The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

Yes, I would much rather go the a North London Comprehensive.

All of the Eton group schools cost about three times as much (and getting in to Eton isn't really about whether you can afford the fees) so there are levels to these things. A friend who was a housemaster at one of these schools once told me one of their overseas parents wanted their child to have a £50k termly cash allowance and asked the school to arrange for the money to be kept safe.

Bedford looks like a very solid school in the main part of the independent sector, but it's very far from the insane world of Eton etc.

But I still agree - only 7% of UK kids go to private school so there's no argument that he's from a wealthy background. Some families barely scrape the fees together, some have scholarships/bursaries, within any private school there is a hierarchy of super rich and less rich families.

Regardless of how rich the little ginger Tory is, money can’t buy you everything. The gent who flew Nick Bester out to Valencia in his private jet is obviously wealthy but the pure knowledge and greatness he would have been exposed to during that three hour flight is priceless.

Really shipping RTJ and Bester right now. So hopeful they have a collab video at Valencia along with the lovely Cole. 3 of Britains most talented runners. Those 3 + Mr Felton & Ms Bowden really ought to be given a prime time BBC show and when they are retired from running need to front all the athletics coverage. Amazing humans

we are in the golden age of British running youtubers

The popularity contest results are in;

Based on Strava pictures posted today it looks like Ben Parkes had at least three times as many people show-up at his Valencia shakeout than Nick Bester.

They are our golden generation.

RTJ is Paul Scholes

Felton is Gerrard

Bester is Beckham (obviously)

Cole is Cole

Bowden is Rio

Broom is JT

Marm is Rooney

Donato is Owen

FOD is Lamps

Those American YouTubers are as overrated as their dreadful soccer team.

Sirpoc as Gazza. The people and working man's choice.

He's more like a Frank Worthington, showing my age here.

J Mills and D Mills as Gary and Phil Neville

Nah ... Bowden is Dele Alli :)

Nick Bester attracts serious athletes, Ben Parkes is a insta runner

Bingo. The Ben Parkes mob probably all cuddle leaves and have a big group cry afterwards. The Bester gang probably have a Roman orgy

Sirpoc is more like Robin Friday. The man, the myth, the legend. If anyone else knows this niche football reference, they are old as f**k like me

Bester's a big W.

Sisay Lemma is going to bed tonight dreaming of getting Nick Bester's signature on the start line tomorrow

After running a sub-35 10K in the middle of a pyroclastic flow in Ethiopia I wouldn't put it past the people's champ beating Lemma tomorrow.

Conditions look equally sizzling tomorrow, so Bester's at a huge advantage over the field given his racing on the sunny streets of London.

Kofuzi over/under 3:10?

I mean it was pretty clear he was a rich boy.
But with running at least you still have to put the work in can’t buy aerobic conditioning (albeit it’s easier when safety net in other aspects of life is there but still). He’s a smart lad, studied marketing, knows what he’s doing curating the RTJ army and nothing wrong with that.