The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

No they don't.

It's essentially 'as much as your stomach will allow'.

let out an audible chuckle at this post, well done

Good vibes only please. As Bester would say.

So many salty runners on this thread absolutely seething that Floberg is able to train better than them, smashing both workouts and races. Jealousy overfloweth from these small brains.

I take it you've not been on Tattle Life if you think that... .

My brain is in fact massive, I’ll have you know.

Letsrun gives her way too much of a pass for being obnoxious.

Love that this kind of witty British comment - dripping in sarcasm - gets just as many downvotes as upvotes. The understanding of British humour still hasn’t quite made its way across the Atlantic..

Floberg and MARM are the poster boys for what the residents of each nation are like in general.

Re: Floberg's workout. More than necessary, but at least he got his HR up which is a good sign. I think he's right around 2:30 shape. Forecast around 53 at the start and 57 at the end. I actually think he has a shot at sub 2:30 and won't be that surprised if he gets it this time. The question is if he goes even faster or has the restraint to go through the half no faster than 1:15:00. Can't wait to see the 1:13:30 HM split and the race report "I felt so good in the first half, 6/10 effort" followed by a big positive split.

Re: Rory. I hadn't watched his latest video before I posted. He says he's running Chicago like a time trial to go for the record. I actually like this approach. I gotta catch up on his older videos. He's become one of my fav pros to watch. I'd still bet on Mantz to beat him but if Mantz goes for the podium and blows up, Rory could catch him with a time trial approach.

Re: Truett Hanes. Bro, if you really are reading this thread, you spent WAY too much time addressing us in that video. I'm sure some people are being obnoxious about your downhill races. But once you get past the trolls and idiots, it's just reasonable people trying to judge your performance accurately. A sub 2:30 at NYC would be really legit. And personally I think CIM is comparable to Chicago, Valencia, etc. Even though it's net downhill, the rolling hills approximately cancel it out. Like Boston is more net downhill than CIM, but it's slower because it's hillier and the layout of the hills isn't great. PED's aside...

I know based on your post you’re a teenager, but only running 2:15 while training like a pro IS mid.

Yeaaaahhhh I didn't even know this guy had a YouTube channel. But wow. How annoying is this guy lolololol. "People care so much, why do you care so much?".... You are putting your content on the internet. So yeah.

Also you are on some sort of gear. You just laughed about being on steroids... but you never said you weren't using gear.

What a loser

Mark Lewis with a video spouting about the £250k he's made from YouTube in 7 years.

He doesn't sell training plans nor does much advertising so I wonder how he pays his way?

The most surprising thing about the video was the lack of footage and less than usual parading of his bang average missus. He's normally full of himself on how he "pulled this amazing bird"

Im amazed the fella has stuck at this YouTube thing so long. He has given up on everything he's ever done including his highly paid job, his first family, Spartan runs, hyrox, cycling, running, general fitness, weight loss drugs and guitar playing.

He doesn’t need the YouTube money now that his wife has a steady income from showing her butthole on OnlyFans.

Checked in on floberg and his latest video is cringe as hell. I mean, he instructs anyone filming him to do in landscape so it looks better for the channel. Kind of struck as obnoxious and arrogant. I was rooting for him but now I kinda hope he flames out. Demanding content from fans is stupid.

Broberg never disappoints. He's the perpetual cringe machine.

If you want peak floberg cringe, search "Floberg Church Clap" on YouTube. You're welcome.

I know there’s a lot of flak coming Floberg way on here but there’s no denying he has a talent at using music well within his videos. Excellent picks generally which work well within the video.

I also don’t really get a lot of the stick coming his way. He’s not perfect but there seems to be a lot more cringey, narcissistic people in the space than him (Mr ‘rant about net hill marathon talk’ for example).

I wish him well at Chicago. Hope he achieves his goal.

I just watched his interview on Marathon Handbook. I like his pragmatic approach to, and his philosophy of, the marathon.

I liked hearing his thoughts on the science, and how it guides training but how it doesn't necessarily dictate. Love this too:

"the data is there but I find marathon running to be more an art than a science; you gotta feel it, you gotta know it, you gotta trust it; you walk by faith not by sight in the marathon, you gotta understand what your body can and can't do and be dialled in to the internal signals".

He also talks about his relationship with coach Jon Green. It seems to work for him and its apparent that JG's approach is very "in person" so that explains why Philly goes to Flagstaff for her marathon blocks but it does make you wonder whether that coaching set up is the best for her unless she ups sticks and goes there permanently.

Yeah, that's the old fallacy of experts in a field. They think they're just "vibing" it, when in fact their vibes are based on heaps of data accumulated over years and years of experience, and applying data accumulated by previous experts in the correct way.

See: Kahnemann - Thinking Fast and Slow