Today she went straight into a 50km ride with a max HR of 188!! Either a remarkable recover, or injury not as bad or just plain dumb. Maybe the stress fracture is the body's way of saying you need to slow down and recover? Not jump into something else and compound the injury
Exercise addiction/ disordered relationship with it for sure, can’t just rest or ease off the energy demands while it heals. It’ll be sacral next time.
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.”
...surely there's some kind of fun winter season event in a major city where you can get a bit of a hit out and socialise with some real people? No, never heard of those.
Or just take the family for a walk in the park or whatever, I don't know.
that was amazing, the wife looking like the lass from step brothers forced to sing sweet child o' mine, the disintersted kid, the desperate hope they'd do some 'wholesome' clapping moment only to be even less interested as he over-acts the breathing
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.
The guy is clueless and a fraud.
This has to make it to the OFUMIU team, it would absolutely blow up
You know what to do… I encourage everyone to report Ben Parker’s falsely claimed 2:34 marathon to the OFUMIU.
It’s what he deserves.
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rolling in dough with no responsibilities. must be nice man
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.”
he's legitimately mentally ill. his poor family lmao. how do people like this guy's content
Today she went straight into a 50km ride with a max HR of 188!! Either a remarkable recover, or injury not as bad or just plain dumb. Maybe the stress fracture is the body's way of saying you need to slow down and recover? Not jump into something else and compound the injury
Exercise addiction/ disordered relationship with it for sure, can’t just rest or ease off the energy demands while it heals. It’ll be sacral next time.
walking with no crutches directly on the boot makes me think it's not as serious as implied
One channel that I think is pretty decent is FlobergRuns. He's trying to break 2:40 at Chicago this weekend. He has a wife/kids/job and doesn't take himself too seriously. Obviously not a great runner, but he doesn't train like a dips*** and shows improvement. He does videography professionally, so his videos always look pretty good. I've enjoyed following him and he doesn't piss me off like a lot of these other YT weirdos.
What I’ve noticed is that nearly every American YouTuber runner seems to go to church. I’m not sure I’ve seen any of the plethora of British YouTubers so much as mention church. A pub or coffee shop seems to be their version.
Found it interesting. I knew American was more religious than Britain but didn’t quite realise it was this much
Possibly and probably. But what makes that even more unbelievable if so is that they’ll let some essentially sub elite athletes fund themselves to run in a GB vest in a C/D tier event, but then wouldn’t let athletes like Guy Learmonth or anyone who qualified for Olympics and World Champs on ranking points but not standard fund themselves to go - instead rejecting the invitation out of hand
Is Mary’s recent ridiculous training runs a cry to stay relevant with content? I think so. Unfortunately it sends the wrong message and many other females will try to replicate her workload. She needs to remember she is a role model with a large following. Ofc she craves engagement but needs to be sure she is looking after her followers
Today she went straight into a 50km ride with a max HR of 188!! Either a remarkable recover, or injury not as bad or just plain dumb. Maybe the stress fracture is the body's way of saying you need to slow down and recover? Not jump into something else and compound the injury
Exercise addiction/ disordered relationship with it for sure, can’t just rest or ease off the energy demands while it heals. It’ll be sacral next time.
Now that she's in my recent IG searches, I've been suckered into following along. I'm always amazed how these influencers will spin their unhealthy relationship with exercise/social media to justify it to themselves to make money. Obviously rest and recuperation doesn't equal good content so exercise addiction is really just good business sense. The marketing angle of #beattheboys and labeling everything with that "hey girlies" tone/verbiage is... not for me, let's say. It would take on a totally different angle if it was reversed and I was making content trying #beatthewomen. It would be even stranger still if I was making content where I brough my own cured meats to the starting line of every race and was racing to try and #beatmymeat!
Exercise addiction/ disordered relationship with it for sure, can’t just rest or ease off the energy demands while it heals. It’ll be sacral next time.
Now that she's in my recent IG searches, I've been suckered into following along. I'm always amazed how these influencers will spin their unhealthy relationship with exercise/social media to justify it to themselves to make money. Obviously rest and recuperation doesn't equal good content so exercise addiction is really just good business sense.
Based on this article, her issues are more extensive than just exercise/social media:
And while I haven't followed her long or scrolled back through her social media, the picture of her in the article presents a much different body than the one that ran sub 17 with hugo fry.
This lady must be starving herself to get this hurt this many times. And to go out there cranking out 100 minutes at a 190 bpm heart rate, you have to wonder if she doesn't bother investing food afterwards (or during).
Now cranking out rides, hobbling around in a substandard boot, and probably trusting the wrong physio's if the foregoing was approved... this person should not be a role model for women. Or for anyone.
Now that she's in my recent IG searches, I've been suckered into following along. I'm always amazed how these influencers will spin their unhealthy relationship with exercise/social media to justify it to themselves to make money. Obviously rest and recuperation doesn't equal good content so exercise addiction is really just good business sense. The marketing angle of #beattheboys and labeling everything with that "hey girlies" tone/verbiage is... not for me, let's say. It would take on a totally different angle if it was reversed and I was making content trying #beatthewomen. It would be even stranger still if I was making content where I brough my own cured meats to the starting line of every race and was racing to try and #beatmymeat!
Hey girlies infantalizing rubbish isn’t for me either - they fascinate me how they gravitate together though all the UK runfluncers, her anya Hugo etc. It’s very transactional. beatthewoman would probably cause a few issues alright 😂😂
Couldn't agree more. I stopped watching BITR and Kofuzi and now, when I catch a clip, all I can think is what a huge waste of time and ridiculous it is to watch 46 and 56 year old men run and review running shoes. There are way better shows to watch on netflix instead of watching youtube in general. It really messes with your head and makes you increasingly cynical over time.
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?
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.”
I thought I was gonna snark on it but it actually was kinda entertaining. BEAR DOWN! ;)
Exercise addiction/ disordered relationship with it for sure, can’t just rest or ease off the energy demands while it heals. It’ll be sacral next time.
Now that she's in my recent IG searches, I've been suckered into following along. I'm always amazed how these influencers will spin their unhealthy relationship with exercise/social media to justify it to themselves to make money. Obviously rest and recuperation doesn't equal good content so exercise addiction is really just good business sense. The marketing angle of #beattheboys and labeling everything with that "hey girlies" tone/verbiage is... not for me, let's say. It would take on a totally different angle if it was reversed and I was making content trying #beatthewomen. It would be even stranger still if I was making content where I brough my own cured meats to the starting line of every race and was racing to try and #beatmymeat!
raceacrossthestates is one of those influencers who has anger issues about beating men. While she's not wrong sometimes, as guys can be mean, to be fair, most of her content is about beating the boys/men and/or being pregnant/running while pregnant. TBF I respect her journey after she's mentioned her fertility challenges, etc. But not everything should be about "beating the boys."
She's a solidly fast runner, 1:2x low in 13.1 and 2:55-2:57 for 26.2., I think 38:xx for 10k and also 19:xx low for 5k, but not quite sub-elite/old Oly Trials B standard.
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.”
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!"
It was very enlightening watching the family video too. The wife was probably relieved to get out of there!
