Boulder YouTubers don’t know how to run

Faster than u tho

Wait, there's a hill in Stillwater? Uh, okay.

Wait, is it Reed Brown or Spencer Brown from the Athlete Special?

Oh my gosh!

hemorrhoid wrote:

Ever watched an Athlete Special video? Ben Crawford? Those guys are taking breaks on every run. Check Strava too. Bathroom breaks, water breaks, even just stopping to catch their breaths. Do these guys know how to run? In a race, you don’t stop. The likes of Cooper “Can’t Run Up a Hill” Teare, Evert “Every Excuse in the Book” Silva, and Reed “Ready to Take a Break” Brown will likely GO HOME DEVASTATED this fall if there is indeed a cross country season. Without the cameraman and the pace car, they will not be able to perform in races, and they will be extremely confused when the entire field doesn’t stop with them halfway up the big hill in Stillwater.

the ingebrigstens walk up hills on easy and long runs, mainly to keep lactate levels low, effort low, and heart rate low. nothing wrong with walking or taking a short break to drink some water.

Pee on yourself

No water breaks when it's 90°

Any other good tips?

I think we should start calling Spencer "Special Brown".

Looks like I messed something up, sorry I'm kind of new to this.

hemorrhoid wrote:

Ever watched an Athlete Special video? Ben Crawford? Those guys are taking breaks on every run. Check Strava too. Bathroom breaks, water breaks, even just stopping to catch their breaths. Do these guys know how to run? In a race, you don’t stop. The likes of Cooper “Can’t Run Up a Hill” Teare, Evert “Every Excuse in the Book” Silva, and Reed “Ready to Take a Break” Brown will likely GO HOME DEVASTATED this fall if there is indeed a cross country season. Without the cameraman and the pace car, they will not be able to perform in races, and they will be extremely confused when the entire field doesn’t stop with them halfway up the big hill in Stillwater.

When was the last time you ran a sub-4 mile?

hemorrhoid wrote:

Ever watched an Athlete Special video? Ben Crawford? Those guys are taking breaks on every run. Check Strava too. Bathroom breaks, water breaks, even just stopping to catch their breaths. Do these guys know how to run? In a race, you don’t stop. The likes of Cooper “Can’t Run Up a Hill” Teare, Evert “Every Excuse in the Book” Silva, and Reed “Ready to Take a Break” Brown will likely GO HOME DEVASTATED this fall if there is indeed a cross country season. Without the cameraman and the pace car, they will not be able to perform in races, and they will be extremely confused when the entire field doesn’t stop with them halfway up the big hill in Stillwater.

Seems like any time someone decides to document running on youtube people hate on it lol.I just think that is how they train. Cooper and Spencer are sub 4 guys 3:55 & 3:39. Evert is like a 13:40/ 29 low guy. Those aren't slow times.

I used to run with guys I raced in high school and we would do long runs together. They would take all kinds of breaks. They went on to run 23's and low 24's in the 8k I never ran close to that.

they also don't know how to social distance or have any respect to the fact that this is not a normal summer... kids coming from all over the country and clearly not quarantining on arrival, posting parties on social media and running in massive groups... people not getting sick is more important than running in boulder with a camera crew .... they wonder why they wont race for months due to the shutdowns.

It's because these kids are really not training but rather "performing" for the camera & trying to make it with the girls. Never seen so many runners in CO socializing during a pandemic. If they don't all create a Covid cluster will be a miracle.

Yes, socializing for the social media generation means performance art. I've wondered why there is this insane drive in the US to go out and party during the pandemic. People have always socialized but the intensity and pressure has changed.

It seems clear upon reflection that it's about getting onto the scene, busting out the phone and posting pics and videos of the person as a reveler. Not doing so apparently marks one as a loser. So whether people really want to congregate and socialize or not, there is a pressure to do so that never existed before.

Just another reason to despise social media and the posting junkies. God forbid a runner get out and run and then live their own life.

it's the CO womens team too mixing it up with any boys coming thru town. Definitely not quarantining for 14 days or social distancing while together. Will be interesting to see in several weeks if there's an uptick in cases at these schools. Seems to be much more social media activity this year which is ironic. This behavior is the reason we don't have a XC season and will probably not have indoor either. Outdoor only if there's a vaccine. So irresponsible. Younger runners are watching and have horrible role models in CO, UO, etc...

They out there getting after it??

If you know what I mean?

Evert on the downlow is a king ? slayer??

Don’t hate?

PNWashedup wrote:

they also don't know how to social distance or have any respect to the fact that this is not a normal summer... kids coming from all over the country and clearly not quarantining on arrival, posting parties on social media and running in massive groups... people not getting sick is more important than running in boulder with a camera crew .... they wonder why they wont race for months due to the shutdowns.

+1 really sucks to see them, especially as they are role models for a lot of hs kids ...

These kids are nerds.