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

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techgurladpi said:
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?
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Proper data nerds know that most running data is total bollocks designed to sell stuff to people who think it will make them run faster. Paces and HR matter and that’s it.

I do enjoy looking to see when people blow up because they went out too fast, especially when it counteracts the ‘it was all going well until x’ narrative they spout.
 
GlassCup said:
She is so full of herself, cannot stand her!
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I’ll never forget at the start of the Ukraine war that she posted about how it was sad as they had some of the most liberal laws about paid surrogacy… heaven forbid a controversial medical procedure where you essentially rent a woman’s body at enourmous risk to the woman carrying the baby is well regulated… Jesus Christ.

And as if there is a huge war that’s displaced and killed scores of people and your first thought is “damn those baby incubators are harder to get to now”
 
Lastqueenofscotland said:
I’ll never forget at the start of the Ukraine war that she posted about how it was sad as they had some of the most liberal laws about paid surrogacy… heaven forbid a controversial medical procedure where you essentially rent a woman’s body at enourmous risk to the woman carrying the baby is well regulated… Jesus Christ.

And as if there is a huge war that’s displaced and killed scores of people and your first thought is “damn those baby incubators are harder to get to now”
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Well there you go, privileged!
 
Lastqueenofscotland said:
I’ll never forget at the start of the Ukraine war that she posted about how it was sad as they had some of the most liberal laws about paid surrogacy… heaven forbid a controversial medical procedure where you essentially rent a woman’s body at enourmous risk to the woman carrying the baby is well regulated… Jesus Christ.

And as if there is a huge war that’s displaced and killed scores of people and your first thought is “damn those baby incubators are harder to get to now”
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Jesus Christ what the fuck.
 
Jesus Christ! I don’t remember her saying that! I mean she is so privelidged to even be able to afford that. But she is also such a fucking hypocrit. Like her posting essentially saying women shouldn’t post their pregnant bodies because of people who can’t get pregnant, but then 2 days later posting everything about her surrogate!

also, that Anya girl is now a coach? Does she have qualifications?
 
nwrunner said:
also, that Anya girl is now a coach? Does she have qualifications?
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Ugh! So sick of fast runners thinking they can coach purely because they’re fast 😡

I’ve checked and she definitely doesn’t have a CiRF, doubt she has a LiRF either. Best Athletics is such a joke, I can’t for the life of me understand why people pay for them. They make a mockery of coaches who actually work hard and do things right!
 
Lastqueenofscotland said:
I’ll never forget at the start of the Ukraine war that she posted about how it was sad as they had some of the most liberal laws about paid surrogacy… heaven forbid a controversial medical procedure where you essentially rent a woman’s body at enourmous risk to the woman carrying the baby is well regulated… Jesus Christ.

And as if there is a huge war that’s displaced and killed scores of people and your first thought is “damn those baby incubators are harder to get to now”
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I missed this, absolutely doesn’t surprise me though. In an absolute bubble as usual.

My own views on surrogacy- don’t want to derail or cause any upset to people who would rather not read. TW- miscarriage and rainbow baby

I generally disagree with surrogacy but sympathise hugely with those who have this has their only route to having a child that is genetically theirs. I suffered from miscarriages but was extremely fortunate enough to conceive and give birth to my child. The pain of knowing it will never happen must be fucking brutal.

I think there is an altruistic scenario where intended parents and the mother who births the child live as a triad in the early days. That way the baby can nurse for comfort and have a transition into life with the intended parents. Despite what people tell themselves, a newborn baby isn’t just a potato who needs feeding and changes. They know the voice and smell of those who have carried them. The child should really be at the centre of all this- not the feelings of adults.

Unfortunately this situation is pretty rare- as *understandably* the genetic parents want to start their family life as they always envisaged it.

My heart breaks for those women who are getting paid a pittance for such risk. Getting shuffled around borders to give birth in the ‘right place’, living in clinics and separated from their own children and families. It’s the birthing mother that my heart breaks for- not for people trying to rent-a-womb. Ukraine always had the potential to be an unstable place, but hey- people didn’t mind if it was ‘liberal’ cheap and unregulated
 
Lemming312 said:
Someone asked her and she has a LiRF, but so do lots of runners, doesn't make them a coach!
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I've taken a LiRF course and it's literally a one day session where you learn how to lead warm-ups and go through safety precautions for leading run groups. It doesn't teach you about structuring training, the different variables you need to think about (ahem, the athlete), etc. Bester is literally leaning on his fast runner credentials. I feel sorry for those who suffer the consequences of his foolishness.
 
techgurladpi said:
I've taken a LiRF course and it's literally a one day session where you learn how to lead warm-ups and go through safety precautions for leading run groups. It doesn't teach you about structuring training, the different variables you need to think about (ahem, the athlete), etc. Bester is literally leaning on his fast runner credentials. I feel sorry for those who suffer the consequences of his foolishness.
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Agreed, the LIRF doesn’t really teach you much! It’s kind of for people who have absolutely no clue what they are doing. Some of the people in mine were hopeless 🤦‍♀️ doesn’t give you much faith!
 
ChrisMay said:
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!
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I don’t know if you need something for beginners or if you can already run some, but there’s a fantastic running program called None 2 Run which is like c25k but scaled back some
 
instaclowns said:
Most of these ‘coaches’ must’ve fast tracked their licenses at bloody Legoland, sick of seeing these clowns pop up left right and centre but even more sick of hearing about the amount of people paying them! Imagine thinking that paying for a copy and paste run plan from someone fast will make you fast 🤦🏽‍♀️
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I think the getting fast is very little to do with it.

I had some time away from Instagram over covid and I can see that some dull accounts ran by people I know IRL are absolutely chocka with bought followers. These are normal people but have become possessed with the idea of become instaslebs. Madness. I think dropping £40 on an instacoach is basically them paying for shoutouts from their popular ‘coach’ and riding on their sweaty coattails.

ChrisMay said:
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!
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I was on here about a month and half ago crying about taking time off running due to lockdown (basically pissed off that all my races where I was going to get fucking huge PBs were cancelled), losing my mojo then getting fat and then pregnant and then fatter. (About 3 and half stone like you)

I just finished couch to 5k. I can run 5k now in under 35 minutes and am much slimmer from where I started. I have a good base and am ready to do more. I haven’t weighed myself but my wedding rings are much looser and am back in pre baby clothes.

Start now- you won’t regret it

(Thanks for the advice back then everyone)
 
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