The Trials and Tribulations of Running YouTubers

WTF was that? Never anywhere close to sub 3 pace on any of the splits. Started off slow and just got slower & slower

So much for Fordy’s “big dreams”…. 3:28:16

3:17:58, months of waffling for a terrible result, his only positive of the day is that he can say his PB is 3:17 by 2 seconds 😂

All the runfluencers that set themselves goals that were way too ambitious ended up getting humbled badly today, on instragram they always create so much hype for London Marathon, they all making it sound fun and games, ads to promote all sorts of shxt, until the day comes and if you not prepared nothing will save you from the 42.2km

LRC once again stands out for providing predictions that are accurate.

Well Done to everyone that ran today 🙌

He has become my most loathed social media account. its the insufferable smugness and stupidity. Mate, you do not need to SIGN OFF COMMENTS from your account ffs, people can see who posted them.

where was this one though? tempted to go and tell him to do one

Goddard having a team dinner and spending bucks on beetroot shots for a 3:17 marathon. That’s finished

That’s a PB for him, no? And it looks like the blow up was less severe than usual. In other words, it was one of the great feats of human endurance.

Godtard and Fordy are a joke. Absolute joke. Pathetic from both of them on what was a fast day out there given all the sh*the they spout.

Well done FOD, deserved. Took a step back from what was a cycle of going through the same thing and look at things now. A lot of there clowns could take a lesson in this.

Poor planning decision, he probably had a much better time than 2:37 if he was going to do just one marathon, either Boston (US) or London.. He ended up wasting his best shot on the worst Marathon he could pick from the three..

Planning your race calendar properly is as important as everything else (training, fueling etc..)

So far I have seen Goddard and Hardest Geezer both on insta saying “I don’t know what happened today” full excuse coming soon.

Here is my Runna affiliate link so you can blow up just like me. Worst marketing ever.

Hardest geezer is delusional. I don't really think anything suggested he could run 2:35. Just picked that figure from the "that sounds good" box. Goddard is unbelievably out of touch with reality as well.

Terrifying anyone should watch these people regularly let alone listen to them.

And all so unnecessary. If they had made honest targets that matched their ability, rather than plucking an unattainable time out of their assholes, they would get respect from me. Executing a good marathon at any level is hard enough as it is. Instead they look like massive douches.

"Any publicity is good publicity"

Barely anyone would be talking about them if they hadn't made bold claims and got their average times. Yet, there's so much talk about them now.

I don't follow either, or have any intention of doing so, but it's pretty clear it's all marketing/hype. You're the product.

Fordy is a mess and worse than them all unfortunately, I know two people in real life who pay to have his awful coaching. His marathon attempts are embarrassing and nobody who has no idea where their current fitness is or is delusional about it, should be allowed anywhere near messing up other people's running. It's almost criminal.

Well done to FOD.

I hope FOD speaks about this in one of his longer formats, not just a short video. He said he's doing another podcast with sirpoc next month I think? Perfect guest for him to have back on especially as the crossover of paths seems to be the catalyst and changing point for him.

You have to say absolutely fair play to him. He's totally taken a step back from "10 things to make you run a better marathon" or any of that BS that people make content out of, which is obviously just nonsense. Then on top of that, he has put in close to a year of really monotonous, boring training and also put the hours in wanting to learn more. Yet now his content is better anyway, as it's moving away from the usual nonsense.

Remember a couple weeks ago when Fordy said his easy pace is 5:00/km

Pepperidge farm remembers

Did he actually say that? If he did he's worse than I thought. I've always felt he's the biggest grifter and chancer out of the lot of these fools. But the fact he can't run better than probably someone who has been running for like 6 months could do in a marathon, made me think people might see through him. The scary thing is, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Lol, Cam Hanes with a 2:39 today at Eugene, winning the Masters division at 58. Man, what I wouldn't give to be on the Eugene Marathon race committee, I'd pay out of pocket to have a drug tester there for just him.

Please stop roasting Floppard, I can't upvote everyone

Fair play, me. Lots bang on, others all within a few mins apart from Parkes and Dental Athlete who let me down.

The hardest geezer bloke it’s hard to tell wether he actually thought he was in shape to do 2:35 or just said it for clicks