Early start this morning, taking Katie to the station for a teaching day in London. It seems a long time ago now, I can't imagine how tired Katie must be. The train was late because the driver was late getting to work. Gah!
With only a few minutes to spare (not because of the train, but because I'm a lazy slob), I hauled myself over to parkrun, only to get a text just as I was parking up, to say that it had been cancelled. But I caught up with Elsie Too and Wine Legs, and we did the route anyway, along with a load of other runners. The path was a bit icy in places, but nothing too bad. It was quite cool seeing everybody trot round in their own little social groups. They should do it every week.
Then the usual post-parkrun trip to Fancy, for cake, meeting up with Silveshadow and Nightjar
The lady who owns the cake shop asked if we were the faster runners, as we'd gotten there much earlier than normal Ironically (I think), we were earlier because we didn't attend the health and safety briefing for a run that was cancelled, but that we ran anyway. Bang. There goes my brain. Too many layers of complexity
But the cake was awesome (chocolate malteser cake). The owner also told me that she did a Facebook vote on Friday to see what flavour she should make her Victoria sponge. I'm disappointed to say that the result was lemon curd, which (in my book) invalidates its cake credentials. If this happens again, I may be calling on you to vote en masse for the proper filling, which is strawberry jam.
And I've also discovered that you can give requests more weight when dealing with public bodies by adding the suffix "what with it being election year"
So 98 miles for January then. 10, 12 and 14 for the long runs. Three tempo runs of 3, 3, 3.8. And some other running. I've made the most of cutback week, but we're back at it next week, and February goes: 16, 18, 20 OMGels!
The boy got 'star of the week' at rugby today
I had a thought about this week's vLog - I thought I could do a little Q&A (seen Iron Mum doing something similar on her blog, and it sounds like a good idea). So I'll try to tackle the first five questions in the comments below. No funny business
With only a few minutes to spare (not because of the train, but because I'm a lazy slob), I hauled myself over to parkrun, only to get a text just as I was parking up, to say that it had been cancelled. But I caught up with Elsie Too and Wine Legs, and we did the route anyway, along with a load of other runners. The path was a bit icy in places, but nothing too bad. It was quite cool seeing everybody trot round in their own little social groups. They should do it every week.
Then the usual post-parkrun trip to Fancy, for cake, meeting up with Silveshadow and Nightjar
The lady who owns the cake shop asked if we were the faster runners, as we'd gotten there much earlier than normal Ironically (I think), we were earlier because we didn't attend the health and safety briefing for a run that was cancelled, but that we ran anyway. Bang. There goes my brain. Too many layers of complexity But the cake was awesome (chocolate malteser cake). The owner also told me that she did a Facebook vote on Friday to see what flavour she should make her Victoria sponge. I'm disappointed to say that the result was lemon curd, which (in my book) invalidates its cake credentials. If this happens again, I may be calling on you to vote en masse for the proper filling, which is strawberry jam.
And I've also discovered that you can give requests more weight when dealing with public bodies by adding the suffix "what with it being election year"
So 98 miles for January then. 10, 12 and 14 for the long runs. Three tempo runs of 3, 3, 3.8. And some other running. I've made the most of cutback week, but we're back at it next week, and February goes: 16, 18, 20
OMGels! The boy got 'star of the week' at rugby today
I had a thought about this week's vLog - I thought I could do a little Q&A (seen Iron Mum doing something similar on her blog, and it sounds like a good idea). So I'll try to tackle the first five questions in the comments below. No funny business
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My beginners group started on week 2 this morning We met up at the school gates, but the pavements were like glass, so we decamped to West Park so that we could run on the grass. They did great, again. It was [6x (90s run, 2min walk)] this week, and it was nice to see them all mixing it up, chatting in different formations as they ran. There are some new shoes and kit already! And we've even had the talk about targeting a 5k event together, which I'm taking as a big positive - and they're making lots of plans to meet up mid-week to do their homework runs
But that wasn't the best bit of today! I've been following D2's blogs about her acrobatic attempts to rearrange her skeleton - and as she's not a million miles away from me, I offered to go and walk her lovely dog after finishing with my beginners! There's snow to the north, so as I zeroed in on the farm, I was seeing lots of beautiful fields, and simultaneously wondering how I'd get my crappy car up the very steep and windy farm track.
Luckily, some kind soul had gritted the tyre tracks, and despite a few slippery skids, I managed to get all the way to the gate. I've been once before, but it was almost unrecognisable under 6-10 inches of snow. D2 and Eb came to the door, with D2 on crutches, and Eb on crotches (hoof, paw, nose). I'd read about how Eb had taken on the role of protector after the fall, so I made a big fuss of her - and can confirm her status as a fully trained Medi-dog.
After a few hellos, and sticking my tracksuit trousers on the stove to warm through (they're the pair that live in the car at the moment, so not only were they cold, but they also had hot chocolate spillage all down one leg), D2 gave me a map, and pointed off into the distance, saying (approximately) "go that way, you can't get lost, Eb will look after you".
And so she did! I started off trying to run, and followed Eb as she trotted elegantly through the snow, on the basis that she probably knew the best path. But due to the driftiness of the snow (my boy will be very jealous when I collect him from school), and the hilliness of the terrain, it was more like wading, so we slowed to a walk. Eb led the way from start to finish, leading me in a big loop around the fields, up through a foresty bit, and to the bit with the best view, making sure she gave me plenty of time to get my breath back, and to fully appreciate what she'd shown me. There were a few interesting animal holes that we took a bit of a sniff at, and then it was back to our loop, stumbling back down the hill through the snow (which was surprisingly good to stand on, as it compacted into personalised steps). D2 said later that from her window at the farmhouse, it looked like difficult going, but that's more to do with my special descending style than anything else
As we neared the farmhouse again, I called to Eb, but although she turned to check on me, there was no mistake that there was only one place she needed to go now, and that was back to see her mum
I was made a nice cup of tea, whilst my trainers sat on top of the stove to warm up a bit, and Eb kept nudging me with her paw in that way that means "You there! Keep stroking!", whilst we had a chat about wood burners (want one!), and dogs that go sledging by themselves - but I'll leave that last story for D2 to tell. And on my way out, a tasty looking bottle of home-made damson vodka was pressed into my hand, which I'm planning to try out just as soon as I've done with my marathon (well, not *immediately*). Thank you D2 and Eb! Small sips!
We met up at the school gates, but the pavements were like glass, so we decamped to West Park so that we could run on the grass. They did great, again. It was [6x (90s run, 2min walk)] this week, and it was nice to see them all mixing it up, chatting in different formations as they ran. There are some new shoes and kit already! And we've even had the talk about targeting a 5k event together, which I'm taking as a big positive - and they're making lots of plans to meet up mid-week to do their homework runs But that wasn't the best bit of today! I've been following D2's blogs about her acrobatic attempts to rearrange her skeleton - and as she's not a million miles away from me, I offered to go and walk her lovely dog after finishing with my beginners! There's snow to the north, so as I zeroed in on the farm, I was seeing lots of beautiful fields, and simultaneously wondering how I'd get my crappy car up the very steep and windy farm track.
Luckily, some kind soul had gritted the tyre tracks, and despite a few slippery skids, I managed to get all the way to the gate. I've been once before, but it was almost unrecognisable under 6-10 inches of snow. D2 and Eb came to the door, with D2 on crutches, and Eb on crotches (hoof, paw, nose). I'd read about how Eb had taken on the role of protector after the fall, so I made a big fuss of her - and can confirm her status as a fully trained Medi-dog.
After a few hellos, and sticking my tracksuit trousers on the stove to warm through (they're the pair that live in the car at the moment, so not only were they cold, but they also had hot chocolate spillage all down one leg), D2 gave me a map, and pointed off into the distance, saying (approximately) "go that way, you can't get lost, Eb will look after you".
And so she did! I started off trying to run, and followed Eb as she trotted elegantly through the snow, on the basis that she probably knew the best path. But due to the driftiness of the snow (my boy will be very jealous when I collect him from school), and the hilliness of the terrain, it was more like wading, so we slowed to a walk. Eb led the way from start to finish, leading me in a big loop around the fields, up through a foresty bit, and to the bit with the best view, making sure she gave me plenty of time to get my breath back, and to fully appreciate what she'd shown me. There were a few interesting animal holes that we took a bit of a sniff at, and then it was back to our loop, stumbling back down the hill through the snow (which was surprisingly good to stand on, as it compacted into personalised steps). D2 said later that from her window at the farmhouse, it looked like difficult going, but that's more to do with my special descending style than anything else
As we neared the farmhouse again, I called to Eb, but although she turned to check on me, there was no mistake that there was only one place she needed to go now, and that was back to see her mum
I was made a nice cup of tea, whilst my trainers sat on top of the stove to warm up a bit, and Eb kept nudging me with her paw in that way that means "You there! Keep stroking!", whilst we had a chat about wood burners (want one!), and dogs that go sledging by themselves - but I'll leave that last story for D2 to tell. And on my way out, a tasty looking bottle of home-made damson vodka was pressed into my hand, which I'm planning to try out just as soon as I've done with my marathon (well, not *immediately*). Thank you D2 and Eb! Small sips!
