Ha-ha-ha I knew this guy was a melt but if hes actually been faking all of this stuff he needs to be called out properly and anyone who's worked with him needs to be bullied out of showing face at any running event in future
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I’ve just watched Alfie Manthorpe’s latest video. I quite liked it; there’s no drama or hyperbole. It’s simply a guy grinding out his training, and he actually seems to have some insights into why he’s doing certain things. It’s not just “my coach told me to do this today” (I swear Fenton plays this narrative to appear more professional).
The only slightly worrying development is that he seems to be using supplements and gels from Ollie Marchon. The guy is essentially a pound‑shop Nick Bare (if that’s possible): a juiced, PED‑enhanced, low life starting to realise the margins are huge for things like energy gels and generic, commoditised supplements like creatine. I actually think most supplement and nutrition companies are complete marketing BS; however, it becomes completely fraudulent when the promoter is juicing and crediting their enhanced look to their supplements. I wish these people would go back to training soccer mums at discount gym chains!
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dirtdot wrote:
Global runner is great too. Just a fast runner documenting his training and races. Doesn't try to sell anything.
Global Runner is minted, he's a lawyer I believe. Only way he might end up shilling something is if a friend needed help with their business.
I find his content very watchable, he keeps the video length fairly short too. If someone keeps posting stuff that's 20-30mins long there's a fair chance I won't bother watching, unless it's someone finally reaching some goal they've been working on forever (RTJ could do an hour on him breaking 2:10 if he gets there)
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Manthorpe needs to be careful with those supplements.
If he has championship ambitions then he needs to be only taking supplements that are batch tested. I hope that both he and his coach know this and he's only promoting and not using.
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Whiny.Kelati wrote:
FentonIsMyDad wrote:
I’m not American nor do I know C.Miller. However, I just looked her up. 2:52 marathon, very respectable. Good looking, of course. Physique wise, she’s clearly lean and happy with it which she’ll be content with. From an outsiders perspective, being that lean doesn’t automatically mean attractive nor does it mean they’re healthy. For me it’s not attractive but I’ve communicated that in a respectable way here. People recently making foul remarks on people’s partners looks etc need to do better. That’s where it gets personal and unfair. Anyway, keep up the forum.
So you're taking the opportunity to say she's not attractive? While saying you're being respectable about it?
I mean it's just absurd to argue otherwise: she's attractive. She's hotter than 95% of women on earth, quite easily. There is no random sample you can take where she isn't hotter than 19 out of 20 women.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like her at all. But she is attractive.
She's not even a tiny bit attractive to me. Not even just not attractive compared to other people in the public eye. I mean if I saw her in Tesco I wouldn't look twice. If one of my pals met on her on a night out I would laugh at him. Respectfully.
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With marathon season fast approaching, this did make me laugh...
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dentalhero wrote:
Whiny.Kelati wrote:
That's just an absurd statement. She is not bang average by any measure. Have you been to a Walmart recently? Wherever you are, go to your local grocery store, sit outside, watch 100 women come in, and count how many or as or more attractive than Caitlyn Miller. I would be shocked if you could count them on one hand.
You've got a good point there. It's like when people say Dental Athlete is an average runner, when he is legitimately one of the best in the country. Yes he's not world class elite, but definitely one of the best in the UK. All whilst holding down a full-time job at the dentist
This is the most insane contradiction, but it’s only just occurred to me that I think (hope) this is satire
He’s nowhere near the best in the country, and even if his 5k time is semi-decent, it doesn’t make up for the total crap that comes out of his mouth.
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the dental fatlete wrote:
dentalhero wrote:
You've got a good point there. It's like when people say Dental Athlete is an average runner, when he is legitimately one of the best in the country. Yes he's not world class elite, but definitely one of the best in the UK. All whilst holding down a full-time job at the dentist
This is the most insane contradiction, but it’s only just occurred to me that I think (hope) this is satire
He’s nowhere near the best in the country, and even if his 5k time is semi-decent, it doesn’t make up for the total crap that comes out of his mouth.
Also, he's not a dentist! He's a dental hygienist, I think – essentially cleans people's teeth. He's not explicitly saying he's a dentist; however, he lets people assume he is. He's a bit like Phily; they do not lie outright, but they make misleading statements which, in turn, support a false narrative. Another reason to dislike him.
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MarySly wrote:
Have a look at ex boyfriends instagram account - Dylan Spry. Someone who’s trying his absolute best to become a runfluencer. No longer has the perks or freebies of dating her. Still not sure what happened there. Maybe beat the boys was too much for him.
