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King Bin

10:10pm, 30 Apr 2014
I'm delighted to report that the scandal that has gripped our street today has come to a happy conclusion. My roving busybody eyes have spotted our bin in a neighbours garden, and we've picked up a surplus one from further down the street. It's actually worked out well, as it's in better condition than our bin. Over the coming weeks I will survey the other bins on the street, and when I see a particularly swish one left unattended, I will park ours next to it, in the hope that the owner will tug away the wrong one. My long term goal is to have the best bin on the street by the end of the year. I will stand it majestically in the front garden, and it will be the envy of all who pass by.

Ok, so nothing too exciting happened today :-)

We ran a six miler (bit of light-headed ness again, must think about pre-run fuelling I think).

I did a bunch of end-of-the-month stuff, like making sure the MOTM nominations will be ok when midnight comes, preparing the race guide for sending out, making sure the Gore-illas are back in their cages - that sort of thing.

Eldest step boy went to a free lecture today. I'm jealous of that, I want free computing lectures please.

Looking forward to seeing the boy tomorrow.
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Comments

  • phew, I'll be able to sleep tonight, knowing that Bingate has been resolved
    fleecy
    10:35pm, 30th Apr 2014
  • I didn't sleep too well worrying about you being binless... Was hatching a bin swipe mission.
    runnerbean
    8:58am, 1st May 2014
  • it makes me smile how people put their number on the wheelie bins, they are all the same, why does it matter which one you gte back?
    .B.
    10:20am, 1st May 2014
  • :-O
    fetcheveryone
    10:21am, 1st May 2014
  • My money was on bin Laden. But it turns out he's dead.
    Grid
    10:25am, 1st May 2014
  • What happens if swishy bin owner thinks that someone has given him an extra bin and takes both? ;-)
    Flatlander
    12:54pm, 1st May 2014
  • "... why does it matter which one you get back?"
    Eww, have you seen the state of some peoples bins? Yuk. I've had neighbours in the past that have put unwrapped nappies in their bin, and others that have had maggots around the rim (oooh err!) in the summer. Not really something I want to be putting in my garage, especially with my worm babies.
    Pootle
    4:26pm, 1st May 2014
  • Glad we have a communal bin ;)
    northernslowcoach
    8:31pm, 1st May 2014
  • It didn't bother me which bin came back until no bin came back and we had to pay £50 for a new one.
    njosmith
    10:11pm, 1st May 2014


Quiet day on Feedback Mountain

11:05pm, 29 Apr 2014
Today was one of those days where not a lot exciting happened. I continued looking after the flock on Feedback Mountain. I've got it down to about 30 now, and my email inbox down to 45 from 105.

No running for me, and tonight my throat is a bit scratchy :-/ Hope I sleep if off.

This evening we've been working on a fun project for some people we like a lot :-)

I haven't forgotten that I wanted to try writing a book. A daily blog certainly helps remind me of all my fancy ideas. If I'm feeling brave, I'll post a bit this weekend.
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Comments

  • What is it Yoda says? Oh yes....there is no try" ;-)
    JenL
    11:31pm, 29th Apr 2014


Listing

9:45pm, 28 Apr 2014
Five miles with Katie this morning. Maybe it was a combination of three days running in a row, or maybe it was only having one round of toast, but I felt like I was a bit sugar-low. But having said that, I got my head back together in the final mile. Rest day tomorrow though.

Today I've mainly been catching up with my feedback mountain. I have an email inbox, a Fetch Feedback inbox, and then there's Twitter and Facebook, and the list in my head, and the list in my notebook, and the list of things I've forgotten I need to do, and the entries in the lists that start with "make a list of...". It would be nice to have just one list.

I've also posted a Fitsip review on Facebook - and I've got three to give away. Nip over there and do a like and a comment, for a chance to win. Pleased with how many people have interacted with the FB page, and I think it's brought a few more people to the site :-)

The boy did his first swimming lesson today, and was disappointed to be put in the smaller pool. Hopefully I've explained to him that it's ok.
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Comments

  • You need a master list of lists. Then a priority list, listed from each list of actions :)
    Muds
    9:56pm, 28th Apr 2014
  • you could just give up all your work and just make lists :) I feel better about my own lists, reading about all of yours :)
    fleecy
    9:59pm, 28th Apr 2014
  • I have a list of lists :-)
    Bintmcskint
    10:20pm, 28th Apr 2014
  • I too have lists, they are really important because at some point you can cross off something you have done; which is great!
    D2
    10:21pm, 28th Apr 2014
  • You need to organise your collection point. Have a look at amazon.co.uk @grahamallcott
    Diogenes
    6:59am, 29th Apr 2014
  • I have been known to put something that I have already done, on to a list, just in order to tick it off. It can be very satisfying. I know, I'm sad. Did you get my message that "Fetchbook" is a term you might want to avoid for Fetch on Facebook. There is some weird girly group that looks rather dodgy, which uses the term Fetchbook and is the first result if you search. :-) G
    HappyG(rrr)
    9:24am, 29th Apr 2014


42

9:45pm, 27 Apr 2014
Katie had a day of teaching today, so I was in charge of the house and three boys for the day.

Littley and I had a 2.5 hour stint at the park with a rugby ball, a tennis ball, a couple of hot drinks, and a demonstration of his 'hardcore parkour' on the play equipment :-) I also found exactly 42p in the grass.

I got my chance to get out for a run at 3, so I went and did our 8 mile loop. It went pretty well - I felt like my running was nice and calm, and the conditions were pretty good. I also tried out the Fitsip - a small drink container that you strap to your wrist. I'll post a little review tomorrow, but the quick version is: "it feels a bit bondage-y strapping it to your wrist, but it actually works well. Would be nice to have slightly more capacity, but it was great for me over 8 miles". More detail tomorrow, and I'll see if I can get some to give away.

Followed that up with a nice walk with the dog, then a nice family chilli, and a chat with my boy. He starts swimming lessons tomorrow.

Time to carry on plodding through Glamorama. It's a bit sluggish at the moment :-/

Don't forget to Like facebook.com if you get a chance. Ta :-)
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Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.

10:20pm, 26 Apr 2014
We went to parkrun this morning, dragging oldest and youngest step boys with us (well, to be fair, both seemed fairly keen). They both did well, getting sub-25 and sub-30 respectively.

My goal was to beat my seasons best, which was 22:56. It started well, with a 7:05 mile, but the second one was 7:20, and the third was 7:38, complete with a stitch under both sides of my rib cage. But I did manage to hold on just about enough, and with a bit of work in the last 0.1, I ended up with 22:39.

I'm quite pleased, but I was hoping that my pacing would be a bit smarter, and that it wouldn't feel quite so awful in the second half. But still, it's a move in the right direction, and we've got through the Easter holidays, which is always a really difficult time for both of us to run, because of time with the boys, and the recent nan-ness.

We had tea and cake at Fancy with the Silverjars / Nightshadows, which was nice, then I got a bit of Xbox Live time with my boy, and he showed me the house he's been building in Minecraft - it's epic :-) Took Littley to the cinema (Spider-Man again, but I loved it second time around too), then a lovely meal of roasted veg, roast chicken and couscous, and an evening playing Monopoly.

And that's me done for the day. At the cinema we saw the trailer for the new Godzilla movie, and it led me to remember this terrifying incarnation:

http://youtu.be/oTItRfN-LO8
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Comments

  • er, aren't you supposed to feel awful in the second half of any 'race'? Seems like a great time to me :)
    fleecy
    10:38pm, 26th Apr 2014
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYuIEa5DvJs

    It's heading.... towards Space-Godzilla
    McGoohan
    11:22pm, 26th Apr 2014
  • Impressive running. Lovely that the boys are happy to have a go too :-)
    Alice the Camel
    11:17am, 27th Apr 2014
  • Well done. Disappointed I couldn't keep up when you went past!!
    Nightjar
    11:18am, 27th Apr 2014
  • Nice one! :-)
    Lalli
    12:31pm, 27th Apr 2014


A day in Wales

5:10pm, 25 Apr 2014
Yesterday went as well as could be really. Thank you for all the hugs and thoughts.

We got out for a run at 8am, just a quick three to give the dog a bit of exercise mainly. We headed off just after 9 with a big packet of peanut M&M's, and threaded our way across the country at the mercy of our evil overlord (aka the satnav).

I did ok I think until I got to the church, but then I had to stand outside for as long as possible. It was nice to feel the sun on my face, and it helped to have a little chat with all the people who were making their way towards the way in. It's strange to see great big chunks of time added on to people you see very infrequently. Some folks I'd not seen for over 20 years, like my friend's dad who used to come over to the cricket club with us during the summer, and umpire for us, and give us advice. He played for Cardiff City during the 1950's, and later for Swansea.

Inside the church I was a bag of upset and nerves, trying to keep it together so I could read out the eulogy. Katie was lovely, saying all the right things, and squeezing my hand, and staying close. My Aunty Joan (who was belting out the hymns too) read out some stuff from their side of the family, and that also helped, because it reminded me of all the lovely things about my nan, and took us away from the sad occasion. So I think my bit went ok, and my dad stood up and gave me a big hug when I was done.

The family had chosen "We'll Meet Again" as one of the songs to be played, and that got me right in the chest. The church was a mix of immediate family, who all sat close to the front, and friends of the family, who tended to sit towards the back (I assume it's something that happens, so that they can make sure they leave room), and they tended to be just a little bit older. As the song continued, the voices at the back joined in, and there was a lovely chorus of sound that helped take a wee bit of the sadness away.

After the burial (nan is now with her husband, after fifty years, and just down the row from her grandparents and her infant daughter), and some cups of tea and a pint at the rugby club, there was a noticeable lifting of weight from shoulders, and there was more catching up to be done. Saying goodbye to my family takes, as always, a long time, and there was lots more hugging, and exclamations of surprise at who had grown up, and who looked like who - you know the sort of thing.

My lovely Katie did the drive on the way home, and the satnav took us on yet another circuitous route of Britain, until we finally scraped home just before 10pm, for a bit of wind-down telly, some reheated chip shop chips, and bed. We're both still feeling a bit battered today, but the house is full of boys, and the weekend is here again.
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Comments

  • More hugs xx
    SarahWoo
    5:15pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Sounds like a fitting send off, you did your Nan proud.
    Diogenes
    5:20pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • I've been to similar occasions so your lovely blog brought a few memories and tears. Well done for your bit and how healing is a house full of children? :)
    D2
    5:22pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Hope you all have a really cracking weekend x
    runnerbean
    5:48pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • well done , giving a tribute is tough but very meaningful. I love the 'well meet again ' :-)
    wrexhamrob
    5:59pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Well done x
    jennywren
    6:37pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Xxx
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    7:23pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • It sounds like it all went well. Wishing you a gentle weekend xx
    Alice the Camel
    7:55pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Your nan would have appreciated all that, I reckon. xx
    LazyDaisy
    8:27pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • "We'll meet again" is so appropriate.x
    GimmeMedals
    9:09pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • Take care...xx
    Garfield
    9:37pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • well done, I don't know why it is amazing that children grow, but it is. Even if it did really annoy you when you were a kid and people said it All The Time! Sounds like an emotional day but also a good one.
    fleecy
    9:40pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • That sounded like a fitting goodbye. X
    Lalli
    7:09am, 26th Apr 2014
  • Look after yourself
    milemonster
    7:32am, 26th Apr 2014


[Untitled]

11:14pm, 24 Apr 2014
http://youtu.be/HsM_VmN6ytk
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Comments

  • One of Nan's faves I assume. My Dad got 'Unforgettable' by Nat King Cole. Hope all is as well as it can be.
    McGoohan
    11:44pm, 24th Apr 2014
  • Hope all goes well x
    Roobarb
    11:57pm, 24th Apr 2014
  • Thinking of you x
    northernslowcoach
    8:00am, 25th Apr 2014
  • Thinking of you here too.
    D2
    8:44am, 25th Apr 2014
  • :-( sad day. Thinking of you
    Irontubs
    9:16am, 25th Apr 2014
  • Thinking of you. Had this for my mum.
    Night-owl
    9:24am, 25th Apr 2014
  • Hope it goes well.
    Angus Clydesdale
    9:47am, 25th Apr 2014
  • Thinking of you. ((()))
    Elsie Too
    10:52am, 25th Apr 2014
  • Hope it went as good as it could x
    jennywren
    4:08pm, 25th Apr 2014
  • ((()))
    Ness
    4:30pm, 25th Apr 2014


Spanner

9:40pm, 23 Apr 2014
A little lie-in this morning (til half seven), and my last day with the boy during this Easter Holidays.

