The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

does floburt still make vids?

See I'm telling you guys he's hoping that continuing to drop weight will lead to an easy sub 2:20 or OTQ. I don't know if my last comment was downvoted because it sounded like I'm endorsing him or approving of him. I'd want to see him try, not because I'm cheering him on, but out of curiosity.

If he succeeds, I'd enjoy seeing the drama it stirs up. He hung out with Conner Mantz but what happens if he is actually going for an OTQ? Will the youtubers at that level embrace him, do collabs to get more views, etc, or will they make PED accusations and shun him?

If he struggles, I'd enjoy seeing that too. That's all we've seen of his running career so far is newb gains. I'd equally love to see him hit a plateau like Floberg has and see how he handles it.

Can someone ctrl-c ctrl-v for us without the 'gram?

Aubrey (who rebranded as "Bigger than Running") gets VERY hurt feelings when anyone mentions any criticism of his free bibs to races like Boston where he goes and walks most of the time "yelling let's goooooo" because somehow that is equivalent to 'inspiring the community.' His two biggest heroes are Thomas from BITR and Kofuzi so that says it all really.

Hanes and Bare should exchange minute per mile paces.

Came across this guy Alex Johnson (@dirtbagrunning) who has a Chicago recap video where he says he thought he could go 2:20 but actually went 2:37. Idk how you could be so far off. It’s a really small account but has anyone seen this guy before was there any possibility he actually could’ve run a 2:20?

nice try to plug your social Alex Johnson you sneaky devil! nobody gives a freak about you! hahahaha

Don’t forget floberg claimed he will ran an OTQ one day

I also commented on one of his posts, pointing out that running 2:25 downhill is indeed better than the average person, but is disingenuous to not originally note the elevation loss.

I struggle to understand why him and his adoring fans can’t get it through their thick skulls that voicing a critique about the lack of transparency is having a go at his work ethic.

A lot of them parrot the phrase ‘you’ll never meet a hater doing better than you’ - well, Truett or any of you slack jawed mongoloids that kiss his ass, I and many others who (politely might I add), called him out on the downhill, have indeed ran faster than him.

’it’s just pain’ How about ‘It’s just a few comments’. How about growing up and accepting criticism. I’ve never seen such a soft bellied cry baby whose entire online persona is about ‘working hard and staying hard’

Can’t wait for Dylan Bowman’s inevitable epic sit down with Truett. Take a shot every time someone says “suffering” or “bro.”

The thing is Truett Hanes' behavior with this downhill stuff is contagious. YouTuber Griff Duncan refuses to acknowledge that his 3:05 marathon as massively downhill, even implicitly. He has that time listed as the basis for his paces on Strava. Bro, your PR is not 3:05. That's what you can run a marathon in DOWNHILL. Grinds my gears so much.

Griff-ter was also one of the clowns crapping on Jeremy Miller for merely pointing out that St. George was downhill in a top comment. These hybrid guys do stick together, I guess.

A potentially more effective callout would be to make a comparison in the followers’ domain. Something like:

This is like bragging about a 300lbs bench (or whatever is impressive idk) while a spotter is helping pull the bar up

I don't consider any of Truett's PRs valid since he's, y'know, on PEDs. The way he responds to Sage (and all his other "haters") shows what a sensitive ego he has. It probably stings to get called out for being a downhiller+doper

He is struggling to edit all of the vertical videos people sent in.

I honestly don't care that Truett Hanes ran 2:25 on a massive net downhill course (although I do think it is pathetic). He is one of a plethora of fake natural lifters and I can only assume if they are willing to blast steroids for muscle gain (and money) then they would be more than willing to do the same to run faster. To me, Truett (and Nick Bare) are on EPO or similar.

Taking a break from the negativity of this thread, there's this Aussie dude on Instagram, "Alex Harvey" who's run 2:15 in 6 years of running, as a business owner and with 2 kids.

Another one that doesn’t realise they are embarrassing themselves with their influencer antics.

Shes clearly a talented runner having won Manchester marathon and represented GB. You would like to think she would have cracked on, trained properly and attempt to develop and improve as an athlete. It’s sad to see it looks like she’s given up on all of that to chase being an influencer and now her results have suffered.

Running four or five destination marathons a year because you’ve got free entry and it looks good on Instagram? This is not the behaviour of someone who is seriously trying to develop themselves as an athlete.

Same with Anya Culling. Another one that undoubtedly has talent and you thought she could crack on after running that 2.35 in London. Then when I saw her get the England vest and needing Bester to pace her round that said everything. Again not the behaviour of someone who is trying to develop themselves as an athlete for the long term, needing your coach to hold your hand round a marathon. Now she does the same as Briggs, taking photos in the start pen and doing five marathons a year. They will never reach their potential doing that.

He’s now saying on Instagram that he immediately wants to run 90 m/w again after Chicago.

What is the probability of a stress fracture? 95%?

As I, and a few others have said here, Floberg has no running intelligence and no respect for the marathon distance or marathon training.

He is a clueless buffoon who is in full on panic mode because, rather than review his training, his HR, his HM he ran, and find out the reasons he only PR'd by 7 seconds he is simply blaming conditions or his shoes or his nutrition.

Remember he ran Chicago last year in Alphaflys and then changed back to Saucony for Indy? He didn't review his training, he simply blamed the shoes because he was "in the best shape ever" and that clearly meant sub 2:25