What do we think, is this guy batting for the other side? And the dramatic break up with Mary was a big cover up? Have a scroll through his insta and tell me it doesn’t give off that vibe
https://www.instagram.com/dylanspry?igsh=MWE2ODJodjNkaDloeA==
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moderntoss wrote:
With marathon season fast approaching, this did make me laugh...
That was actually very funny, particularly enjoyed the race steadily declining. Here it is on YouTube for those like me that don't have tiktok and don't like getting all the 'install tiktok' popups:330 -
SethJamesNoMore wrote:
“Mommmmm, Floberg’s posting his Kaizen predictions on an easy run again!”
I’m sorry, but 1:08 half? 31:16 5K? Come onnnn.
The Flo is running "Shamrock Shuffle" 8k next week and says his "goal pace" is 5:10 - If he can't hit that then he has no chance at all of 2:30 never mind 2:28. I am sure when he fails again he will be "so blessed" and praise "the amazing community" with this kids and wife watching on creating "core memories". His coach will then say "Man, on a better course, tapered, in better weather, that 27 min is a 24:30 all day"
He is blaming his sore knee on a "fall" in Arkansas. Maybe its the runners knee you had diagnosed earlier in the year and have done nothing about, Eric?
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thehovebattyman wrote:
what have you been smoking? even if he was a woman, he wouldnt be elite. most of his PBs are utterly awful
i know who the worst youtubers are - Phily, FENTON and Bester. I've also gone off RTJ - boring, consistent failure in races and recurring injuries - hes going nowhere
are there any english/irish/scottish people worth watching or any decent podcasts out there? i need some fresh energy, bored of the repeated dross from the regular suspects
There’s a few Irish or brits, I have not watched them all, some could be awful but I’ve come across them on instagram or YouTube saying they do videos.
Marcus neill (never watched) Sean tobin, Michael Murphy (road to armagh), Anthony o Brien, Dublin track club/ Jack o Leary (via Athletics Ireland Channel), team makou, Adam fogg & holly archer do videos (could be awful can’t say). Jake wightman.
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adam foggs vids are dire. the guys a hopeless runner, cant finish his dinner let alone the last lap of any competitive race. guy just doesnt have the minerals outside of a time trial. needs to go to the marathon.
team makou used to be decent but now its just the callum elson show. there training looks so slow, i do wonder how they get any results. need a few characters in the group as the constant vids of poor quality training sessions of the same boring runners are very grinding
blackheath boys are the ones worth watching. decent footage and the lads are great runners. get the right balance of racing/training/interviews and from a bunch of kids on there iphones, keep it coming
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Taper mileage going into Bath half marathon
Phil sess 53 miles
Cole 102
Ryan Thomson 28
Ben Connor (Coles coach he ignored) 74
How's this playing out?
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tapertime wrote:
Taper mileage going into Bath half marathon
Phil sess 53 miles
Cole 102
Ryan Thomson 28
Ben Connor (Coles coach he ignored) 74
How's this playing out?
Hugo Fry coming in to beat them all lol
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tapertime wrote:
Taper mileage going into Bath half marathon
Phil sess 53 miles
Cole 102
Ryan Thomson 28
Ben Connor (Coles coach he ignored) 74
How's this playing out?
And I imagine Cole will be slowest out of this list…
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tapertime wrote:
Taper mileage going into Bath half marathon
Phil sess 53 miles
Cole 102
Ryan Thomson 28
Ben Connor (Coles coach he ignored) 74
How's this playing out?
I know this is intended as a dig at Cole, but he's halved his usual volume. Bath half isn't what he is training for, he is training for London Marathon. Sure, he could do a 40k week and be fresher going into the half, but he obviously feels that's too much lost training for London. He's a far better runner than me, who knows if he's right or wrong.
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Hadn’t even considered that’s why Mary and him broke up. I mean fair enough if it’s the case but wow. Unfair on him if she broadcasted such a big break up when that was the reasoning for him. Then again, she’s an influencer so everything is posted.
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JoshJogs marathon redemption this weekend. Can he run a time that will make us all forget that he is a bib mule? Definitely not. But predictions are 2:53. He won’t get close to his sub 2:40. Doesn’t have the minerals and has been dropped by ON running now. Thoughts?
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one of the best (UK) running youtubers that never gets a mention on this thread - markrun
no chat, no shilling, just a pov video of a parkrun at 4x speed so you can get an idea of the course. the guy's done 100s of videos of different courses now.
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