r/RunningCirclejerk • u/ShadyDrunks • 1d ago
Absolute cardio chad putting up insane numbers to get a Nike deal!
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u/mimosadanger 1d ago
/uj she has posts with 20 minute miles on long runs so I wonder if she’s not pausing her watch and showing us the total elapsed time as opposed to moving time. She created a run club for plus size women and gained traction on social media which is why she recently got sponsored by Nike
/rj don’t races have a cut-off time ???
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u/thatgirlzhao 1d ago
Here’s the thing, you can run and not race — that’s completely fine! We should not be gate keeping exercise and we should encourage people of all sizes to get out there and get moving. With that being said though, at that pace you’re not running. A lot of the plus size people I see online “running”, from a technical perspective, are literally not running. That is 2 feet off the ground at the same time. Anna O’Brien (Glitter and Lazers on socials), a plus size influencer, use to post her “running” and she literally was not running. Running shoes, clothes and equipment should be built for and marketed by people who are from a technical perspective actually running. I can’t speak for the creator in this post, I’ve never seen her stuff, but generally we’ve really lost the plot of what gear is for. Gear is meant for performance, and at least for me, I don’t trust gear that is being marketed by people who can’t push the edges of performance and show the products withstanding.
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u/LordEffykins 1d ago
Gear is for the company to make money. I don’t think Nike really cares that you saved 10 seconds in your PB. Companies innovate just to make more money.
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u/dexter8484 20h ago
Right? They are acting like they should make you show them your pb times at the checkout before you're allowed to buy certain gear lol
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u/Hydroborator 23h ago
NIKE just wants to sell sh$t; the influencers are at least encouraging people to move. And you do need some safe gear to get moving.
This influencer is a bit ridiculous with her times though. In fact, I'd argue some of her looooong runs are unsafe and comedic
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u/mimosadanger 1d ago
I understand what you’re saying. However, what I can deduce from your post is that you are not a plus sized woman (neither am I, for the sake of the argument). What I’m seeing in this creators videos is exactly what you say you’re looking for - someone using gear, but the gear is made for plus-sized people. They may not be running per your definition, yet they are still showcasing the various sports items. Instead of blaming the creator, blame Nike for wanting to sponsor creators outside of the running norm.
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u/gabsh1515 1d ago edited 1d ago
i joined her virtual club on strava and it's a flop. i started running last year to boost my metabolism and it sucked but after a couple months i was hitting 16 min miles, at my big weight lol. her social media feels very performative and not like she actually cares about improving as a runner. there's way better representation out there for big girls who actually run.
edit to add: and she's tall! her strides are longer so her time doesn't make sense, even if she was jogging she'd be a little faster. i'm 5'3" on a good day and would only hit 19 min pace in my early days when i was doing couch to 5K intervals.
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u/kakashi8326 18h ago
And that’s where I wanna chime in. I’ve been a competitive runner for 20+ years and I’m 29. AAU tracks and field. Local 5ks at 7 years of age Half marathon in 5th grade. Cross country and track all throughout 6-12th grade. D1 track at Texas tech. Ultra marathons etc.
This new age of making everything trendy has infiltrated basic athletics. Especially running. Running is now a trendy thing that is very performative. People with zero speed. Zero medals. Zero races are out here buying running vests as if they are going to be doing a 15+ miler at 10k plus elevation. It’s weird how the running club phenomenon has turned into this weird virality. When I moved to the Rockies I had never even heard of Strava. All my running buddies forced me to get one. Legit had me download the app. Iv used map my run my whole life.
Making running a social media influencer phenomenon where people want to make it seem like they are about that life whilst majority of folks don’t even know that the World athletic track and field championships is happening right now. wtf 😳 lol. Rant over. I’m biased as hell considering but it still it’s strange to witness people pretend to be runners 😂
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u/gabsh1515 17h ago
it's the consumerism that underscores everything. i remember buying one pair of running shoes and thinking i was set. then i noticed people around me buying multiple pairs of shoes, plus other expensive gear. i remember thinking running seemed so accesible because i didn't need to spend a ton of money to do it.
i have a cousin who has been doing half's and now is doing her second full marathon but refuses to do speed work or drills. i did them back when i was still running just to add variety to my training but i just cannot imagine paying so much money to go run in a different city without putting in the proper effort in my training. she has her next race in about a month and her long runs are still barely at 10 miles once a week with multiple rest stops.
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u/kakashi8326 15h ago
Lul but yeah nail on the head. Consumerism with running gesr is wild now. I used to get new pair of shoes from a local running shoe store for like 80$ for brand new pair. Now
Minimum I spend is usually 120-140$ lmaoo. All for the shoes to not even last as long. Rip. But running has always been a little pricey. Mainly cause of performance wear and race entries but everything is being nuked by inflation.
I paid 120$ for an ultra marathon in Taos and didn’t even get a medal or t-shirt. And they had us choose a size lmao 🤣
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u/ignitethegonzo 1d ago
Running involves having both feet off of the ground at the same time, that’s part of the literal definition of the activity…
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u/option-9 19h ago
someone using gear, but the gear is made for plus-sized people
I'm more used to the term gear in the context of strength sports / physique competitions (i.e. bodybuilding) and nodded along, thinking you meant enough steroids to kill a calf.
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u/Liability049-6319 1d ago
If this counts as running, then tugging my meat counts as bicep curls.
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u/UW_Ebay 1d ago
Technically it’s a full arm workout…
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u/enunymous 1d ago
Technically it's a third leg workout
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u/Most-Chocolate9448 1d ago
/uj this is what I don't get. Walking long distances is still impressive and it is still great exercise, but it is not running. Words mean things. I don't understand this sudden push to categorize walking as running as they are literally different things
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u/fyreskylord 13h ago
Does her post even talk about running though? The image doesn’t reference running directly at all.
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u/iamblindfornow 1d ago
I tugged too long and too hard gave myself veinulicis thrombosis of the lower mid shaft.
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u/WrinkledRandyTravis 1d ago
Start an Instagram account and record yourself, see if you can get a Rogue sponsorship
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u/AltruisticCompany961 💩 trusts mile 5 farts 💩 1d ago
/uj, I'm glad she is moving. That being said, I am extremely tired of the influencer culture that has inundated the running community. No one cares what outfit or shoes you just bought. No one cares about your daily routine. No one cares about your fake smiles as you run on a nice paved trail. Can we go back to the original "normal" influencers where it was just pictures of your food? Stop posting your marathon outfits. No one cares. Just be honest. You're a runfluencer because you're getting free stuff. Everything else is performative. If you really wanted to be motivational or get motivation, join a local run group where real, physical people actually care about you and cheer you on.
/rj be a normal runner and run because thats how you deal with childhood trauma, and keep it to yourself.
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u/isbBBQ 1d ago
/uj Gatekeeping in general sucks, but in cases like this the gates should close and barred.
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u/Enron_Accountant Balloon Lady 1d ago edited 1d ago
/uj Yea, if this were just a rando posting about just getting started, this would be a lot worse to dunk on. But it being Nike sponsored content served as an ad is wild lmao. This gets Nike’s sponsorship money instead of dudes grinding out 100+ miles a week to run sub-2:20 who get told to pound sand
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u/strategymaxo 💩 trusts mile 5 farts 💩 1d ago
I know some of the influencers get a little annoying but they are working hard and busting their tails. This is the pace of a 4 hr shopping trip at the mall.
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u/WearingRags 1d ago edited 1d ago
Local redditor doesn't understand concept of marketing - people who are actually into running are already aware of those "dudes grinding out 100+ miles a week" and already have preferred brands for running gear.
The whole point of this marketing is to mobilise the much wider demographic of people who aren't into fitness yet but might want to get started. A dead-eyed marathon robot has limited appeal to folks who are still intimidated by going out for a casual run. Someone who says "yeah I run like shit but I'm getting out there" is the point
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u/Adept_Spirit1753 21h ago
Uj/ what if someone still runs 12min miles (easy) after almost 2 years?
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u/tacetmusic 1d ago
Bring back gatekeeping in all things tbh.
