So NHS maternity (I know it well as I am on it) is 6 weeks full pay, then half pay until like 26 weeks and then statuatory until 9 months. So if you are like runner beans and work 1 day a month her pay as I’m assuming a band 5 will be probably basically statuatory! I got mine evenly spread over 12 months and I’m a band 8a and my pay is shocking, it’s essentially less than what I earns as a band 5 and I’m full time! She’s probably just realised, fuck we are going to live off £600 a month and that’s not great as not all trusts will split it and the last 3 months are completely unpaid!
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So NHS maternity (I know it well as I am on it) is 6 weeks full pay, then half pay until like 26 weeks and then statuatory until 9 months. So if you are like runner beans and work 1 day a month her pay as I’m assuming a band 5 will be probably basically statuatory! I got mine evenly spread over 12 months and I’m a band 8a and my pay is shocking, it’s essentially less than what I earns as a band 5 and I’m full time! She’s probably just realised, fuck we are going to live off £600 a month and that’s not great as not all trusts will split it and the last 3 months are completely unpaid!
runningbutnotinfluencing
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abbey_runs follower count update.
Must be in the incredibly varied and interesting content she posts.
- 18k in August
- 21k in September
- 26.2k in November(!)
of all the accounts, she baffles me the most.
it must be a psychological experiment for a university doctorate. I just can’t understand why…
cats4life56
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Took the plunge and watched Bester’s YouTube video of the London marathon. God, he is such a major chump. He makes a 2.38 marathon look like a walk in the park which makes me a bit jealous, I won’t lie 
not enough to make me join his cult though.
not enough to make me join his cult though.Took the plunge and watched Bester’s YouTube video of the London marathon. God, he is such a major chump. He makes a 2.38 marathon look like a walk in the park which makes me a bit jealous, I won’t lie
Natural talent doesn’t make a good coach. I’m not sure why so many people don’t understand this and pay out for copy/paste plans from insta coaches.
instaclowns
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I’ve literally just watched this and he really pisses me off! Forget the talent but the way he gives a random he GoPro and asks to film him going over tower bridge so he can scream and throw his arms around angrily to make it look like he’s a big deal. My husband noticed the amount of people he cut in front of without a care in the world on the bridge running in zig zags, utterly disrespectful to those running a proper marathon just so he can get some content and think he’s the big dealTook the plunge and watched Bester’s YouTube video of the London marathon. God, he is such a major chump. He makes a 2.38 marathon look like a walk in the park which makes me a bit jealous, I won’t lie
Lastqueenofscotland
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The cutting people up is such a pain. I nearly slapped someone who stopped dead infront of me with about half a mile to go to take a selfie.
However take nothing away that running a 2:38 like it’s a Sunday morning jog is really quite remarkable and you know the likes of Welsh tits are fuming about it…
However take nothing away that running a 2:38 like it’s a Sunday morning jog is really quite remarkable and you know the likes of Welsh tits are fuming about it…
Northernscumpet
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Being an incredibly talented runner and being an absolute knobber are sadly not mutually exclusive.
Cucumberthunder
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The newborn stage is pretty boring and she isn't recovering from pregnancy, the birth, trying to get breastfeeding going etc. Not saying it's easy, but there's a lot that new mums have to deal with all at the same time that takes up so much mental space which she doesn't have to think about. Also seems like she has her family about so loads of support so perhaps she's got the time/mental space to do this stuff.
As others have said her finances will have taken a hit (although I don't think they are short of £) and she knows some reasonably easy ways to make cash.
Dunno, just thinking out loud...
She also doesn't strike me as the sort of person who will show anything "real" or show that she's struggling (unless it's for engagement e.g. real life v Instagram type post).
I do wonder how she is going to cope with a messy baby all over her expensively interior decorated home...
I agree. My baby is now 6 months, I had an emergency c section so was in agony. I am breastfeeding and the cluster feeding was literally 4pm to 11pm daily until 8 weeks. My mum stayed weeks 3 and 4 which was helpful but after that I was in my own and sorting the house for moving!
I think she will have a massive shock at home when her husband is back at work and family aren’t there everyday. In a way she’s very lucky she isn’t going through the hardship of post pregnancy and the pain of things like enforcement!
I think she will have a massive shock at home when her husband is back at work and family aren’t there everyday. In a way she’s very lucky she isn’t going through the hardship of post pregnancy and the pain of things like enforcement!
ihateinfluencersidst
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I imagine she doesn't think she is 'lucky' for not being able to carry her own child
instaidiotics
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Me too. Just watched it. What a dick. Even if he ran a 5.38 I’d think he was a dick. Anya is annoying too. Maybe I’m jealous and that they can make a 2. 30 something look like a breeze or are they just irritating and I’m not alone?? It’s like he bloody jogged round!!Took the plunge and watched Bester’s YouTube video of the London marathon. God, he is such a major chump. He makes a 2.38 marathon look like a walk in the park which makes me a bit jealous, I won’t lie
talkamongstyourselves
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She's now up to 27.1k followers, that's almost 1,000 more in the past two days. I'm having a hard time figuring out if she's buying followers, or just happens to be a magnet for bots and bellends? Either way, nobody in their right mind would follow her for the repetitive and boring shit she churns out.
Just smug as F. All of them but especially Bester. Not real or is he authentic!
the_chafe_is_real
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I’m at my local Parkrun and someone just ran past me in a Best Athletics top but in red with “Elite Training Camp 2021” on the chest. 
instaclowns
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Of course she is! An average sad sack like her wouldn’t get that many followers and especially for just posting shitty selfies like that! Remember when Murphysruns did this and found about 12k followers in a day or so and it was talked about here? Then all of a sudden she dropped 2-3k where she’d clearly been deleting them in panic
talkamongstyourselves
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Have to wonder why you'd buy followers, if not to lure brands to give you freebies? abbey_runs doesn't seem to ever promote anything, so it must be done just to make her feel better? It's all a bit sad.
Bellamerrell
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Anya put up a post about not having a period for 10 months, interesting to not share details until after all hype and positive attention of the marathon and becoming a coach and getting all new sign ups. No doubt there will be a fair few clients put on high impact plans that could potentially damage their menstruation cycles too. Irresponsible of Anya and Bester
Lastqueenofscotland
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That’s really irresponsible when you know there is something “wrong” with your body. I’m really shocked and disappointed
Putridpumpkin
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Yes and I kind of got the vibe from her that losing her period was almost a necessary evil in the process of running her smoking fast marathon time. Not a great tone to strike, even if it was unintentional. It also suggests she might make her running look easy, but she's pushing way harder than she lets on. Perhaps she just has a great poker face, since it was obviously enough strain to cause a certain level of damage to her body.
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