Anya Culling recently went on a pretty big podcast and spoke about being harassed by a male, who is now banned from races and that career has gone down the drain with brands not working with him. Harrowing listen
You guys! The GOAT SJD is doing a 12-14 week "Road Half Marathon Training Series," and he's gunning for a "lifetime PR." He will be selecting the race within a week or so.
Hope he will do it running in circles around a shopping mall.
He could just sign up for the Trials of Miles 13.1 project if he wanted to do that, it's a looping course.
Anya Culling recently went on a pretty big podcast and spoke about being harassed by a male, who is now banned from races and that career has gone down the drain with brands not working with him. Harrowing listen
Surely any sensible man in the sport would stay a country mile away from her? Are there other careers one can still pursue in which one doesn't work with brands, or is that all a bit 20th century?
You guys! The GOAT SJD is doing a 12-14 week "Road Half Marathon Training Series," and he's gunning for a "lifetime PR." He will be selecting the race within a week or so.
SJD is back, baby! And what better way for our guy to announce the start of his half marathon-specific training block where he'll be gunning to better his 1:05 half (~5 flat pace) than with a 10 mile run at 9:31 per mile pace. Time to get that Strava mileage chart trending up, skim a college physiology textbook, and discern that aerobic engine!
No snark, I love that SJD is doing a half specific block, rather than gunning for a marathon—I think it puts him in the best possible position for all around success. He's right about half training fitting into his family life better than marathon training (particularly the way he insists on marathon training), half training will transfer over just fine to the mountain stuff he really excels at, and he can go out way too fast (as he is prone to doing) in the half with more minor blowups than his marathon or 50k efforts.
I suspect he's going to be playing all the hits this cycle—1) Needlessly insisting he needs to build his aerobic engine at 9+ minute pace, 2) Flying across the country for one 10k tuneup race rather than hopping into 2 or 3 local races as fitness checks throughout the cycle, 3) Driving hours to Leadville to recruit red blood cells over a long weekend, and 4) Refusing to do anything resembling a real workout until 10 days out when he puts on spikes to run something like 5x800m all out—but I'm going to be rooting for him. It'll be a long shot, but if he does somehow manage to PR, I'll even order myself a hat with the "BIG D" logo on it.
You guys! The GOAT SJD is doing a 12-14 week "Road Half Marathon Training Series," and he's gunning for a "lifetime PR." He will be selecting the race within a week or so.
SJD is back, baby! And what better way for our guy to announce the start of his half marathon-specific training block where he'll be gunning to better his 1:05 half (~5 flat pace) than with a 10 mile run at 9:31 per mile pace. Time to get that Strava mileage chart trending up, skim a college physiology textbook, and discern that aerobic engine!
No snark, I love that SJD is doing a half specific block, rather than gunning for a marathon—I think it puts him in the best possible position for all around success. He's right about half training fitting into his family life better than marathon training (particularly the way he insists on marathon training), half training will transfer over just fine to the mountain stuff he really excels at, and he can go out way too fast (as he is prone to doing) in the half with more minor blowups than his marathon or 50k efforts.
I suspect he's going to be playing all the hits this cycle—1) Needlessly insisting he needs to build his aerobic engine at 9+ minute pace, 2) Flying across the country for one 10k tuneup race rather than hopping into 2 or 3 local races as fitness checks throughout the cycle, 3) Driving hours to Leadville to recruit red blood cells over a long weekend, and 4) Refusing to do anything resembling a real workout until 10 days out when he puts on spikes to run something like 5x800m all out—but I'm going to be rooting for him. It'll be a long shot, but if he does somehow manage to PR, I'll even order myself a hat with the "BIG D" logo on it.
how's the big D making money these days? is this just a "in-laws accepting their daughter and son in law will never have real jobs or a viable way to pay for an ever-growing brood of offspring, so handing over the inheritance early" situation? must be nice to just make a youtube video once in a while and hang out the rest of the time.
how's the big D making money these days? is this just a "in-laws accepting their daughter and son in law will never have real jobs or a viable way to pay for an ever-growing brood of offspring, so handing over the inheritance early" situation? must be nice to just make a youtube video once in a while and hang out the rest of the time.
