Allie Ostrander's running Youtube channel is actually very good

The humor in her videos is inane. Her channel is appealing to young teen girls.

I have three teen girl runners and not one follows or watches Allie O. Newbury Park, another story.

Her YouTube videos are horrible. I watched a few and that was it. She is not funny. I know she thinks she is. Also, Spencer Brown should not allow her in his videos either. She offers nothing. Sorry, just my opinion.

I'd subscribe to a Jamin channel.

Allie is stepping up the game because she's inheriting The Athlete Special moniker. Maybe Spencer can work for a year or whatever and learn video production.

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Social media is for people who are attractive or at least not insecure. I don't qualify.

Allie is quirky. Some people get her quirky sense of humor, and some people don't. It's just a matter of opinion.

I do enjoy Allie and she looks great ! up a few healthy pounds !

Reminds me of how teen HS runners I knew loved Tinman--they weren't for everyone but they at least got people and kids into running as a whole.

Same with Newbury Park now, people of both genders and even casual runners (not LRC diehards, none of them have even heard of LRC) are asking me what's the deal with that XC team that's winning everything?

The FB algorithm only rewards certain posting habits. Same with Instagram. Even if you have great content and you put effort into posting, it really depends on an unseen algo that could be more temperamental than your dog on a bad day...

Sorry bud, already taken by the Alpha-lete Special

oh please the guy is so far from what any sane person would call an "alpha"...you basically have to go through most of the Greek alphabet to find a letter that encapsulates all that Spencer Brown.

as for Allie's Youtube videos... they are ok. very repetitive. she runs on the same path. she plays the same annoying music at the start of them. she pretends to be nervous before the run. she maybe cooks some type of pancake dish with the most synthetic looking protein powder I have ever seen. repeat.

The pancakes and coffee bit is worn out. Same video every time.

got through about 10 seconds of it. annoying music, cringey delivery that sounds like a video project for some high school class. guess it goes to show that anyone can get 16k subs...

The 'alpha' thing is a running joke on these boards.

Spencer is awkward and and corny (some might even say cringey) and that's totally fine. I like his content and same goes for Allie. And of course the inevitable breakup is going to make for some real spicy content for both of them.

There's a third category, which is, you can get the humor but not like it. This is not a down vote on her site, I have only seen a few videos from a while back. I did think she was great doing guest commentary one time on a meet broadcast. She gave some really interesting insight.

Who?

Don't confuse with Forever Twelve: