Cole Gibbens now reviewing shoes (which have been sent to him) - desperate move by someone who realises he won't stay relevant through his running achievements now he's peaked and is on the way down
Cole has 100% got another 2:16 in him
Hes more aware than anyone he screwed his year over the berlin marathon free shoes fiasco.
He'll run a 2016 at london, if he can train heavily around work
Cole Gibbens now reviewing shoes (which have been sent to him) - desperate move by someone who realises he won't stay relevant through his running achievements now he's peaked and is on the way down
Big fan of Cole and expect this crap is contractual with Adidas but why would anyone want to watch a shoe review from someone contracted to a shoe manufacturer ffs
If he didn’t make it into a 2 hour motion picture then it didn’t happen. the man would make love to his treadmill if he could. it’s such an inefficient and inaccurate way to train the way he claims to have done the workouts on it. dude is oblivious or negligent to anyone trying to talk sense to him about treadmill calibration and that it doesn’t translate how he always reports it does.
anyways, if a tree falls in a forest does it make a sound? Idk but I hope it was the specific tree floberg was sitting in. LOL
Cole did a collab with Ben Felton yesterday and I would not be surprised if Ben starts coaching Cole in 2026. This would be a great move for Cole and look forward to seeing his improvements and staying injury free under Ben's tutelage.
Hopefully we still get plenty of Meg content even with Cole being more prominent on Ben's channel.
Sagusa just posted a 30 minute video blaming his 2 hour half marathon performance on everything except Nike and himself.
I just don’t know how you aim for a 1:20 and finish 40 min later?
i also don’t know how you can call yourself a credible shoe reviewer when you’re simply not the caliber of runner who is qualified to have opinions as strong as he does
Cole Gibbens now reviewing shoes (which have been sent to him) - desperate move by someone who realises he won't stay relevant through his running achievements now he's peaked and is on the way down
Big fan of Cole and expect this crap is contractual with Adidas but why would anyone want to watch a shoe review from someone contracted to a shoe manufacturer ffs
Not only that, but also comparing the Supernova Rise 3 to the Evo SL, which just happens to be their most popular shoe, and it seems unlikely it'd be even slightly similar based on the Rise 2.
Shame to see the decent guys falling to the clickbait, as Cole can be very likeable.
Sagusa just posted a 30 minute video blaming his 2 hour half marathon performance on everything except Nike and himself.
I just don’t know how you aim for a 1:20 and finish 40 min later?
i also don’t know how you can call yourself a credible shoe reviewer when you’re simply not the caliber of runner who is qualified to have opinions as strong as he does
Apparently (according to the video) he aimed for sub -1:30, then 1:35 after achilles issues in the build.
He then claims it took 6 mins to cross the start line as he was faffing around and got in the wrong corral. Since he thought he was much quicker than everyone else, he ended up in (or caused) a multi-person pile-up, where he fell.
Don't worry - I didn't watch it, I got AI to save me having to tolerate him.
I just don’t know how you aim for a 1:20 and finish 40 min later?
i also don’t know how you can call yourself a credible shoe reviewer when you’re simply not the caliber of runner who is qualified to have opinions as strong as he does
Apparently (according to the video) he aimed for sub -1:30, then 1:35 after achilles issues in the build.
He then claims it took 6 mins to cross the start line as he was faffing around and got in the wrong corral. Since he thought he was much quicker than everyone else, he ended up in (or caused) a multi-person pile-up, where he fell.
Don't worry - I didn't watch it, I got AI to save me having to tolerate him.
I don't know in what world he thought he was in even 1:35 shape, let alone 1:30. I can spend 5 minutes going through his Strava and know for a fact 1:45 is a reach. This is one of the most delusional people in the world of running YouTube.
People on the reddit hobby jogger forums tout this guy as knowing his stuff. But I tend to agree with the opinion that he's not qualified to recommend shoes for serious runners. When you're a 1:55 half marathoner, how can you expect to be happy with a shoe that is more suited to 65-80 minute people? It's just a world of difference.
That said, there is nothing more annoying than runners who think they are fast trying to gatekeep shoes. Griff Duncan recently reshared a reel from a guy saying super carbons made no sense for a 9:30 pace marathon. Griff upped the ante saying only 8:00 pace is appropriate for super shoes. This dude ran a 3:06 falling downhill, and he's trying to say only people at his level need these shoes. What an absolute clown.
