Who has the best You Tube running Channel

NBC Olympics hands down

Airozona Hoka channel, and cici runner.

My two favorites are "Total Running Productions" and "KB1230 -"

Bri Ilarda from Providence- look her up on youtube. good stuff

coached by ray treacy

ben barrows has some serious serial killer vibes

Somehow that Kofuzi guy in particular has rubbed me the wrong way. He gives out so much wrong information and just isn't a good runner, yet people love his channel mostly because he gets cool camera shots. Pretty annoying.

Ben Parkes channel from the UK is quite good. Decent runner too, 2.25 full earns my respect anyway.

I am amazed at how many people start youtube channels but have nothing to say and little to offer.

I’ve watched much of the garbage that is out there and they fall into a few categories:

1. Self promotion done haphazardly:

I would put gwen jorgensen in this category, where she only wants a youtube following in order to keep or get sponsors, but she doesn’t have a personality that works for me. I don’t wanna watch her make oatmeal, thank you.

2. Self promotion done shamelessly:

Not going to boost name recognition of these whoring types, but when they are do clickbait videos with outrageous or shocking titles, they ultimately get a few extra views longterm but cheapen themselves. Ditto people who do endless shady product promotion.

3. overproduced and overly scripted crap:

This is a matter of preference but i don’t like or want theme songs, excessive montages with music, or phony dramatization. For me, billy yang stuff and ginger runner don‘t work — too overdone.

4. teachy preachy:

How to build mileage; how to stretch your glutes — there are channels that feel like reading old copies of runners world.

Good on youtube (very subjective):

1. mtn outhouse and jamil coury anything:

The hayden versus hawks video is good stuff in my book. His wkly „news“ is serious but not overly serious.

2. chris mocko:

Has a personality, and has funny things to say. Not everyone‘s cuppa tea, but my cuppa tea for sure. Fart jokes done well! (Assuming you believe sucha thing exists.)

3. irunfar:

Interviews with runners after races. By people who are not trying to sound like fancy reporters.

4. gait analysis videos and such:

Whoever posted that jim walmsley gait analysis video — i luv watching that stuff. Did not make note of the channel name, but will subscribe.

5. whoever does those Analyzing The Greats videos, along with How Fast Can S/he Run videos:

I like them! Fun to watch

That‘s a weird hodgepodge, but that‘s my list.

Zach Levet seems to have a disingenuous air about him, with the forced smiles (you can see how much it pains him) and overwrought 'positivity.' In his outtro he says 'live happy' [sic]. What does that even mean? Ok, I'll 'live happy.' There's a lot of superficial fluff there. However, I think he's following a script with that type of stuff, so the image he portrays of himself may very well just be a good marketing tool for future post-collegiate earnings. He knows what he's doing, and it's a good move. Content-wise, it's fluff.

Your #5 is "Total Running Productions"

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Zach Levet seems to have a disingenuous air about him, with the forced smiles (you can see how much it pains him) and overwrought 'positivity.' In his outtro he says 'live happy' [sic]. What does that even mean? Ok, I'll 'live happy.' There's a lot of superficial fluff there. However, I think he's following a script with that type of stuff, so the image he portrays of himself may very well just be a good marketing tool for future post-collegiate earnings. He knows what he's doing, and it's a good move. Content-wise, it's fluff.

What is up with his close up of guys and sexual titles? Is he trying to tell us something?

1. Ben Barrows - seems like a solid guy, trying to be the best runner he can. Straightforward, open & honest. Like his training philosophy. Really hope he gets his OTQ.

2. NAZ Elite - one of the few pro teams that are open and transparent with their training. Love the footage of training in Flagstaff.

3. Sage Canaday/VO2 Max Productions - another seemingly good guy. Opens himself up to ridicule at times, but I like what he has to say about training. Would love the chance to grab a beer with him sometime.

IMHO wrote:

1. Ben Barrows - seems like a solid guy, trying to be the best runner he can. Straightforward, open & honest. Like his training philosophy. Really hope he gets his OTQ.

2. NAZ Elite - one of the few pro teams that are open and transparent with their training. Love the footage of training in Flagstaff.

3. Sage Canaday/VO2 Max Productions - another seemingly good guy. Opens himself up to ridicule at times, but I like what he has to say about training. Would love the chance to grab a beer with him sometime.

You do realize Ben is running mile reps at 5:45, and that is a whopping 4 of them. I would think that an Olympic Trials time would be reasonable only if he was getting a sex change and they don't even allow that.

I mean, he ran a 1:07 flat at the Houston Half in 2018... he's just been injured a lot lately.

Ben Barrows Fan on YouTube wrote:

I mean, he ran a 1:07 flat at the Houston Half in 2018... he's just been injured a lot lately.

Thanks for clearing that up Ben. How have you been doing?

He's real cheesy and definitely a goober, but I keep watching Seth James DeMoor videos. Maybe it's just cause he's relatable, previous D-1 guy now in his 30's, not elite and past his glory days, but he's still pretty good (he's hanging on way better than I am). His channel is just kind of wholesome too. I'm kind of sick of cocky little pricks like The Athlete Special. Sometimes it's nice just to have some vanilla ice cream channel like Seth every now and then. Certainly not the best running youtuber out there, his content isn't exciting enough to watch everything he posts, but he's a good change of pace from time to time.

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Ben Barrows Fan on YouTube wrote:

I mean, he ran a 1:07 flat at the Houston Half in 2018... he's just been injured a lot lately.

Thanks for clearing that up Ben. How have you been doing?

Howdy. That was not me, but this is me. You’re right that my workouts are a joke right now. I’ve got to start somewhere though. It’s possible that I may never PB in a race ever again, but no shame in trying.

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He's real cheesy and definitely a goober, but I keep watching Seth James DeMoor videos. Maybe it's just cause he's relatable, previous D-1 guy now in his 30's, not elite and past his glory days, but he's still pretty good (he's hanging on way better than I am). His channel is just kind of wholesome too. I'm kind of sick of cocky little pricks like The Athlete Special. Sometimes it's nice just to have some vanilla ice cream channel like Seth every now and then. Certainly not the best running youtuber out there, his content isn't exciting enough to watch everything he posts, but he's a good change of pace from time to time.

You are right. it's one thing being cocky amongst your family and a few friends, but it's a whole nother story going over the internet and doing what he does. He's actually getting a lot of people that are turned off watching his channel.

Micro wrote:

Your #5 is "Total Running Productions"

Ah! I agreed with you then.

Good taste!