But Sanders is the reigning YouTube champ for another year or so IMO.
5 after he wins Kona 
.
Hey Monty, good to chat! Lionelās race plans, gotta stay under wraps for now fully committed to the Ironman grind. . . . laser-focused he is on crushing Kona this time. His scheduleās still up in the air, but . . he can pick his races strategically . .
Right now, heās got his eye on a North American Ironman or maybe one across the pond in Europe.In normal circumstances youād think Texas would be the clear likely target. But Sanders may not be ready and willing by late April. Also only 6 MPRO KQ available so risk of falling short given thereāll be a lot of high class competition there since itās an IM Series race so as well as Lange, Skipper, Marquardt, and Horseau, several Kona-intent T100 top shots will drop Singapore to race there. Not racing Texas would be a āstrategicā option and itād allow him to race his āfavoriteā 70.3 a week later with a monthās gap after Oceanside. Sanders doesnāt need to test himself against the best; until he does.
And no doubt itāll all change when the first obstacle is met. More videos, more views, more revenue, more discussion here.
The Cox/Sanders social media machine rolls on.
That being said, I really enjoyed DitlevĆ¢ā¬ā¢s last video but his personality is not sustainable for content creation. Skipper is kind of funny/weird. Gwen is boring despite liking her and being somewhat relatable. TTL is good. But Sanders is the reigning YouTube champ for another year or so IMO.
Hit the nail on the head here.
Daniel BĆĀ¦kkegĆĀ„rd also has some awesome content. Mitch I believe is the name of the person helping him and he has some awesome shots. Iām into photography and have a couple of drones so his videos definitely speak to me in that regard. Same with TTL.
Gwen is pretty boring so I almost never watch her videos .
One for the Running Geeks
https://youtu.be/zUqyqEY9PLs?si=s5nBYtXrH4_kgVvF
.
Out train Ć¢ā¬Ėem Lionel!
Not sure if TalbotĆ¢ā¬ā¢s chatter was just for motivation, but he did mention Lionel being at Oceanside.
Any issues he has with his running has nothing to do with his shoesā¦
Back to training late in the day.
Any issues he has with his running has nothing to do with his shoesā¦
Iām sure Talbot will relay your comment to Lionel so he is made aware that the observations he made about running with super shoes vs running with traditional trainers are incorrect.
Good catch.
LS the athlete better start racing asap so LS the coach doesnĆ¢ā¬ā¢t fry his season.
WhatĆ¢ā¬ā¢s the consensus here - is he right?
IĆ¢ā¬ā¢m probably an outlier in that I havenĆ¢ā¬ā¢t embraced carbon - worried about aggravating achilles/calf issues - but IĆ¢ā¬ā¢d be interested to see how many are consciously limiting their time in those shoes.
WhatĆ¢ā¬ā¢s the consensus here - is he right?
IĆ¢ā¬ā¢m probably an outlier in that I havenĆ¢ā¬ā¢t embraced carbon - worried about aggravating achilles/calf issues - but IĆ¢ā¬ā¢d be interested to see how many are consciously limiting their time in those shoes.
.
.
I am far too cheap to buy carbon shoes (or pretty much any of the modern tech/geek gear or gadgets) so I canāt comment, but I actually think āgoing old schoolā might be good for him overall,even if it is just a placebo effect.
IĆ¢ā¬ā¢ve been running in all the Nike carbon offerings starting with the first Vapor Fly, that must be going on 3 years now without any issues. IĆ¢ā¬ā¢m trying to see the logic in what Lionel is implying here. He acknowledges he runs faster in carbon shoes and that is somehow impeding his race results. So to fix that he needs to be working harder in non-carbon shoes to hit those same training paces and that will translate to faster race pace when he wears the carbon shoes.
Ć¢ā¬Ā¦or run faster in carbon in training and maybe that will lead to better results.
I only wear carbon shoes on race day. Primarily because Iām too cheap to shell out $250 for training shoes, but I also enjoy the extra bounce in my step on race day.
Iād didnāt think people were running 100% of the time in the carbon shoes that LS mentioned (assumed it was a quality day shoe only). But I guess sponsored vs āregular joeā has a lot to do with it imo.
WhatĆ¢ā¬ā¢s the consensus here - is he right?
IĆ¢ā¬ā¢m probably an outlier in that I havenĆ¢ā¬ā¢t embraced carbon - worried about aggravating achilles/calf issues - but IĆ¢ā¬ā¢d be interested to see how many are consciously limiting their time in those shoes.
Carbon shoes do not increase injury risk. They basically act like a wetsuit does for a poor swimmer.
If they allow you do run longer due to fresher legs like using your wetsuit to get more distance or volume due to it being easier it is easy to blame the equipment but it is you.
the basis benefit of a carbon shoe is energy return in the foam ( which still depends on load time and load placement on the body)
the biggest benefit is the carbon plate, it tilts your foot to match your center of mass for running for runners that lack that skill which holds your momentum better and skill cycle better keep the speed. MUCH like a wetsuit helps a weak swimmers leg not drag the shoe make sure your heel doesnāt drag.
For Lionelās video itās is funny he equates the hard effort of the workout with the non carbon shoes rather than the fact he said he hasnāt done that type of speed work and speed for over 60 days?
Side note I did 20 km in a nike zoom carbon purchased in sept of 2019 with over 6000 km in them, they still work fine and they donāt die like advertised. ( they want you to buy more of them each year and some companies noted that get you to not buy they).
Iād didnāt think people were running 100% of the time in the carbon shoes that LS mentioned (assumed it was a quality day shoe only). But I guess sponsored vs āregular joeā has a lot to do with it imo.
I and a lot of folks wear them 100% of the time. I use Nike AFs. My V1 has 400 miles+ on it, and still runs great - minimal loss of pop, still super fast and still works great. (I actually launder it from time to time too.)
If anything, Iāve gotten fewer running injuries/issues with going all-AF. Itās the best shoe that tames my ankle arthritis - the airpods and cushion are superior to even a maxishoe like a Hoka Bondi6 (amazingly), and the fact that thereās no big change when I go from my training AF to my raceday AF makes injury risk even lessened when going faster than your body likes.
I do think itās risky with AFs to not train in them sufficiently prior to race day - the stack and geometry are different enough from most other run shoes, that youāre risking some potential muscle strain when the shoes rocket you off faster than youāve ever run in training. (Happened to me twice until I went to all-AF training/racing.)
Iām not sure if other CF racing shoes are more accomodating - the AF to me is not, its doesnāt translate easily from other training shoes for me.
LS says heāll swap his CF racers back in several weeks prior to race day, which sounds it should work so long as its not too much a change
Are you buying 3-4 pair of carbon shoes a year?
Yes ācarbonā is at this point a wide variety of shoe quality and now even training shoes have ācarbonā so itās a bit of āwhat does carbon meanā discussion. Having managed a store that sold carbon shoes (high quality and the training models), athletes racing only in carbon was not the choices I was seeing from the masses.
Iām wearing carbon shoes as I type thisā¦
In all seriousness, though keep feeling like weāve seen this ARC in Lionelās season all too often. Just hope it works out this time.
Blu confirmed his kona ambition
.