Also, classic Bester dropping his kids/lack of sleep hindering his training.
I have kids as well, I started all my Long Runs at 5am to be home before they wake up. Bester probably has a wife that takes care of the kids, any "kids" excuses are super lame to the people training hard with a family.
Lack of sleep - bro, just to to sleep earlier, this is your job, you don't need to stay up late. On Saturday I go to sleep with the kids to get a solid 7hrs in.
New Fordy video being treated by his fans as if he is the second coming after dropping a fairly mediocre PB considering his job is running and coaching.
Isn’t his goal to BQ, after what is nearly 10 years of marathon training pretty embarrassing that he is nowhere near this target and is still a long way off sub 3.
Did anyone see Ben is Running's last upload where he interviewed Ingebrigsten? Christ that was awkward.
Ben starts goading him about his disastrous half marathon attempt and their comparable 63 and 64 minute pbs.
Ingebrigsten looking genuinely pissed off, not finding it funny at all, but Ben kept basically mocking him, kept it going way longer than was normal.
Eventually he pretty much walked off but the whole thing seemed really awkward.
Ben then turns to the camera to critique his interview
"Yeah, think that went pretty well".
Self-awareness of a baked potato.
This is a classic example of brands and retailers pushing influencers to be presenters, which they aren’t. Completely different skillset and sadly, actual broadcasters miss out on these opportunities for grifters
He was privately educated so I assume he comes from money.
Highly amused by using what appears to be a fake quote “he who takes on the armada must face the spoils” for his recap post.
Yeah his dad is the head of some american insurance company. I'm assuming he is funded by him as theres no way his or his Mrs' YT slop makes enough to live in London
As terrible as his content is, he is probably making a living wage.
Yes, he probably has a huge safety net, as most of them do. However, he is in a position where he makes decent money from brand deals and affiliate marketing. Runna alone probably pays him a retainer and commission, which is enough to live off.
I would guess, given Calum's limited abilities, he is earning more than he could working a salaried job. What would he be doing instead, posting to social media for someone like Steven Bartlett or a fast fashion brand!?
Like going to KFC, getting food poisoning and saying "honestly can't recommend kfc enough guys, most hygenic place to get your chicken they've never done me wrong"
Runna just posted a video captioned, "What happens when one of the world's most extreme endurance athletes decides to actually train for a marathon?"
In this video, coach Anya puts him through a grueling Runna track session.
She encourages Russ to hit his max HR during 1,200m reps, as if she is training him for a 3k or 5k race rather than a marathon.
She also makes comments along the lines of, "To get anaerobically better, you need to train in Zone 5; max balls to the walls." Overall, another flop by Runna!
Given he was doing the Royal Marines 30 miler towards taper time I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens when he decides to train seriously for a marathon...
Always a joy to see Runna bring out their unqualified coaches to show how little they understand their craft. I guess their target market really is 4-5 hour marathoners or casual 5/10k runners but I just don't see what they gain from exposing her as a bad coach, presenter, and race tactician so often. At some point people might start to cotton on to it. And that she's happy embarrassing herself like this, money must be decent but at what cost?
Imagine if they split the marathon by genders. Females on Saturday and males on Sunday. McCarthy would freeze without using her slogan. Somehow she still managed to be insufferable yesterday without even racing. Her ex continues to be faster than her. She must be brewing like a kettle.
Be honest though if she offered you'd let her test you lactate right?
Whilst I wouldn’t have minded seeing Hugo Fry run a bit quicker on Sunday, I’m glad I don’t have to see a load of idiots labelling his latest performance “generational.” Lads, the 15th fastest UK half marathon this year is not “generational.” It’s barely even annual.
I see the Australian "Marathon 50 - The Long Return" guy who's been mentioned here a few times has fallen into the all the usual Youtuber traps. He prioritised good content over sensible training by racing too much, setting over-ambitious goal, etc, etc.
Unsurprisingly he ended up injured. Decided to drop down from the marathon to the half marathon. Then 10K into the half he did a Fordy special; slowed down to wait for a friend who he then paced to the finish. Apparently helping to a sub-2, which I'm she would have got anyway without having a camera thrust in her face, was considered a successful outcome.