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You are such a kind chap - but then we knew that alreadySarahWoo
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It was YOU! Excellentjennywren2:56pm, 30th Jan 2015
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What a lovely gesture on your part - but it sounds as though you got as much out of it as D2!Alice the Camel2:56pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Lovely. It's great that you were able to do that. Now, I must go and pester D2 to tell us the story about the sledging dogs.Diogenes2:57pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Any chance you can do our ironing? I'll put the heating on.Watford Wobble3:10pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Brilliant - and nicely written up tooAutumnleaves3:14pm, 30th Jan 2015
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While you're in a do-goodering mood, I have got some kitchen units that need a bit of finishing...McGoohan3:14pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Wonderful. Brilliant when the dogs know where to go and take you out for a walk/run. Sounds like a lovely dog. Oh and D2 sounds nice as well! Get well soon.HappyG(rrr) G3:14pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Lovely.B.3:26pm, 30th Jan 2015
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You are so lovelyBintmcskint
Sounds like Eb, D2 and the vodka might well be pretty ruddy lovely too!3:31pm, 30th Jan 2015 -
I wondered who the mystery Fetchie was, I should have guessed! I am sure your kindness was both appreciated and well rewardedMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)3:31pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Garfield Sounds like a lovely time!4:00pm, 30th Jan 2015
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I'm hoping we can see some of this for "real" in next week's vlog???Strutbrother4:01pm, 30th Jan 2015
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That's such a very kind thing to do!LazyDaisy
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mulbs4:13pm, 30th Jan 2015
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I could do your ironing WW!D24:59pm, 30th Jan 2015
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LovelyHelegant5:23pm, 30th Jan 2015
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I bet you made D2's day.GimmeMedals5:47pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Aww, sums up fetchiness all round, reallyfleecy5:51pm, 30th Jan 2015
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What a lovely read. Like Fleecy says, it does sum up the spirit of this site.runnyeyes5:58pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Ness6:28pm, 30th Jan 2015
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This blog made meLemon107:02pm, 30th Jan 2015
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fab - sounds great there- sadly we don't get snow here in Central LMelbourne Runner7:34pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Fetch is a wonderful placeLindsD7:43pm, 30th Jan 2015
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This reminds me of the Festive Fetch 5 Race conditions: helping someone out. Brill, wish I could help out too. We look after dogs whilst owners are on hols, just bear me in mind next time D2. LolFenland Flier7:48pm, 30th Jan 2015
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It certainly made Eb (and me) very happyD210:30pm, 30th Jan 2015
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AwDvorak Damson vodka, sounds good.11:48pm, 30th Jan 2015
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Missed this yesterday ... just in time to say you are SUCH a kind person.Sharkie3:09pm, 31st Jan 2015
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You are a wonderful person and getting there in snowy conditions sounds no mean feat. I don't know where you live in relation to D2 but I suspect she is not exactly just around the corner. Did Stephen go too - and was he eyeing it up as a potential holiday home?BaronessBL3:22pm, 31st Jan 2015
I've finally had the opportunity to write up my thoughts following the LiRF course a few Saturdays ago - you can read it here:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/cms-75
I hope it's useful, but if you've got any questions about it, feel free to ask. The temptation to do the next level is definitely there
We've also been listed in the 'Running Awards' - and it's a voting thing - so if you feel like voting for Fetch, here's the link:
therunningawards.com
although there are plenty of other good running websites to choose from
Week 2 with the beginners tomorrow (snow permitting), we're up to 90s run, 2 mins walk, for a total of 20 mins. Then I'll do a few more miles of my own, and then I'm off to see a lady about a dog All of that will change if there's snow overnight though.
I finished Thomas Penman this morning - I really enjoyed it. Then I picked up Jonathan Livingston Seagull, imagining that I could probably squeeze it in before the end of the month, to bump up my book average. It's a thin book, but even so, I hadn't realised that half the pages were pictures of seagulls, nor how terrible it was going to be. Half an hour later I'd finished it (they all turned out to be ghosts), and I've moved onto Casino Royale, being my first ever Bond book. I like the opening paragraphs
Right, it's time to go and put the boy's light out, and see how far he's got with Percy Jackson. We did fractions this evening, and there was a pleasing lack of effing and jeffing surrounding the whole process.
TTFN.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/cms-75
I hope it's useful, but if you've got any questions about it, feel free to ask. The temptation to do the next level is definitely there
We've also been listed in the 'Running Awards' - and it's a voting thing - so if you feel like voting for Fetch, here's the link:
therunningawards.com
although there are plenty of other good running websites to choose from
Week 2 with the beginners tomorrow (snow permitting), we're up to 90s run, 2 mins walk, for a total of 20 mins. Then I'll do a few more miles of my own, and then I'm off to see a lady about a dog
All of that will change if there's snow overnight though. I finished Thomas Penman this morning - I really enjoyed it. Then I picked up Jonathan Livingston Seagull, imagining that I could probably squeeze it in before the end of the month, to bump up my book average. It's a thin book, but even so, I hadn't realised that half the pages were pictures of seagulls, nor how terrible it was going to be. Half an hour later I'd finished it (they all turned out to be ghosts), and I've moved onto Casino Royale, being my first ever Bond book. I like the opening paragraphs
Right, it's time to go and put the boy's light out, and see how far he's got with Percy Jackson. We did fractions this evening, and there was a pleasing lack of effing and jeffing surrounding the whole process.
TTFN.
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There is only ONE running site worthy of my vote Lord FetchSeratonin9:18pm, 29th Jan 2015
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I had Multiples and Factors last night. The joys of homework.Limpet9:32pm, 29th Jan 2015
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VotedHellsBells8:02am, 30th Jan 2015
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Multiples and factors here, too. Year 7? Have also voted.LindsD8:45am, 30th Jan 2015
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Daughter was doing fractions homework this week - she got them all right but wasn't quite sure how...sallykate10:33am, 30th Jan 2015
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Casino Royale is fab. I read all the Bonds when I was a teenager. Loved them. JLS was cool, but it was a uni/girlfriend thing (:-O) I think. Like LiRF article. Will vote too, obv!HappyG(rrr) G10:59am, 30th Jan 2015
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votedYorkshire Lass1:59pm, 30th Jan 2015
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votedGus2:32pm, 30th Jan 2015
Katie and me are going back to Club La Santa in June Having been there once before, I am already pants-wettingly excited about going again
Correspondingly, I'm wondering, is there anyone vaguely near Bedfordshire who would like to have a go of our dog for a week.
Here he is, looking adorable:
But don't let that fool you. He eats duck poo, he has no road sense, no bike sense, no common sense. He's a bit needy. And greedy. And Cheryl Tweedy.
He's a good runner though. He'll accompany you for up to five miles, after which he gets a bit bored, and wants to go home.
He's a lovely blanket, and is a fully-trained Medi-Dog, who will come and sit on you if he detects even the smallest malaise.
He has a comical face, and he will mostly let you play with his ears. Boy dogs wanna get with him
385 days since last chewing-based accident.
384 days since last indoor vomit (he does at least 4 warning heaves).
He doesn't shed. He copes well with sleeping in the utility room (but not the shed).
If you're interested, give me a shout No pressure, we always have a backup plan, but if you're up for fun, then Stephen could be its name
Having been there once before, I am already pants-wettingly excited about going again Correspondingly, I'm wondering, is there anyone vaguely near Bedfordshire who would like to have a go of our dog for a week.
Here he is, looking adorable:
But don't let that fool you. He eats duck poo, he has no road sense, no bike sense, no common sense. He's a bit needy. And greedy. And Cheryl Tweedy.
He's a good runner though. He'll accompany you for up to five miles, after which he gets a bit bored, and wants to go home.
He's a lovely blanket, and is a fully-trained Medi-Dog, who will come and sit on you if he detects even the smallest malaise.
He has a comical face, and he will mostly let you play with his ears. Boy dogs wanna get with him
385 days since last chewing-based accident.
384 days since last indoor vomit (he does at least 4 warning heaves).
He doesn't shed. He copes well with sleeping in the utility room (but not the shed).
If you're interested, give me a shout
No pressure, we always have a backup plan, but if you're up for fun, then Stephen could be its name
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Would be very, very interested in discussing it as a possibility. Let me talk to hubby this weekend about itElsie Too5:18pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I've got one already thank youHuntsman5:27pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Aw, he looks like Puddington's dog Frankiejennywren Wish I lived near you.5:31pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Does he like cats?J*C5:31pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Elsiefetcheveryone
J*C - Yes, but he couldn't eat a whole one He's sort of curious about them, and would probably run after one if it legged it, but I think he would probably learn to ignore them.5:32pm, 28th Jan 2015 -
Wish I was nearer but then just think what terrible things Eb would teach him...D25:40pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Would love to but I think Cat would be exceptionally unimpressed. Anyone want a cat for a week in the actually-nowhere-near-Bedford area?JustCommando!5:41pm, 28th Jan 2015
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We're in Sandy and could be another option (although Elsie Too clearly has first dibs!) We did have a black lab so are used to the poo eating and greediness. We're due to be acquiring a retired guide dog (also from Bedford) later in the year - although that's dependent on when its current owner/user gets a replacement dog - so we definitely have a canine vacancy. My younger daughter is already smitted with Stephen after she was watching one of your vlogs over my shoulder. How is he with chickens? We have a couple that free range in the garden (the labrador was terrified of them).EdJ5:48pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Smitted??? Smitten.EdJ5:49pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I only wish!!Garfield6:01pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I would love him, unfortunately husband has made it abundantly clear that me having a dog would mean I'd lose a husband. I am sometimes tempted...........HellsBells6:08pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Omg. Ok this could be ideal for me. I keep saying I want a dog. But everybody keeps saying I should have one for a week to see what the responsibity is like !!!! Depends which week in April as I am away from the 23rd 😀😀(he's so adorable you may not get himrunningmumof3boys
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Oh and I guess it depends on the husband. Merely a technicalityrunningmumof3boys6:38pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Oh you said June haha not APril. Doh. Ok well I am going to speak to Mr RMO3B incase elsietoo is a no and ed and anybody else who is offering 😊runningmumof3boys6:39pm, 28th Jan 2015
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*wishes she lived closer to Stephen*Bintmcskint
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You could get bids on eBay with a sales pitch like thatfleecy7:54pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I'd happily foster him for a week, but only if you don't mind Ralph the mad Springer teaching him how to catch rabbits and lift pheasants in return for Stephen teaching Ralph how to run nicely with me!Rosehip8:26pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I can't offer a foster home for Steve but your blog made me laugh out loud and I read it to MrJB who promptly asked if we could farm out our old, needy, irritating cat by the same method ☺Jubear8:32pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I do not want free daps. Is that this competition?McGoohan8:33pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Me, me, me! I'll even take a holiday to stay at home all day.Watford Wobble9:16pm, 28th Jan 2015
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I would love him to stay with us. Wanda might be a bit territorial though and as a result he may not have quite such a nice holiday as you.....BaronessBL10:07pm, 28th Jan 2015
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He does look adorable Sadly its no pets here and Essex Bedfordshire not close enoughNight-owl10:47pm, 28th Jan 2015
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Add us to your list of options as wellWine Legs11:44am, 29th Jan 2015
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I think you could start charging. Can we all have him for a day? Or could you go to CLS for 7 weeks?Nightjar2:18pm, 29th Jan 2015
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I would... if I didn't live so far away.Runs With Coyotes
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Breathes sigh of relief that there have been lots of offers #notadogloverSilvershadow5:34pm, 29th Jan 2015
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I'm picking Martin's flowers here now.Helegant (Just had an offer from CLS for an extra week in June and very tempted). Missing my dog who is in kennels, and think your idea is better.5:26pm, 30th Jan 2015
Gosh.
I'm pretty tired after todays run.
Makes perfect sense really. This week is a cutback week, so it must mean that I'm about as fully loaded with training as my body can take. So a ten miler cutback long run as my first session of the week was always going to be tough. Add to that, the fact that I ran it without Katie. This means that I tend to go a bit faster, and as a result, I use up my energy a bit quicker. Take away a couple of stops (the first, to check where the hell I was; and the second for a quick chat with Lakes, who was walking through town on his lunch break), and most of my miles were between 9:00 and 9:20 pace. We've been doing our long runs at between 10:00 and 10:20 - so it's quite an adjustment.
But hey. That's half my miles for this week done. I would really not complain right now if it was bedtime.
I'm pretty tired after todays run.
