Nick Bester finally breaks 2:20

fake news, can't be true

My dad ran 2:17 in flats, came home, cooked the dinner, put me and my brother to bed, did the washing up and went to work the next day.

This guy will run 2:19 and celebrate like he's won the Olympics.

Reports are he's on suicide watch.

thats not even fast enough to qualify for a qualifying race

he finished in 2:22:12. you're too lazy to look it up you muppet.

besides that, trying to illustrate a point by having an extreme example is lame.

Fox sits in Chicago devastated.

i was looking at his previous year result, my bad.

he really did finished it in that time. the OP isn't lying

and you're still lame LOL.

so... I don't get it? how is he different than the rest of the sub-elites with no youtube channels or prominent social media? yeah, they all work normal jobs, run fast, and are "humble". who cares. you say it like your dad's a saint or something

you realise the guy's job is a running influencer. he quit his other job and that is all he do. of course he's going to celebrate it. and it's not like he's single and has no family, have some respect.

MF!!

Genuinely pleased for him.

He's not my cup of tea but it's nice to see somebody achieve their goal after falling short on a number of occasions.

As cringy as he can be, gotta hand to him for the persistence of chasing and accomplishing a goal

My dads just a regular man. Being humble is a normal trait.

Overcelebrating and making things out to be bigger than they are is one of the reasons why most people don't like running influencers.

That 217 must really played a number on your dad if he's cooking dinner at noon.

It is what he was looking for, he got it, no reason to be negative.

The way he got it was also pretty good with this little negative split.

Congratulations to him, I think he deserves it. (even if I am not one of his fans)

By the way also very good race by Philly Bowden today with a similar negative split and a time under 2:26.

A good day overall for some youtubers.

Who’s Nick Bester? Why do we care about someone running a mediocre marathon time?

Leave that for guys like Floberg. I didn't find Bester to be cringy, overcelebrating or making his achievements something more than they actually are. For a running influencer he's pretty tamed TBH.

this is a running forum with a tagline of 'where dreams become reality'.

he has worked his ar se off and achieved a goal many of us can only dream of

he's not my cup of tea either, but today of all days - this is his day to celebrate and I for one am happy for him.

maybe look at yourself why you're being so sour on a man who's just achieved a lifelong ambition

there is no faking your way to 2.19 - that's not youtube magic, that's a lot of long-term planning, effort, sweat and tears - all the things that make running great

nick, if you read this, congratulations on a great run

Yes of course fair play that he achieved his big goal that he's trained so long and so hard and - so it proved - effectively for. But everything that vast numbers of runners find deeply nauseating about him remain - and would remain if he ran 2.09.45.

the man had to get sent the $500 limited edition single-use Adidas shoes, and now will never be able to repeat this feat ever again

He can(will) pride his entire persona on this one performance for the rest of his life, but the truth is the difference between this and any other one of his failed attempts is he had to get the most ridiculous shoes ever made to get him across the line, whilst living like a pro athlete.

Meanwhile a British guy at the same event ran 2:17:05 with a full-time job as a doctor doing night shifts and didn't have to post it everywhere constantly, and there are countless others like it