The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

Quite laughable that he was criticising other opportunistic running influencers in his BenIsRunning episode as well

Far too many melts working at Runna who have no running credentials but as long as people are paying for it they'll keep pedalling their over priced app

Fair enough. I'll revisit his channel with an open mind and see if I change my opinion. Cheers

Never heard of him - but with that name he must be part of the artisocracy. His running times are average so must be bank rolled from somewhere.

On Sagasu, he just posted a video on his half-marathon training block (aiming for 1:30). I'll admit it seems pretty well-thought out. But his attitude is just awful: he keeps insisting that he is a "much better" runner than he was two years ago (despite not having raced for two years), and as always has this touch of unearned arrogance around him (he's always suggesting that he's more versed in the sport than he actually is). A quick look at his Strava shows that he's not been consistent in his block. I don't know why this latest video from his has me triggered so badly, just felt compelled to see if others here felt the same way after watching.

I guess I generally enjoy his product reviews, as he talks about industry trends, brand direction and the actual technology behind the shoes he reviews in more depth than others - but even his best analysis has this kind of holier-than-thou nose-turned-up energy to it, like he knows so much better than others (when he just isn't that experienced or talented a runner, even within his background and age group).

Nick Bester: The beast

AM 4x3 @MP

PM 20 X 400M (30 seconds)

Searched the guy on Youtube, got one look at his face and instantly clicked away. Didn't even get a second of watch time out of me.

Yeah completely agree, what’s this guys marathon PB? I don’t think he has any room to speak on performance. I particularly like how he turns his nose up at heel strikers and I think he’s a 4 hr + guy

He never truly tapered for a race so the taper is an unknown variable. I hope he does a decent taper for Valencia and that helps his performance big time.

She has had 6 complete weeks off now and hasn’t logged anything this week.
So it is becoming a moot point if it is bone bruising or a stress fracture. The recovery time has been the same so all the carry on about misdiagnosis is pretty much irrelevant and maybe she should have spent another few weeks on the crutches. It couldn’t have made recovery any slower and might have actually sped it up.
One thing for sure, she will milk it for all it’s worth.

It would be a lot better if Sagasu Running just stuck to talking about shoes, because his training is an absolute mess. A year ago, he was seriously saying he might maybe aim for a 1:20 half marathon… thankfully, 1:30 now sounds a lot more realistic. He even had a chart on YouTube where he claimed his marathon pace was 4:14/km and his easy pace 4:49/km. Supposedly, his interval pace is 3:26/km. Then you look at his Strava, and even holding 4:00/km for a single kilometer looks like pure agony. His so-called “easy pace” is faster than what many elite runners use for recovery runs. And his marathon PR? 3:53. What the hell? It doesn’t help that he’s unbearably arrogant, bragging about running in Nike Victory spikes like he’s Ingebrigtsen.

'Hardest Geezer' has announced hes going for sub 2:30 at London. He ran 2:50 something in NY seems like too big a step up

Just when I'd finally forgotten about this prick

He's using Runna. He'll be injured fine.

Like that prat Gary economics or whatever his handle is, this geezer comes across as some sort of weird industry plant. Just another liberal extremist masquerading as a runner in this instance.

2:53:05 in New York and a 17:36 parkrun in the summer on a fairly fast course. He will need about 8.5 of them back to back. Did appear to run a 17:04 track 5K and a 1:22 HM in training in early October however. Still going to be a very tough ask as would need to be way quicker on both fronts ...

*self-described hardest geezer

Just stumbled across the YouTube channel of Andy Millman. ItsOnAndy.

Seems quite a likeable, relatable bloke.

what’s with so many YouTubers in the midlands though!