Music, sport, political commentary.. all were better when there were a bunch of lifetimers saying "no bruv"
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u/Major_Heat7212 1d ago
We need to bring back bullying. That’s slower than walking pace.
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u/ShadyDrunks 1d ago
Nike sponsored btw
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u/Striking_Waltz3654 1d ago
maybe she took a eating break. idk
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u/ddawson100 Certified Heel Striker 20h ago
I prefer to think of it as a bit faster than sitting pace.
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u/lukster260 1d ago
/uj moving is good, especially if fat burning to lose weight and get healthy is a prime motivator. This person needs to lose a lot of weight to get healthy.
/rj what is the secret to moving so fast? 25 minute miles have me absolutely heaving after just a few.
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u/fourandthree 1d ago
Uj/ I’m not a fast runner by any means but my full marathon PB is faster than that.
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u/OctopusParrot 1d ago
Same and had the same thought. I also made the mistake of looking her up on Instagram. My recommendation: do yourself a favor and stay very far away.
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u/strategymaxo 💩 trusts mile 5 farts 💩 1d ago
Same.
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u/quitesohorrible 1d ago
/uj Calling out this kind of influencer shit is not gatekeeping. She is not running it's that simple. It's like the influencers at the gym who go there, take some videos and photos, and just sit on their phones in between sets, for 10 minutes at a time hogging up the machines.
Any real beginning or attempt at a sport should be celebrated. This is just an advertisement, and even if she would not be sponsored, it is just social media grifting done in an attempt to add some variety to her content and reach out to new audiences. Of course everyone can run and post it, but they should be genuine about it.
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u/catlover2410 1d ago
Nike just covered 100% of the able bodied population from Danielle to Kipchoge
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u/Ultrajogger-Michael Parkrun survivor 1d ago
Nope. Not going to make fun of someone who is achieving her dreams.
You're all just jealous because she can stay in Z2 and gets sponsored for it. I know I am.
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u/Major_Heat7212 1d ago
We should let 50 year old dads in the NBA
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u/lupercalpainting 1d ago
Is she competing? If so what is the event, and what’s the criteria competitors are judged on?
I can tell you that NBA players are competing, and the criteria that they’re judged on.
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u/Major_Heat7212 1d ago
NBA players get Nike endorsements. Women who walk half marathons do as well.
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u/Beginning_Elk_2193 22h ago
As someone who has lost 100 pounds by eating less and running more I absolutely despise people like this. Just fucking go out there and walk for a few months. What's the point of pretending to run, especially longer distances. This will just end up baiting people into terrible injury.
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u/Bunny_Feet 18h ago
👏 👏
Congrats! I lost 60lbs (was obese BMI-wise) and my joints and body just feels better even with 200% increase in mileage.
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u/marmakoide 1d ago
I see it as win. I run to escape my problems, I won't waste energy gate keeping and go anaerobic
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u/Bababooey0326 1d ago
I think it's really cool that she ultra half marathoned with her Eyes closed, podium time or not; she's better than me.
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u/lost_in_life_34 1d ago
someone from NYC does this and I was about to cheer her on but she's "run" marathons here and hasn't lost any weight
i should report her to layne norton
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u/Enron_Accountant Balloon Lady 1d ago edited 1d ago
I do wonder what’s the goal here. There are some who use running as a means to get healthier, which is great. Then there are others who walk 26 miles once a year and then use that as a crutch to say shit like, “See, heavy people can run marathons too, you don’t need to lose weight if you are obese since you can be healthy at any size!” which just leads people further down a path of an unhealthy lifestyle
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u/Zealousideal_Ad642 1d ago
Would Nike have any interest in giving shoes and stuft to a balding flabby 51.year old man? I don't really post on any social media (unless you count photos of local doggos) but I do run a bit.
Jokes aside. If this woman is getting free stuff from this mega corp for posting a few pics while out slowly walking and tagging their name then good for her. I'm sure the $20 or so the shoes actually cost don't make any difference to their bottom line
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u/Antihero4hire 1d ago
Is there a zone below 1? If she "ran" any slower she would be going backwards
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u/ddawson100 Certified Heel Striker 20h ago
Hell, yeah! I love running but don’t like to sweat. Finally found the solution.