We've moved onto Stampy long nose vids on YouTube. I can forgive the interesting laugh, but not the use of the word "exscaped", sorry Stampy.

We took some throwables to the park, and found a spanner in the grass, and the boy spent the last of his money box cash on some Minecraft bits and bobs at Toys R Us.

Took him to karate, where he picked up his certificate for his purple belt - only seven more until he gets to his black belt.

Home again now, not looking forward to tomorrow, but I'll have my best friend with me.
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Comments

  • Have you ever thought how working through the belts in karate is a bit like going through the colours in snooker? (There's a variation that also uses a purple ball)
    McGoohan
    9:47pm, 23rd Apr 2014
  • My 3 love Stampy. The excitement when they heard him interviewed on Radio 2 was off the scale, a bit like I would have been if David Bowie been on when I was a boy. You should see the look they give me when I inadvertently call him 'Stumpy.'
    Diogenes
    9:51pm, 23rd Apr 2014
  • Worth introducing them to the Diamond Minecart. It's clean, just a bit more street.
    McG - they have versions between each colour with white stripes on them. Ooh,I haven't checked the snooker today :-0
    fetcheveryone
    9:57pm, 23rd Apr 2014
  • Good Luck. I found doing my father's eulogy rather cathartic as I was able to say all the soppy shit I wish I had said to him before he died.
    Argie
    10:49pm, 24th Apr 2014


The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook

11:40pm, 22 Apr 2014
A 6.45 start this morning (the alarms on both our phones went off in unison) - Katie to see the boys before working, and me to go get my boy for our two days together. He managed to avoid de-onesie-ing all day, even though I did drag him out into the garden for a bit of cricket and some fresh air. It piddled down for most of the day, so I didn't object to us staying in and keeping the sofa warm.

We've discovered that every episode of Mythbusters is on Netflix - so we're cherry picking the ones that look good.

Whilst he played, I also did a bit more setting up of the Fetch Facebook page. I've never really seen eye to eye with Facebook - and every time I do try to look at it from the perspective of trying to use it as a bit of a shop window for FE, it seems to have mutated, making all previous thoughts irrelevant. But I've marshalled my wrinkling brain to such an extent that there is now a page at facebook.com/fetchbook:

facebook.com

and I'm treating it as an enriched version of a Twitter feed, because that's as far as my understanding has gone so far. If you should like it, that'd be great, and if you could do it before Monday morning, I might pick you at random to win the book that I'm holding up. If you've got any thoughts beyond that for Facebook stuff (I know I need to sort out the automatic posting of status updates, you don't need to remind me about that ;-) ), that'd be useful and interesting.

This evening we read The Lost Diadem - Chapter 29 of the Deathly Hallows. We've agreed to do one whole chapter per night for the next seven available nights, as we're so close to finishing. I've just looked back in my blog to find out when we started book 1, and it was January 2012 :-0 Of course, I think we'd have been done a long time ago if I was in a position to read to him every night, but it feels nice to know that he's still just as keen to sit and listen as he was when we first began.

I've also put together my mam and dad's words with mine for the stuff I'll be reading out for Nan - I tried reading it all out once the boy had gone to bed, and it was just over ten minutes long.
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Comments

  • *like*
    .B.
    11:43pm, 22nd Apr 2014
  • :-)
    Bintmcskint
    7:44am, 23rd Apr 2014
  • Richmac's GM just the same on the onsie issue :-)
    Minnie Mad
    7:46am, 23rd Apr 2014
  • I don't understand Facebook, I'm having to use it a bit nowadays but urgh...I enjoyed the episode of Mythbusters where one of them had to stay in a walk-in freezer and get completely pissed, I can't remember the hypothesis but it was as funny as fuck :)
    fleecy
    11:58am, 23rd Apr 2014
  • I saw the same one fleecy did...it was hilarious and I can't remember what they were trying to prove..but it was very entertaining!:)
    Garfield
    12:09pm, 23rd Apr 2014
  • just don't search for fetchbook and end up facebook.com by mistake
    Rosehip
    1:02pm, 23rd Apr 2014
  • Am spreading the word for you
    smallclanger
    6:32pm, 23rd Apr 2014


Falling asleep in my dinner

10:05pm, 21 Apr 2014
I'm 'falling asleep in my dinner' tired this evening. We ran 8 miles in the heat at 2pm, and it was pretty hard going - I think it was quite humid.

Running has been a bit sporadic over the last couple of weeks, what with the Easter school holidays, but I'm still quite pleased that we've been able to get a few 8s in, and a couple of speedier runs. If we can talk Littley into parkrun this Saturday, I could maybe test out my 5k pace. I did 22:56 earlier this year, but I think I just about ran within myself for that, so ideally I'd like to get low 22's if everything goes right. If I could break 22, that would be quite amazing. 6yo PB is 21:31, but that's a bit of a stretch just now.

Work has not so much taken a back seat, more like its been rolled up in an old carpet and shoved into the boot in the dead of night - I've got two more days with The Boy, then a round trip to Wales for Nan's funeral, but assuming I survive all that, I should be back at the website factory come Friday.
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Comments

  • Everyone deserves a holiday/time off. If I don't get chance to say I do hope your weekend with the family can be a celebration of such a special lady.
    D2
    10:21pm, 21st Apr 2014
  • It appears to all be working *adjusts sprocket*
    fleecy
    11:21pm, 21st Apr 2014
  • Everything seems fine to me. Take care. Hope your Man's funeral, as D2 said, will be a celebration of a special ladies life.
    Ness
    7:42am, 22nd Apr 2014
  • Sorry typing on phone. Nan was changed to man. :(
    Ness
    7:43am, 22nd Apr 2014


Egg

11:25pm, 20 Apr 2014
A nice lie in this morning after four early mornings. Well, the dog woke me up at seven to go out, but I didn't get out of bed until gone nine :-)

I got out for my final run of the week - just on our five mile route, because there was lots of dinner to help prepare. After a brisk first mile, I tried to go at it a bit, and managed another couple of miles at 7:45 before my guts forced me to make a diversion to the Priory loos :-/ Other than that, I'm pleased with how the running is going.

Home for a shower, and to comb the garden for eggs from the Easter Dog.

We followed that up with a walk with dogs and boys, some very strong coffees :-) and then back home to peel and chop a small hillock of vegetables, whilst the lamb turned a lovely colour in the oven!

Despite having a combined age of 48, the three boys enjoyed their traditional egg hunt, and we ate and drank like piggies round a trough of lovely grub :-) Littley is planning a career as an overseas football manager, and we all played a simultaneous mixture of Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit.

After catching up with my boy on the phone (he had an egg big enough to fit his head in), we watched The Hunger Games 2, and some Family Guy, and drank tea in abundance.
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Comments

  • Dog eggs are the worst kind TBH
    McGoohan
    6:47am, 21st Apr 2014
  • Lol @ Dog Eggs :-)
    GimmeMedals
    10:11am, 21st Apr 2014
  • I saw a bumble bee as big as my head at the weekend.
    Watford Wobble
    5:33pm, 21st Apr 2014


Sofathon

11:15pm, 19 Apr 2014
The boy and I completed our four day sofathon today, interrupted only by a game of cricket in the back garden. I'd spotted a few manky tennis balls in the gutter from an upstairs window, so he had permission to try to leather them into the overgrown field behind the house, a feat he undertook with great enthusiasm. I lob the ball at him from about six yards away, and he enjoys trying to make my fingers sting, whilst I enjoy trying to pluck the bullets out of the air.

My old cricket coach had a fabulous mantra, to encourage us to dig deep. "It's a long way back to the pavilion if you don't like cucumber sandwiches". In other words, remember the things you love the most, and fight for them.

G'night :-)
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God gave rock and roll to you.

11:50pm, 18 Apr 2014
Another pre-7 start. I don't know how he does it.

Fortunately, he was happy to watch YouTube vids next to me whilst I went back to sleep on the sofa. I drifted in and out of consciousness a bit, but finally came to just before 8.30, with the dog cwched up to me (and his bum on my glasses unfortunately).

I was determined that we'd do something a bit more active today, so we took the dog and some throwables to West Park. Stephen is improving with his retrieval (although during testing, he clattered into the tulip-things in the garden, snapping a couple off), and we've discovered that he doesn't need a food treat in order to relinquish the ball - you can just offer him a bit of litter from the ground, so long as you make it look like it's a real prize piece. A few times he ran for the ball, then forgot it, so we also discovered that it was possible to reset him by throwing an imaginary second ball in the direction of the first. He chases in the right direction, and then spots the first one, and things get back on track.

Eventually the dog got all fat-tongued, so me and the boy had some fun with our throwables, and then meandered our way to West Perk for a lolly (him) and a tin of cream soda (me). Our return journey across the park was occupied with coming up with an advertisement to sell the dog, complete with bold claims, underpinned by small print caveats.

This evening we watched a Bill and Ted movie, which was a bit cringeworthy. I've fond memories of watching it as a teenager, but it was pretty non non non non heinous. The sets were MDF, and the acting was wooden (even for Keanu). Still, Death was still pretty funny, the closing song is still great, and we cwched up and ate lots of sponge cake.

Looking forward to seeing lovely Katie tomorrow.
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Comments

  • Cwch! gotta love that word. One day I will learn Welsh, just because it's there.
    sallykate
    12:59am, 19th Apr 2014
  • Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is definitely non-non-non-Bogus
    McGoohan
    8:14am, 19th Apr 2014
  • Death really saves that second film. And the soundtrack is pretty bodacious...
    Tazsedai
    11:49am, 19th Apr 2014
  • Are you a Kiss fan - love the make up or was it just the film
    Night-owl
    2:52pm, 19th Apr 2014
  • Excellent Adventure is much better!
    fleecy
    9:44am, 20th Apr 2014


Sugar Mule

11:30pm, 17 Apr 2014
An exhausting day doing as little as possible.

We made an early start, at ten to seven, and made our way through some YouTube and Minecraft. Our survival world is coming along nicely - our house now has a very swanky upper floor with panoramic windows. Two questions emerged from our morning's work: 1) Do bunnies give off chicken? and 2) If you farted hard enough, could you cook your own bottom?

We made a cake which we haven't eaten yet, and we did some retrieval training with Stephen in the garden. I couldn't find a tennis ball, so he was a bit unsure when I started throwing his chew ring, but I think he got the hang of it.