Makes perfect sense really. This week is a cutback week, so it must mean that I'm about as fully loaded with training as my body can take. So a ten miler cutback long run as my first session of the week was always going to be tough. Add to that, the fact that I ran it without Katie. This means that I tend to go a bit faster, and as a result, I use up my energy a bit quicker. Take away a couple of stops (the first, to check where the hell I was; and the second for a quick chat with Lakes, who was walking through town on his lunch break), and most of my miles were between 9:00 and 9:20 pace. We've been doing our long runs at between 10:00 and 10:20 - so it's quite an adjustment.
But hey. That's half my miles for this week done. I would really not complain right now if it was bedtime.
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I know just what you mean, last Sunday my long run was scheduled as 18 with 10 at marathon pace, I only managed 6 at pace after the first 4 at LR pace and I was totally spentMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I made it to 17 before deciding enough was enough, thank goodness it's cut back this week 6:05pm, 27th Jan 2015
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Hope you can take it easier for the rest of the cutbacksallykate rest is training too, as the lovely Chrissie would say!7:23pm, 27th Jan 2015
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Nice going. My training is almost mirroring yours and I'm completely shattered too! Starting to wonder if I'll ever not be tired againHippity
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I always feel knack'd on cutback week. You feel the benefit of cutback the *next* week, I always find. Thanks for the reminder though!HappyG(rrr) G11:42am, 28th Jan 2015
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your post-tempo face and noises made me laughfleecy Top tip for your beginners' run-walk sessions is to program it into your Garmin, means you don't have to faff about looking at a timer when you're busy chatting to them and you won't have them hate you when you forget to tell them to walk!3:37pm, 27th Jan 2015
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I did program it into my watch :-/fetcheveryone3:38pm, 27th Jan 2015
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264 views and only 2 comments. That's weird.McGoohan6:33pm, 27th Jan 2015
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I guess most people are in shock McGfetcheveryone6:36pm, 27th Jan 2015
After a busy Saturday, we had a lazy Sunday. Lots of FIFA and Terraria and Stampy and Diamond Minecart and You've Been Framed. Chocolate cookies, and coffee, and trying to tempt ants out of the ground with sugar (fail, just woodlice).
We played this:
Then a lovely dinner with my lovely wife
We played this:
Then a lovely dinner with my lovely wife
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I really want to play sticky hat ball type game. Or is it a water polo hat? Not sure but I'm hoping it's sticky hat ball type game. On yer 'ead mate!Watford Wobble10:36pm, 25th Jan 2015
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That looks like huge fun, although he does look like a cross between Mickey Mouse and Mr Claypole.HowFar?10:39pm, 25th Jan 2015
It's been a busy day today.
Rugby for the boy at 10.30, which was all about tackling. The boy is getting there, a bit at a time. He looks pretty good when he's knocking down the crash pads, but still has a bit of reticence when cwching up to advancing players. But he seems to be having fun with it. It's a mixed class, and there's a girl who's probably about a foot shorter than the boy, but is already tackling like Dan Lydiate
A quick trip home, via the shop to buy a couple of birthday cards, peel the boy out of his muddy stuff, give him beans and sausage on toast, and a shovel - and then he's off to a party for some friends of his. I dropped him off, and drove home, working out what sort of run and how many chocolate digestives I could fit in before pickup.
It ended up being a 0.4 mile warm up, then 3.84 miles at threshold up and back on the canal path. So that's 0.84 further than last week's tempo run, and the splits over the last three weeks now look like this:
Week 1 = 7:46, 7:38, 7:53 (average = 7:46)
Week 2 = 7:39, 7:38, 7:44 (average = 7:40)
Week 3 = 7:35, 7:31, 7:26, [7:26] (average = 7:30)
The HR splits weren't really comparable, because the watch took half a mile to get its shit together. It's pretty rare that it does that, to be fair. In the latter stages of the run it does look like my HR is a bit lower this week than last - so that's all good. I also think it's hard to make a direct comparison between this week's run, and the previous weeks, because they are on a different route. The first two miles were upstream on the canal, so on the way back I had that mental boost of a little altitude drop every so often. I think it's mainly a mental boost though, but I will try to find a way to harness that mentalness. I did come off it feeling pretty good, so I'm calling that a win
Then it was back to get the boy, who was posing for a picture with a samurai sword when I got there He got some nice comments from his teacher this week about his use of possessive apostrophes in sentences about pipe bombs I'd made a bargain with him that if he did his homework (fractions) with no b*tching and moaning, we'd go to see The Hobbit at the pictures. Which he did (more or less), and so we did. With Aero Bubbles! And it was great! I don't think I've seen all of the previous Hobbit film, but I knew enough to get the general idea. We drove home with lots of talk that started with the phrase "Oh, and what about the bit where...". My only slight let-down was that I was sort of expecting some sort of higher evil to pop in at the end, to give it a bit of a twist... but it does lead very nicely into the LoTR trilogy, which (surprisingly) I now want to start reading. A long time ago, I made it to about p700/900 of the combined trilogy before losing the will to live, but if I tackle them as individual books instead, I may have a better chance.
And now we're here. My running group are all emailing each other about meeting up to do their homework, which has made me smile. And when I wake up tomorrow, there'll be no more sleeps until I see my wife, which makes me do a BIG smile.
Rugby for the boy at 10.30, which was all about tackling. The boy is getting there, a bit at a time. He looks pretty good when he's knocking down the crash pads, but still has a bit of reticence when cwching up to advancing players. But he seems to be having fun with it. It's a mixed class, and there's a girl who's probably about a foot shorter than the boy, but is already tackling like Dan Lydiate
A quick trip home, via the shop to buy a couple of birthday cards, peel the boy out of his muddy stuff, give him beans and sausage on toast, and a shovel - and then he's off to a party for some friends of his. I dropped him off, and drove home, working out what sort of run and how many chocolate digestives I could fit in before pickup.
It ended up being a 0.4 mile warm up, then 3.84 miles at threshold up and back on the canal path. So that's 0.84 further than last week's tempo run, and the splits over the last three weeks now look like this:
Week 1 = 7:46, 7:38, 7:53 (average = 7:46)
Week 2 = 7:39, 7:38, 7:44 (average = 7:40)
Week 3 = 7:35, 7:31, 7:26, [7:26] (average = 7:30)
The HR splits weren't really comparable, because the watch took half a mile to get its shit together. It's pretty rare that it does that, to be fair. In the latter stages of the run it does look like my HR is a bit lower this week than last - so that's all good. I also think it's hard to make a direct comparison between this week's run, and the previous weeks, because they are on a different route. The first two miles were upstream on the canal, so on the way back I had that mental boost of a little altitude drop every so often. I think it's mainly a mental boost though, but I will try to find a way to harness that mentalness. I did come off it feeling pretty good, so I'm calling that a win
Then it was back to get the boy, who was posing for a picture with a samurai sword when I got there
He got some nice comments from his teacher this week about his use of possessive apostrophes in sentences about pipe bombs I'd made a bargain with him that if he did his homework (fractions) with no b*tching and moaning, we'd go to see The Hobbit at the pictures. Which he did (more or less), and so we did. With Aero Bubbles! And it was great! I don't think I've seen all of the previous Hobbit film, but I knew enough to get the general idea. We drove home with lots of talk that started with the phrase "Oh, and what about the bit where...". My only slight let-down was that I was sort of expecting some sort of higher evil to pop in at the end, to give it a bit of a twist... but it does lead very nicely into the LoTR trilogy, which (surprisingly) I now want to start reading. A long time ago, I made it to about p700/900 of the combined trilogy before losing the will to live, but if I tackle them as individual books instead, I may have a better chance. And now we're here. My running group are all emailing each other about meeting up to do their homework, which has made me smile. And when I wake up tomorrow, there'll be no more sleeps until I see my wife, which makes me do a BIG smile.
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Just look at these editions. They're well lovely: http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/the-hobbit,j-r-r-tolkien-9780007487301McGoohan
amazon.co.uk
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I love reading Tolkien and have refused to watch the films. First read the Hobbit at about age 10, then LoTR at age 11 or 12. Have lost count how many times I've read them. My copy of Hobbit is looking decidedly worse for wear. I treated myself to the centenary box set of LoTR.westmoors1:07pm, 25th Jan 2015
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Increase in tempo pace is looking good FetchSeratonin3:52pm, 25th Jan 2015
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I strongly advise reading LoTR in volumes, hardback copy.Ambling Andrew10:24am, 29th Jan 2015
First session with my beginners done
They did *really* well - much better than I expected. I'm learning to pipe up in order to get a word in edgeways, as they like a chat
The group are all mums and dads from my boy's school - the plan is to meet up just after school drop-off on Fridays, and go do our session. They have all the same concerns that I think we've all been through when starting off in running i.e. "will I be quick enough?", "will I be fit enough?", "what will I look like when I'm out running?". But they took the first session [(60s run, 90s walk)x8] and they swallowed it whole. There was one moment when I got sidetracked by the chat, and so we ended up resting for about 2 minutes, and then running for 90s - which brought about a noticeable change in the amount of chat I even did some stretching with them at the end. *whispers* I never stretch!
They're already talking about meeting up during the week to complete their homework (repeat the same session), and you'll be pleased to hear, there was talk of cake Definite runners in the making!
It got me out for an unscheduled run too. After covering 1.45 miles in 20 mins with the group, I got home then popped out for a loping 2-3 just to get the most out of my kit
The dog has been for his haircut. He will no longer have to jump to fit through the gap between the sofas - he can just walk through - that gives you an idea of how much he's had taken off The pet shop people have invited us to a 'doodle dash' walk at Elvaston this weekend - looks crazy.
Just finished a little bit of writing for RW - it's all about GPS art. None of it ground-breaking - just filling a slot on one of the pages - but still fun to do, and I can pretend I am a srs jrnlst.
Thanks to everyone that's shared the beginners pages: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners - and to answer HappyG's comment on the previous blog, yep, you can exit the programme now if you just popped in to test it out. If the system works, I think we can do something similar for specific race distances. Any thoughts?
They did *really* well - much better than I expected. I'm learning to pipe up in order to get a word in edgeways, as they like a chat
The group are all mums and dads from my boy's school - the plan is to meet up just after school drop-off on Fridays, and go do our session. They have all the same concerns that I think we've all been through when starting off in running i.e. "will I be quick enough?", "will I be fit enough?", "what will I look like when I'm out running?". But they took the first session [(60s run, 90s walk)x8] and they swallowed it whole. There was one moment when I got sidetracked by the chat, and so we ended up resting for about 2 minutes, and then running for 90s - which brought about a noticeable change in the amount of chat
I even did some stretching with them at the end. *whispers* I never stretch! They're already talking about meeting up during the week to complete their homework (repeat the same session), and you'll be pleased to hear, there was talk of cake
Definite runners in the making! It got me out for an unscheduled run too. After covering 1.45 miles in 20 mins with the group, I got home then popped out for a loping 2-3 just to get the most out of my kit
The dog has been for his haircut. He will no longer have to jump to fit through the gap between the sofas - he can just walk through - that gives you an idea of how much he's had taken off
The pet shop people have invited us to a 'doodle dash' walk at Elvaston this weekend - looks crazy. Just finished a little bit of writing for RW - it's all about GPS art. None of it ground-breaking - just filling a slot on one of the pages - but still fun to do, and I can pretend I am a srs jrnlst.
Thanks to everyone that's shared the beginners pages: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners - and to answer HappyG's comment on the previous blog, yep, you can exit the programme now if you just popped in to test it out. If the system works, I think we can do something similar for specific race distances. Any thoughts?
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Great idea to expand the system. 10K or HM would be good (or maybe a 5k improvers, then it could be used by the 'ex-beginners' when they inevitably sign up for parkrun).Angus Clydesdale2:33pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Well done on the first session - beginners' excitement is quite refreshingly contagious isn't it?! You could just be about to change some lives there. As if 70,000+ wasn't enough already...Iron_Mum2:33pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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GPS art is soooooo 2008 http://www.fetcheveryone.com/gallery-showphoto.php?filename=1158_8911.jpgHendo2:37pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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(That was free-form by the way - none of this using roads as a guide nonsense.Hendo2:38pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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You're not just ahead of the curve, Hendo, you tore that curve a new Hendo.fetcheveryone2:58pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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The words you are looking for are "inspirational", "pioneering", and "bloody hero".Hendo3:00pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Will there be any maps of willies in the article?fleecy Good stuff on the beginners, I was out seeing a group today and they all did brilliantly, it's even better when I go back at week 8 and see how amazing they are after just a few short weeks 3:37pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Fab start well done.B.4:33pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Right ho guv, checking out. Glad your group went well. I love taking newbies out. Went with a 5k runner today and we did 5 miles. "New record" for a work lunch time run for him. Go us! \o/HappyG(rrr) G4:47pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Brilliant. And are they all Fetchies now?jennywren4:48pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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All sounds good!:)Garfield6:34pm, 23rd Jan 2015
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Fleecy, that was my first thought too. Ahem.Hippity
Great work on the beginners group. I am seriously indebted to JuliaD who did similar with us lot at work. I would never have taken up running without her. Anyone who encourages beginners is a hero in my books.6:45pm, 23rd Jan 2015 -
it really is a treat getting new people to join in the running gamecolettedeann must be even better when it is a group of newbies 7:10pm, 23rd Jan 2015
Wow! We have 59 people signed up for our beginners programme, following my blog yesterday, and a couple of mentions on Facebook and Twitter. The figures are very flattering, particularly as 29 of them have recorded over 500 miles of running on Fetch but that still means that we have 30 unmileaged users signed up in a short space of time - which can only be a good thing.
It was our long run day today - 14 miles. We enjoyed exploring an unfamiliar route so much last week that we decided to go on another adventure this week. Katie was given the task of plotting it out, and this week we tackled the north east of Bedford, taking in Renhold, Wilsden and Ravensden. It was a hilly route, and I discovered that my calf has the potential to be a bit interesting when going downhill. It was pleasing to run the 12th mile feeling much stronger than we did last week as we stumbled home - it's amazing how quick your tolerance for longer runs builds up once you get into the teens I think. We tried the High5 chocolate powder drink - mixing it with milk. It was lush* (*not being paid to say that).
Tomorrow morning I start with my beginners! There are five of them, and we'll be doing the C25K. Bit excited, bit nervous, but at least I'm insured
but that still means that we have 30 unmileaged users signed up in a short space of time - which can only be a good thing. It was our long run day today - 14 miles. We enjoyed exploring an unfamiliar route so much last week that we decided to go on another adventure this week. Katie was given the task of plotting it out, and this week we tackled the north east of Bedford, taking in Renhold, Wilsden and Ravensden. It was a hilly route, and I discovered that my calf has the potential to be a bit interesting when going downhill. It was pleasing to run the 12th mile feeling much stronger than we did last week as we stumbled home - it's amazing how quick your tolerance for longer runs builds up once you get into the teens I think. We tried the High5 chocolate powder drink - mixing it with milk. It was lush* (*not being paid to say that).
Tomorrow morning I start with my beginners! There are five of them, and we'll be doing the C25K. Bit excited, bit nervous, but at least I'm insured
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Good luck tomorrowMandymoo11:16pm, 22nd Jan 2015
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Have fun tomorrow.Dvorak11:51pm, 22nd Jan 2015
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Don't forget to walk......;-)Angus Clydesdale12:13am, 23rd Jan 2015
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Enjoy and good luckJinksy I agree about the High5 chocolate milk, have it after all my long runs and really helps me recover I think 6:21am, 23rd Jan 2015
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Fun route - done that one myself... Or something similar.The Teaboy8:11am, 23rd Jan 2015
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Have fun with your beginners. Look forward to hearing all about it.SarahWoo8:21am, 23rd Jan 2015
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Do you want us "mileaged" users who registered on Beginners portal just to help with testing to "de-register"? Happy to do so.HappyG(rrr) G9:28am, 23rd Jan 2015
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Good luck with the beginners - I'm moving mine up a week tomorrowAutumnleaves11:31am, 23rd Jan 2015
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I started clicking through to see what happened and when I realised that I was registered as a beginner I clicked the unregister so feel free to check if I'm still in that list of 59 or not to see if the unregister works.Elsie Too
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Good luck with the beginners!Yazoo1:13pm, 23rd Jan 2015
I'm on Google Street View
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.895251,-1.334857,3a,75y,132.91h,76.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sxEu1-KVYE_K05vXlgEhKEA!2e0
I saw the little camera van drive past me a few months ago, and I've been checking that bit of road every so often. And now I'm on it
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.895251,-1.334857,3a,75y,132.91h,76.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sxEu1-KVYE_K05vXlgEhKEA!2e0
I saw the little camera van drive past me a few months ago, and I've been checking that bit of road every so often. And now I'm on it
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Hooray! You can't buy that sort of advertisingJubear12:54pm, 21st Jan 2015
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and u chose the right piece of kit on the daycolettedeann12:54pm, 21st Jan 2015
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That's brilliant!sallykate12:58pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Excellent:)ThorntonRunner1:00pm, 21st Jan 2015
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That's fab - and advertising too! Someone else posted a fab streetview including a checkpoint crew at a race. How cool. I would say "immortalized" but actually, they get updated periodically, don't they, so you'll be deleted some time!HappyG(rrr) G1:00pm, 21st Jan 2015
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I'm on it too, but not in Fetch kit!icemaiden1:09pm, 21st Jan 2015
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BrilliantMr. K.1:11pm, 21st Jan 2015
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JustCommando!1:14pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Happy days!Angus Clydesdale1:18pm, 21st Jan 2015
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At least you were running wearing that, would have been slightly embarrassing if you'd been walking down the street eating a fish supper.pedroscalls1:25pm, 21st Jan 2015
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You get on google street view before our street is even on there! Nice one on the Fetch shirtWine Legs1:26pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Cool!SarahWoo1:33pm, 21st Jan 2015
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I'd have been taking a sneaky walk break, knowing my luck..Iron_Mum Good work!1:56pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Awesome! Great advertising tooEvilPixie2:13pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Arms crossing, toe-ing off?Ocelot Spleens2:14pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Great stuff - perfect timingAutumnleaves2:21pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Excellent! Wonder how many other fetch tops are on it?fleecy2:23pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Don't listen to him! You're more in pose than I usually am - actually that could be said of almost everyone but even so it doesn't look that bad to me.Winded2:34pm, 21st Jan 2015
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HellsBells2:56pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Acebigleggy3:33pm, 21st Jan 2015
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That's a bit coolHanneke4:09pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Now we know where you live.....RevBarbaraG4:17pm, 21st Jan 2015
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That's just where I was running pastfetcheveryone4:23pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Looks a nice pub behind you - how apt that it's called The OlympicDvorak4:26pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Neat!westmoors4:33pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Nice. If you go back a bit so you appear coming towards us in the distance, then press the forward arrow, it looks like you run past us.Diogenes5:18pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Fantastic!Lalli5:31pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Excellent! g.B.
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Excellent!!:)Garfield7:08pm, 21st Jan 2015
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They captured you running, whilst I was just sitting down (see gallery), so yours is much more impressiveLisrun9:26pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Woo HooRach452 (brandstifterin)9:35pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Helegant11:57am, 22nd Jan 2015
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That's fab !Debbie G8:34pm, 22nd Jan 2015
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Nicely!Strutbrother3:23pm, 23rd Jan 2015
Right then, so lets push this a little bit more
One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while (and it ties in with the LiRF stuff that I've been doing, and the TGC campaign, and the amazing work that my lovely wife has been doing with her own beginners group) is to put together some tools that are designed specifically for beginners.
All the training tools on Fetch have grown with me, over the last ten years. But every now and then, I create a test user, and I try to look around the place from the perspective of a new user. And it can be intimidating. Particularly if you're not just a new Fetchie, but a new runner too.
Enter the beginners programme.
It uses the NHS Choices Couch To 5K programme at its core. The sessions start off gently - in the first week, there are eight minutes of running, sandwiched into a 25 minute training session. They build up over 9 weeks, with the ultimate goal being that the beginner can run for 30 minutes continuously. Good stuff.
I've built a simplified interface for the training log, so that beginners can just click a date, and enter time (in minutes), distance (in miles), with a space for notes. It feeds in to the regular training log, so that when our beginners graduate, they have a good chunk of data to look back on. There's also a simplified summary that shows them their total mileage, and the total minutes they've recorded.
There's a direct link into the 'Beginners' thread. I'd like this to be the most-watched thread on Fetch, so that when beginners pop in with questions or comments, we can show them the weight of support that we can offer. So please add this thread to your watch list: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=57060
You've probably also seen a box at the top of the page asking you for your tips for new runners (if you haven't seen it, it's likely that you have a different box open, like the Garmin one, or the Amazon one). When beginners are surfing their pages, they see random tips from Fetchies. The idea here is to pass on some of the experience that the rest of us have picked up, and in a friendly, down-to-earth way.
Beginners can scroll back and fore through the weeks, so if they're already at a particular level, or if they need to go back a bit, the options are there. I'm also adding a box to the top of the page to give them a quick way to get back to the beginners programme, if they wander around the site. And on 'graduating', they see some options pointing them at the Race Finder, the Club listings, and encouraging them to blog about their experiences.
Here's the link:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners
do please have a look, and also please remember to follow the beginners thread.
Leave a comment on this blog with your thoughts. All being well, I'll start sharing it a bit more widely
One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while (and it ties in with the LiRF stuff that I've been doing, and the TGC campaign, and the amazing work that my lovely wife has been doing with her own beginners group) is to put together some tools that are designed specifically for beginners.
