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

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Kirsty asking how to get tickets for the Olympics, is she joking or is this a beg? We've got tickets but only because my son went through all the rounds of the ballot (I couldn't be bothered) and this was almost year ago, bet she's hoping for a freebie after all her amazing shoe reviews 😍
 
Lemming312 said:
Kirsty asking how to get tickets for the Olympics, is she joking or is this a beg? We've got tickets but only because my son went through all the rounds of the ballot (I couldn't be bothered) and this was almost year ago, bet she's hoping for a freebie after all her amazing shoe reviews 😍
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She'll be lucky to get freebies, and if she does good luck with finding accommodation! I know a french lady who got an early access as a French resident but they could find no affordable accommodation within a huge radius of Paris so they gave up.
 
Alex M claiming her 10k was perfect race, when last few attempts at 10k races her goal was sub40 and she sulked all week when she got nowhere near, yet her 40.11 is perfect execution, it makes no sense.
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Camperfan said:
She'll be lucky to get freebies, and if she does good luck with finding accommodation! I know a french lady who got an early access as a French resident but they could find no affordable accommodation within a huge radius of Paris so they gave up.
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Winds me right up people getting tickets like this, irritating smug Liz Newcomer got tickets through Asics, yet Eilish Mccolgan couldn't even get paid tickets to watch her step sister race!
 
Camperfan said:
She'll be lucky to get freebies, and if she does good luck with finding accommodation! I know a french lady who got an early access as a French resident but they could find no affordable accommodation within a huge radius of Paris so they gave up.
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We had an Airbnb booked, £1600 for 3 nights in a dodgy part of Paris. I cancelled and rebooked in a much nicer part today for £1000. That's not too bad as there's 4 of us, but the Bank of Mum and Dad will be paying 🙄.
 
Kirsty had good seats for the athletics last night but that’s indoor in Glasgow - she won’t be anywhere near that close if she did manage to get legit Olympics tickets through the ballot channels. And of course she was wearing a Boston top last night 🙄. Way to make one race your whole personality hun
 
Asgyui said:
Alex M claiming her 10k was perfect race, when last few attempts at 10k races her goal was sub40 and she sulked all week when she got nowhere near, yet her 40.11 is perfect execution, it makes no sense.
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Winds me right up people getting tickets like this, irritating smug Liz Newcomer got tickets through Asics, yet Eilish Mccolgan couldn't even get paid tickets to watch her step sister race!
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Saw this with AlexM - I'm sorry, but looking at her splits, she 100% was aiming for sub 40 on the quiet and didn't get it so is covering up as a "well executed plan". Set off at 4:02m/km pace which is quicker than her 10k PB time as part of her marathon training and not be targeting sub 40? I think its all a cover up that she missed her sub 40 target again. Either that or her training really doesn't make any sense!!!!

Don't get me wrong, she is progressing in the right direction but I feel as though she jumps from one training block straight in to another at a totally different distance and never quite seems to hit the nail on the head!
 
Runningdietitian said:
Don't get me wrong, she is progressing in the right direction but I feel as though she jumps from one training block straight in to another at a totally different distance and never quite seems to hit the nail on the head!
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I think they all feel they have to be training for a marathon, I don't think any of the people I follow ever train just for a 5k or 10k, but maybe I'm just following the wrong people.
 
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This guys does an expose on Kate.
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the Berlin marathon thing really annoys me - even if she was telling the truth about stopping her watch when she stopped racing and “jogging” the last 10km or whatever in (and getting a finish time of 3.09), why would she do that? That’s still a great finish time and it comes across like she’s a total brat/baby in her strava caption saying she doesn’t even care what time she got and implying 3.09 is a terrible time lol. Literally everything that’s wrong with the running influencer community. I find it really funny as well because she claims she had “stopped racing” but it’s not like she was going to win the marathon?? The more I see from this woman the more I think she’s super toxic/egocentric and shouldn’t be working in the media. What a terrible role model !!
 
As a complete opposite and breath of fresh air, Melissa Gibson had a disaster at her marathon this weekend when she was sent the wrong way at least twice. Lost her first female position, ended up running over 50k.

Her attitude to it was not to kick off or complain but that it was good training for the ultra she’s running and she got her moneys worth, and she’s just happy she didn’t feel too ruined the day after.

And you’ll have the influencer lot kicking off that london was too busy and they had to run an extra half a KM because of it
 
Runningdietitian said:
Saw this with AlexM - I'm sorry, but looking at her splits, she 100% was aiming for sub 40 on the quiet and didn't get it so is covering up as a "well executed plan". Set off at 4:02m/km pace which is quicker than her 10k PB time as part of her marathon training and not be targeting sub 40? I think its all a cover up that she missed her sub 40 target again. Either that or her training really doesn't make any sense!!!!

Don't get me wrong, she is progressing in the right direction but I feel as though she jumps from one training block straight in to another at a totally different distance and never quite seems to hit the nail on the head!
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It’s still a great time so why can’t she and others own it ffs?! Admit you went for sub 40 and it didn’t happen. People appreciate the honesty and if it takes you 50 attempts then you’ll feel the reward even more for it! I think I tried and failed for my BQ for 9 marathons and finally got it in 2018
 
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