The highlight of our day was seeing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the pictures. All the way there, we planned how we were going to get our sweets and drinks past the patrol, but at the last minute, The Boy refused to play the part of sugar mule - so it was left to me to get our Minstrels and Ribena past the watchful eyes of the ticket tearer.

The film was epic fun from start to finish, and we both came out of the cinema talking nineteen to the dozen about our favourite bits. We agreed that our favourite villain was Electro. Whatsisface (what is his face?) is good as Spider-Man, which was a pleasant surprise, because I went in thinking that it was a shame that Toby Maguire didn't still have the part. I was pleased that The Boy managed to sit through the whole thing and concentrated well on all the speaky bits in between the action, and we've both made noises about watching the previous film in this series.

The Deathly Hallows has moved on a little (they've just leapt off the dragon into the lake).

I've spent a bit of grown-ups time puzzling out stuff about my iPhone apps - in particular how the app will talk to the website. It's slow progress, and the glass of wine that went with it wasn't a great help, but it was nice.

As you might have seen from the lovely Mrs Fetch's blog, she's aiming to run VMLMLMLM 2015, which means that I am hoping to do so too.
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Comments

  • LOL at sugar mule :-)

    I am pleased you will be training for VMLM as well, it's great to be able to support each other with marathon training :-)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    6:49am, 18th Apr 2014
  • 2015 will be a good VLMLMLMLMLMLMLM mmmmmm
    Diogenes
    7:35am, 18th Apr 2014
  • That would be lovely, if you could both run London... :):)
    Ness
    8:01am, 18th Apr 2014
  • I'm going to start eating beans to find the answer to the farting question :-)
    bigleggy
    9:34am, 18th Apr 2014
  • We are giving Captain America a go tonight. :-)
    Lalli
    4:55pm, 18th Apr 2014


Not bad, consid'rin.

11:51pm, 16 Apr 2014
Easter Holidays means that today is another day off, this time with The Boy. I picked him up first thing this morning in his Onesie, and he stayed firmly painted into it until about 6pm. We declared the day to be a lazy one, and so he sat around a lot, whilst I mowed the damp 18" grass, and assembled a second-arse Poang chair in his room. I did persuade him out to eat lunch in the newly mown garden, which was nice, although he did wonder loudly whether we could have a TV in the garden.

The evening was a nice one, with a joint Lego building project, that finished just in time for some Deathly Hallows at bed time (they've just gone through the Thief's Downfall in Gringotts). Tomorrow we're planning to be a bit more active, although what that will involve, who can say?

I have a second screen attached to my Mac, which I am struggling to get used to. I've resorted to looking at the second screen with my neck tilted 45 degrees to the left, whilst I type at a keyboard straight ahead. Maybe it will get a bit more intuitive when I'm doing some work, and not just blogging for the sake of it.

The Google ads seem to be back for some people. Apparently, they're a test that the advertising peeps in London have been running. You can switch them off. There's a little blue triangle in the top right corner of each Google-served ad - just look for the opt out option. Seriously, it's not something I have any control over, beyond feeding back when ads actually *break* the site, or when the subject matter is dubious (e.g. russian brides). I've no plans to introduce a subscription service (although I did consider a Donate button to help with the cost of Nespresso capsules and Digestives).

Wondering whether I'll hear anything from my two uncles regarding the eulogy for nan. I've remembered a couple more things I want to add. One time, we were on holiday, and this pretentious woman walked in, doused in fancy perfume. The rest of the adults present exchanged knowing looks, but my nan, in all her innocence, asked in a loud and carrying voice whether anyone else could smell flyspray. And (this is more of a general thing), when asked how she was, she'd reply "Not bad, consid'rin". It was a lovely way of saying that she faced difficulties, like everyone else, but that she was choosing to look on the bright side.

My grandpa (on my mums side) died of woodbines in 1994, and I always felt that he taught me how to look at the world in a different way. He did unusual things, like fixing the wing mirror on his car by Aralditing a rear-view mirror in its place; buying me unusual books, like the Junior Woodchuck's Handbook; making me a bow and arrow; giving me lighters and knives; and telling me to wash my hands, but helping me to eliminate all the bits that were called something different (palms, fingers, knuckles, nails, wrists, etc).

If I can take those little sparks from all my grandparents, and use them in my life, and pass them on to everyone who has to listen to my eccentricities, then I'll have done my bit for the way of life that I hold dear.
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Comments

  • A donate button would be a good idea then its up to the user. I guess a subscription may put of new people to the site
    Night-owl
    11:56pm, 16th Apr 2014
  • Your grandparents sound wonderful :)
    Mrs Winkle
    6:34am, 17th Apr 2014
  • You have some fun family memories, what treasure! :-)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    6:38am, 17th Apr 2014
  • :-)
    minardi
    7:07am, 17th Apr 2014
  • She's one of those vibrant people who when you look at a photo of her, it's impossible to believe she isn't still with us. She is though, right there.*points at Ian's heart*
    KatieB
    10:57am, 17th Apr 2014
  • Richmac has similar onsie experiences with the GM. Sounds very familiar :-)
    Minnie Mad
    1:04pm, 17th Apr 2014


Tinkering

10:45pm, 15 Apr 2014
Intervals today - was meant to be 10 x 0.25 miles, with 60s breaks, but I only managed 8. The pace was better than I expected though (I had no idea whilst I was running them), mainly in the 1:3X range.

Today I've told some people that they've won prizes (Great Run places, a Gore goodie bag, and some Red Venom kit). That's always nice.

I've also done a little bit of work on the race listings. For one thing, you don't need to be logged in to search, which should bring in a few more hits from Google etc. I've added some microformat markup too, with the same aim. And for similar reasons, the Talk section is now called Forum - because when I asked a group of Fetchies to tell me what they'd search for when looking for a site like Fetch, the word came up quite frequently, and we weren't doing too well on searches for it. It's a waiting game now, to see how things are when we next get indexed by Google.

Oh and, whilst I was in the race finder, I've added a new option under 'Event Type' giving you a simple option to exclude parkruns from the results.

Sore tum again - something dodgy going on down there. Hope it eases soon :-(
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Comments

  • Hope the tum is on an even keel once again, soon.
    Diogenes
    11:11pm, 15th Apr 2014
  • 8 is still good quality you know not quantity
    Best part of your job I expect giving good news to people
    Night-owl
    9:02pm, 16th Apr 2014
  • yay!pesky parkruns (not really)
    SherryB
    11:05pm, 16th Apr 2014


Can U Dig It?

10:15pm, 14 Apr 2014
Took the day off today. It was all lovely, but I feel completely battered now.

We ran six miles first thing, then after a bit of time reading my book, we took the dogs out for a game of rugby / baseball / fishing in the meadow.

Back home, tea and biscuits with Lynford, and then Katie taught Stephen to fetch a ball, whilst I flung a rugby ball around some more with littley.

We gardened - I did 'digging to order' as I'm in no way blessed with an understanding of plants. Our garden is not huge, but there seem to be plenty of unruly plants that need to be kept in check.

The dog has a new harness, which will hopefully help him stop pulling, and I also came home from BM Bargains with a garden fork. Perhaps I'm more up for this gardening thing than I imagine.

Tired now, sore tum :-/
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Comments

  • Forkcellent. Digging the garden is great for finding out muscles which don't get used running.
    Dvorak
    10:36pm, 14th Apr 2014
  • You've had soon busy days and lots of emotion and stuff. You need rest. Hope you sleep well and feel a little less battered in the morning. B loves the mats, one is in the playroom and the other in his bedroom.
    Elsie Too
    10:47pm, 14th Apr 2014
  • Dog....harness....what are you waiting for? cani-cross.co.uk
    Mindspace
    11:22pm, 14th Apr 2014
  • Sounds like a lovely day. :)
    Ness
    8:21am, 15th Apr 2014
  • Do you like PWEI by any chance :-)
    MsG
    11:29pm, 16th Apr 2014
  • I think you mean the Mock Turtles, but yeah.
    fetcheveryone
    11:31pm, 16th Apr 2014
  • Oh yes the Mock Turtles too - forgot about that one :-)
    MsG
    4:47pm, 17th Apr 2014


A weekend in Wales

10:20pm, 13 Apr 2014
It's been a tiring and emotional weekend, a mixture lovely time spent with my family, and some harder moments as we all come to terms with Nan's passing. I've volunteered to read out a version of my blog at the funeral. Katie has offered to give me a dead arm just before I do, to help me stay focused.

Dad was clearly tired and frazzled, with the added pressure of doing six performances of Oliver this week. Mercifully, he didn't hear the news about nan until after the first one was over. He got a lot of hugs from us. I'm inevitably biased, but he was by far the most talented member of the cast, and had the energy of someone half his age.

At half time I got accosted by the theatre duty manager - a case of mistaken identity, but he was still pretty rude about it nevertheless. My sister got to hear about it, and gave us all a masterclass in how to deal with poor customer service. I've never seen anyone put so effectively in their place :-) She's working towards a psychology degree, and I think she would make an awesome life coach.

Back in Bedford now, had a nice dinner with Katie's boys, and a throw about with a rugby ball / Nerf howler in the back garden. And we spotted a few Fetchies in the VLM highlights programme. I've counted at least 20 runners who have gone sub-3, which is amazing. It looked so hot, everyone who ran today (wherever you did so) should be very proud. My mam has already crocheted 3 trillion primroses for Katie to sell to raise money for VLM 2015.

Pip pip.
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Comments

  • *primrose* :-) What a lovely mam you have.
    Silvershadow
    11:16pm, 13th Apr 2014
  • Primrose indeed
    D2
    7:59am, 14th Apr 2014


Looking forward to Oliver!

11:55pm, 12 Apr 2014
No blog yesterday, my first miss this year. Not because of any calamity, just because time got away from me.

We travelled down to Wales, by a necessarily circuitous route from Bedford, arriving at about 8.30 in the evening, and spent the hours catching up. There were a lot of hugs. My dad got back, looking tired and a bit frazzled, but still very pleased with the performance of Oliver. He has two more shows today, and we can't wait to see him in action.
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Comments

  • Sure you're Dad will be wonderful
    Diogenes
    12:05am, 13th Apr 2014
  • more important to catch up with family than write a blog! glad all ok
    D2
    9:00am, 13th Apr 2014
  • you fell off the blogging wagon! You shouldn't have told us, you could always have cheated and nobody would have realised :)
    fleecy
    12:41pm, 13th Apr 2014


Thank you, and more App talk

10:25pm, 10 Apr 2014
Thank you to everyone who commented on my blog yesterday, it was very nice to read them all. Nan's funeral is in a fortnight, but we're going down this weekend too because my dad is Fagin in Oliver. Rotten timing, but there's never a good time for it is there?

Today I've been working on some iPhone stuff. For techies out there, they are big on MVC (model view controller), which (for non techies) means that you have to think of your app in three different pieces. The Views: being the pages of the app, the Model: being the bit where all the data is looked after, and the Controllers: being the bits that help connect the model to the views.

I've built a single page app (just a little calculator), and I feel quite confident now about it's three components, but the next step is to introduce more pages, and join them together seamlessly. There's a nice storyboard tool in Xcode now which will help a lot I think.

The coding platform has come on a lot since I first tried to put an app together - to the extent that the books I bought a few years ago are now out of date, full of stuff that has been simplified by Apple.

It's still taking a lot of head scratching, and I feel like my understanding is still quite brittle, but I'm getting there slowly.

