The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

Why would a sponsor want to be associated with someone who has ran 1 decent marathon and cant seem to make it to the start line fit any more?

Recently listened to a podcast with RTJ and Dan Nash. Nash is running 100km a week less than RTJ and turned in a 2.11 in Seville!! Nash seems to go about his business quietly without getting the sponsors and plaudits that bester and the rest of the insta clan do.

Stop with the Cole slander. At least he's not like Ben is begging who jumped on a deal with sports direct!

Which podcast was that?

On Dan Nash own podcast on Spotify. The physiology of Endurance running. Some very good podcasts on there. He had Sirpoc on last year. Very good

Put on some Truett Hanes content for the first time ever when I got home from work yesterday.

Woke up 2 hours later to a blank screen.

Genuinely perfect content for anyone who struggles with sleep. He's got that sort after combo of southern drawl mixed with having nothing good to say.

Seriously, for anyone who hasn't watched it's just half baked 'motivational' speeches and shouting out 'the haters', over and over again. Not a single specific about his training or really any training footage.

Guy throws his toys out the pram if he gets anything other than yes men comments tbf. Dude gets wound up and defensive so easy. Loads of people have found types of training that work for a while really well until they don’t and then we go back to the drawing board. He just refuses to accept that something that worked for a while to get to a certain level maybe has run its course.

God I hope people start to call them out. What a fool. Someone posted the page creators name the other day and I’ve forgotten it they’re so insignificant 😂

Someone posted the name the other day, it’s like a random c level runner. Nothing special. His page was on private.

Feel like pure sh*t, just want Nick Bester back

Will gibbo is the instagram that was tagged as being the guy in some thread recently. Brit in auz so it fits. Not a good runner- also fits.

He’s on a road to London weekly podcast with easy double as well but he tells nothing and keeps saying “I’ll save that for the YouTube” so is an utter waste of time on it. Jake wightman is on the same pod and he’s good on it.

2:34 at best. Most likely 2:36. Small chance 2:39 (lol)

I am not a fan of RTJ's approach, but almost all young athletes rely on family support to survive. I don't care about his background either. He doesn't claim to be some working class hero.

As a state school, council estate tenant, who cares that he went to private school?

It's comical how clueless some people on here are.

I'd be amazed if RTJ is earning less than $200,000 a year with the views he's pulling in and all the major brands he's working with. He's more likely the one supporting his parents at this point.

Give me a more specific example why you think RTJ would be making anything close to over $200,000 per year? Guys like Kofuzi can maybe make like $50,000 off of Google Adsense alone with his views/engagement. Then you've got Allie O numbers maybe to work with....

Really big brand deals are actually kinda hard to come by (especially if you're just another 2:15 guy at this day and age imo).

Also, is RTJ really a private school nepo baby? Truett Hanes is certainly nepo..

No effing way is he making $200,000. That's laughable. You people greatly over estimate the earning potential on youtube. He would be on small money with Brooks as well and what major brands is he working with?

He’s racking up 4 times the views of those other guys! For a running channel he’s absolutely huge on YouTube. If you think Kofuzi makes $50k on adsense that imagine what RTJ’s numbers are bringing in.

And we all know adsense is just a fraction of what these guys are earning. He’s got Brooks, Coros, Nomio, Kaizen just to name a few… he’ll easily be making another $100,000 off all his sponsors put together.

Nah this is delusion. Obviously none of us know for sure but dude..he is not making 200k lmao. all those brands you named are probably giving him free product and maybe a few grand here and there at most for shoutouts and advertisements in his video. It’s not like coros, nomio, and kaizen are giving him 20k each. that would be an insane use of marketing budget. RTJ is probably living comfortably off YouTube and sponsors so he can pay rent and continue training full time with no “real” 9-5 job needed, but I can’t imagine he’s making more than 80k all in. The brooks sponsor I would think it’s just free gear and peanuts in terms of $. Maybe I’m wrong who knows.

Sadly morons like floberg are racking up 100k+ from running since he scams normies for coaching for over $50k per year alone. wild. and someone like Fenton is probably making a pretty penny with all the brands he sells his soul to and will grift anything he can, not too mention his connection with pro direct. what a time to be alive for the most insufferable tubers who are profiting off the system