Bester’s bond with his pacer Wilson makes Tom Hanks’ volleyball friendship in Cast Away look almost ordinary. Wilson was there side-by-side with Sir Nick for EVERY SINGLE km on his Kenya trip.
There's something about Bester's humanity ... not sure if its his openness, his respect or just his ability to connect ... that reaches people far beyond simply grinding out the miles.
Mary thought she was invincible. She isn’t. Case closed. I don’t have sympathy for her. Imagine posting content like this and then a few weeks later admitting you over did it whilst being arrogant and now you’re seriously injured. Embarrassing. She’s not a role model for women in the sport. She’s a cash cow being thrown money at by brands. To all females reading this, unfollow her. She’s toxic and if you’re not careful, she’ll convince you to overtrain and treat society like sh*t. Learn from her mistakes and remain humble whilst doing so. Also, if you see her throwing a runna code around again, just know she doesn’t use them. She cares about her bank account, not you. How can she beat the boys when she’s injured? More like #BeatTheBoot now.
I hate the “beat the boys” cause it’s so empty trying to cash in on feminism when there’s nothing behind that it’s just more grifting to make money off women. out of interest-( I don’t follow her as she gives me nausea and offers nothing of quality) what does she do to treat society like sh1t?
New Running Channel video up on YT. Does anyone else find this Ben Parker character just has strong "wrong 'un" vibes from the get go?
One of the poshest accents ive ever heard.
There are many things that really niggle. First, his complete lack of knowledge about running. His attempt to correct Anya’s hunched-over running style on a treadmill is a classic example. Second, the way he pretends his app is somehow “AI‑powered”. This makes no sense; you don’t need “AI” to generate running plans or predict race times — and there’s no chance they actually do. Finally, how privileged he is. He said on a podcast that his mum was going to cut off his allowance when he told her he wanted to be a personal trainer. Apparently, she wanted him to go into banking or finance.
There are many things that really niggle. First, his complete lack of knowledge about running. His attempt to correct Anya’s hunched-over running style on a treadmill is a classic example. Second, the way he pretends his app is somehow “AI‑powered”. This makes no sense; you don’t need “AI” to generate running plans or predict race times — and there’s no chance they actually do. Finally, how privileged he is. He said on a podcast that his mum was going to cut off his allowance when he told her he wanted to be a personal trainer. Apparently, she wanted him to go into banking or finance.
You don't definitely run a verified 2:34 marathon pb if you don't know a lot about running!
But yeah the whole here's one single two minute bit where I "correct" your form is nonsense
Its interesting on the ai front - to begin with they probably assumed that pushing it as AI makes it seem cutting edge and exciting, but gradually I think people are releasing that a huge amount of good coaching comes from knowing athletes and their bodies so they are trying to make it seem like there's people in the loop.
His 2:34 marathon definitely ISN’T verified… he ran 1km laps of Richmond Green during lockdown and claims that as his PB (there is a link to the Strava earlier in this thread). The fact that Runna make any reference to this PB shows where their integrity is!
Hard to fact check with p10 down but I recall his actual PB being closer to 2:45. And before anyone corrects me, we’re talking about Ben Parker of Runna, not the 2:26 Ben Parkes of YouTube ;)
There are many things that really niggle. First, his complete lack of knowledge about running. His attempt to correct Anya’s hunched-over running style on a treadmill is a classic example. Second, the way he pretends his app is somehow “AI‑powered”. This makes no sense; you don’t need “AI” to generate running plans or predict race times — and there’s no chance they actually do. Finally, how privileged he is. He said on a podcast that his mum was going to cut off his allowance when he told her he wanted to be a personal trainer. Apparently, she wanted him to go into banking or finance.
You don't definitely run a verified 2:34 marathon pb if you don't know a lot about running!
But yeah the whole here's one single two minute bit where I "correct" your form is nonsense
Its interesting on the ai front - to begin with they probably assumed that pushing it as AI makes it seem cutting edge and exciting, but gradually I think people are releasing that a huge amount of good coaching comes from knowing athletes and their bodies so they are trying to make it seem like there's people in the loop.
I’m sorry but he fundamentally hasn’t run a 2:34 marathon.
He is falsely claiming that he has, by taking him time from his Virtual London marathon in 2020… where he ran around a 600m loop… take a look at the gps data, it’s all over the place.
