg among others) are really copying from the Clayton Young series. You've got it all - slowmo black and white montages, dramatic music, off-angle interviews.
For whatever reason it doesn't bug me as much when its a guy training to toe the line at Olympics/World Champs, but the slower your are the more ridiculously self-indulgent it looks.
The 3rd person caption was really just the cherry on top.
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Why is he referring to himself in the 3rd person? Caption "Cole had to stop 2 times during the Big Half" why do that?
He also says "I know I'm not as fit as I was before London" - shouldn't he be looking at that training then because he's been increasing mileage and not getting fitter. Obviously the health issues are impacting him more than he thinks.
Also, damn, that weight loss is bad. Really bad. He looks ill and weak (which is probably why, even with the higher mileage he isn't as fit, he's weak)
Feels like he (and floberg among others) are really copying from the Clayton Young series. You've got it all - slowmo black and white montages, dramatic music, off-angle interviews.
For whatever reason it doesn't bug me as much when its a guy training to toe the line at Olympics/World Champs, but the slower your are the more ridiculously self-indulgent it looks.
The 3rd person caption was really just the cherry on top.
I am perhaps one of the few who thought this video was ok. At least it seemed an honest account. He did not hide the fact that he had high hopes before the Half, and he seemed genuinely upset when the marathon literally went to s**t.
I did find the third-person text overlays odd. My only thought is that someone else edited the video. However, either way, he should be aware that people watch his channel to get a firsthand account of how he's doing.
Overall, I want him to do well. I can't, however, repress the feeling that he's doing a higher level Ben Parks - having a small window of great results and then falling into a cycle of injury and depression.
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