All the training tools on Fetch have grown with me, over the last ten years. But every now and then, I create a test user, and I try to look around the place from the perspective of a new user. And it can be intimidating. Particularly if you're not just a new Fetchie, but a new runner too.
Enter the beginners programme.
It uses the NHS Choices Couch To 5K programme at its core. The sessions start off gently - in the first week, there are eight minutes of running, sandwiched into a 25 minute training session. They build up over 9 weeks, with the ultimate goal being that the beginner can run for 30 minutes continuously. Good stuff.
I've built a simplified interface for the training log, so that beginners can just click a date, and enter time (in minutes), distance (in miles), with a space for notes. It feeds in to the regular training log, so that when our beginners graduate, they have a good chunk of data to look back on. There's also a simplified summary that shows them their total mileage, and the total minutes they've recorded.
There's a direct link into the 'Beginners' thread. I'd like this to be the most-watched thread on Fetch, so that when beginners pop in with questions or comments, we can show them the weight of support that we can offer. So please add this thread to your watch list: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=57060
You've probably also seen a box at the top of the page asking you for your tips for new runners (if you haven't seen it, it's likely that you have a different box open, like the Garmin one, or the Amazon one). When beginners are surfing their pages, they see random tips from Fetchies. The idea here is to pass on some of the experience that the rest of us have picked up, and in a friendly, down-to-earth way.
Beginners can scroll back and fore through the weeks, so if they're already at a particular level, or if they need to go back a bit, the options are there. I'm also adding a box to the top of the page to give them a quick way to get back to the beginners programme, if they wander around the site. And on 'graduating', they see some options pointing them at the Race Finder, the Club listings, and encouraging them to blog about their experiences.
Here's the link:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners
do please have a look, and also please remember to follow the beginners thread.
Leave a comment on this blog with your thoughts. All being well, I'll start sharing it a bit more widely
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Loving the typically Fetch off-the-wall intro images and text going on here. The top banner inviting you back to the beginners programme when you wander off to other parts of the site might get a bit in your way after a while. Will there be a regular 'beginners' link?EarlyRiser11:00am, 21st Jan 2015
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ER - thanks - I like finding the imagesfetcheveryone I figure that maybe it'd be ok to have the strip at the top whilst you're a beginner (at running, and at Fetch), just to give noobs a bit of consistency wherever they are. There will be beginners banners and links in the normal menu, just as soon as I'm ready to start pushing it a bit more.11:02am, 21st Jan 2015
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A bit pedantic, but if you are new, and you get to the bit where you start adding runs, won't Sun 13 miles frighten the life out of people?Ocelot Spleens11:17am, 21st Jan 2015
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WS - the data you're seeing is the stuff that you've already added to your own training plan.fetcheveryone11:22am, 21st Jan 2015
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ah ha! 13 miles, jesus.Ocelot Spleens11:29am, 21st Jan 2015
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very exciting! Will help plug it when it's all sortedfleecy11:30am, 21st Jan 2015
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I like what you've done so far.Helegant12:05pm, 21st Jan 2015
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I like what you've done so far.Helegant12:05pm, 21st Jan 2015
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I bloody love it! Wish I'd had this when I started. I wonder how easy it is for beginners to know 'roughly how many miles' they've run though? I didn't have a clue when I started, just went by time. Might be worth giving them a few clues as to how to measure distance without a Garmin, eg an average for the run/walk mix they've input, or tips such as driving the route to measure it on odometer. Or failing all that, just make it optional. LOVE the style of the intro. Would be good to be able to click through and find exactly who those other 18 (or whatever) beginners are doing that week. I'd love to help with this any way I can, btw - I miss coaching beginnersIron_Mum12:10pm, 21st Jan 2015
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^^^ an easy interface to the route planning page maybe - e.g Where did you run? links to the planner, they can plot it out on the map and get a distance?JustCommando!1:18pm, 21st Jan 2015
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BTW. I likes.JustCommando!1:18pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Excellent idea JD - I've added a link to the route mapper just below the bit where it asks for distance.fetcheveryone3:13pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Yes, that would work nicely JDIron_Mum3:14pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Good so far, was gonna mention route mapper but too late.......again.Fenland Flier3:29pm, 21st Jan 2015
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If we;re trying to encourage new people to start running and use this site, could i ask (esp in light of The Sun stopping page 3) that you replace the "No (.) (.) Image" icon ? I saw one at the bottom of the screen and while I'm not personally offended by it, some people might be put off and think that Fetch is a misogynists paradise ? apart form that minor moan i thinks its greatfraggle3:36pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Fair point fraggle, and easy to fix. All new users will get something a bit more in line with conventionfetcheveryone4:09pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Is there any way to change the advice?Fat Dave6:58pm, 21st Jan 2015
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Thanks Fetchfraggle8:06pm, 21st Jan 2015
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I haven't had time to investigate the beginners portal yet but when I began running I discovered Map-o-meter and found that the easiest site for mapping my runs, bike rides etc. I'm not sure how easy it is loading runs manually on Fetch.alpenrose4:52pm, 24th Jan 2015
Try signing up for the beginners portal:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners
It's just for testing at the moment, but all bugs and suggestions gratefully received - stick something in the blog comments. Ta
Six miles today. I picked up a local Conquercise zone I wimped out of taking a turn that would have brought me back via the route I'd planned, and ended up retracing my steps instead.
Threw stones onto the boating lake this morning, and they squealed as they raced across the ice. Never heard that before.
My boy is in a reading race with his friend. This makes me
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/beginners
It's just for testing at the moment, but all bugs and suggestions gratefully received - stick something in the blog comments. Ta
Six miles today. I picked up a local Conquercise zone
I wimped out of taking a turn that would have brought me back via the route I'd planned, and ended up retracing my steps instead. Threw stones onto the boating lake this morning, and they squealed as they raced across the ice. Never heard that before.
My boy is in a reading race with his friend. This makes me
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*like*fleecy
2 comments: could you link to the C25k podcast or at least mention it or some other way of keeping track of time for the run-walk sections?
And 2: scrolling through the weeks I seemed to get HappyG about 4 times in a row
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Very invitingAlice the Camel *likes*8:30pm, 20th Jan 2015
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looks really good, but please can I mend the purple socks?HellsBells10:06pm, 20th Jan 2015
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It's great to see you training togetherHelegant4:45pm, 19th Jan 2015
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Thank the Lord you sorted those sideburns out.McGoohan6:51pm, 19th Jan 2015
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Dicks! BrilliantCheg training looks to be going well.10:12pm, 19th Jan 2015
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I agree about the dicks. One hundred percent.Wine Legs8:57am, 20th Jan 2015
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Thank god for the sideburns. Did Katie scrape them off with her tiger claws?fleecy2:04pm, 20th Jan 2015
Tempo / threshold run this morning. Same as last week. Mile warm up to Town Bridge, then aiming for 7:40/mile for three miles. Stagger home.
It was icy underfoot here and there. One runner came running in the opposite direction, and warned me of some icy patches up ahead. That seemed like a nice thoughtful thing to say, so I said it to all the runners that I passed. Hopefully only some of them thought I was a mentalist
So the run. It went well. I wasn't aiming to beat last week's time, just to keep in the right sort of area. But the mile splits are kind of nice:
Week 1 = 7:46, 7:38, 7:53 (average = 7:46)
Week 2 = 7:39, 7:38, 7:44 (average = 7:40)
The HR bands improved a bit too. These are percentages of max HR, and also include the warm up mile.
Week 1 = 95-100% for 36.4% of the time, 90-95% for 54.7% of the time, and below that for 8.9% of the time.
Week 2 = 95-100% for 33.6% of the time, 90-95% for 42.8% of the time, and below that for 23.6% of the time.
So I managed to go slightly faster (16s over 3 miles), with a more relaxed heart rate. I think the lack of wind helped, but there was also the ice to contend with. I think I'll do one more 3 mile tempo, and then up the distance to 4 miles, but ease off the pace a little bit, to make sure I cope ok.
Four runs completed this week, and 25 miles, up from 16 last week. But because we're not always doing our long runs on a consistent day, we're paying less attention to weekly totals, and using the 'Weekly Run Mileage (Rolling)' graph on the Train home page. I have mine set up to work out an average seven day mileage based on the total miles that I've run in the last four weeks (74). It seems like a smoother way to measure increasing training load.
High: 9.0 degrees
Low: 1.9 degrees
It was icy underfoot here and there. One runner came running in the opposite direction, and warned me of some icy patches up ahead. That seemed like a nice thoughtful thing to say, so I said it to all the runners that I passed. Hopefully only some of them thought I was a mentalist
So the run. It went well. I wasn't aiming to beat last week's time, just to keep in the right sort of area. But the mile splits are kind of nice:
Week 1 = 7:46, 7:38, 7:53 (average = 7:46)
Week 2 = 7:39, 7:38, 7:44 (average = 7:40)
The HR bands improved a bit too. These are percentages of max HR, and also include the warm up mile.
Week 1 = 95-100% for 36.4% of the time, 90-95% for 54.7% of the time, and below that for 8.9% of the time.
Week 2 = 95-100% for 33.6% of the time, 90-95% for 42.8% of the time, and below that for 23.6% of the time.
So I managed to go slightly faster (16s over 3 miles), with a more relaxed heart rate. I think the lack of wind helped, but there was also the ice to contend with. I think I'll do one more 3 mile tempo, and then up the distance to 4 miles, but ease off the pace a little bit, to make sure I cope ok.
Four runs completed this week, and 25 miles, up from 16 last week. But because we're not always doing our long runs on a consistent day, we're paying less attention to weekly totals, and using the 'Weekly Run Mileage (Rolling)' graph on the Train home page. I have mine set up to work out an average seven day mileage based on the total miles that I've run in the last four weeks (74). It seems like a smoother way to measure increasing training load.
High: 9.0 degrees
Low: 1.9 degrees
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Nice running, Fetch-x-x-3:03pm, 18th Jan 2015
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very nice splitsfleecy3:21pm, 18th Jan 2015
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Good HR improvement.Dvorak7:44pm, 18th Jan 2015
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Think 4-6 week cycles for improvement (good that you're seeing an improvement there, which is great, but don't be downhearted if it fluctuates a bit over a week or two. But over 4-6 weeks you'll def see improvement). Nice training.HappyG(rrr) G7:46pm, 18th Jan 2015
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Agrees with Fleecy - good runningSeratonin8:42pm, 18th Jan 2015
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Nice running... how was the LiRF course if you don't mind me asking?Yazoo8:21pm, 19th Jan 2015
Up at 6.20, to take Katie to the station for her course, then over to Bedford stadium for 9 to do my LiRF course. More detail on that tomorrow. Summary: aargh, I'm covered in bees!
Curry for tea, and a very long but pretty good movie called The Place Beyond The Pines. Some lovely cinematography, one of those compressed timeline movies, full of symmetry.
