The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

That is insanely pathetic. Wtf is wrong with floberg. I think the dude truly has a mental disorder or is like starved to feel validated by social media. That reel is so embarassing if you think about what he’s actually showing by posting that. Just like with his running, dude seems to need to validate himself by overly selling how much of a family man he is through his own ego inflated content. And all of his braindead fans continue to lap it up and think he’s the world’s best father and runner. It’s absolutely insane to me how much of a farce he is and that so many seem to love it

We all blow up in races from time to time (though thankfully I never have this badly) but I just cant understand the rationale of calling this a "tempo" effort.

Sure, tempo is a kind of nebulous term but doesn't everyone agree it's supposed to be somewhere between your lactate threshold and lactate turnpoint?

Ben Felton having a winge on his IG stories about the gym being busy so having to wait for a treadmill.... don't they know there is a prioirty lane for people with a few followers?

Of all the things to rail on him for. You chose a wholesome video of a weekend with his kids. You just have a hard-on for hating this guy.

While also hinting he is capable of running 64:XX in his upcoming half marathon in less than a month.

Right after not being able to crack 30' in the 10k in flat ideal conditions.

Will the battle to become the fastest runfluencer tempt these guys to take any illegal shortcut?

But that's the exact reason he is railing on him. The entirety of his 'family man' persona is 100% performative.

In my anecdotal experience, people who say, "I'm a good father" are already slightly less likely to be good fathers.

Now, Broberg doesn't say this. He shouts the following repeatedly over all of his public channels:

"Look how much of a great father I am, and all those core memories I create for my children (ike that one time when I granted my son a 3-second clip of him hitting a ball in his playoff game while I was crying on camera because I bonked in my marathon)."

I don't have enough experience with people saying inane stuff like this, but I'm going to assume the probability of them actually being good fathers a fair bit lower than in my first example.

FENTON.

Ahhh you fell for it!

again, not knocking him for spending time with his family’s good on him. It’s the incessant need to post his family to justify his running lifestyle. “Look at me, I’m balancing everything. Family is the most important thing”

what’s understood doesn’t need to be said. Again, does his wife post when it’s just her and the kids? When Eric was an Indy, New York, etc?

mate. Lolz.

If the idea of Butchart outselling half the NB roster with one Instagram story is blowing your mind, best you take a wee breather, mate.

nah, thats where the use of "gain" came into play

Really wholesome content from Nick Bester today in Kenya, sharing his knowledge by teaching Kenyan athletes how to corner a u-turn like Japanese athletes using the 180 turnaround method

Ah fantastic news.

Ed Budd has confirmed on his latest video that himself and FOD will be collaborating on a few things in 2026.

Along with Ed coaching FOD going forward to try and get him a half marathon PB.

Should make for some good videos.

What would be the dream collabs, if you could pick? I’d probably go for slightly unexpected but wholesome and entertaining ones:

1) Donato, Jakob & Truett

2) Fenton & CrownMyRun

3) Phily & Bester

4) Floberg & Brooms

5) Aubrey, Fordy & Tim Grose

All of those would be excellent.

My favorite is the guy commenting on it commending him for doing all that solo parenting and the effort of setting up to film for it. Has to be so weird from the kids’ perspective. “Daddy, it’s time for my bedtime story!” “Okay Johnny, daddy just needs to set up his tripod, camera, and lighting.”

Where did you find that out? Interested in reading about the required doses for performance benefits etc

looks like we found one of blowberg's npc character fans who are mesmerized by his core memory vibes content

2 years ago Culling was an elite starter at the London Marathon and today she’s boasting about winning a run through 10k averaging 3:45s. Hilarious. Remember when someone once made allegations about her doping? Always thought it was harsh. That is one thing I’ll stand by

This is the weirdest part about any influencer. I think most of their followers are either numb to it or oblivious to the fact that every moment you see is curated this way. The idea of these grown adults walking into a room, setting up their camera, leaving the room, only to walk back in... that is insane behavior! I'm thankful that following this thread means I don't have to watch these guys and can follow along from the Sparknotes you all provide but it's concerning how normalized all this behavior is and how many people watch and think "wow, what a great and honest window into this person's real life!"

Has to be a MARM/Crown My Run collab for me. I reckon that's pretty realistic too.

Less realistic but just as fun would be a Seth Demoor/Sage Canaday 5K race showdown to reignite the feud.

She changed the title now 🤣 might have seen this