If there are any iPhone developers out there, it'd be cool to hear from you - and if there are any would-be developers, I'd strongly recommend the Harvard 'Building Mobile Applications' lectures by David Malan et al, available on YouTube and iTunesU.

If you're not a developer, but maybe an iPhone / smartphone user, it'd be good to hear which ONE feature you'd prize most highly in an app.

Other news - we booked our summer holiday today :-)
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Comments

  • Interesting app talk. Here's slightly random, but being able to update one's weight info quickly would be snyggt.
    GregP
    7:00am, 11th Apr 2014
  • Break a leg Fetch Daddy :-) Hoorah for summer holiday!! :-)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    7:08am, 11th Apr 2014
  • I missed the Nan blog, sorry she's gone but a lovely blog. My grandma has had severe dementia for a few years now, so I feel like she's gone without anyone being able to say goodbye to her :( Looking forward to this app!
    fleecy
    8:27am, 11th Apr 2014
  • I missed your nan blog too - sorry for your loss but thank you for such a beautifully written tribute to her.
    jennywren
    1:10pm, 12th Apr 2014


RIP Nan

12:43pm, 9 Apr 2014
My dad just called to tell me that my nan died last night. She was an epic 98. A little bit of me was hoping she'd nick one through the slip cordon and make the century, but that's just stupid numbers really. Frankly I think she'd have preferred a postcard from Ieuan Evans, rather than a telegram from the queen. She'd been in and out of hospital a bit over the last few months, and was on the same heart medication as Arnie was, so I think we all felt a bit prepared for it. My dad lost his father when he was in his teens, so she was a widow for more than half of her life, but she's been the redoubtable and loving head of the family for a very long time.

Kindness and loving will be my biggest memory. You could hear it in her voice. I don't ever recall a stern word from her. During my childhood, she would always come over on a Wednesday with a copy of The Topper and some chocolate for me and my sister. I don't think she reserved that kindness for us either. My boy still gets a gift at Easter and Christmas from her next-door neighbour's daughter, because my nan did such a lot for them in return. I don't think she thought as much of all her neighbours though, as I fondly recall her telling my dad about Sammy Johnson across the street pissing on his cabbages in broad daylight.

I remember staying at her house several times too - she had a massive display cabinet with lots of things that she'd been given by her army of grand children and great grand children. The matches I brought her from Bristol Zoo when I cried in the serpent house are still there. The bed always had dozens of quilted blankets on it, and I was fascinated by the beautiful curved wardrobes from the fifties. Her telly had ceefax on it, and we'd always stay up late, and there were ALWAYS lots of cups of tea and cream custards. At bed time, I'd get a wee bit freaked out by her false teeth and mysterious many-layered petticoats, but no matter what time I'd wake up the following morning, she'd be there, setting up the coal fire (which she'd let me play with as much as I wanted), and making me breakfast in bed.

She was an active lady. I think she was named on the bench for Wales a couple of times, and used to be Joe Calzaghe's sparring partner. She worked with my parents until her early nineties, initially waitressing, but also looking after the kitchen, and showing up all the other waitresses with her hard work. A wedding guest gave the waitresses a bottle of sherry one time, and my dad gave my nan one too many glasses, leading her to declare that she "couldn't see a hole through a ladder". I'd regularly wake up on a Saturday morning to find my parents gone to a function, but my nan in the kitchen making literally hundreds of sandwiches.

She was the mother of three boys, all of whom I know looked up to her, judging by the way they used to tease her. Rather than remembering any of their names, she'd just use them all in turn until she'd attracted the attention of the one she wanted to speak to. When the Five Nations was on, we'd all go to her house, and her boys would drink a few beers, but she'd be shouting at the telly just as much as the rest of us.

Every Christmas and Birthday without fail, there'd be a card with money in it - usually a slightly crumpled fiver, held in place with a small piece of Sellotape. She still holds the accolade of having given me the best Christmas present ever. I remember holding the packaging, and feeling what was inside. I hate chocolate oranges. Peeling off the wrapping, I was wearing that grin that you reserve for not offending the present giver - but then I noticed that she'd eaten the chocolate orange herself and put a cricket ball in it :-)

When I separated from my boy's mum, I got the first bit of advice from her as an adult too. She was in the hospital at that point too, my dad was helping her eat some fruit cocktail, and she was very weak (although she bounced back from that). Despite her compromised state, she left me in no doubt that she was right behind me, and I saw the selfless tiger behind her eyes that imbued her spirit all along.

And one memory that I've left until last, is that whenever we'd visit her, and when it was time to leave, she'd come and stand by the gate of the house that will now always be hers; the house where we'd watch the rugby together; the house where I frame all my dad's stories of childhood; the street with the smell of open coal fires, and houses with tin walls. No matter what the weather, she'd always be there at that gate to wave us off until we were completely out of sight. Bye nan xx.
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Comments

  • Beautiful tribute. "selfless tiger" - what a wonderful woman.
    sallykate
    12:48pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry for your loss, this is a lovely tribute to her that you have written, I can picture her. ((()))
    Elsie Too
    12:48pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • it is a beautiful blog, you create an image of a really special person who will be sadly missed by all who knew her xx
    .B.
    12:52pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Although it's sad to say goodbye to someone who has a big place in your heart and life

    I am sure that a part of your dear Nan will always live on. She sounds a great lady, I literally laughed out loud at the cricket ball :-) You have wonderful memories to treasure. Please give my kind regards to your Dad and family xx
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    12:56pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Memories of a lovely sounding lady to treasure.
    Nightjar
    12:56pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • So sorry for your loss. It sounds as though she was a wonderful Nan and you've written a beautiful tribute. I'm sure she was very proud of you. xx
    SarahWoo
    1:09pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • sorry to hear your sad news, sounds like a fabulous nan x
    Irontubs
    1:11pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • What a wonderful tribute to someone who was clearly very special in lots of people's lives.
    GimmeMedals
    1:14pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • sorry to hear that... I have a 94 yr old grandad who I don't want to see suffer, so hope he goes in his sleep when he's ready.
    Argie
    1:37pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • She sounds like such fun, it's good you have so many memories that will keep her with you all. I hope your dad is ok and you and he can share some of these memories too; that might help him.
    D2
    1:40pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • What a special lady.As well as some amazing memories, she leaves behind a very special grandson. Should you have need to 'say' something at a service, you've put it perfectly.
    TheScribbler
    1:42pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • A lovely tribute, beautifully written. Sorry for your loss.
    VicksterH
    2:00pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Nan's are just the best and yours sounds like one of the best of the best. Sorry for you loss
    snogard
    2:00pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sounds like you have some wonderful memories of a wonderful person. My condolences.xx
    Garfield
    2:02pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • She sounds a great nan.
    Dvorak
    2:22pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry about your sad news.
    Angus Clydesdale
    2:40pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • RIP Nan as you say
    Derby Tup
    2:51pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • what a lovely eulogy. RIP Nan :-(
    minardi
    3:10pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • A lovely tribute to Nan - that last paragraph is very special.
    Albert O Balsam
    3:20pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • A beautiful tribute to a special lady xx
    Alice the Camel
    3:21pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • It is always wonderful to have special memories and to share them - thanks :)
    colettedeann
    3:40pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Very sorry to hear but some lovely memories to treasure x
    MadWelshWoman
    3:55pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • It's a special thing to be able to say goodbye with such love crab
    JenL
    4:05pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Your nan sounds fab xx
    Pammy235
    4:08pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • I'm sorry for your loss but thank you for this blog. It was beautiful.
    Silvershadow
    4:18pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • A lovely tribute , she sounds like a lovely Nan. My Mum is a gate stander too :) xxxxx
    oldbiddy
    4:22pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Gosh, that's lovely. I've got a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat reading that. Sorry for your loss but I'm glad you've got so many happy memories heart
    Battlecat
    4:33pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry for your lss. She sounded like a lovely lady. Loved the cricket ball in the chocolate orange wrapping
    Night-owl
    4:39pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • You really are a lovely writer. Sorry for your loss....
    Yazoo
    4:49pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Nice blog. It is good to have happy memories of your Grandparents, it's what family building is all about. 98 is pretty epic I agree
    Doctor K
    4:51pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry for your loss - a lovely eulogy.
    LindsD
    4:54pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • What a lovely lot of happy memories, everyone needs a Nan like yours.
    Lemon10
    5:30pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Lovely, what a fab nan x
    Tazsedai
    5:48pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • She sounds utterly wonderful.
    Siouxsie
    6:58pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry for your loss x
    Ness
    7:14pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • So sorry to hear your sad news, but what lovely memories you have of such a lovely Nan.
    Running sim
    7:48pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • What a great person to have known and what a great role model. Lovely blog. Sad news, but a lovely way to remember her
    FRU (KeepTheFaith)
    8:02pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Condolences for your loss, but those lovely memories will be with you forever. I did have to smile about the names as my Gran does that with the entire family!
    westmoors
    8:31pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sounds like she was a very special Nan.
    SherryB
    8:48pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • condolences to you all
    Old Croc
    8:56pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • I never had grandparents and always wondered what the all the fuss was about. Now I know - she sounds like an amazing person to have had in your life.
    bigleggy
    9:01pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Sorry for your loss. You have beautiful memories, wonderfully expressed.
    jiminy cricket
    9:08pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Lovely sentiment there Ian, I lost my nanna last month and some strange similarities there, she wasn't as old at 79 but lost her husband at an early age like yours. Will remember and miss her for the rest of my life and try and remember all of the good times - like you she was always up in the morning and breakfast was always like a cafe menu with anything I wanted on it! Hope I'm a grandparent like that one day. x
    Scooba Steve
    9:16pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • RIP Fetchnan - she sounds ace (and my grandad did exactly the same trick of cycling through his kids' names "David? Linda? Brian!") until he got the right one.

    Just came back from visiting my nan in hospital, recovering from a snapped hip. At 89, she's got a way to go yet, hopefully...
    Dooogs
    9:41pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • RIP Nan - and what a lovely tribute to her.
    LazyDaisy
    9:52pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • I'm really sorry to hear your sad news. I hope the rest of your Nan's friends and family get to read this blog, a beautifully written tribute.
    HowFar?
    10:27pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • What a lovely blog. Obviously very much loved and will be very much missed. RIP xxx
    Roobarb
    10:28pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • So sorry to read that your Nan's gone. She sounds like a wonderful lady, your blog is a beautiful tribute.
    Carpathius
    10:30pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • A very lovely tribute. Condolences to you and your family
    BaronessBL
    10:38pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • I'm glad she lived long enough and you knew her well enough to have those lovely memories. Very special, and she sounds like a lovely lady. RIP.
    Helegant
    11:30pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • aaaaahhhh..she would be proud of you and this blog x
    smallclanger
    11:45pm, 9th Apr 2014
  • Oh my goodness what a beautiful blog a
    Wonderful tribute to your nan

    So so many things you mentioned there could have been my own nanna. As a child I was also scared of the false teeth in a jar ! And I loved to look in her display cabinet at all her nicknames like a little bagpiper doll from
    Scotland. My sinceret condolences x x
    runningmumof3boys
    12:21am, 10th Apr 2014
  • Sincerest
    runningmumof3boys
    12:22am, 10th Apr 2014
  • Amazing lady. Thanks for sharing.
    trumpton riots
    6:14am, 10th Apr 2014
  • So sorry about your loss, thoughts with you and the family xxx
    Toks
    6:24am, 10th Apr 2014
  • What a wonderful woman. So sorry for your loss x
    Mrs Winkle
    6:32am, 10th Apr 2014
  • A great tribute to an amazing lady!
    althomas
    8:30am, 10th Apr 2014
  • A wonderful eulogy. RIP nan and hugs to you all xx
    run free
    10:02am, 10th Apr 2014
  • Such a touching tribute.
    TeeBee
    10:32am, 10th Apr 2014
  • I reckon she would have got on well with Mrs DB's nan who lasted till she was 96 and had similar outlooks on life. There is something about Valley Nans that cannot be matched.
    My condolences to you and yours. Prepare for a mahoosive funeral, the professional funeral-goers will be out in their droves I bet.
    Dai Bank
    3:48pm, 10th Apr 2014
  • I'll never eat a chocolate orange again without thinking of your brilliant nan.
    Mindspace
    8:48pm, 10th Apr 2014
  • So sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing your memories xx
    northernslowcoach
    10:01pm, 10th Apr 2014
  • Rats, something in my eye again. And at work too. Lovely words (you do write beautifully) and great memories of a strong and lovely lady, may she rest in peace. G
    HappyG(rrr)
    4:15pm, 14th Apr 2014


Blah

10:46pm, 8 Apr 2014
I'm drinking a bottle of San Miguel so big I could almost use it as one of those penny collecting bottles when I'm done. Almost.

