Running Instagrammers #8 I have a LIRF, you can trust me! Beginner to Marathon to A&E!

[runningbutnotinfluencing]

Agree about the _marathon_dan.

Nice post by dorbsruns ⬇

Figure I’ll leave the reply here rather than jump into her own thread but Kelly has liked that post.
So either she doesn’t realise that Welshtits is one of those being called out OR she just likes anything that gets some traction on the gram to look like she’s in…

 

[tallula09]

Figure I’ll leave the reply here rather than jump into her own thread but Kelly has liked that post.
So either she doesn’t realise that Welshtits is one of those being called out OR she just likes anything that gets some traction on the gram to look like she’s in…

Haha that’s hilarious as it was clearly aimed as Wellogs type coaches!

 

[irunforfun]

Is marathon Dan the train driver, friends with freckles guy? I thought he’d disappeared from ig but now realise I must be blocked as he doesn’t come up in my search. Having never interacted or even followed him, I’m puzzled, but amused people feel the need to block non-people!

 

[diditforthelikes6]

Is marathon Dan the train driver, friends with freckles guy? I thought he’d disappeared from ig but now realise I must be blocked as he doesn’t come up in my search. Having never interacted or even followed him, I’m puzzled, but amused people feel the need to block non-people!

He is the midget with a beard. Proper beg. One of the worst most narcissistic assholes I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

 

[Lastqueenofscotland]

Runners need getting a bunch of influencer who frequently fly overseas just for a race to do”save our planet”
At least get someone who hasn’t flown to a different continent just for a run to flog this

 

[instaclowns]

Runners need getting a bunch of influencer who frequently fly overseas just for a race to do”save our planet”
At least get someone who hasn’t flown to a different continent just for a run to flog this

Wow, who have they asked to do this?

Is marathon Dan the train driver, friends with freckles guy?

Are they an item? I don’t follow either as they’re both a bit weird tbh, but whenever I’ve seen things they’ve been away or out together like a couple

 

[Lastqueenofscotland]

I’ve seen PMG, and another that I now can’t find, PMG who before Gracie used to travel easily 10 times a year for races, and sometimes to just watch other people in races!!!

 

[WeepingCassandra]

Yes exactly! She’ll be doing her back to back classes and underfueling again before we know it. And then when something happens like she gets another niggle we’ll see posts about “listening to your body” and “resting”. It’s only when something goes wrong we get those sort of posts, just look at Becky Briggs. I swear most of these fitness people have body/exercise addiction issues.

Becky 100% has an exercise addiction and I'm going to go on a limb here and say if she wasn't so quick she'd just have been told to stop running long distance years before now until she could work through whatever issues push her to over train and under fuel.

 

[Northernscumpet]

FFS there are plenty of runners who are actually working to raise awareness about the environmental impact of running, don't get the instabeg lot who definitely don't actually care to do it. Runnersneed don't actually care though, they want you to keep buying more of their stuff, it's just a little nod to appear relevant.

 

[Lastqueenofscotland]

It’s definitely something I’ve become more conscious of in the last few years. One of the worst groups for it are parkrun tourists, I’ve done over 100 unique venues (huge help that I lived in London for several years in my 20s), i get the bug but I see people flying out literally to do a run and come back on the same day, and genuinely don’t see the issue

 

[Northernscumpet]

Oh yes, I get it if you want to travel a bit in the UK for some tourism or you're already on holiday and there's one near where you're staying but international flights for one Saturday morning thing I felt bad enough about flying this year and it was my first holiday abroad since 2019 and even pre-covid we very rarely went, mostly because we couldn't afford to but still it is something I'm conscious of. I don't even drive to parkruns, I'm lucky enough to be able to walk to one from home. I'm not sure if I'll ever do a race I have to fly to even though the thought is appealing, especially when I see club buddies coming back from them.

 

[Putridpumpkin]

Becky 100% has an exercise addiction and I'm going to go on a limb here and say if she wasn't so quick she'd just have been told to stop running long distance years before now until she could work through whatever issues push her to over train and under fuel.

Absolutely. I've seen this happen so often. It's one rule for fast runners and another for evreryone else. So many issues get brushed off and you're never allowed to voice concern because the response is always oh you just don't understand what it takes to be an elite/sub-elite. The answer to that is breaking several bones, apparrently.

 

[Lastqueenofscotland]

I think it’s quite evident looking at how obviously reluctant Sarah’s coaches are to address her obviously worsening eating disorder because her times and improvement look amazing on paper

 

[Putridpumpkin]

I debated whether to bring this up, because it's very difficult for me to be objective when someone ends up being your personal bugbear, but it still seems insane to me how Anna pulls off these marathons and never gets injured when she does them back to back and goes back to running 24-48 hours afterwards, not at a gentle pace as she claims either. Surely when you run a marathon at 7:30, even if you insist it was easy, your gentle pace still isn't in the 7:50s? I mean we have a marathon in 3:17, two days off, then a 4 mile run and a 10k, both in the 7:50s.

