Running Instagrammers #13 Strava doesn’t lie, my watch really did die!

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instaidiotics said:
Who was it that said runnermancbee kept talking about the toilet. Omg, do we really want to know how many times each day / run / activity she has to go to the toilet? Just bizarre. And she def needs to get this all looked at, it’s not right!
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Oh she is irritating me!! So I have had moments but they always have an explanation (had a skin full, too many carbs, not well) but it's as though it's normal. And she refuses advice. On top of this, she needs to stop posting her runs with "moving pace" if she has spent half her time on the damn toilet.

What she is experiencing isn't normal. She seems to need a tit every run. Please read here and please get it checked out. A GP will happily wave it off as "runners IBS" when it's something more. Especially if you have lost weight without meaning to...
 
iknowstuff said:
I see Phily Bowden has left TeamNewBalance and left her coach. I wonder is she has sort of gave up the professional runner life and transitioning to a full on insta runner.
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Yes interesting change, wonder what happened there? Was she dropped by NB? UK women’s marathon running standard is so high now that 2.29 not fast enough to make teams, when others are running 2.23
 
kanine said:
Yes interesting change, wonder what happened there? Was she dropped by NB? UK women’s marathon running standard is so high now that 2.29 not fast enough to make teams, when others are running 2.23
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I reckon her contract likely ended. Reckon she’ll become one of these making a living from online coaching and will pick up the odd sponsorship here and there to get her kit supplied etc
 
I love Phily! She’s my fave by miles. She seems bright and intelligent and full of energy, she literally the only running person on YouTube / insta who doesn’t annoy me! I used to like Anya Culling but since she went full time influencer I’ve gone off her posts a lot now (though glad to see she’s stopped trying to pretend to be good at writing - those posts she did were embarrassingly try-hard)
 
I think the front runner thing has sort of lost its edge, the young ones are on tiktok and not insta and insta lot are a bit bored of it.

I do think runners of Phillys level have always struggled for big brand sponsorship and funding. It wasn’t that long ago that Eilish McColgan and Beth potter were un-sponsored.
It’s not really fast enough to be winning anything of note. There’s girls with full time jobs running it much slower these days.
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I’ll caveat that with I do really like Philly and enjoy her content!
 
I do like her too, but agree, maybe she's not fast enough for make it to the team

I do liker her last "merch", there is no way on earth I'd buy it, but I like it
 
instaclowns said:
I like Philly but there’s time I turn her content off because it’s a bit to try hard. She’s great at being open and delivering a great message but the stupid antics behind some of it are just a bit annoying and unnecessary
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I tried to watch her YouTube video on her fastest 10k, and there were so many deflections and distractions that I just gave up and watched the reel that summed up that 30 min video into one minute.
At a certain point I wanted to scream “get to the bleeping point”!!

But I do like her otherwise, I like how she’s open about her struggles, but not over sharing (looking at you Savannah), doesn’t sexualize her content etc, but sometimes she just needs to dose herself.
 
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