Today was an open afternoon at the school, which was largely unstructured noise, and four small boys all wanting my attention at the same time. I have one ticket in the PTA Easter Raffle. Fingers very much crossed.

I watched the boy play football, which was nice, although there's a massive contrast between the way the kids all behave there, compared to at tag rugby. I think my boy has been blessed with my footballing prowess.

I'm making a banana and chocolate chip loaf to use up some bananas, and for tomorrow's school lunchbox, and because I'll take any excuse to use my electric whisk. It's nearly ready. I wish it was Katie's Ginger Sponge.

I've started reading Glamorama, by Brett Easton Ellis. I read it about 13 years ago, and I seem to remember it was quite gruesome in places. I've not read any of his other stuff.
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Comments

  • The place we're going to in Spain next week sells those bottles for about 50p. If we drink enough of them it'll pay for our plane fares there :) *hic* Our kids have been off since last week, what's going on with the weird Easter hols this year?!
    fleecy
    10:49pm, 8th Apr 2014
  • I liked Less Than.Zero, The Rules of Attraction less so.
    Diogenes
    11:12pm, 8th Apr 2014


Appy

10:15pm, 7 Apr 2014
Not a lot to report today.

Spent most of my working day watching iOS lectures on iTunesU, and building a little practice app. I've really come to appreciate the potential of stuff like YouTube and other online video sources when it comes to learning. Without wanting to speak too soon, I feel optimistic :-)
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Comments

  • Good!
    D2
    10:19pm, 7th Apr 2014
  • Every day's a school day :)
    northernslowcoach
    10:19pm, 7th Apr 2014
  • Lifelong learners!
    GimmeMedals
    10:29pm, 7th Apr 2014
  • There is a video about everything on YouTube. Most recently I've used it to find the most efficient way to iron a shirt, and how to change the bearings on my scooter. There's a lot of shit on there, but some great stuff too :)
    fleecy
    10:32pm, 7th Apr 2014
  • it's great the ol' web. I use it lots for cake stuff :-) having not logged mileage for ages as I was preggy I am loving all the changes :-)
    katypie
    10:39pm, 7th Apr 2014
  • Youtube is a wealth of information. I've been watching James Galway masterclasses recently and picked up loads of useful tips - all for free! :-)
    Alice the Camel
    6:30am, 8th Apr 2014
  • Ooh, an app, exciting :-) :-)
    Fizz :-)
    12:26pm, 8th Apr 2014
  • :-)
    Irontubs
    2:08pm, 8th Apr 2014


Pyjamas at both ends.

9:50pm, 6 Apr 2014
A quick blog tonight, so I can turn in early.

The boy and I were in our pyjamas until midday, building an epic house in Minecraft survival. Unfortunately I've discovered a skeleton spawner in our mine, so we're avoiding that until we're tooled up and ready to fight. It was very nice for us to work cooperatively, and we have it all saved so I can play online with him when the opportunity arises.

Back in time for an elaborate game of badminpong with Katie's youngest, a nice dinner, red wine, and bedtime, to start reading Glamorama.
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Comments

  • Comfy!
    D2
    10:02pm, 6th Apr 2014
  • Careful now! It's only a small step from PJs at lunchtime to shopping at Tesco Metro in a onesie.
    oi you
    11:05pm, 6th Apr 2014


Thump. Saturday has started.

10:10pm, 5 Apr 2014
Woke up at about 2am, on the sofa, in the fetal position, with a hot water bottle against my stomach, and the dog snuggled up in the crook of my legs. My stomach had eased off, and so I put the dog out for a wee, then stumbled off to bed.

The morning began, as it so often does with the 'thump' that indicates that the boy is up, and has leapt from the top rung of the ladder leading to his bed. By tradition he jumps in with me for five minutes before we head downstairs, me for the coffee, him for whichever game or vid has captured his attention that morning.

After a lazy start that involved crumpets with marmite, we headed off to rugby. No tries for him this week, but his running seems to have taken on a new-found urgency. Two weeks ago he seemed to be lolloping by comparison, now he's all puffing cheeks, fifty yard stare, and Terminator arms. Maybe I'm just a proud dad, seeing good in everything he does. Or maybe it's both :-)

Next stop, the library - and the electronic checkin / checkout machine is still capturing his imagination. Unbidden, he said "we're very lucky to have such a nice library like this on our doorstep". We've come away with three books, and as I write, he's working his way through the first one.

After a quick wander with the dog, and a bit of sponge cake making, one of his friends came over for afternoon - so I got the chance to tackle the bomb site that is his bedroom. I've shuffled things about, and made a pile of expired toys, and Dysoned off the top layer, and I'm quite pleased with the result. It needed doing. The Dyson is wheezing in the corner now, having borrowed my Salbutamol.

Bolognese, Maltesers, Lemony Snicket, and a final dose of Minecraft, and that's everything up 'til now.
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Comments

  • What's he reading? Ds2 has just started on the Wimpy Kids books today, couldn't put it down :)
    fleecy
    10:14pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • He's read all the Wimpy Kids - tonight he's reading 'Diary of a Cricket God'.
    fetcheveryone
    10:19pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • Thanks, I'll try him on that :) He's at that annoying in between stage! Are you taking a break from Harry Potter then? :) We are halfway through book 3 and I'm eyeing up the size of the rest of the series with alarm...
    fleecy
    10:40pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • No, I'm reading 20 mins of HP to him, then he reads his stuff. We're about 3/4 through TDH, not far to go.
    fetcheveryone
    10:42pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • Nice to hear the lad likes the library and reading.:):) So many kids out there don't seem to read much.
    Garfield
    7:44am, 6th Apr 2014
  • glad the tum improved for the weekend
    Nightjar
    5:07pm, 6th Apr 2014


Sore tum :-/

11:09pm, 4 Apr 2014
Good evening to you, blog.

Sore tum this evening - it started not long after my run, just a gentle nag, but now I've got a hot water bottle on it. Starting to feel a little bit better now hopefully. I can't decide whether it was the effort that went into my run today, or the eggy bread that I had when I got back.

So yeah, today I took the new watch for another run, down through Toton Sidings into Long Eaton, around West Park, then back up the canal path:

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=9969803

the watch did well - the GPS trace is good, with no repeat of the slip up from yesterday - everything is more or less where it should be. The HRM did great for the majority of the run, picking up nicely as I increased the pace over the last three quarters of a mile. For the first 400 metres or so, it looks like it's under-reported a little bit, but it's hard to tell though, because I don't generally get anything like good HR data from straps during the first mile. I'll get more of an idea after a few more runs.

The exported files behaved in much the same way as yesterday, but I fed back to TomTom, and had a nice phonecall from the guy who leads their development team - so I'm hopeful that they'll take some action on the stuff that I've raised.

That's my running done for this week, unless the boy fancies an outing, but I'll be doing intervals and a tempo next week, so I can test the options for speed sessions, and maybe the functionality whereby you can choose which zone you want to run in.

In non-running news, we've watched a lot of Diamond Minecart Youtube videos (if you've got kids that like Minecraft, I recommend them - I've not heard any potty mouthing in the last 934609387 hours of gameplay footage).

I've also finished 'The Cuckoo's Calling' - read purely because it's JKR. I've never read a crime novel before, not being my typical choice of book, but I did enjoy it. However, I could smell burning coming from my head every time new events and contradictions were added to the established timeline surrounding the murder. But I liked the characters, and I was very pleased to hear that there's a follow-up due in June.

Not sure what to read next - I've got a little pile to choose from.
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Comments

  • I'll ask.Joe if he's seen them, to me he is the Egon Ronay of Mineshaft videos. The excitement in our house when Stampy was on radio 2 had to be seen to be believed, all 3 were gobsmacked, as if Elvis had turned up for his tea.
    Diogenes
    11:18pm, 4th Apr 2014
  • I have just started Call For The Dead, John Le Carre's first novel (and the first George Smiley book) and it is wonderful
    amazon.co.uk
    McGoohan
    11:23pm, 4th Apr 2014
  • I'm reading The Woman In Black after the kids raved about it
    HellsBells
    5:34am, 5th Apr 2014
  • if you haven't heard any swearing in the vids then you clearly haven't been watching the same ones as my kids! I don't mind the swearing, but there is one Minecraft YouTuber who CACKLES and another one who SCREAMS and it drives me absolutely bloody insane to have to listen to these noises! Arrrrgh!
    fleecy
    8:49am, 5th Apr 2014
  • btw: could the sore tum be related to the pregnancy at all?
    fleecy
    8:50am, 5th Apr 2014
  • Lol at Fleecy!!! :-)
    Winniefree
    10:38am, 5th Apr 2014
  • Looks like you need to add a new emoticon :-/

    ;-)
    Angus Clydesdale
    12:23pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • Just got 'The Cuckoo's Calling' out of the library. I do read quite a lot of crime fiction, so looking forward to it
    forest plodder
    2:19pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • I'm on 12 years a slave now......
    runnerbean
    5:54pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • I'm reading A Casual Vacancy at the moment and rather enjoying it. Then I have Ruth Rendell's No Man's Nightingale. The Cuckoo's Calling might be my summer reading.
    JenL
    6:07pm, 5th Apr 2014


Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom

10:55pm, 3 Apr 2014
Yesterday was a lot of fun, and I've come away with a free watch to play with. In order to give it a good working over, I'm planning to wear it over the next week or so, trying it out on long runs, intervals, and tempos, and report back here.



There are three main bits - the strap, the watchy bit, and the charging / syncing cradle. The idea is that you pop the watch out of the strap and stick it in the charging cradle; and you can also get different coloured straps, if being colour co-ordinated is your thing. I like the little cradle - it's got a nice weight to it, and the watch slots into it and sits up perkily ;-) Getting the watch in and out of the strap is a bit fiddly, and I've found myself accidentally pressing the control buttons as I wiggle it into position. By necessity, the strap is a little sturdier than on the simpler TomTom Runner, because it helps shield the optical HRM from light interference.

When you put the watch on, you have to wear it in such a way that it's not over the top of your wrist bone. For me, that means wearing it about 2cm closer to my elbow than my 'natural' watch position, but you soon get used to that. It also has to be reasonably tight too, as above because of the optical stuff. There are lots of holes in the strap, and it fits my wrist and also Katies lady wrists, so that's all good.

