In his latest episode, Spencer Brown offers a (fairly) blunt account of his ill-fated time with the Brooks Beasts. He talks getting derailed by a bout of COVID, his injury, his inability to get his times where he wants them in the aftermath, and his return home to rebuild after things get a little dark in Seattle.
Struck me as a fairly honest account of how you manage as an aspiring pro when the dice just keep failing to roll your way.
IMO he should focus exclusively on the 800 maybe get Nick Symmonds to coach him. I have heard Nick does not want to coach but maybe a just special case like Spence.
His dad has been doing a good job
Charlie wrote:
IMO he should focus exclusively on the 800 maybe get Nick Symmonds to coach him. I have heard Nick does not want to coach but maybe a just special case like Spence.
Nick is busy creating youtube clickbait for middle schoolers
https://imgur.com/a/r9eHtV2"$1000 CASH pinata vs strangers!"
its the ryan trahan effect
Who? Never saw anyone by that description on the Beasts roster.
Anybody got any details on the “dark path” he went down in August?
Best of luck to him. I also hope Allie O can overcome her issues as she has more natural talent for running than Spencer.
landon wrote:
Anybody got any details on the “dark path” he went down in August?
Burnout/mental fatigue. Probably was legitimately depressed and wanted to quit running and go hide. Dark path is just a metaphor for the frustration/depression. Perhaps he started acting out in some way, shape, or form too?
Spencer's video felt like it was honest. I appreciated it.
He had this amazing opportunity - he could have turned his channel into a content platform for Brooks, featuring an Olympic medalist among others. But the person who most impresses Spencer Brown is none other than Spencer Brown.
It is so cringey to watch his videos now. He is so self absorbed and self important. I watch thinking, "How can this person so completely embarrass himself regularly?"
The whole purpose was to show how a new guy fits into a pro team
rrrtty wrote:
He had this amazing opportunity - he could have turned his channel into a content platform for Brooks, featuring an Olympic medalist among others. But the person who most impresses Spencer Brown is none other than Spencer Brown.
It is so cringey to watch his videos now. He is so self absorbed and self important. I watch thinking, "How can this person so completely embarrass himself regularly?"
That's exactly what I got from the ONE, and only ONE, of his videos that I watched. Not going to watch this one, even if he pays me to.
Decently talented but generally lazy and poorly disciplined runner signs on to group of strangers across the country, all of who are a level or three ahead of him.
What could go wrong?
It was the slowest train wreck of 2021.
Who wouldn't love to see Nick coach? Anyone who's seen his second channel knows he's packed with knowledge
What time makes someone a successful pro runner? What time in the 400/800/1500 should someone have before they consider setting aside a few years of their lives to train?
yeah no wrote:
Charlie wrote:
IMO he should focus exclusively on the 800 maybe get Nick Symmonds to coach him. I have heard Nick does not want to coach but maybe a just special case like Spence.
Nick is busy creating youtube clickbait for middle schoolers
https://imgur.com/a/r9eHtV2"$1000 CASH pinata vs strangers!"
LOL
Yeah, Nick's not going to bother with a venture like that. Especially given how he (politely) turned down the guy who just wanted to meet up while he was in town.
Connor Horne wrote:
Who wouldn't love to see Nick coach? Anyone who's seen his second channel knows he's packed with knowledge
Add me to the group who wouldn't like it.
Coach Spencer? He wouldn't even meet him for a youtube video (which is both of their careers).
Nick is perfectly designed to do what he is currently doing. The ability to coach, ie. give half a sh*t about another person, is not in his toolbox.
It would be interesting to see if Nick could get Spence under the 1:46.25 standard.
Page views and Subscribers !
Nick wants more .
The meetup with Spencer was of zero interest but ....
TRAINING Spencer to over achieve in the 800 would be good for both of their social media enterprises.
Come On Nick take the Spencer challenge!
Charlie wrote:
The meetup with Spencer was of zero interest but ....
TRAINING Spencer to over achieve in the 800 would be good for both of their social media enterprises.
So nick has an idea of who he's trying to reach on his channel, and that demo in general does not give a sht about competitive running. I wonder how many subscribers would even be able to correctly answer what event Nick ran at the olympics. He should do a poll.
I honestly think Allie O derailed him. He was busy flirting with her instead of focusing on tasks at hand.