I also received 2 x LR44 batteries in the post, which makes me very happy, as I've got my minmax window thermometer working again. If I've got to go out in the cold, I like knowing exactly how cold
As D2 would say:
3.1 degrees
Eyelids heavy
Curry for tea, and a very long but pretty good movie called The Place Beyond The Pines. Some lovely cinematography, one of those compressed timeline movies, full of symmetry.
I also received 2 x LR44 batteries in the post, which makes me very happy, as I've got my minmax window thermometer working again. If I've got to go out in the cold, I like knowing exactly how cold
As D2 would say:
3.1 degrees
Eyelids heavy
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Five miles today, was originally gonna be a tempo, but I didn't fancy it, so I just ran. It's progress I think. A few weeks ago I would probably have just stayed at home. I've rescheduled the tempo for Sunday. No excuses
Today's work has been mainly about fighting the tyre-yard fire that is the feedback mountain. I brought the list down from about 55 to about 29, but I did cherry pick the easiest fruits.
The boy got two house points for his letter from Santa to the Head Elf. It mentions farting
The central heating pump is screwed again. Fortunately the plumber lives a few doors away, and he's been good enough to pop in for a look (yesterday), and is due back any minute to replace the pump. The damn thing cost £90 I think, and it was only installed last December. He's hoping to persuade the merchants to give us a replacement, hopefully for nowt.
My LiRF course is tomorrow. Eep. How soon after the course do you get your card? I'm starting with my C25k group next Friday
Today's work has been mainly about fighting the tyre-yard fire that is the feedback mountain. I brought the list down from about 55 to about 29, but I did cherry pick the easiest fruits.
The boy got two house points for his letter from Santa to the Head Elf. It mentions farting
The central heating pump is screwed again. Fortunately the plumber lives a few doors away, and he's been good enough to pop in for a look (yesterday), and is due back any minute to replace the pump. The damn thing cost £90 I think, and it was only installed last December. He's hoping to persuade the merchants to give us a replacement, hopefully for nowt.
My LiRF course is tomorrow. Eep. How soon after the course do you get your card? I'm starting with my C25k group next Friday
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Don't hold your breath Fetch - unless you've got a DBS already? You have to get one of those first - mine has only recently arrived (did the course in September!) - then you send it to UKA - they say it can take 2-3 weeks. Not had mine yet - getting away with starting our group up this weekend as scheduled because my running buddy has a licence.Autumnleaves5:01pm, 16th Jan 2015
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Boilers are the bane of my life too..........we moved into a new house 6 years ago. Already, we have had to replace the boiler and pump. This week we were told that we need a new flow joint thingy. The boiler refuses to turn itself off unless we kill it from the isolating switch. It has also decided to heat the radiators even when we only have it on hot water setting. My plumber is has reliability issues tooSeratonin8:00pm, 16th Jan 2015
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Hope the pump is in. If you are willing to risk everything I have some pump replacement experience!Nightjar9:13pm, 16th Jan 2015
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Enjoy the course!.B.10:18pm, 16th Jan 2015
If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know that I'm putting together some pages designed to support beginners through their early running. It's based around the NHS Choices Couch to 5k programme, but it will also use the specific things that Fetch offers, like a cut-down version of the training log, and support and advice from fellow Fetchies.
So with that in mind, it'd be great if you could stick the following thread on your Watch List:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__57060__beginners
When beginners ask questions, they'll be automatically posted on this thread - and if it has lots of followers, then it should mean that they get a response nice and quick.
Thanks
So with that in mind, it'd be great if you could stick the following thread on your Watch List:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__57060__beginners
When beginners ask questions, they'll be automatically posted on this thread - and if it has lots of followers, then it should mean that they get a response nice and quick.
Thanks
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Great ideaAutumnleaves9:36am, 15th Jan 2015
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doneStumpy9:48am, 15th Jan 2015
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Was already watching. We can steal some cakes from the fetchpad threadfleecy9:59am, 15th Jan 2015
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Already watching, looking forward to supporting some more C25kersMummysaurus10:32am, 15th Jan 2015
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DoneLindsD10:57am, 15th Jan 2015
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Sorted.Strutbrother1:58pm, 15th Jan 2015
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doneYorkshire Lass2:03pm, 15th Jan 2015
I've bought myself an album - it's called Tamer Animals, by a band called Other Lives. If you've never heard them before, check out this video. I can't believe how much I love this song:
I've just had a quick stab at making something that will pick 8 random checkpoints within a given leaderboard area, and find the quickest route between them all. Some of the results are quite mental. A bit like a cross between Russell Grant's wallpaper, and those inkblot pictures that are supposed to reveal whether you're a psychopath. It's not quite ready for you to see yet
We did our 12 miler today, heading out to the west of Bedford, taking in the villages of Bromham, Oakley and Clapham.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=10873148
It was lovely. We were a bit slower than when we did the 10, but neither of us particularly care about that. Last week my HR was above the 70% mark for about three-quarters of the time. This week it was under 70% for the majority - so hopefully the recovery should be a bit better too. The route included an unknown (to me) section, which made a massive difference to the run. And compartmentalising it into sections means that I don't look too far ahead. We've 14 to do next week, and it's Katie's turn to pick the route - with the same the principle in mind - throw in something new.
I'm a lucky boy - my contact at High5 has sent us a *mahooooosive* box of gels and recovery potions. We took some gels with us today, and they were pretty nice. I've always used 'Go' gels before, but I'm happily converted I wolfed mine down at about 6 miles, but Katie held on to hers until 10 miles, treating it as an experiment in how well her stomach would handle the gel, rather than using it as fuel. All good. We also have various powders to make into drinks, some energy bars (they look like something you might put out for the birds to peck at, but they taste lovely and fruity), and what look like some fizzy tablets that you drop into water. I remember being fascinated by the Steradent tablets in my grandparents bathroom
I've also been eating some lovely home made chicken soup, and shoving all manner of crap from the biscuit cupboard in my face. Properly tired now - it's hard work, this refuelling
I'd be interested to know whether any of my lovely readers have seen the 'This Girl Can' campaign on TV/online. The basic idea is to encourage more women and girls into all sorts of sports, by illustrating (amongst other things) that you don't have to conform to some sort of idealised body type in order to get stuck in. It's one of the things I was introduced to when we went to parliament, and I'm pleased to say that we're one of the links in the 'running' section I think *everybody* should be encouraged to feel ok about engaging in sport / exercise - so the stuff I'm building for beginners isn't designed to target any specific group - but if you happen to know any women or girls who might have some mental barriers to overcome, this would be a good link to point them at: thisgirlcan.co.uk
I've just had a quick stab at making something that will pick 8 random checkpoints within a given leaderboard area, and find the quickest route between them all. Some of the results are quite mental. A bit like a cross between Russell Grant's wallpaper, and those inkblot pictures that are supposed to reveal whether you're a psychopath. It's not quite ready for you to see yet
We did our 12 miler today, heading out to the west of Bedford, taking in the villages of Bromham, Oakley and Clapham.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=10873148
It was lovely. We were a bit slower than when we did the 10, but neither of us particularly care about that. Last week my HR was above the 70% mark for about three-quarters of the time. This week it was under 70% for the majority - so hopefully the recovery should be a bit better too. The route included an unknown (to me) section, which made a massive difference to the run. And compartmentalising it into sections means that I don't look too far ahead. We've 14 to do next week, and it's Katie's turn to pick the route - with the same the principle in mind - throw in something new.
I'm a lucky boy - my contact at High5 has sent us a *mahooooosive* box of gels and recovery potions. We took some gels with us today, and they were pretty nice. I've always used 'Go' gels before, but I'm happily converted
I wolfed mine down at about 6 miles, but Katie held on to hers until 10 miles, treating it as an experiment in how well her stomach would handle the gel, rather than using it as fuel. All good. We also have various powders to make into drinks, some energy bars (they look like something you might put out for the birds to peck at, but they taste lovely and fruity), and what look like some fizzy tablets that you drop into water. I remember being fascinated by the Steradent tablets in my grandparents bathroom I've also been eating some lovely home made chicken soup, and shoving all manner of crap from the biscuit cupboard in my face. Properly tired now - it's hard work, this refuelling
I'd be interested to know whether any of my lovely readers have seen the 'This Girl Can' campaign on TV/online. The basic idea is to encourage more women and girls into all sorts of sports, by illustrating (amongst other things) that you don't have to conform to some sort of idealised body type in order to get stuck in. It's one of the things I was introduced to when we went to parliament, and I'm pleased to say that we're one of the links in the 'running' section
I think *everybody* should be encouraged to feel ok about engaging in sport / exercise - so the stuff I'm building for beginners isn't designed to target any specific group - but if you happen to know any women or girls who might have some mental barriers to overcome, this would be a good link to point them at: thisgirlcan.co.uk
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High5 tablets are fine but their gels make me want to hurl within 5 mins.Argie6:23pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I just got a shipment of a box of 20 High5 gels in the post this morning. Going halves with my marathon training buddy. Let me know which flavours you recommend and I'll keep the best ones for meeeeeeee!Pikelet7:08pm, 14th Jan 2015
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my fetch advent prize of hi5 marathon pack arrived today, well good!!! thank you again. Now after vowing to never run another marathon can I really afford to ignore this omen?iaincr8:10pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I use the tablets as my recovery drink - most of the flavours have been niceAutumnleaves8:24pm, 14th Jan 2015
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2001-tasticMcGoohan8:25pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I've shared the 'This Girl Can' campaign on facebook, pretty much because, I'm not exactly a svelte athlete but I can and I do and if I'd have seen something like this years ago, I reckon I would have had a go.Corrah8:29pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I've shared it on FB too. It's important that women/girls see sport and fitness as part of everyday life that everyone can take part in, not something only for the elite. I'm sad that it took me 36 years to realise this.PaulaMc8:37pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I fmailed you about seeing the fetcheveryone link on their website the other daymulbs great campaign I though8:40pm, 14th Jan 2015
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It's a brill video, this girl can. Really inspiring stuff. Well done on your 12 miler. *nom nom* I'm on the biscuit refueling right now too!HappyG(rrr) G9:56pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I like the 'This girl can' advert. My wife liked it too. It's got a bit of humour which is great.Surelynot10:43pm, 14th Jan 2015
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Gotta think the Oakley bridge is worth a route photo!The Teaboy7:46am, 15th Jan 2015
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You have an entire cupboard dedicated to biscuits? Impressive.Jigs9:20am, 15th Jan 2015
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I like the mojito and the apple ones. Wasn't a fan of Hi5 but they were the gel option at a few races and nectar don't seem to be available any more. Funny how different people react to different gels, Torq caused a reject for me!JustCommando!9:29am, 15th Jan 2015
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There was a debate on BBC Radio 2 this lunchtime about the This Girl Can campaign. the athlete (sorry I wasn't paying attention who, dropped in half way through) was all for it, but a prof from bath Uni was not so impressed. the use of the word 'girl' rather than woman was seen as patronizing and she believes the advert is too focused on body imaging and sexualizing women in sport, and that the music was aimed only at a young audience. I didn't see it myself, but then I run about; maybe I would feel differently if I was in a stage of being anxious about starting up exercise. Interesting to hear another viewpoint I guess...JuliaD5:04pm, 16th Jan 2015
Not integrated with the rest of the game yet, but here's a first stab at a local checkpoint leaderboard. If you're logged in, it should default to your home area:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/checkpoints-localboard.php
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/checkpoints-localboard.php
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thanks - great to see who is also in the area - i know greg and cog are about as they plant flowers - and there are quite a few otherscolettedeann ah i see me - somewhere near the bottom (now there's a first!!)7:42pm, 13th Jan 2015
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Looks good.Ness7:48pm, 13th Jan 2015
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I don't see me, which is a surprise, but maybe there aren't any checkpoints near me. I do see some familiar local names though.Helegant8:49pm, 13th Jan 2015
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Looks good. What does the 'Rate' mean?CStar9:09pm, 13th Jan 2015
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It just opens up in London for me .i.e not my local area , is it cos I'm on my I pad ?Gromit9:33pm, 13th Jan 2015
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I can't at present as fetch isn't accepting my runs. #rememberArgie10:25pm, 13th Jan 2015
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"Needless" to say, but Marigold is at the top of my leaderboard.alpenrose9:47pm, 14th Jan 2015
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I think it's wrong - it puts Katie way ahead of me! (actually it is quite strange as we do most runs together. Either that or she is out doing secret speed training)flanker11:55pm, 15th Jan 2015
Week 10
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I empathise with the MOT mine failed yesterday, £333 later .. Great tempo runs from bith of you, well done.B.11:35am, 13th Jan 2015
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What!! we have to wait until next time to find out if the car is fixed??? I hope they gave you a discount at Long Eaton Garage Services for All Your Garage Needs.Nightjar12:39pm, 13th Jan 2015
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Liked the wide-eyed look "did I really do that?" at the beginning of your real time recovery.Flatlander2:22pm, 13th Jan 2015
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Love the captionsfleecy And yeah, sort your sideburns out, you're turning into Wiggo there!9:23am, 14th Jan 2015
Are you free?
