Running Instagrammers #7 Hard lives of the gifted ones full sending their boomshakalakas for validation

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orange club biscuit said:
V impressive set of results on his stories from London though - so annoyingly he must be doing something right
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Coaches like Bester and WR are only really good at coaching runners who train similarly to them and can cope with heavy load. Otherwise they don’t know what to do with them - I know someone who was quite badly injured under Bester’s coaching. It’s kind of like a one size fits all deal
 
nwrunner said:
What I find interesting is when you go on Insta and go on the search bit and it just shows you people. Just clicked on someone called @runwithronni now she’s posted only 179 times and it’s always a smiley selfie… but has over 28k followers! WTF? Is she buying them? Her posts are boring! Why do people buy followers?

Just looked at that Anna girl, she seems to just do a 10k everyday and obsessed with baby! I love my children but like I also love getting away from them 😂
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Just looked at @runwithronni and her profile is exactly the same as Murphyruns! (and we all know how much I love Murphyruns 😂) The same selfie, over and over again. She has random followers, some look genuine and some look like bots or purchased. She admits in her bio she’s an amateur runner - bizarre how these accounts get such a high following. I’ve never heard of her in the running world.
 
I’ve seen a few accounts like that, runners with the same selfies over and over and thousands of followers, I’m guessing being young and conventionally attractive gives them a good start then they buy followers…possibly some follow/unfollowing to balance the numbers a bit 🙄 I’m old, ugly and wouldn’t spend money on instagram so can’t do it 😂😂 wouldn’t mind some freebies though…I’m fairly dedicated to the brands I like if they want to go with a chubby middle aged runner for a change.

on the pizza front I can easily put away one to myself plus some sides…as I said, I’m a bit chubby 🤦‍♀️
 
I'm sorry but what an absolute twat Bester is! Bemoaning that he was hoping to catch up on sleep in Chicago without a baby in the house but hasn't been able to do so because of jetlag.

This is his third marathon in 3 weekends, 2 of which he's been away from home and his wife/kid. When does he get to spend quality with his family? Absent husband and father much?!
 
I thought that too! When does his wife get some child free time? She's got an actual child and a grown manchild in Bester to put up with. Then the people he coaches idolising him (Anya) and he spends a lot of his time with them. Did his wife and daughter go out to the Spanish training camp or was that yet more solo parenting time she had?
 
Omg Runnerbeans annoys me so much! She’s part time but it’s like she never actually works because she’s always in another country! Does she do like 1 day a week! Also why would someone do two marathons in 2 weeks! I mean I know people do and do more insane ultras etc but she even said her training for London wasn’t great!
I also saw Ben Parkes and his girlfriend have applied for Chicago next year he says see you then! How does he know they will both get in?
 
nwrunner said:
Omg Runnerbeans annoys me so much! She’s part time but it’s like she never actually works because she’s always in another country! Does she do like 1 day a week! Also why would someone do two marathons in 2 weeks! I mean I know people do and do more insane ultras etc but she even said her training for London wasn’t great!
I also saw Ben Parkes and his girlfriend have applied for Chicago next year he says see you then! How does he know they will both get in?
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She is hardly at work, and will be going to the states soon for the birth of her child, granted she will be on maternity leave then or the equivalent for surrogacy. Chicago was also the plan, London was a last minute addition.
Bester ran 3 marathons in 3 weeks and he also felt crap at 10k today - what a shock! It’s not like your body needs the rest of putting it through all that
 
EverthingGlitters said:
She is hardly at work, and will be going to the states soon for the birth of her child, granted she will be on maternity leave then or the equivalent for surrogacy. Chicago was also the plan, London was a last minute addition.
Bester ran 3 marathons in 3 weeks and he also felt crap at 10k today - what a shock! It’s not like your body needs the rest of putting it through all that
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She’s now posted a partnership ad with well known female running brand on how to recover from a marathon - she is unbelievable! How someone who works in nutrition and health goes and runs two marathons in consecutive weeks I will never know. Her buddy Jersey Girl that she “coached” to a sub 4 marathon did the same (Berlin and London) and then ran a half marathon the following week….. very silly and will await the meltdown when the inevitable happens and her body breaks down!
 
I'm feeling very lost with my running since gaining 3 and a half stone. And I feel like any coach I inquire with just doesnt understand the frustration - does anyone know of any running plans that would be suitable? I obviously don't mind paying but google is frazzling my brain!
 
nwrunner said:
So runnerbeans posting about Chicago marathon being green and trying to be the best of it! Does she read here?
just wondering if she offsets the miles she does on a plane? Anyone know?
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I seem to remember someone posting here a while back that she’d been asked this on one of those q&a’ sand she skirted round the subject saying she’d be working with an environmental company in the future or something along those lines so we took it as a no she doesn’t offset the miles
 
Saw that Bester is now off to Capetown for another marathon. Hope he’s bringing his first wife with him for this one.

Also, just watched my first Amrit blog on what went wrong in London, and JFC that was boring. I appreciate a data nerd, but who cares what your HR was, or ground contact time, or split between left and right foot?

I dare say I’d watch a KelsTits blog over that dribble any day.
 
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