Best Running Channels

The Running Channel was founded in 2018 by Andy Baddeley — a two-time 1500m Olympic finalist — and Adam Tranter, with the goal of producing running content that welcomes runners at every level from absolute beginners to ultramarathon competitors. The channel covers marathon training, race strategy, shoe reviews, training plans, gear guides and the kind of honest, practical advice that comes from a team with genuine professional running experience. With 810,000 subscribers and 128 million total views, it has become one of the most established running resources on YouTube in the UK and internationally — particularly for runners preparing for their first or second marathon.

Billy Yang is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and ultramarathon runner whose channel sits in a category largely of its own on YouTube. He does not post training tips or shoe reviews — he makes short documentary films about the experience of running, and in particular about why people choose to run 100 miles. His 2018 film The Why — documenting his own experience running the Leadville 100 while exploring the psychological question of why anyone would do such a thing — has been viewed millions of times and is considered one of the defining films in trail running culture. His other films include Return to Leadville (the evolution of ultra legend Anton Krupicka) and Life in a Day (the 2016 Western States 100). For anyone who wants to understand what ultra running feels like from the inside, rather than what it looks like from the outside, Billy Yang's channel is essential.

Michael Ko — known as Kofuzi — is a Chicago-based runner and former lawyer who has become one of the most trusted voices in running shoe reviews on YouTube, with over 500,000 subscribers and a community of dedicated followers who rely on his honest, independent assessments of every major running shoe release. Kofuzi describes himself as a "non-elite runner" and that accessibility is central to his channel's appeal — he evaluates shoes as someone who runs marathons for the challenge of it, not as a professional racer, and his vlogs from major marathons including Chicago, Boston and New York bring viewers along to experience big-city racing from the middle of the pack. One of the most consistently reliable running channels on YouTube for both gear and race content.

Ben Parkes is a London-based runner and coach who improved his marathon time from 3:50 to 2:25 over six years, documenting the entire journey on YouTube. His channel covers marathon and half marathon training, warm-up and cool-down routines, running shoes, race vlogs from major world marathons and the kind of detailed, practical content that makes an enormous difference for runners working towards a specific target time. His most-viewed video — a four-minute pre-run warm-up routine — has been watched over 600,000 times and serves as a useful entry point to a channel that is consistently useful for club runners and competitive amateurs.

Sage Canaday is a professional distance runner with a 2:16 marathon personal best, a two-time US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and a competitive ultramarathon racer who has been producing coaching content on YouTube since 2011. His channel — Vo2max Productions — covers running form, training structure, race strategy, nutrition, injury prevention and the science of endurance running, all explained with the authority of someone who competed at the highest level and has coached thousands of athletes through his Higher Running coaching service. His UTMB race vlogs and training series offer a rare first-hand view of what elite-level trail racing and preparation looks like from the inside.

This Messy Happy is run by Ben and Mary Bridges — a British couple who are both qualified running and triathlon coaches with a combined 45 years of coaching and teaching experience. Mary is the channel's primary running focus: she improved her marathon time from 3:13 at Chicago 2024 to 3:04 in Shanghai and 3:00:01 in Tokyo in March 2026, chasing sub-three hours with the kind of transparent, week-by-week documentation that makes the channel unusually honest about what serious marathon training actually involves. Ben coaches, plans and appears alongside her throughout. The channel covers marathon and half marathon training plans, coaching advice, race vlogs and a practical approach to performance improvement that has built a loyal community of runners training towards specific time goals. Their free training plans, available directly on their website, have been used by thousands of athletes around the world.

Sally McRae — known as the Yellow Runner — is a professional Nike-sponsored ultra athlete, author and coach based in California who has competed in some of the longest and hardest races in the world. In 2023 she completed the Grand Slam of 200-Mile Races — finishing the Cocodona 250, Tahoe 200 and Moab 240 in a single season, a feat only a tiny number of people have ever attempted. Her YouTube channel documents her race preparations, training and the raw, honest emotional journey of pushing into extreme endurance territory. She is also the author of Choose Strong and coaches athletes through her own platform. Her channel sits in a unique space between documentary filmmaking and personal running journal, and is one of the most compelling first-person ultra running channels on YouTube.

Ethan Newberry — The Ginger Runner — is a Seattle-based filmmaker and ultramarathon runner who has been producing trail running films, gear reviews and documentary content since 2011. His most acclaimed film is Where Dreams Go To Die, a feature-length documentary following Canadian ultrarunner Gary Robbins across two attempts to finish the Barkley Marathons — one of the most notoriously difficult races ever conceived. The film is widely regarded as one of the best ultramarathon documentaries ever made. His channel also covers shoe and gear reviews, race films from events including Western States and UTMB, and ongoing coverage of the global trail running community. One of the longest-running and most trusted voices in trail running on YouTube.