Control of the functions comes from a four way button that sits just south of the watch face. If you've ever used an iPod Nano, the interface is very similar. Up and Down scroll through the current menu, Right selects whichever option you've highlighted, and Left takes you to the parent menu. It doesn't take long to get the hang of operating it, even if learning what settings are where takes a bit longer. I do find myself wanting to press the watch face, but that just turns on a little backlight.

So I took it out for a run today, and of course, I logged it on Fetch:

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=9967350

Most pleasingly of all, the HRM did great, with no obvious foul-ups, and no 'bad first mile' that you often get with chest straps, before they've got sweaty enough to get a good electrical contact. At around 2.8 miles I legged it up to the top of the bridge over the local dual carriageway, and it captured my HR peak nicely. Definitely impressed by the HR capture!

During the run, there's one large reading on the display, and two smaller ones. Using Up and Down on the control button allows you to choose what gets displayed in the large reading, whilst the two small readings always show the same thing. Each of them can be set to any of the following: time of day; overall duration; overall distance; speed / pace (presumably current pace); average pace; calories burnt; lap number; heart rate; and heart rate zone (more on that in a sec). I'm glad to see average pace on that list, as current pace is commonly very up and down on all GPS watches. A 'lap pace' option would be a good addition.

Back quickly to the HR zones, and a second set of screens that I discovered on my run today. Basically, they've given names to the heart rate percentage zones (Easy, Fat Burn, Endure, Speed and Sprint - corresponding at a guess to sub-70, 70-80,80-90, 90-100% WHR, or some variation on that theme). On the run, if you click Right, it shows you which of these zones you're in. Press Right again, and it shows you the percentage of time you've spent in each one; and press Right again and you get a little graph of your HR during the run. It's a bit of sugar if you already know what you're doing when it comes to heart rate zones, but if you're new to it, then it's pretty useful, and will hopefully help encourage a few runners to explore the benefits of base training and easier running.

The GPS trace was pretty good. On the way out it picked up my path pretty much spot on, reporting my 2.5 mile turnaround point within a few yards of where other watches do. It did nearly as well on the way back, but with 0.4 miles to go, it slipped up, and shows me taking a right turn about 80m before I actually did so - with the result that it under-reported the distance a wee bit. I've seen plenty of watches that have scribbled all over the map, and I'd classify this as a minor slip :-)

Sometimes, before I get the chance to plug the watch in, I like to look at my splits, like for example if we're sitting in the coffee shop after parkrun - and thus far I've not found a way to do that with this watch. There's a History option in the menu, but it's restricted to time/distance/pace/calories. That would be a good addition for any future software upgrade.

Plugging in and syncing is neat and tidy. Download and install the TomTom software on your computer, and it gives you a fairly simple interface for synchronising, and also for uploading to the TomTom website. Very thoughtfully, they provide the option to save each run in a variety of formats - GPX, FIT, TCX, KML, and a bunch of other direct links to upload data to third party sites - and once you've set up the formats that you're interested in, they automatically get created every time you sync.

There are a few minor issues that need ironing out with the sync/export process, but I think they're fairly minor in terms of how long it would take to fix them. Firstly, the GPX file doesn't have any HR data in it. I don't think the standard GPX format supports HR data, but I don't think it would take much to crowbar it in as an extension. Secondly, the TCX/FIT options have a small rounding error in them. For the uninitiated, you can think of these files as lists of lat/lng/time rows. However, they also have another 'column' for storing distance - and here's the problem. My mile splits in the TCX file are all 0.98 miles, and it undercuts the distance reported on the watch by 0.06 miles over a 5 mile run. The lat/lng data in the files are all bang on, and if I calculate the length of my route using those alone, it agrees with the GPX. Somewhere in the exporting process, the distances from point to point are getting rounded, with the result that they're coming up slightly short. It'd be nice to get it right, and I'm sure they'll fix it pretty quickly. A couple of times when I've plugged its predecessor into the cradle, a message has popped up to say that they're updating the software, so it's clear that they're continually shaping it.

Overall, I'm impressed by what I've seen so far - particularly the HRM, which will help to open up HR training to a new audience of runners who find straps fiddly / painful. I'll report back after I take it out for another spin tomorrow, but aside from a few minor cautions, things are looking good so far.
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Comments

  • Sounds good, impressed by your detailed analysis of how it measures.
    I usually forget to put the HR strap on, and it's a pain in conjunction with a sports bra. I gave it up a while back as readings were getting inaccurate. Not sure I'll be switching to TomTom straight away, but hopefully other manufacturers will get on board soon.
    Meglet
    8:39am, 4th Apr 2014
  • Thanks for the review. It sounds a bit like it's in beta-testing, rather than meriting the high-falutin' launch with Mme Pendleton. But the HRM tech sounds interesting. They need to work on data displayed, and they don't seem to have given 'laps' much thought at all really.
    Any indication of cost?
    paul the builder
    9:17am, 4th Apr 2014
  • Paul - the watch isn't available until late April I think, so you could call it beta testing. It's available to pre-order at £250. Technically, the rounding issue on the TCX/FIT export is in the existing desktop software, not the watch (which on the basis of one run so far has done pretty well). The GPX issue is also related to the desktop software, not the watch. The big improvement for the watch itself would be lap review (for coffee shop checking).

    Meglet - thanks. The Adidas miCoach Smart Run (currently £300) also does optical HRM (the sensor on the back of both watches looks pretty much the same) - so I expect that there may be more to come in the future. Out of the two, I prefer this one so far, mainly because it lets you at the data files straight away, rather than having to import to a site and then export, and also because I reckon the battery life will be much better (not having to support a colour touch screen).
    fetcheveryone
    9:50am, 4th Apr 2014
  • £250 - it needs to be bang on then for that sort of money. Again, it looks very sleek (now I've seen it assembled :-)), and the HRM without a chest strap is great. They need to have a look at all the data fields that are available on a Garmin (whether they like it or not, the established leader in the market) - and offer the same/similar. It's only programming after all, surely.
    paul the builder
    12:42pm, 4th Apr 2014
  • Interesting experience. Getting accurate HR numbers without worrying about silly first mile readings or interference from technical t shirts would be a real bonus.

    How long did it take to pick up satellites? I was put off buying the previous tomtom runner by reviews moaning about how long it took to pick up satellites.
    puzzler
    1:06pm, 4th Apr 2014
  • Just back from my run - time to upload again :-)

    Puzzler - In my experience (I've recently tried a Garmin 610, Polar RC3, Timex Ironman 2, the older TomTom, a Suunto, the Adidas one, and a couple of others that slip my mind), they're all much of a muchness when it comes to picking up the satellites. I've had no major problems with the previous TomTom, and I've taken it on 7-8 runs over the last month or so. They all have the occasional 'bad day', but I'd say that they're all less than a minute *most times*.

    Paul - it's programming, but it might be that some watches have greater processing power available. I've no actual idea on that though :-)
    fetcheveryone
    1:36pm, 4th Apr 2014
  • I bought one of the new tomtom runner watches are having had a garmin. I lasted 10 days with it before I returned it. It depends what you want from a watch, but the lack of functionality on lap screens, the inability to review splits on the watch post run and, most importantly, the sporadic GPS trace and accuracy meant I went back to my garmin. This is a different watch, but I just couldn't rely at all on the accuracy of the tomtom data.
    kfo
    11:00am, 5th Apr 2014
  • Sounds like it compares favourably to a Garmin and possibly out on top! No mention of elevation?
    Nightjar
    12:23pm, 5th Apr 2014
  • NJ - it does GPS elevation, but that's always inaccurate across all GPS watches. You're welcome to borrow it for a try out.

    Kto - GPS doing pretty good so far, but I'd agree about lap reviews. I've fed that back to Tomtom.
    fetcheveryone
    12:27pm, 5th Apr 2014


TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event

5:19pm, 2 Apr 2014
Without a doubt, today has been one of the most unusual days in my life as Mr Fetch. It started off in an unusual fashion, with my trip to London to a company-wide meeting, but I’ve pretty much forgotten all about that now, thanks to my experience at the hands of TomTom.

A few weeks ago, I received an invite to attend a ‘press event’ for a new product. More often than not, this sort of thing either falls on a day when I’m nowhere near London, or when we’re busy doing something else. But thanks to the mandatory company meeting, luck was on my side.

There were a variety of mysterious questions throughout the week from TomTom – how old are you, might you be pregnant, are you of a nervous disposition? I asked where the event was being held, but the mystery continued – I was to make my way to the Hilton at Paddington, where a taxi would take me to the destination. Having watched several dramas about police corruption recently, I made a joke about being driven to an unknown location in a car with blacked out windows, never to be seen again. I think all the other invitees probably made similar jokes. But it was no joke! Off we set in an Alan Sugar seven seater, given our TomTom Runner Cardio watches to play with, as we drove to the destination. It’s a GPS watch with an optical HR sensor built in, so you don’t need to wear a chest strap. Perfect timing for me, as I’m currently sporting a six inch scar across my chest following my race on Sunday.

After a mazy journey around a few streets, a workman appeared in the middle of the road, holding up a diversion sign which forced us into an underground car park. A few dizzying spirals later, we’d reached the bottom, where some unusual characters surrounded the car, opening the doors and peering in. It turns out they were a militant group camping out in the car park, referring to themselves as Occupy Bloomsbury, thrusting leaflets into our hands, and urging us to support their cause. The intern who had accompanied us in the car urged us all to escape up the staircase, as the activists followed hot on our heels.

Things took a turn for the bizarre when we reached ground level, as the intern bumped into some Nordic walking friends of hers – and they led us briskly through the park. Down into a basement bowling alley, where we were given the chance to bowl and have a quick drink. But no sooner had I popped the cap on a Sprite, and we were off again, to a local tourist information shop to summon a replacement taxi, where the stained and opinionated proprietor expressed his disgust at our lack of organization, before ushering us through the back door when the taxi arrived.

But as soon as we had we gone through the back door, it became clear that we’d stumbled across something far more sinister. In near darkness lit by flickering red lamps, a semi-conscious woman lay on an operating table, whilst the surgeon performed a variety of dodgy procedures on her. On catching sight of us, she broke free of her restraints and flung herself at the window, banging her fists against the glass in terror, until the surgeon regained control. In the next room two more vacant patients rattled the barrier holding them in, until it came crashing down. Our intern rushed us on, as the patients came stumbling out, and we rushed through the darkness, as they overpowered the intern, and dragged her away, screaming.

