How An Olympic Runner Built a Flourishing YouTube Channel And Startup

When you watch Nick Symmonds on YouTube, he doesn’t strike you as an Olympic runner. He just strikes you as a personable, charismatic guy with a sense of humor. As a runner myself, he provides an inside view into the precarious world of professional, Olympic-caliber running that I previously knew nothing about. He simultaneously entertains, informs, and educates in a way I have seen no other runner be transparent about. I used to put Symmonds and his elite speed on a pedestal — now I realize he’s just a relatable person who I have more in common with than not.

To me, the world of running, and particularly middle and long-distance running where Symmonds specialized, is very obscure. Few non-runners can name who the best distance runners in the country in the country are, as the sport’s popularity pales in the face of basketball, football, baseball, hockey, and well, you get the point. Running is simply very far down the list of America’s sports.

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