Cole Gibbens now reviewing shoes (which have been sent to him) - desperate move by someone who realises he won't stay relevant through his running achievements now he's peaked and is on the way down
wtf is wrong with him doing this?
this is the kind of b* tchy nonsense I hate about this thread
Apparently (according to the video) he aimed for sub -1:30, then 1:35 after achilles issues in the build.
He then claims it took 6 mins to cross the start line as he was faffing around and got in the wrong corral. Since he thought he was much quicker than everyone else, he ended up in (or caused) a multi-person pile-up, where he fell.
Don't worry - I didn't watch it, I got AI to save me having to tolerate him.
I don't know in what world he thought he was in even 1:35 shape, let alone 1:30. I can spend 5 minutes going through his Strava and know for a fact 1:45 is a reach. This is one of the most delusional people in the world of running YouTube.
People on the reddit hobby jogger forums tout this guy as knowing his stuff. But I tend to agree with the opinion that he's not qualified to recommend shoes for serious runners. When you're a 1:55 half marathoner, how can you expect to be happy with a shoe that is more suited to 65-80 minute people? It's just a world of difference.
That said, there is nothing more annoying than runners who think they are fast trying to gatekeep shoes. Griff Duncan recently reshared a reel from a guy saying super carbons made no sense for a 9:30 pace marathon. Griff upped the ante saying only 8:00 pace is appropriate for super shoes. This dude ran a 3:06 falling downhill, and he's trying to say only people at his level need these shoes. What an absolute clown.
For sure. I don’t think people should gate keep shoes but I also find it amusing when people online are extremely picky about their footwear and which shoe is “faster” when running relatively slower times in which splitting hairs over shoes won’t make any difference in race performance
Apparently (according to the video) he aimed for sub -1:30, then 1:35 after achilles issues in the build.
He then claims it took 6 mins to cross the start line as he was faffing around and got in the wrong corral. Since he thought he was much quicker than everyone else, he ended up in (or caused) a multi-person pile-up, where he fell.
Don't worry - I didn't watch it, I got AI to save me having to tolerate him.
I don't know in what world he thought he was in even 1:35 shape, let alone 1:30. I can spend 5 minutes going through his Strava and know for a fact 1:45 is a reach. This is one of the most delusional people in the world of running YouTube.
People on the reddit hobby jogger forums tout this guy as knowing his stuff. But I tend to agree with the opinion that he's not qualified to recommend shoes for serious runners. When you're a 1:55 half marathoner, how can you expect to be happy with a shoe that is more suited to 65-80 minute people? It's just a world of difference.
That said, there is nothing more annoying than runners who think they are fast trying to gatekeep shoes. Griff Duncan recently reshared a reel from a guy saying super carbons made no sense for a 9:30 pace marathon. Griff upped the ante saying only 8:00 pace is appropriate for super shoes. This dude ran a 3:06 falling downhill, and he's trying to say only people at his level need these shoes. What an absolute clown.
I went to check up on Griff because I hadn't heard that name in a while and his latest run today was split into the run and then a separate activity for the "strides". the cherry on top is the "strides" activity doesn't include the rest between the strides
I don't know in what world he thought he was in even 1:35 shape, let alone 1:30. I can spend 5 minutes going through his Strava and know for a fact 1:45 is a reach. This is one of the most delusional people in the world of running YouTube.
People on the reddit hobby jogger forums tout this guy as knowing his stuff. But I tend to agree with the opinion that he's not qualified to recommend shoes for serious runners. When you're a 1:55 half marathoner, how can you expect to be happy with a shoe that is more suited to 65-80 minute people? It's just a world of difference.
That said, there is nothing more annoying than runners who think they are fast trying to gatekeep shoes. Griff Duncan recently reshared a reel from a guy saying super carbons made no sense for a 9:30 pace marathon. Griff upped the ante saying only 8:00 pace is appropriate for super shoes. This dude ran a 3:06 falling downhill, and he's trying to say only people at his level need these shoes. What an absolute clown.