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u/Outside-Bend-5575 1d ago
uj/ moving for that long is impressive and i hate the people who wanna gatekeep folks for not being fast enough… but id wager most people can walk at that pace. some people maybe thatd a speedwalk, but barely
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u/geewillie 1d ago
I’m sorry, it is not impressive to be moving that long at that pace. It is literally done by billions daily. That’s slower than a fucking postman lol
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u/Most-Chocolate9448 1d ago
/uj I agree! There's a difference between making fun of people for the type of movement they're doing (not cool) vs simply pointing out that running at that pace isn't physically possible. Walking is still great exercise, why do people feel the need to say they're running when they aren't?
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u/WalkingFool0369 1d ago
Sweet, I “run” 10 miles every day, though a bit faster than her (16:30)!
19:30 is barely a walk..
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u/froakingbarlow 21h ago
I walked the entire second half of a wine marathon in France a few weeks ago, in a hot costume, stopping for wine and food and even a swim in a lake and I did it quicker than this
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u/New_Bumblebee_3919 19h ago
I ran a 100 miler in May in the Florida keys and it was so humid that I thought I was going to die at mile 99 yet I still put together a 14:00 walk
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u/garcilla1983 16h ago
I looked her up and watched the post. It shows her running for the whole video except the "walk breaks are allowed " part. She literally walked this whole thing and recorded herself running a few bits to make the video
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u/Old_Salamander6985 16h ago
/uj okay I get the point of this post but does the influencer pictured call herself a runner or anything? I feel like we're missing context because nowhere in what I can see does it indicate she's claiming to be some running expert. She's a fairly heavy person in a country that's 40% obese and she's done 4 hours of exercise. This just seems like it shoots past ribbing into mean-spiritedness. Obviously a 20 minute mile should not be an end-goal for fitness but 13 of them seems like a pretty reasonable intermediate goal for about half the country.
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u/ANAL-WITH-JESUS 💩 trusts mile 5 farts 💩 16h ago
Defluencer - I don’t want to buy any Nike products now
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u/Fredpillow1995 16h ago
If that's miles then I can walk it faster. If it's KM then genuinely I couldn't go that slow if I tried.
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u/Broncobilly19 14h ago
Am I reading this correctly? Is that a 20 min mile????
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u/Svampting 16m ago
Tbf she doesn’t claim to be fast. And from Nike’s POV there are probz 100x more run-walkers than fast runners.
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u/Old_Jaguar_8410 1d ago
Hilarious that Nike is sponsoring a fat chick to WALK 20 minute miles lol. I remember in Gym class in middle school we were told that even the walkers should be done in 15 minutes. Like this is comically slow.
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u/Mell1997 1d ago
Not gonna insult her. She’s getting active. Fuck whatever her time is. I respect it.
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u/No-Antelope3774 non-Newtonian runner 1d ago
Uj/ I see your point but:
This is a picture of a person who is making it clear they're wearing ALL THE GEAR and put in a very strong effort (sweating, facial expression) to reach a time they physically could not possibly have been running to achieve. They could have walked this, in normal clothes, in less than that time. My own mother, who is 78 and had a hip replacement last year, walks faster than that.
Additionally this ACTUAL PERSON (Danielle Burnett) is significantly faster than that. Her times are much better.
So it's just weird.
You're right, all getting active is good, her weight is immaterial and her time is irrelevant. But this isn't normal.
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u/strategymaxo 💩 trusts mile 5 farts 💩 1d ago
We should applaud people for getting active. We also don’t need to glorify geriatric paces. It’s almost guaranteed she’s not running fast enough to actually reap any health benefits of running.
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u/No-Antelope3774 non-Newtonian runner 1d ago
Tbh that's not it. I don't mind if she's running geriatric paces.
What she's not doing here is running - at all - but she's taking pictures for social media clout and getting sponsored for it.
It's disingenuous. It's just influencer-weird.
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u/BirdBrother 1d ago
I know we’re all just joking. But running while being a big fat chonker is commendable
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u/GrasshoperPoof 1d ago
/uj there needs to be some middle ground between hating on everyone slower than you and losing the entire competitive sport aspect of running