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Id say the leader by the end of 2026 will finally decide the age old question of who is more popular on LetsRun:
Nick Bester the YouTuber or SirPoc the NSM man
As Jake RtJ so eloquently points out in the documentary made about him - running lacks the interesting stories and rivalries that other more popular sports have like football.
Well we are finally seeing a possible great one in the sport in Bester vs SirPoc. Something to rival El Clasico or Ali-Frazier. The sport needs to be nurturing and promoting this rivalry any chance they have. Hopefully they meet in a big race this year.
That being said, my other big wish for 2026 is that SirPoc and Bester start a podcast together. BoomShakaSubT or something. SirPoc if you are reading this - please reach out to Nick and make it happen.
I went to a run club recently and there was a guy wearing a "Go One More" hat. I couldn't believe it. I don't speak to people like that. They exist in the real world and it's always shocking when you meet one.
your first mistake^
Run clubs seem like they should be a good idea until you go to one and its just a mass gathering of the worst kind of performative Instagram runners known to mankind
I think a lot of people miss the semantic difference between 'Run Clubs' and 'Running Clubs'. The latter being dedicated to racing and training and league / cross country races and have usually been established in the area for around 40+ years.
This thread is rapidly closing in on the ‘modifying Norwegian method’ thread in terms of pages.
458 compared to 489.
Id say the leader by the end of 2026 will finally decide the age old question of who is more popular on LetsRun:
Nick Bester the YouTuber or SirPoc the NSM man
Well we are finally seeing a possible great one in the sport in Bester vs SirPoc.
Am I missing something here? you seem to want to push this rivalry thing?
Pretty certain James doesn't see a rivalry. Also why would Nick care? They aren't competing for youtube / runclub / coaching. If its just another running joke thing, fine but does clutter up the thread a bit.
Am I missing something here? you seem to want to push this rivalry thing?
Pretty certain James doesn't see a rivalry. Also why would Nick care? They aren't competing for youtube / runclub / coaching. If its just another running joke thing, fine but does clutter up the thread a bit.
I would be surprised if sirpoc knows who Nick Bester is, or cares. He's said before he consumes almost no running content and only subscribed to FOD as he felt obliged lol
One just gets on with his own life, doesn't annoy anyone, in fact we could probably happily bring him out to the fore a bit more. The other is Nick Bester.
I'm sure sirpoc himself would be disgusted he's even considered a YouTuber. Which is also the reason a few pages back we pretty much agreed he is universally liked.
Actually the NSM thread was only 10 pages ahead around the 400 page mark.
Then Jan showed up 🤣
There's apparently a reddit page that does what we do, but they are even nastier to influencers than we are! They would tear the Wizard up worse lol.
Had a post about blogsnarkers but not sure where it went.
The weekly Healthy Living and Runfluencer thread at r/blogsnark is just a bunch of fat, slow, liberal white women snarking on hot female influencers out of jealousy. Mary McCarthy, Caitlyn Miller, Makayla, and Lucy Davis offer endless fodder for catty takedowns. Their cardinal sin is having the gall to follow someone with a conservative viewpoint on social media. It is quite literally the opposite of Letsrun. Hilarious and highly entertaining.
There's apparently a reddit page that does what we do, but they are even nastier to influencers than we are! They would tear the Wizard up worse lol.
Had a post about blogsnarkers but not sure where it went.
The weekly Healthy Living and Runfluencer thread at r/blogsnark is just a bunch of fat, slow, liberal white women snarking on hot female influencers out of jealousy. Mary McCarthy, Caitlyn Miller, Makayla, and Lucy Davis offer endless fodder for catty takedowns. Their cardinal sin is having the gall to follow someone with a conservative viewpoint on social media. It is quite literally the opposite of Letsrun. Hilarious and highly entertaining.
wow thanks for the clarification, I think I've seen the same thing you're talking about. They don't like HRG and other influencers b/c of that political stance as well. They definitely don't like Mary M or TCB. TCB's husband was a legit 2:18 guy too, so there's jealousy. At least they snark on zebra lady, the roaches and choi.
Watched the whole RTJ doc in stages, thought it was pretty good overall. Goes over lots of stuff that regular viewers know anyway, to be expected.
Did not know his dad represented Oxford Uni at boxing, that's a full blue sport, impressive achievement in its own right.
Also touched on Jake having a sports scholarship to Bedford School, he definitely had a good bit of talent from a very early age.
Strict limits on screentime too (20min/day?) and what looks like plenty of great outdoor space to burn off energy.
Him doing laps of the school field while others did artwork sounds a bit like a reasonable adjustment for someone struggling a bit in school, got my ADHD radar twitching a bit.
Anyone know anything about this Running Channel Run Club the folks over at TRC keep pushing? All the constant plugs for it make me think it's not doing well, whatever it is.
If I'm being charitable, it's like an online-only running club for people that can't join a real running club for whatever reason.
If I'm being cynical, it's another unnecessary subscription masquerading as a 'community' that's a lazy attempt to make money off of the latest running boom.
But isn't that what strava's for? I thought there must be something else to it because it doesn't seem to offer anything that strava doesn't.
Am I missing something here? you seem to want to push this rivalry thing?
Pretty certain James doesn't see a rivalry. Also why would Nick care? They aren't competing for youtube / runclub / coaching. If its just another running joke thing, fine but does clutter up the thread a bit.
I would be surprised if sirpoc knows who Nick Bester is, or cares. He's said before he consumes almost no running content and only subscribed to FOD as he felt obliged lol
One just gets on with his own life, doesn't annoy anyone, in fact we could probably happily bring him out to the fore a bit more. The other is Nick Bester.
I'm sure sirpoc himself would be disgusted he's even considered a YouTuber. Which is also the reason a few pages back we pretty much agreed he is universally liked.
Not sure that is strictly true as I have seen him comment on Dr Will Connor Youtube page and I'm sure another one at the very least. Jimmy Runs too presumably.
Not sure that is strictly true as I have seen him comment on Dr Will Connor Youtube page and I'm sure another one at the very least. Jimmy Runs too presumably.
Personally I reserve a YouTuber, or shoe tuner, for someone who has their own channel and is actively making content, rather than podcast guest or expert.
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