A shame, he seems a nice enough guy. I enjoyed seeing the Sydney area running routes.
This is a copy/paste from he YouTube bio "Fewer mistakes, fewer injuries, running smarter. If I can do it at my age, so can you". If he offers coaching next I'm not expecting to see a stampede of clients!
Imagine if they split the marathon by genders. Females on Saturday and males on Sunday. McCarthy would freeze without using her slogan. Somehow she still managed to be insufferable yesterday without even racing. Her ex continues to be faster than her. She must be brewing like a kettle.
Be honest though if she offered you'd let her test you lactate right?
I’d say her insufferable social media personality overrides most other views people have. She’s such a narcissist, posting a video of her consoling a friend breaking down in tears mid‑marathon! All of these shills are trying to capture the “raw” emotion of it all. What’s wrong with these people? It’s just a race!
To me, as someone in their 30s, she looks and acts like a teenager. I don’t view her through any other lens than that. “Running daddy” may disagree, but I don’t think people see her differently.
I would guess, given Calum's limited abilities, he is earning more than he could working a salaried job. What would he be doing instead, posting to social media for someone like Steven Bartlett or a fast fashion brand!?
Funny you should say this. He was/is the producer of actual big (non-running) Youtube stuff and a podcast producer. I think Sidemen or Sidemen adjacent people - I'm not really sure who any of them are. I believe that's how he came into running with a big following already, and a high-production podcast (studio/set, not the content). Brands are desparate for anyone in those circles, I imagine he's making a decent whack.
at what point does Runna become false advertising? It's not coaching, it's AI generated nonsense, promoted by totally unqualified people. If I call my dog a coach and get him to decide my training plan, can I call that coaching? I'm glad more people are getting into running and are interested in having a structured training plan, but I hate Runna preying on these people, getting them injured, and making them think it's normal for a new runner to be doing regular tempos and 1k repeats.
Russ Cook the not so hardest geezer takes the cake for ultimate excuse post though and inadvertentlyshows how cacka Runna is whilst trying to shill for them... ad
"The 2:35 dream died a hard death today. Disappointed to finish so far off my goal with a 2:46:59 but also happy to take a huge chunk off my New York time 6 months ago, grab a new official marathon PB, and experience the absolute scenes of our capital city coming together to roar on thousands of people battering the tarmac. By kilometre 10 I thought it might all be over but full debrief incoming tomorrow. As for now I wanna say a huge thank you to @runna who I’ve been training with for the last 6 months. I honestly could not recommend the plans enough, especially for those looking to make some improvements or set their first running goal. If you wanna give it a bash code HARDESTGEEZER gets you a 2 week free trial Also a huge thank you to everyone shouting and cheering me on, sorry I was pretty locked in but it means a lot I LOVE THIS CITY! WE GO AGAIN!! ad"
Russ Cook on instagram “Had to go to a portaloo at 10km, was going to poo myself. It rattled me so I lost time”
Russ Cook’s Strava - Well, that was a 3’20 min KM, in line with all of them up to that stage - so that is some impressively fast dumping.
Hugo was running next to Adam Clarke who was pacing the 2.12/2.13 group. Fry was up to thinking he was legit at that level. All the time Dan Nash was sat in the pocket awaiting the downfall. It happened, of course it happened. Nash finished 2.14 (8wks after doing 2.11 in Seville). You could see who was had the race experience and who didn’t.
they let Hugo burn himself then ran right over him chapeau boys
Russ Cook the not so hardest geezer takes the cake for ultimate excuse post though and inadvertentlyshows how cacka Runna is whilst trying to shill for them... ad
"The 2:35 dream died a hard death today. Disappointed to finish so far off my goal with a 2:46:59 but also happy to take a huge chunk off my New York time 6 months ago, grab a new official marathon PB, and experience the absolute scenes of our capital city coming together to roar on thousands of people battering the tarmac. By kilometre 10 I thought it might all be over but full debrief incoming tomorrow. As for now I wanna say a huge thank you to @runna who I’ve been training with for the last 6 months. I honestly could not recommend the plans enough, especially for those looking to make some improvements or set their first running goal. If you wanna give it a bash code HARDESTGEEZER gets you a 2 week free trial Also a huge thank you to everyone shouting and cheering me on, sorry I was pretty locked in but it means a lot I LOVE THIS CITY! WE GO AGAIN!! ad"
Russ Cook on instagram “Had to go to a portaloo at 10km, was going to poo myself. It rattled me so I lost time”
Russ Cook’s Strava - Well, that was a 3’20 min KM, in line with all of them up to that stage - so that is some impressively fast dumping.