Please come to Katie's quiz:
Great opportunity to meet some more Fetchies for your stickerbooks
Please come to Katie's quiz:
Great opportunity to meet some more Fetchies for your stickerbooks
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I've put it in the diary.Wine Legs11:34am, 13th Jan 2015
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Nice onefetcheveryone11:37am, 13th Jan 2015
Today I've been back to working on the Beginners Portal, as I'm calling it. The idea is to create a simplified, slightly more hand-holdy method for new runners to make their way into running. I hope to be able to show it off soon, and then I'll be pestering you all to find friends and family members that we can process
I've started reading 'The Amateurs'. After six weeks of Dickens, it's so refreshing to read something modern. Dickens is literary hill work
Three miles today. Felt nice and short. Interesting little niggle above right knee. Only a minor though.
My nephew has been put forward to play district rugby Another couple of years and he'll look like Godzilla! We're all very proud of him.
I've started reading 'The Amateurs'. After six weeks of Dickens, it's so refreshing to read something modern. Dickens is literary hill work
Three miles today. Felt nice and short. Interesting little niggle above right knee. Only a minor though.
My nephew has been put forward to play district rugby
Another couple of years and he'll look like Godzilla! We're all very proud of him.
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'Dickens is literary hill work' -Iron_Mum Hard Times indeed.
And well done to nephew, how exciting.10:26pm, 12th Jan 2015 -
Hard Times is Dicken's best work and the second best novel ever written (imo) - hope niggle clears up quicklycolettedeann10:36pm, 12th Jan 2015
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Hi Fetch - keeping an eye open for this! Launching a new beginners' group on Saturday so I might have some guinea pigs for you in a week or twoAutumnleaves11:21am, 13th Jan 2015
The TSP is a famous computer science problem. A salesman must choose the best route to visit all the cities in an area, minimising his mileage in the process. I remember studying it a little bit at university. It's of interest to me right now because of Fetch Checkpoints. Now that we have lots of them and (any day now) local leaderboards, it occurred to me that it would be great to automatically generate the shortest route between all local checkpoints. It would be different for each person based on their starting point, and on the checkpoints within range. You could look up your route, then go out to see how many points you could pick up.
I was pleased to discover that the Google Directions API has a built-in ability to provide solutions, given a set of waypoints. Expect geeky fun with that at some point in the future
I was pleased to discover that the Google Directions API has a built-in ability to provide solutions, given a set of waypoints. Expect geeky fun with that at some point in the future
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Like the sound of that.Grid1:53pm, 11th Jan 2015
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Sounds good - random route generateo to stave off boredom:)Rosehip3:19pm, 11th Jan 2015
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Yes I likeyNight-owl3:39pm, 11th Jan 2015
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I wish I understood computering much more than I do.GimmeMedals7:17pm, 11th Jan 2015
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Sounds good!Winniefree9:01pm, 11th Jan 2015
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I remember doing those sorts of problems on one of my OU maths courses, was enteraining:)Gus10:06am, 12th Jan 2015
According to a post I made on the Book Group thread, I started reading The Old Curiosity Shop on November 22nd, and I finished it today. That's 49 days of reading time. I read a quote recently that said that people read books for enjoyment, or for boasting. It was enjoyable *in places*, and Mr Dickens can certainly turn a very good phrase. I particularly liked:
"... this might have been a very comical thing to look at from a secure gallery, as a bull-fight is found to be a comfortable spectacle by those who are not in the arena, and a house on fire is better than a play to people who don’t live near it..."
I found lots of interesting nuggets like this as I worked my way through it, navigating all the people who turn out to be the pauper's rich grandfather, and the people who suddenly develop coughs that refuse to go away until suddenly they peg it on Christmas Day (sounds like Eastenders when you put it like that). And in unearthing the nuggets, I've found a ridiculously simple way of keeping note of them. Rather than having the wherewithal to write them all down, I just have some mini-PostIt notes next to me, and I stick one on the bit that I'd like to remember. I did say it was ridiculously simple, didn't I? So my copy of the book is now decorated with lots of little pink tabs.
Overall though, I wouldn't recommend it. I think I was expecting something a bit more like Acorn Antiques. I know it was originally written as a weekly serial, which might explain the meandering nature of the story - but certainly as a novel it was drowning in turgidness.
Not sure what to read next, but I need something light that I can just breeze through. I don't think I can handle The Mill On The Floss just now, sorry Columba!
We've had a lazy day today, except for the boy doing rugby. It was windy some more - to the extent that the gate between me and my neighbour has blown off its hinges. How can I work out which of us owns the gate? It's a bit of a pain, because the dog can run amok whenever he goes out for a wee now. At rugby, we saw seagulls trying to fly into the wind, and failing.
Regarding my blog from a few days ago about apps - the consensus seems to be (at least amongst the existing Fetchies - that was an interesting point) is that what's needed is a better way to access the site from a mobile device. Well, if you've been following my blog closely over the last year, you might recall that a lot of the under-the-hood work has been about preparing the site for a better mobile experience. I've been taking a modular approach to pages, so that I can serve up different elements, depending on whether the user is viewing the mobile site or the desktop one.
Spurred into action by the results of the poll, I've retired the old mobile site, and created a brand new mobile site, which is largely indistinguishable from the desktop site. Rather than starting with empty pages, and building up a structure, I'm going the opposite way - taking the existing content, and paring it back. I can hone the navigation and key pages, whilst still offering all the less-obvious features.
The mobile site is here: m.fetcheveryone.com (just 'm' instead of 'www'). As I've said, it's currently an identical copy of the normal site - but with a few small updates. The navigation at the top has had a very quick going-over with the razor, so that it takes up a lot less space. I know the icons need to be much larger in order to be proddable, and I will probably turn Home/Forum/Train/Race etc into a dropdown, or into a horizontal icon bar. I've also started butchering the main forum list page, and individual threads, stripping out some of the less critical stuff, and working on increasing font sizes and clickable areas. I'll keep chipping away at those, until I've got them the way I'd like, then I'll start on other popular pages.
"... this might have been a very comical thing to look at from a secure gallery, as a bull-fight is found to be a comfortable spectacle by those who are not in the arena, and a house on fire is better than a play to people who don’t live near it..."
I found lots of interesting nuggets like this as I worked my way through it, navigating all the people who turn out to be the pauper's rich grandfather, and the people who suddenly develop coughs that refuse to go away until suddenly they peg it on Christmas Day (sounds like Eastenders when you put it like that). And in unearthing the nuggets, I've found a ridiculously simple way of keeping note of them. Rather than having the wherewithal to write them all down, I just have some mini-PostIt notes next to me, and I stick one on the bit that I'd like to remember. I did say it was ridiculously simple, didn't I? So my copy of the book is now decorated with lots of little pink tabs.
Overall though, I wouldn't recommend it. I think I was expecting something a bit more like Acorn Antiques. I know it was originally written as a weekly serial, which might explain the meandering nature of the story - but certainly as a novel it was drowning in turgidness.
Not sure what to read next, but I need something light that I can just breeze through. I don't think I can handle The Mill On The Floss just now, sorry Columba!
We've had a lazy day today, except for the boy doing rugby. It was windy some more - to the extent that the gate between me and my neighbour has blown off its hinges. How can I work out which of us owns the gate? It's a bit of a pain, because the dog can run amok whenever he goes out for a wee now. At rugby, we saw seagulls trying to fly into the wind, and failing.
Regarding my blog from a few days ago about apps - the consensus seems to be (at least amongst the existing Fetchies - that was an interesting point) is that what's needed is a better way to access the site from a mobile device. Well, if you've been following my blog closely over the last year, you might recall that a lot of the under-the-hood work has been about preparing the site for a better mobile experience. I've been taking a modular approach to pages, so that I can serve up different elements, depending on whether the user is viewing the mobile site or the desktop one.
Spurred into action by the results of the poll, I've retired the old mobile site, and created a brand new mobile site, which is largely indistinguishable from the desktop site. Rather than starting with empty pages, and building up a structure, I'm going the opposite way - taking the existing content, and paring it back. I can hone the navigation and key pages, whilst still offering all the less-obvious features.
The mobile site is here: m.fetcheveryone.com (just 'm' instead of 'www'). As I've said, it's currently an identical copy of the normal site - but with a few small updates. The navigation at the top has had a very quick going-over with the razor, so that it takes up a lot less space. I know the icons need to be much larger in order to be proddable, and I will probably turn Home/Forum/Train/Race etc into a dropdown, or into a horizontal icon bar. I've also started butchering the main forum list page, and individual threads, stripping out some of the less critical stuff, and working on increasing font sizes and clickable areas. I'll keep chipping away at those, until I've got them the way I'd like, then I'll start on other popular pages.