Dr Nikolai emerged from the shadows, and told us all that we were needed for an experiment. With an unhinged look in his eyes, he led us into a room where a solitary woman was strapped to a bike, head down, pedaling as if her life depended on it. He told us that we needed to help provide him with power for his experiments, and urged us to pedal as fast as we could. The lighting flickered, the big screens began to wake up, and we pedaled away on the bikes. A countdown began. Dr Nikolai wandered around us, assessing our progress and urging us onward. The pedaling got more and more intense. The lights came on. The woman looked up. No shit, it was Victoria Pendleton :-)

I think the events that followed were more in keeping with a typical press event – there were drinks and snacks, and smiles all round, and lots of people keen to talk about the watch, and journalists wandering about. There was a presentation, and lots of shiny images. But in terms of creating a memorable experience, and illustrating how well the watch could capture your heart rate, I think they'd already nailed it.
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Comments

  • So, does it tell you if you're pregnant or not?
    HowFar?
    5:23pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • ...then I woke up and it was all a dream. Bizarre!
    Alice the Camel
    5:25pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Crikey, what an experience! :-)
    .B.
    5:27pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • I got lost quite early on - about para 3
    D2
    5:29pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • :-) bonkers!
    icemaiden
    5:30pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Sounds awesome! :-)
    Goofee
    5:57pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Blimey! Hope the watch can live up to expectations!
    Meglet
    6:04pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • I'm sold! I wanna buy your HRM/GPS gizmo now!!
    Jigs
    6:11pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Istarted w a TV programme that showed an activity a bit like that, except It all got out of control, illusion and realitybecame blurred and people started killing one another. It was.a good programme but would have been a rubbish product launch.
    Diogenes
    6:17pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Are you QUITE sure you didn't dream this??
    Iron_Mum
    6:39pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Was your heart rate higher when you were running, or when you saw Ms Pendleton? ;)
    Marts
    6:57pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • :-o That's what you call a day out
    minardi
    7:23pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • sounds like a great day :) if i get the tom-tom wonder if i can get a helluva experience too :)
    colettedeann
    7:30pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • That sounded rather surreal!
    Garfield
    7:41pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Was that all in your mind?
    McGoohan
    7:57pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Bonkers.
    GimmeMedals
    8:51pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • And you still haven't told us whether you're pregnant.
    RichHL
    8:53pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Did you get a freebie watch?
    Lethargic
    10:42pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • Was this actually all on April the first by any chance?
    BaronessBL
    11:03pm, 2nd Apr 2014
  • I want to see the heart rate measurements, annotated with what weird thing was happening at the time!
    Elsie Too
    8:41am, 3rd Apr 2014
  • That's just mad! :-o
    Lalli
    8:44am, 3rd Apr 2014
  • I need to change my career, your one sounds much better fun!
    iaincr
    9:16am, 3rd Apr 2014
  • How much are they?
    .....and where is the competition on Fetch to win 1 of 100 of these?
    Bob!
    11:58am, 3rd Apr 2014
  • Och just another day at the office then eh??
    Irontubs
    1:17pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • I was hoping to hear how the mandatory company meeting panned out. :-)
    LazyDaisy
    1:24pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • *goes off to check Fetch's training log*
    paul the builder
    2:51pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • *returns disappointed*
    paul the builder
    2:52pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • Sounds a bit like The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, an awful by haunting book, but perhaps not as frightening. What a weird experience! Did the watch work?
    DrBob
    4:54pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • First thoughts on the watch coming up in today's blog.
    fetcheveryone
    5:20pm, 3rd Apr 2014
  • Wtf? And were the protesters in on it?
    fleecy
    6:08pm, 3rd Apr 2014


Am I pregnant?

9:55pm, 1 Apr 2014
Today's schedule was quite interrupted by emergency duty as babysitter to a toddler. I didn't get much done, but I enjoyed watching large chunks of Tangled, Mary Poppins and Enchanted.

It feels like a long time ago that we did our nice 5 miler this morning :-)

I did watch some more Objective-C / iOS lectures from Harvard - I think I've learned a few things.

Tomorrow there's a big company meeting in London, so I have to do my six-monthly commute, and it's followed by a product launch for a watch manufacturer - more details on that tomorrow I reckon. I need to take trainers and my inhaler, and they've asked me how old I am and whether I'm pregnant :-0
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Comments

  • Well? Are you?
    GimmeMedals
    9:59pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • Yes, are you? We need to know.
    Fizz :-)
    10:04pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • Ooh, babies, how exciting! ;-)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    10:17pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • I think your too slender and have the form of a 'racing snake' to be pregnant. Can I win Fetchpoint for April?
    Watford Wobble
    10:18pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • After your great Sandy 10 performance being pregnant is definitely out! :-o
    -x-x-
    10:24pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • You should tell us in advance when you're coming to London, then we could have a wee Fetch drinks with you, which would be nice :-)
    Wine Legs
    10:42pm, 1st Apr 2014
  • Product launch for a altch? Booty for Fetchland? :-)
    Dvorak
    1:08am, 2nd Apr 2014
  • 6 monthly commute, that's a long way?
    Ocelot Spleens
    11:22am, 2nd Apr 2014