Whatever the situation, Seth looks much happier and healthy than he did when he was trying to post content every single day.
Anya Culling recently went on a pretty big podcast and spoke about being harassed by a male, who is now banned from races and that career has gone down the drain with brands not working with him. Harrowing listen
I'm all for Anya talking about MF being a freak towards her, but at the same time I struggle to listen to anyone who has zero understanding of the sport they are in, but continue to give advice to people / charge them a coaching fee and set poor examples to a large following.
While Bester is a ****, dont underestimate how much of Anya's come-up was just put on a plate for her by NB. Now she's out on her own and the results speak for themselves, as do the constant side-quests into triathlon and other things, that she can uses as excuses for why her athletics performances haven't been A1 since leaving him.
1x good race paced 100% of the way has made her, not a track record of performances, and not her own knowledge of the sport.
does anyone else see the thumbnail for the new BITR video ("10 Best Running shoes for $150 and under (225)") and want to run over Thomas with a dumptruck
how's the big D making money these days? is this just a "in-laws accepting their daughter and son in law will never have real jobs or a viable way to pay for an ever-growing brood of offspring, so handing over the inheritance early" situation? must be nice to just make a youtube video once in a while and hang out the rest of the time.
His yt views have fallen off a cliff. He didn't even eclipse 100k a month total views across all his videos for the last two months. That's less than 10% what he was getting 3 years ago. He is bringing in a couple thousand a year from yt ads at most. Even if you add any sponsored content, no way he is even close to making a living wage alone. And who wants to sponsor a channel that gets no views?
I assume at this point his wife is heavily carrying the family. Unless she makes a lot of money they definitely aren't doing so well financially.
how's the big D making money these days? is this just a "in-laws accepting their daughter and son in law will never have real jobs or a viable way to pay for an ever-growing brood of offspring, so handing over the inheritance early" situation? must be nice to just make a youtube video once in a while and hang out the rest of the time.
His yt views have fallen off a cliff. He didn't even eclipse 100k a month total views across all his videos for the last two months. That's less than 10% what he was getting 3 years ago. He is bringing in a couple thousand a year from yt ads at most. Even if you add any sponsored content, no way he is even close to making a living wage alone. And who wants to sponsor a channel that gets no views?
I assume at this point his wife is heavily carrying the family. Unless she makes a lot of money they definitely aren't doing so well financially.
Does he still do the live streams on patreon or a similar pay-to-watch platform (can't recall which)? I admit I watched a few live streams back when they were on YouTube, and he regularly netted many hundreds of dollars in mostly small contributions (sometimes I saw $50 and $100, though). He also had the folk who paid to sponsor him/get names on his videos. If any of that still exists on a pay platform as he once suggested, he might be pulling a little more than YouTube shows. Not much, I would think. But he likely still has passionate supporters willing to throw small bills his way.
Does he still do the live streams on patreon or a similar pay-to-watch platform (can't recall which)? I admit I watched a few live streams back when they were on YouTube, and he regularly netted many hundreds of dollars in mostly small contributions (sometimes I saw $50 and $100, though). He also had the folk who paid to sponsor him/get names on his videos. If any of that still exists on a pay platform as he once suggested, he might be pulling a little more than YouTube shows. Not much, I would think. But he likely still has passionate supporters willing to throw small bills his way.
No idea, I was just pulling his channel numbers, I don't really follow him much.
But a 90%+ reduction in views probably closely corelates to a similar reduction in donations.
He's been stuck at the same subscriber count for well over a year.
You guys! The GOAT SJD is doing a 12-14 week "Road Half Marathon Training Series," and he's gunning for a "lifetime PR." He will be selecting the race within a week or so.