Hugo was running next to Adam Clarke who was pacing the 2.12/2.13 group. Fry was up to thinking he was legit at that level. All the time Dan Nash was sat in the pocket awaiting the downfall. It happened, of course it happened. Nash finished 2.14 (8wks after doing 2.11 in Seville). You could see who was had the race experience and who didn’t.
they let Hugo burn himself then ran right over him chapeau boys
So dan blew up and missed his PB by 3 minutes whilst hugo swung for the fences and still PBd? I can respect going with a group and hoping to hold on, even if it's probably silly. Takes some bollocks
The bloke is honest about his marathon approach and pacing himself to run the time that's possible on the day, not a time he arbitrarily decided on and blasted socials with for months. He's also got a kid, not a rich set of parents and a Tilda sponsorship.
Hugo's an excellent runner that isn't quite honest about being a professional, and had a moderate blow up on Sunday, certainly not as bad as some, but considering we happily have a go at other influencers overestimating their fitness and paying the price Hugo shouldn't be exempt.
looking at data Nash PB is 2.11.59 so I’m sure he’d take 2.14 as his B goal time
Fry can pump numbers and a very good runner but I feel watching if he had more race experience and sat behind the boys with the proven times he could have done 2.15. This was his A race and PB by seconds
im sure he will admit himself he should have done Boston but im told he sold his soul for cash to perform at London for Precision H.
sub 2.15 will come for Fry but he needs to plan his races then do brands after
Funny you should say this. He was/is the producer of actual big (non-running) Youtube stuff and a podcast producer. I think Sidemen or Sidemen adjacent people - I'm not really sure who any of them are. I believe that's how he came into running with a big following already, and a high-production podcast (studio/set, not the content). Brands are desparate for anyone in those circles, I imagine he's making a decent whack.
Yep this is correct, and possibly how he has the brand connections.
I used to listen to the podcast he produced before he was into running and his "gimmick" was to just intentionally lie or say stupid stuff to get a reaction in the comments and then if he ever got called out he would claim it was "engagement bait".
He obviously understands that engagement drives monetization but hasn't grasped that there is no way to make this a long term plan as people will get ed up with you if not the first time you lie to them for engagement then definitely the 2nd 3rd and 4th time.
What is his plan now? Does he get another Runna deal to go abroad later in the year and try for sub 3 again on the same training plan, surely he understands how that's going to end... If he is smart he should pivot away from Runna and speak honestly on how badly this training block was and then make content building towards sub 3 in a proper manner speaking with coaches and club runners who know what they're talking about, but i don't think he has the balls to step away from the safety net of the shill...
The bloke is honest about his marathon approach and pacing himself to run the time that's possible on the day, not a time he arbitrarily decided on and blasted socials with for months. He's also got a kid, not a rich set of parents and a Tilda sponsorship.
Hugo's an excellent runner that isn't quite honest about being a professional, and had a moderate blow up on Sunday, certainly not as bad as some, but considering we happily have a go at other influencers overestimating their fitness and paying the price Hugo shouldn't be exempt.
67:24 through half isnt a 2:12 group that was said in the post i replied to then, definitely not a blow up to 2:14 in that case.
Hugo didn't publicise his goal really at all either so I think it's unfair to say based on the fact he posts his training on social media, I think i saw one clip of him a couple days before saying he'd like to run an london elite field Q time and I don't think he was that far off that fitness. His half isn't that far off of Dan's and they both convert as well as anyone to the marathon. If anything Dan probably publicises his goal/training just as much (he just makes you pay to hear it)
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