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A survey?
Did you know?
I made a thing
VC Day
FBI Agent
What keeps you going?
Be careful what's in your paste buffer (and July training update)
July (13)
Delight
Respecting your eyeballs since 2004
Hot Stuff, coming through
Ocean Colour Scheme
18 years, 10 months, 13 days and counting...
Ooof #fail
Our listings need you!
Pics from the end of the swim
A whispered, half-remembered dream
Try the Heatmap!!!
Teaser
100 Running Words (and my June summary)
July Virtual Mile
June (8)
Last Big Swim
I can't be the only one...
Which is the real me?
#EveryoneDay
The legendary sixth samosa!
WSW Main Page Layout Changes
May Summary (contains swimming!)
Hoodies pre-order closes at 10am
May (17)
A new WSW challenge
Tagging images
Hoooooooooooooodies!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Sweatshop Competition
Did you get an email?
Fifty Years Ago - Part VIII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VI
Help on a slippery slope
Fifty Years Ago - Part V
Fifty Years Ago - Part IV
Fifty Years Ago - Part III
Chuck-off: Round 2
Not my king?
Fifty Years Ago - Part II
Fifty Years Ago
And that was April
April (10)
Centurion Safari!
Sheep treats (and a routes feature)
And I’ll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns.
15,746 places to 💩
Track Your Blood Pressure
A couple of quick fmail updates
Rusty Metal and a Cycling Grudge Match
Please help me kick the fmail tyres!
Onset of Summer Watch. Have you got Onset of Summer? +fmail!
Premium?
March (10)
And that was March
Try the new fmail system
Can you help my boy?
Tell A Friend?
Some Sweatshop Competitions
Sign up to our 2023 Virtual Challenge
Review: FORM Smart Goggles
UTMOST vs Treadmills
33,258
Embranglement!
February (13)
And that was February
This year's Virtual Challenge
What does Points make?
Automatic Everything Collector
Peaky Finders
FAO Fitbit users
My favourite training graph
You've got this.
Coffee Survey (for my stepson)
Access all the tips
Tiny Usability Changes
Cod science
Hot Tips
January (14)
Monthly Infographic Bug Fixes
No, but really...
Have a play with the monthly infographic
It's not ready yet, but...
Introducing Fetch Premium
Help me design a new Monthly Infographic...
Still following?
Fettle
Definitely Not Betting
Do you follow? (plus burp chat)
Advance warning for stalkers!
I'm back (and the Fetch LS, SS and NS shirts preorder is open)
Attention Fitbit Users
Review 50 albums in 2023 (badge!)
2022 (144)
December (8)
Treasure Hunt Day 1 - the best gift
Important updates to the Fetch Relay
Introducing the Fetch Relay 2023
Who Am I? (Solved, thanks) And How Am I?
Confessions :-)
12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt
Chewie, we’re home!
A few pics from the Foffice :-)
November (24)
Yesvember - Day #30 (and Festive Fetch Calendar Eve!)
The Fetch Festive 160.934 :-) [Yesvember #Day 29]
You'd better watch out... (plus Yesvember Day #28)
Brace Yourself (and there's one spare bobble hat!) and Yesvember - Day #26
Hats in the post! Plus Yesvember Day #25
Look what arrived!
Yesvember - Day #24
Training Graph Manager - usability update (Yesvember Day #23)
Yesvember - Day #22 - Cheating?
Last chance to enter the Advance Performance comp
Yesvember - Days #11 thru #14 (plus Jumpy Boy)
Weather on the training home page watch. Have you got weather on the training home page? (Yesvember - Day #10)
Oh, and... it's Yesvember - Day #9
Another bit of the internet fenced off
Yesvember - Day #8 - taking steps
Yesvember - Day #7
Yesvember - Day #6
Yesvember - Day #5
The curse of swimming GPS
Yesvember - Day #4
The Les Mis effect
Yesvember - Day #3
Yesvember - Day #2
Yesvember - Day #1
October (15)
October gives way to Yesvember!
Anyone fancy a threeway?
More thoughts on races
Racing, post-pandemic
Contracts exchanged!
Competition Time!
Last call for Flobble Hats
A record year for swimming?
Woburn Lido
Order your Bobble Hat! If you like.
I appear to have entered a race! (plus new Garmin import queueing system)
Eric the Eel
Get your hobbit on
The Doctor K Cup: Saturday 8th October!
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
September (16)
Take This Bus To Cuba
Fetch Bobble Hats
Trumpeting
Training View tweaks (switch maps, game overlays, mile markers)
Training View tweaks (and a play button bug fix)
A long ride and a cold swim.
Play Button
UTMOST Wava & Bike Division Rebuilds
New UTMOST leagues for cyclists and WAVA fans
The Doctor K Cup
Chance encounters
Do I ditch our Facebook stuff?
A keeper, from my feedback inbox...
Ultra distances - update
Adding ultra distances to Fastest Fetchies league.
Try the new Training Groups pages
August (11)
Training Groups Update - Coming Soon
Garmin Queue Issues
Donations without reference numbers :-)
New Elbow Laws
No longer the 3398th fastest Fetchie over 10k!
Pulling counties into league tables
What was I thinking?
County Champion?
Just bear in mind that you asked for this.
Wahoo and Coros users
How to make half a million quid (batteries not included)
July (6)
Club Listings
Book giveaway :-)
Updated Race Portfolio
Updated Targets Page
Exactly ***1*** Spare Ladies L Cycling Jersey
Search All Blogs :-)
June (10)
Imagine you could search all the public blogs...
Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!
7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday
#EveryoneDay - Sunday 26th June 2022
Spare Challenge Coasters
The North West Passage
Feature Request Voting - Know Your Limits!
UTMOST Division 8: YIKES!
Shepperton Weight Gain Programme
UTMOST Division 9! Sub-50 10k :-)
May (16)
Four hours left :-)
Division 10: No hope of escape?
Book giveaway :-)
Division 11: No place left to hide
New HR Analysis
They're here! Well, not exactly *here*, but...
A quick Darth Mode update
Darth Mode! And a few biscuits for the hyperdrive.
Division 12: Two hours of pushing broom
Dark Mode: Beta
PB Potential? Fancy a quickie? ;-)
Division 12: Running Out Of Road?
Thank you everyone!
Making UTMOST moves :-)
Do you want a Fetch shirt?
I did my UTMOST :-) (plus new sharing infographic)
April (7)
Today's plan
NEW UTMOST BADGES!!!!!
A plug for some races
Raspberry Pavlov
Win a book :-)
United Colours of Cross Training
A little Streetview adventure
March (11)
The lockers are a pound.
Advice for Gym Noobs!
Feedback made easier
#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈
Thanks Chunky: parkrun routes!
Sniffer Dogs
Yikes!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update
Route Plotting tweak
The Crow: A Pipedream!
February (7)
Fetch Kit Spares
Updated Race Listing Pages
Introducing Rundle!
I appear to be training for an OWS event!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys!!!
Does you wantz free shoez?
Post Office tomorrow - kit spares
January (13)
Updated Flanci Design (now with more Fetchness)
Badge Collection Graphic!
Updated elevation trace
Book Lists :-)
Updated sharing infographic - do you like it?
Spare Fetch Kit
Badge page refresh / feature requests
Flanci / Fetch Leggings
New Badge Pages
New hill badges
Join me on my fitness journey!
Are you the farmer?
Blog every day challenge - finishers
2021 (187)
December (14)
Book List
Ten years ago today...
A big slobbery elephant snog.
If you don't like hills, this must be getting tiring :-)
When does a hill end?
Hill finder - prototype v2
Hill Finder - prototype
2022 Targets
Chewie, We’re Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day!
Embed badges, plus a new badge :-)
Updated people page
Seeking map
Streak Watch
The new Fetch buffs are here…
November (23)
Almost there...
The Fetch Library
Update your thread titles
Ascent dissent
Mute a thread
Shortcuts
Training Import Queue
I fell off (but not really!)
Croeso i Fetcheveryone. Ydych chi'n siarad Almaeneg, Swedish neu Eidaleg?
New mobile nav
Last call for shirts
@
Just a trim please
Brought to you by wind power
300 miles later
Golden Ticket Shocker!
Banjobax (aka KOG)
Home and Away kit preorder - with long sleeve option
A little competition - win a copy of Daniels' Running Formula
Garmin testers - thanks
Add your grub stops!
Points Of Interest: Grub Stops
Garmin-owning testers wanted
October (19)
New home and away shirts and vests
Benchmark league - a few more updates
Benchmark league table
Hill areas
Preorder is now open!
'b'uffs then
Necktube design #1 & #2
Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
An apology for people who follow my training
New cycling and swimming badges
New Conquercise Feature: Grids
Sprouting a tiny biking antler :-)
Have a try of the cycling gradient analysis
Struggling with my big ring
Cycling: gradient vs pace
A question for cyclists
For Doctor K
Shan't.
September (14)
New comments (FID 1212)
Forum post previews
Garmin imports with a snippet more info
Gallery upload options
Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
Forum Quotes
Spoiler Alert!
20th of March and all that.
Have you signed up yet?
This bit of crappy Upminister nearly cost me my f***ing life.
A guide with no pages
To steal a catchphrase from a wise lady...
Multiple choice polls
August (11)
Pre-Race Training - Updated
A connection!
New Member of the Month sponsor
Best Weeks - bug fixes
Your Best Week Ever
Rainbow Kit - preorder is open
Age Bests - filtering out the mistakes :-)
Sign up, sign up, for the Doctor K cup
A message from my lovely wife ❤️
Another batch of rainbow kit?
Spares: Event Clips, Swim Hats and a few rainbow tops
July (10)
A bunch of site goodies :-)
Hello kitty
Holy Simmering Mercury Batman!
Settings
A heart rate question
Sleepy Shuffle?
365 graph
Slipping on ma noob shoes
Meatronomes
World's Sexiest Bridges
June (11)
Benchmarks - a *tiny* little improvement
Race Leaderboards - some small improvements
Race Finder - Update
Up there ^
Routes - more updates
Last call for FE Event Clips
Server update
Minor code problem
Some little updates to your route list
Feature requests - two years on!
More than just a rainbow
May (8)
Rainbow Kit - update on delivery time...
Fetch Ron Hill Cycling Jerseys
Pre-order your rainbow kit now :-)
Jimi Hendrix vs Run DMC
The return of parkrun - a poll
Something in the woodshed...
Default to walk
A tour of the Fetch Office
April (11)
Instabanned :-)
I has Instagram
Fetch Event Clips
FERC
Castle Challenge Coaster!
My chess rating
Jab - symptom watch
This just in...
REVIEW: XMiles selection box
Let FE pay for your coaching qualifications :-)
Castle Challenge - A Quick Blog
March (18)
The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge
Running vs Cycling Cadence
Fetch vests and shirts (and swim caps)
Elevation vs Follow Roads
£500 of England Athletics courses up for grabs!
TomTom users
Music by year: 1993
10k Analysis: Part 7 - Length of Training Runs
Music by year: 1992 (plus some 1991 additions)
Bot sniffing win :-) plus daily blogger count!
User profiles
10k Analysis: Part 6 - Training Pace Again
Time to update your injuries :-)
User profile - sticker button.. EDIT and race standard
More user profile adjustments
User Profile tweaking
Cute story of the week*
10k Analysis: Part 5 - Training Pace
February (17)
Year on Year mileage comparison
Elevation graphs
It's all kicking off in chess club!
Music By year: 1991
10k Analysis: Part 4 - Weekly Training Habits
Tagging virtual races
Chasing rainbows
Rainbow Shirts
Lance!
Blog writing improvements
10k Analysis: Part 3 - Accuracy of human predictions
Music by year: 1990
Smacking bots
29 slices - my seven days of dinner
10k Analysis: Part 2 - Age and Performance
Pass it on
10k Analysis: Part 1 - Distribution of best 10k times
January (31)
January
Mobile Usability Team Helping All Fetchies...
Salmon Ramen Recipe :-)
Salmon Ramen (for TBR)
Backup dog
The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
Obscure bugs
Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
FIT file import - temporary issue
Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
Dirty data
Mobile Usability
Oops
Readership!
Stay sticky
It's Hip To Buy Squares
Related Threads - Exposé :-)
The Batshit Association
Jobs
Tag Team
Feed the monster!
An ad for Fetch Chess Club :-)
Estimating VO2Max
Three little birds
A not uncommon swelling
Church Mouse January
Honey, where's my super suit?
Not here.
2020 (128)
December (6)
Blog A Day 2021?
9 years ago today
Chewie, We're Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day :-)
Be Prepared
Becoming an effluencer
A few Fetch Mugs left
November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
Mugs!
Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
Annual Infographic... updating now.
In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
Mini plans with the training plan
5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
Thank you
Become tradeable!
Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
Last orders
Advice for a friend
Trader Makeover
September (6)
The shop is open!
Hoodie Colour!
New Fetch Hoodies
A big up/holler!
VO2max
A benchmark derailed by GPS data *nerd*
August (8)
10k analysis
Officially a Sheepy Shuffler!
Pi Watering
Pre-order Avoid Everyone Face Masks
I got sent these...
Other sites? :-O
Benchmarks - an infinitely configurable set of ladders.
Try the monthly infographic :-)
July (10)
Update on Monthly Training Infographic
New Infographic
Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)
A quick Garmin update
Open Water / Wild Swimming Database
Avoid Everyone - spares
OWS Locations
Thread-level search
New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures
My first lamp post
June (16)
Replacing the Who's Training page
Combining some pages
In pursuit of the Gridmaster Ultra
15th Anniversary Kit - Spares
Shoelaces
A new How To video
Training Plan Updated
Black Lives Matter
Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
Another How To video - this time, Conquercise
Fantastisches Tweeten
May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
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Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
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Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
Gis a job!
Bedford Half
REMEMBER!!!
Vote for Fetch
Now you've hopefully got the idea...
November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[Untitled]
Vorsprung Durch Lego Technic
How do I liberate my boy from his XBox?
Questions?
Life in the Woods
Lazy
MovesMissed
Intervals with a TomTom
Electioneering
[Untitled]
Tree fluff
More camping
Zen and Camping
Not eaten by bears
Bear food
Camping List
Camping Venn Diagrams
Floppy dog
Routes but not Rathbone
Illustrator wanted
Masking
Highlights
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
Silverstone 10k :-)
Quick one
[Untitled]
Superhuman snooker
Dogturdflagman
Numbers!
Whittlin'
Chapter 1
April (29)
King Bin
Quiet day on Feedback Mountain
Listing
42
Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.
A day in Wales
[Untitled]
Spanner
The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook
Falling asleep in my dinner
Egg
Sofathon
God gave rock and roll to you.
Sugar Mule
Not bad, consid'rin.
Tinkering
Can U Dig It?
A weekend in Wales
Looking forward to Oliver!
Thank you, and more App talk
RIP Nan
Blah
Appy
Pyjamas at both ends.
Thump. Saturday has started.
Sore tum :-/
Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom
TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event
Am I pregnant?
March (31)
Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes
Sandy 10
#bedfordhappy
Me on YouTube
New graphs live
Follow the dot
Only the best for the Captain's table
Mrs Diahann Wagner is GOING HORNY
Sport Relief Win
Hot dogs, quick blogs
Toton Sidings
A sign!
Owen Farrell visualisation technique
Kebabs!
Booster fails to ignite
Myton Rugby Run (5 Miler)
Rugby before rugby
Sweetcorn antidote
Custard factory
Pooped
I did some intervals :-)
Speed work?
Many things
A bit cabbagey here.
Angry Wasp
Minty
Rainbow's End
Core Dump
Bath Half (in detail)
A quick overview
Down to business in Bath
February (28)
Made it to Bath
Unexpected hugs
Slider
I like to go a-wandering
Spring cleaning
Tongue-lolling
Because We're Worth It
I don't know what!
Thanks Jim
Enough now
Clearing the pipes
Crouch, Touch, Pause...
Medication, that's what you need.
Symptom Tour
Hello FBI
Dazed day
Why I'm an optimist
Mobius birds
Snotty knuckles
In this house...
Retch Everyone
Carrots
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Ultrahalfmarathoner
Angry Birds
Belching
Clarkson averse
Good day :-)
January (31)
*bunting* *cake*
Bigger Boys
Zombies!
Pretending to be Saga Norén
Waiting for the AA
Ship shape
Readthrough
Technology takes you further
Love Garden
Cushions
High Heel Striker
Bit of a rubbish one
Ta
Hot Re-fills
Coding Grinch
An august prediction
Some Running Goals for Q1
Wipe-clean dog
Breaking it down
Snakes and Ladders
Bigger Ponds
Drink Your Weak Lemon Drink
All in All
Panning the pancake
Does JK Rowling own a dog?
Back to the kitchen table
Steve Davis shoes
Pigs on a water slide
Sloshing
Protocol
19 books :-)
2013 (29)
December (3)
Oh...
Engine Management Light
Hannibal Vector
November (3)
Speed skating
Stew-pendous
Cool Hand Grandpa
October (3)
Bookish
Minecraft Cake
Random dump
September (2)
Blog by Email!
Catchup blah
August (3)
Big Green Caterpillar
Questions answered - final CLS blog
Last Days at Club La Santa
July (10)
A nice morning of swimming and tennis
Please Read: Questions for a sports coach
Snorkeltastic
Hitting the straps
First Impressions at Club La Santa
Mile High Blog
Clocking off
For the second week running...
Another Club La Santa catchup
The Floor In The Plan
June (3)
Club La Santa
Bulk Uploading, and win a book
FERC Charities 2011-2012
March (1)
Bath Weekend
January (1)
Meet Steve
2012 (39)
December (2)
Tired Now Boss
Bath - Week 14 + Foodbank
November (3)
White Level Reading
Bath - Week 15
Bath - Week 16
October (2)
Onwards!
C'mon Dave
July (1)
RIP Arnie
June (2)
Rub some bacon on it
18 weeks
May (9)
Techy not tetchy
Time for a techy blog
Time to walk the dog
Stevington 12k
Properly coldy
Still a bit coldy
New blog design live
A bit coldy
Blogs Redesign
April (2)
Easter
SERIOUSLY LORD FETCH, SORT IT OUT
March (8)
A long run up
Running Tick
Weekend
Sport Relief Mile
Back once again
Swimming sweetcorn and other vegetables
Joy Rides, Sticks and Medals
Training Tip
February (9)
And...
Katie, ICT, and some more MySQL
May The Ground Force Be With You
Functions
Well done Batman.
Optimisation Crossword
Snow Days
Gallery, and parkrun
Pleased
January (1)
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