Does he still do the live streams on patreon or a similar pay-to-watch platform (can't recall which)? I admit I watched a few live streams back when they were on YouTube, and he regularly netted many hundreds of dollars in mostly small contributions (sometimes I saw $50 and $100, though). He also had the folk who paid to sponsor him/get names on his videos. If any of that still exists on a pay platform as he once suggested, he might be pulling a little more than YouTube shows. Not much, I would think. But he likely still has passionate supporters willing to throw small bills his way.
No idea, I was just pulling his channel numbers, I don't really follow him much.
But a 90%+ reduction in views probably closely corelates to a similar reduction in donations.
He's been stuck at the same subscriber count for well over a year.
Agreed. I would think YouTube viewership decline correlates to patreon or similar decline as well.
Anya Culling recently went on a pretty big podcast and spoke about being harassed by a male, who is now banned from races and that career has gone down the drain with brands not working with him. Harrowing listen
I'm all for Anya talking about MF being a freak towards her, but at the same time I struggle to listen to anyone who has zero understanding of the sport they are in, but continue to give advice to people / charge them a coaching fee and set poor examples to a large following.
While Bester is a ****, dont underestimate how much of Anya's come-up was just put on a plate for her by NB. Now she's out on her own and the results speak for themselves, as do the constant side-quests into triathlon and other things, that she can uses as excuses for why her athletics performances haven't been A1 since leaving him.
1x good race paced 100% of the way has made her, not a track record of performances, and not her own knowledge of the sport.
Yeah if you look at the UK rankings she went from being around the top 15 (noting that the UK really doesn't have huge depth in female, or indeed male, marathon running) and 7 minutes off the world champs standard to being barely top 50 in the country and over 15 minutes off the world champs standard.
Her talk of a 'come-back' despite having no real injury or set-back to come back from... Doesn't mesh with the choices she's making and her approach to training and racing; bouncing from random marathon to random marathon - how much performance benefit does she get from doing Honolulu and Bermuda marathons in the space of a few weeks; constantly cutting training camps short to go back and post the most mid performances you've seen in inconsequential races; and pivoting to random triathlons in which, again, she does okay but not particularly impressive given the time that she has to dedicate to training.
I wonder how long you can remain a media darling as a rapid rise to elite once you stop being an elite, does the recent foray into more mainstream non-running podcasts suggest that the running invites are drying up? Although I guess if you aren't performing as an elite the next best way to get people to think you're one is to get podcasts and articles to refer to you as such, but two years after your last decent performance there must be an expiry date approaching?
I wonder how long you can remain a media darling as a rapid rise to elite once you stop being an elite, does the recent foray into more mainstream non-running podcasts suggest that the running invites are drying up? Although I guess if you aren't performing as an elite the next best way to get people to think you're one is to get podcasts and articles to refer to you as such, but two years after your last decent performance there must be an expiry date approaching?
Unfortunately I'm sure these invites will continue because of the massive lack of knowledge about the sport in the country. She's been marketed as someone who knocked ~3+hours off her marathon time, because she once walked about London Marathon many years ago before she ever really started in the sport. So between that & the fact she'll still knock out sub3:00 means many outlets will still presume she's elite/pro and the general public lap it up, 'inspired' by improvements and how 'that could be me'.
Then also nowadays when someone has their own platform to put out content, they can stay relevant and get invites to places just as a social media personality (especially when you can attach a very old PB to the heading). Just look at Ben Parkes who ran 2:25:57ish in 2017, has never run under 2:30 since but still introduces himself every video as a 2:25 guy. Slightly different but Coleen Quigley has also transitioned away from the serious end of the sport purely into an influencer, and I dont think the general public in the U.S. would be able to tell the difference - she's still someone they saw once as a decent athlete, and they still see she is out jogging, so presume it's all the same.
To your point, I'm sure AC will end up completing the full transition to social media influencer because she seems to be prioritising that and she doesn't have the knowledge (or seemingly the self-motivation) to get back on the horse (to the same level) herself. It's just a shame that nowadays you can remain relevant without being competitive.