I went to check up on Griff because I hadn't heard that name in a while and his latest run today was split into the run and then a separate activity for the "strides". the cherry on top is the "strides" activity doesn't include the rest between the strides
I think people think it's he's boring; I don't really follow him because of this -- however, he's deffo has some interesting ideas surrounding training. He was on a podcast and he seemed to apply good levels of criticality to a lot of hyped ideas (e.g., cold therapy, double threshold)
Alfie manthorpes "How to train like a pro runner" is probably the best training video on youtube. Real quality. Best thing ive watched in ages
Not sure why this was downvoted as he is very knowledgeable
Sometimes he can be great but he also is completely misinformed on a lot of things. His heat training is awful... He doesn't understand at all how you get a benefit from heat training so he was doing interval sessions in a ridiculous boiler suit type thing on a treadmill in summer which will have barely benefitted him and will have made his session awful quality.
I cant lie since i saw that nonsense I haven't watched much since then other than the odd reel that pops up on my feed.
For sure. I don’t think people should gate keep shoes but I also find it amusing when people online are extremely picky about their footwear and which shoe is “faster” when running relatively slower times in which splitting hairs over shoes won’t make any difference in race performance
Despite being 10 kg overweight myself .. to me it's is very important that my shoe is the lightest possible!
Cole Gibbens now reviewing shoes (which have been sent to him) - desperate move by someone who realises he won't stay relevant through his running achievements now he's peaked and is on the way down
Big fan of Cole and expect this crap is contractual with Adidas but why would anyone want to watch a shoe review from someone contracted to a shoe manufacturer ffs
Maybe an unpopular opinion but i don't mind the dedicated shoe review videos, because you can usually infer heavily sponsored videos from the title and thumbnail and just skip it if it's not your thing. (Which I do anyway because I don't particularly care for gear reviews in general)
I think I prefer that to the Floberg-style product placement where he pointedly mentions every single BPN gel he consumes during a workout which is, oh, every few minutes or so.
Apparently (according to the video) he aimed for sub -1:30, then 1:35 after achilles issues in the build.
He then claims it took 6 mins to cross the start line as he was faffing around and got in the wrong corral. Since he thought he was much quicker than everyone else, he ended up in (or caused) a multi-person pile-up, where he fell.
Don't worry - I didn't watch it, I got AI to save me having to tolerate him.
I don't know in what world he thought he was in even 1:35 shape, let alone 1:30. I can spend 5 minutes going through his Strava and know for a fact 1:45 is a reach. This is one of the most delusional people in the world of running YouTube.
People on the reddit hobby jogger forums tout this guy as knowing his stuff. But I tend to agree with the opinion that he's not qualified to recommend shoes for serious runners. When you're a 1:55 half marathoner, how can you expect to be happy with a shoe that is more suited to 65-80 minute people? It's just a world of difference.
That said, there is nothing more annoying than runners who think they are fast trying to gatekeep shoes. Griff Duncan recently reshared a reel from a guy saying super carbons made no sense for a 9:30 pace marathon. Griff upped the ante saying only 8:00 pace is appropriate for super shoes. This dude ran a 3:06 falling downhill, and he's trying to say only people at his level need these shoes. What an absolute clown.
I don't know what amazes me more: someone who was supposedly something in fashion designed something this bad; it's like pre-schoolers made it for a charity event. Or, if they actually think someone will wear a T-shirt with a strapline (ASPIRE TO RUN, RUN TO INSPIRE) a grown man shouts out. Finally, that someone would pay £30 for the privilege.
I dont understand how so many fail at making merch in general. Make a plain shirt or sweather. Have an track-oval at the chest, maybe with a subtle "BenIsRunning" or just "BIR" or whatever if you must. Done.
Make something people will wear, its super weird with these overstated designs. Let it be a subtle nod to those who also watch the channel, not something that screams "LOOK AT ME I RUN AND WATCH YOUTUBE AND I LOVE THIS DUDE".
RTJ should make one that says ran to Japan in Kanji, normal colours.
I like that idea for the RTJ. Or he could do an homage to Japanese illustrator/designer Ikko Tanaka whose work consists of geometric shapes in primary colours. Beautifully simple, and would work very nicely on a tshirt.
Griff Duncan WILL prove the haters wrong this time. Despite injury injuries, he has been cross training his ass off. His goal is to run under 2:50 and qualify for Boston but I believe he’s going well under that.
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