And it's hard not to read her odd obsession with festive running as needing to get back to it as soon as a possible to burn off all those Christmas calories. I just wish her body would finally have had enough of her exercise bulimia, because a long-term injury would force her to face the obvious issues excused by her friends and family and masked by a love for (read: obsession with) running. Her post today seems pre-emptively defensive.

Part of this is bitterness because I run or spectate that race every year and this year I was on crutches, stuck in the house, despite being more sensible with training than she has ever been. It's just so difficult to separate truth from fiction with her. Like, the two ladies who finished ahead of her weren't *that* much faster and if the entire race was so easy for her, despite being her second fastest marathon, why not push yourself a bit and go for the win? It just makes no sense to me. She runs all her runs sub-8:00/mile pace now as well, even with the buggy. All her long runs were getting faster and faster. It doesn't really add up that this race was truly easy and not an intentional attempt to get close to her PB, but at the same time how on earth can she get back to running so quickly if it was a hard effort?

 

[kanine]

I debated whether to bring this up, because it's very difficult for me to be objective when someone ends up being your personal bugbear, but it still seems insane to me how Anna pulls off these marathons and never gets injured when she does them back to back and goes back to running 24-48 hours afterwards, not at a gentle pace as she claims either. Surely when you run a marathon at 7:30, even if you insist it was easy, your gentle pace still isn't in the 7:50s? I mean we have a marathon in 3:17, two days off, then a 4 mile run and a 10k, both in the 7:50s.

And it's hard not to read her odd obsession with festive running as needing to get back to it as soon as a possible to burn off all those Christmas calories. I just wish her body would finally have had enough of her exercise bulimia, because a long-term injury would force her to face the obvious issues excused by her friends and family and masked by a love for (read: obsession with) running. Her post today seems pre-emptively defensive.

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Part of this is bitterness because I run or spectate that race every year and this year I was on crutches, stuck in the house, despite being more sensible with training than she has ever been. It's just so difficult to separate truth from fiction with her. Like, the two ladies who finished ahead of her weren't *that* much faster and if the entire race was so easy for her, despite being her second fastest marathon, why not push yourself a bit and go for the win? It just makes no sense to me. She runs all her runs sub-8:00/mile pace now as well, even with the buggy. All her long runs were getting faster and faster. It doesn't really add up that this race was truly easy and not an intentional attempt to get close to her PB, but at the same time how on earth can she get back to running so quickly if it was a hard effort?

A lot of her running approach is total “sandbagging” - making out like everything is “so easy paced” and never actually trying to run a PB - just bore off. It’s the same narrative all the time. Would have so much more respect if she actually committed to run a fast effort, rather than pretending everything is “just cos she loves marathons soooo much”.
The injuries will come i’m sure, she doesn’t taper or recover properly so it’s inevitable.
For someone who loves running so much,you would think she would make an effort to learn about the principles of training and different paces etc!
Also just seen on her blog she is going on holidays for 9 days in January without her kid!!!!! Wow! He’s not even 2, that is harsh! Why?! I’ve heard of people going for a quick weekend away without their baby or a week away when the kids are much older, but never this!

 

[runlondon21]

Shall I buy fake followers so I can continually get free stuff like Carla?

The amount of free trainers this girl gets is ridiculous!

 

[hollyhocks]

I know it’s primarily British runners discussed here, but does anyone follow Hungry Runner Girl? She’s been sick (sounds like Covid or the flu), took a few days off, and just came back with a 10 mile run and then eight the next day. She seems to be injured all the time but runs through it.

 

[Camperfan]

Shall I buy fake followers so I can continually get free stuff like Carla?

The amount of free trainers this girl gets is ridiculous!

New Balance now in the gifting stuff to those that least need it game. Saw Kellog's also got a pair of these FFS!

 

[Northernscumpet]

I want free trainers no plans to become an instabeg though so I'll just have to keep saving up (and I wear mine until they're falling apart anyway)

 

[FPbase]

A lot of her running approach is total “sandbagging” - making out like everything is “so easy paced” and never actually trying to run a PB - just bore off. It’s the same narrative all the time. Would have so much more respect if she actually committed to run a fast effort, rather than pretending everything is “just cos she loves marathons soooo much”.
The injuries will come i’m sure, she doesn’t taper or recover properly so it’s inevitable.
For someone who loves running so much,you would think she would make an effort to learn about the principles of training and different paces etc!
Also just seen on her blog she is going on holidays for 9 days in January without her kid!!!!! Wow! He’s not even 2, that is harsh! Why?! I’ve heard of people going for a quick weekend away without their baby or a week away when the kids are much older, but never this!

Injust went to check the blog, didn’t know she has one, omg there is no way I’m going to read an assay about a marathon she did just because she likes marathon…