Look at his official race PBs… he hasn’t come close in an official race… like 2:55 for the full and hasn’t even run a official HM at the same pace as his 2:34 ‘PB’.
It’s fraud… he loves being interviewed for TikTok by his marketing minions and they always open it with ‘what my 2:34 marathon boss thinks of…’
Official Unofficial Marathon Integrity Unit would have a field day on this.
Has anyone actually seen or been recommended any videos from Dona*o, ever?
Asterisk to avoid the Google SEO/keyword farming he's clearly doing in this thread.
yes actually. I thought it was strange though as kept getting his video shorts pushed on the algorithm despite not being a subscriber and him having a relatively low amount of subs / views.
Vaguely remember him popping up on one of MARMS videos too. Maybe The Brooms or Tim Grose featured him as well
There are many things that really niggle. First, his complete lack of knowledge about running. His attempt to correct Anya’s hunched-over running style on a treadmill is a classic example. Second, the way he pretends his app is somehow “AI‑powered”. This makes no sense; you don’t need “AI” to generate running plans or predict race times — and there’s no chance they actually do. Finally, how privileged he is. He said on a podcast that his mum was going to cut off his allowance when he told her he wanted to be a personal trainer. Apparently, she wanted him to go into banking or finance.
His 'Official' Marathon PB - done virtually on a small loop with some seriously dodgy GPS:
You make your own luck! Not the in person race I imagined but we made it as close to it and it was the best race I could ever ask for. Thank you Jess, Sam, Richard, Barnaby, Mungo, Luke & Claire for all the support. Oh and th...
How much did Ben Parkes get paid to go to mumbai? Saying it looks amazing when you can't see 10m in front of you through the smog. Does he not realise his audience has EYES???????
How much did Ben Parkes get paid to go to mumbai? Saying it looks amazing when you can't see 10m in front of you through the smog. Does he not realise his audience has EYES???????
The only place where you can sh*t on the street during a marathon and no one would blink an eye.
The first 10 seconds of Floberg's latest video is quite possibly the most weird thing I've ever seen on Youtube. He is trying to run a fast mile on his $7000 treadmill as his whole family are forced to sit and watch for the cameras....really horrendous stuff.
Nick tried to say to the proper camera crew that they got confused and went to the wrong place, when it sounds like our Nick got confused and went to the wrong fartlek if he thought the session was going to be 15x1min.
He then goes on to say that there must be something wrong with his Garmin watch as his HRV is in the red but he feels fine. Sure Nick.
Also in his head he thinks the Kenyan's have "sized him up" and are racing him!! Love to see it
1:03 in that video - I hope Mrs Bester isn't watching! 🫨
You can take the Bester out of Battersea toilets but you can't take the Battersea toilets out of the Bester.
can someone explain this to me i see it referenced frequently but have no idea of the context..
R2J going all in on promoting Nomio recently. Spoke with a few professional nutritionists who aren't convinced by the benefits listed, it seems that the only testing and research on the product is 'internal' which would provide great incentive to get a positive result and the testing methodology seemed pretty flawed.
The other major issue with Nomio for elite athletes is that it isn't batch tested. Anyone involved in elite sport knows the importance of having properly tested and reliable products that you can rely on to not trip you up with drug testing. I am sure Jake probably just isn't aware of these sorts of things as he made his own way into elite running and hasn't been part of elite teams and received the support and advice that come with them growing up...
Whoever made this website thinks Fenton denied himself the sub 30 a week or so ago by picking the wrong shoe (FWIW I think the numbers are sketchy, you can't put a single figure on a shoe without testing the runner wearing it, individual responses vary)
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Lmao he just keeps upping cringe. Running an “all out” winter mile trial for no reason, filming it, making the whole family watch as if it were an actual race, and putting on a replay of a bears game for “motivation.”
Whoever made this website thinks Fenton denied himself the sub 30 a week or so ago by picking the wrong shoe (FWIW I think the numbers are sketchy, you can't put a single figure on a shoe without testing the runner wearing it, individual responses vary)
Whoever made this website thinks Fenton denied himself the sub 30 a week or so ago by picking the wrong shoe (FWIW I think the numbers are sketchy, you can't put a single figure on a shoe without testing the runner wearing it, individual responses vary)