SJD is back, baby! And what better way for our guy to announce the start of his half marathon-specific training block where he'll be gunning to better his 1:05 half (~5 flat pace) than with a 10 mile run at 9:31 per mile pace. Time to get that Strava mileage chart trending up, skim a college physiology textbook, and discern that aerobic engine!
No snark, I love that SJD is doing a half specific block, rather than gunning for a marathon—I think it puts him in the best possible position for all around success. He's right about half training fitting into his family life better than marathon training (particularly the way he insists on marathon training), half training will transfer over just fine to the mountain stuff he really excels at, and he can go out way too fast (as he is prone to doing) in the half with more minor blowups than his marathon or 50k efforts.
I suspect he's going to be playing all the hits this cycle—1) Needlessly insisting he needs to build his aerobic engine at 9+ minute pace, 2) Flying across the country for one 10k tuneup race rather than hopping into 2 or 3 local races as fitness checks throughout the cycle, 3) Driving hours to Leadville to recruit red blood cells over a long weekend, and 4) Refusing to do anything resembling a real workout until 10 days out when he puts on spikes to run something like 5x800m all out—but I'm going to be rooting for him. It'll be a long shot, but if he does somehow manage to PR, I'll even order myself a hat with the "BIG D" logo on it.
how's the big D making money these days? is this just a "in-laws accepting their daughter and son in law will never have real jobs or a viable way to pay for an ever-growing brood of offspring, so handing over the inheritance early" situation? must be nice to just make a youtube video once in a while and hang out the rest of the time.
I watched SJD’s most recent video. I wasn’t aware he was making them anymore. What made his 2024 so hard? Has he revealed how he earns a living? It can’t be from selling merch or you tube. I checked out his website and it wasn’t very phone friendly.
I wonder how long you can remain a media darling as a rapid rise to elite once you stop being an elite, does the recent foray into more mainstream non-running podcasts suggest that the running invites are drying up? Although I guess if you aren't performing as an elite the next best way to get people to think you're one is to get podcasts and articles to refer to you as such, but two years after your last decent performance there must be an expiry date approaching?
Unfortunately I'm sure these invites will continue because of the massive lack of knowledge about the sport in the country. She's been marketed as someone who knocked ~3+hours off her marathon time, because she once walked about London Marathon many years ago before she ever really started in the sport. So between that & the fact she'll still knock out sub3:00 means many outlets will still presume she's elite/pro and the general public lap it up, 'inspired' by improvements and how 'that could be me'.
Then also nowadays when someone has their own platform to put out content, they can stay relevant and get invites to places just as a social media personality (especially when you can attach a very old PB to the heading). Just look at Ben Parkes who ran 2:25:57ish in 2017, has never run under 2:30 since but still introduces himself every video as a 2:25 guy. Slightly different but Coleen Quigley has also transitioned away from the serious end of the sport purely into an influencer, and I dont think the general public in the U.S. would be able to tell the difference - she's still someone they saw once as a decent athlete, and they still see she is out jogging, so presume it's all the same.
To your point, I'm sure AC will end up completing the full transition to social media influencer because she seems to be prioritising that and she doesn't have the knowledge (or seemingly the self-motivation) to get back on the horse (to the same level) herself. It's just a shame that nowadays you can remain relevant without being competitive.
This will sound a bit cryptic and I wouldn't swear to it being true but I believe AC approached a really smart coach post bester and that coach declined her because of all her SM stuff at the time. I think that coach made a smart choice looking where this has now headed. She seems to have found a niche and if it's a niche that is away from the serious side of the sport then I'm sure both her and it won't lose out.
I watched SJD’s most recent video. I wasn’t aware he was making them anymore. What made his 2024 so hard? Has he revealed how he earns a living? It can’t be from selling merch or you tube. I checked out his website and it wasn’t very phone friendly.
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