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Not sure if I'm being stupid but you appear to have stripped out the login boxes from the top of the page so I can't view blogs, training etc as I can't log in to the mobile siteThorntonRunner8:14am, 11th Jan 2015
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Have you read all the other books from the Book Group yet? There's some raight little nuggets in thereMcGoohan8:20am, 11th Jan 2015
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The paperwork when you bought the house should include a map that shows the property and it should have little symbols that show who owns which fence.Elsie Too9:01am, 11th Jan 2015
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I thought you'd been tinkering again - really noticed it on my laptop. Will I see a difference on my little tablet (I don't have a fancy phone - yet)?alpenrose
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Thanks Fetch - looks good:)ThorntonRunner10:49am, 11th Jan 2015
The car needed a new wheel bearing, but apart from that, it went through the MOT. The repair bill was £90, plus £54 for the MOT, but I did get a free cup of machine coffee out of it, so it wasn't all bad.
I had bold intentions of heading off to find new paths today, hence my enquiries of Pabsey yesterday - but we were late enough leaving for school that I was in so much of a rush that I couldn't find my contact lenses, and hadn't had the chance to go to the loo. So I abandoned the idea of running early, took the boy to school in a gimpish combination of running kit and civilian clothes, all thrown on just to get us out of the door. But I'm past caring about that. Dropped the car off, and caught the bus back to the house.
The call came through that the car was ready, so I ran to the garage (don't you just love being able to do that?), and threw in a little loop of West Park to end up with 6.6 miles. So there was no long run this week (our 10 was on Sunday), but I was pleased to finish the 6.6 strongly, being my third consecutive training day of this week. I won't get another chance now, so I get 16.4 miles for the week. Hardly setting the world on fire, but I'm happy with it. On Wednesday, we're doing 12 in one serving
Nine days of no alcohol. Not doing too badly, although I wouldn't mind a glass tonight. It's been proper windy. There was a 'For Sale' sign macheting its way down the street earlier, and the roof sounds like it's bouncing up and down. We're on the sort of street where you regularly find smashed tiles on the pavement after weather like this.
I had bold intentions of heading off to find new paths today, hence my enquiries of Pabsey yesterday - but we were late enough leaving for school that I was in so much of a rush that I couldn't find my contact lenses, and hadn't had the chance to go to the loo. So I abandoned the idea of running early, took the boy to school in a gimpish combination of running kit and civilian clothes, all thrown on just to get us out of the door. But I'm past caring about that. Dropped the car off, and caught the bus back to the house.
The call came through that the car was ready, so I ran to the garage (don't you just love being able to do that?), and threw in a little loop of West Park to end up with 6.6 miles. So there was no long run this week (our 10 was on Sunday), but I was pleased to finish the 6.6 strongly, being my third consecutive training day of this week. I won't get another chance now, so I get 16.4 miles for the week. Hardly setting the world on fire, but I'm happy with it. On Wednesday, we're doing 12 in one serving
Nine days of no alcohol. Not doing too badly, although I wouldn't mind a glass tonight. It's been proper windy. There was a 'For Sale' sign macheting its way down the street earlier, and the roof sounds like it's bouncing up and down. We're on the sort of street where you regularly find smashed tiles on the pavement after weather like this.
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We braved the heavy rain this morning to get Katie's tempo run done. The weather was quite unpleasant, but somehow it stoicised us (what is the right word that means to engender stoicism?) to fight it. My legs felt it a little bit, early on, as they shook off the leftovers of my own tempo yesterday, but they came through admirably well And Katie? Well, she nailed it, just like she always does - each mile slightly faster than the last, finishing strongly (albeit cursing the lack of beeping from the watch).
The car is going in for its MOT tomorrow. Despite being only six years old, it's a nervous occasion (it's a nervous wreck, haha) as it's had a recurring gearbox problem for the last year. I hope this means that statistically, the rest of the car is in great condition. I'm planning a little run when I drop it off, and aiming for a route I've not done before. It goes across the Trent in a couple of places, and I wasn't sure whether the bridges advertised on Google Maps still existed. I even tried looking on the Checkpoints map, to see if there was any evidence of people crossing at that point - but the evidence was inconclusive. Thankfully, I've checked with SPKoF (aka Pabsey), and he says that although it sometimes gets a bit waterlogged, I won't have to wade across the river
Spent a tense hour trying to get the data off my boy's failing Xbox memory stick. It's every bit of progress in every game he's every played. It's a bit like losing your training log, and all your fitness along with it. Luckily it sparked into life one last time, and we copied the data quick sharp. Unfortunately though, we have another boy with another Xbox that looks like it's got a dodgy laser. Damnit. Any Xbox owners have any experience of getting them successfully repaired?
And Katie? Well, she nailed it, just like she always does - each mile slightly faster than the last, finishing strongly (albeit cursing the lack of beeping from the watch). The car is going in for its MOT tomorrow. Despite being only six years old, it's a nervous occasion (it's a nervous wreck, haha) as it's had a recurring gearbox problem for the last year. I hope this means that statistically, the rest of the car is in great condition. I'm planning a little run when I drop it off, and aiming for a route I've not done before. It goes across the Trent in a couple of places, and I wasn't sure whether the bridges advertised on Google Maps still existed. I even tried looking on the Checkpoints map, to see if there was any evidence of people crossing at that point - but the evidence was inconclusive. Thankfully, I've checked with SPKoF (aka Pabsey), and he says that although it sometimes gets a bit waterlogged, I won't have to wade across the river
Spent a tense hour trying to get the data off my boy's failing Xbox memory stick. It's every bit of progress in every game he's every played. It's a bit like losing your training log, and all your fitness along with it. Luckily it sparked into life one last time, and we copied the data quick sharp. Unfortunately though, we have another boy with another Xbox that looks like it's got a dodgy laser. Damnit. Any Xbox owners have any experience of getting them successfully repaired?
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Nice running, and thNks for the reminder, my car needs an MOT this month!.B.11:09pm, 8th Jan 2015
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I once saw what I thought was a bridge or path over the railway line on a route I wanted to take, got there and found it was a river running underneath and a big pipefleecy7:40am, 9th Jan 2015
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Our family car is going for its MoT next week. It's 14 years old and I am very worried, so much so that I was dreading.even booking it in.Diogenes8:44am, 9th Jan 2015
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Bet you felt great after that run - there's something about the rainy ones.sallykate9:56am, 9th Jan 2015
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A lot of the games shops will do Xbox and Playstation laser fixes (and like Garmin, they'll sometimes just swap out the whole Xbox if it's quicker/easier for them). Not cheap though. 100 quid? Good luck. I ran to and from garage service yesterday. Good excuse!HappyG(rrr) G11:25am, 9th Jan 2015
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Je suis Charlie!Dai Bank6:37pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Good goal-settingIron_Mum6:40pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Why is Katie batman? I'm confused. I'm proper Lolling though! Well done on getting your long run done. First one in a while is always tough. They get easier as you get into them though, don't they?HappyG(rrr) G9:11pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Best Batman impression ever.Nightjar1:35pm, 8th Jan 2015
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Waiting for the beep takes such a long time! Next one will be betterfleecy7:46am, 9th Jan 2015
With absolutely *NO* promises about actually making something happen, I would really like to get some feedback for this poll:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=4726
It's asking what the key feature of a Fetch app should be. Should it focus on being a simplified, browsable version of the website? Or is it more about having something that you can stick in your pocket when you go for a run, that will give you time/distance/etc, and feed it into your training log?
Of course, if you're interested in an app, I know you might say "both". But then I might have to poke you in the eye If I've any chance of making this happen, then it'll be because I've broken it into more manageable chunks. Right now I'm trying to think about how I recreate the whole of Fetch - and frankly, I don't think that's healthy
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=4726
It's asking what the key feature of a Fetch app should be. Should it focus on being a simplified, browsable version of the website? Or is it more about having something that you can stick in your pocket when you go for a run, that will give you time/distance/etc, and feed it into your training log?
Of course, if you're interested in an app, I know you might say "both". But then I might have to poke you in the eye
If I've any chance of making this happen, then it'll be because I've broken it into more manageable chunks. Right now I'm trying to think about how I recreate the whole of Fetch - and frankly, I don't think that's healthy
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Done , but I would like to add that I wouldn't use the distance /time/etc function if there was one as i prefer to use my garminGromit11:59am, 7th Jan 2015
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Does it ask "Android or Apple/iOS"? Or does everyone have to do both nowadays?HappyG(rrr)
Can you can go all "agile" and just build one thing and then add to it? I'd go with browse forums and be able to post better (my HTC Android phone causes me to write drivel when I post... ahem...) I'll go vote. Yay, an App! G12:03pm, 7th Jan 2015 -
What Gromit said. I might be right out on the end of the bell curve as I'm currently using the API daily, thoughBadger12:09pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Done - again what Gromit said.ThorntonRunner12:48pm, 7th Jan 2015
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The time distance thing would be good for competing with the likes offleecy
stravaand would be more attractive to newbies who might never stick their heads into forums and blogs etc but who don't have a Garmin. I think if you're asking those of us who lounge around doing the social stuff or who upload straight from their Garmins then you'll get the second answer. You're kind of looking at two audiences. It would actually be handy to have a time and distance function for when your Garmin has gone flat, that's when I tend to use Strava.12:54pm, 7th Jan 2015 -
Wow - I'm a bit surprised by the result so far. I'd say that the website works fine as it is on a mobile browser. Sure it's a bit hard to hit some of the buttons with my big fingers on a small screen but there are ways around that. I would like to see an app leverage the things that only a mobile can do while out and about; tracking using GPS or cell data for example. I don't mean to replace a watch but a periodic update of where people are in a race would be useful for support crews and make it more exciting to follow a race. Perhaps it could alert you when another Fetchie is about to pass you in a race, and automatically collect the sticker. Uploading of photos direct to the gallery is another thing it could do. The TomTom can upload run stats via their mobile app so I can look at my run almost immediately and I'd like to see that on a Fetch app too (obviously relies on the watch being able to connect directly to the mobile).Nightjar12:55pm, 7th Jan 2015
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I think it's a nightmare on a mobile browser meself, drives me nuts. That'd be the key thing for me: forum, training log, blogs etc. But I DO agree with Nightjar re using the affordances of mobile - uploading pics to gallery is a brilliant idea. I wouldn't use it to log runs (Garmin all the way) but I'd love it if it it could link to the two geolocation-specific games, Fetchpoint and Conquercise, and maybe allow you to 'check in' at races.Iron_Mum1:04pm, 7th Jan 2015
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What's an app?Angus Clydesdale1:08pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Race check in is a great ideafleecy As is automatic sticker collection, I can imagine two fetchies madly waving their phones at each other! I log runs manually as I CBA to faff about connecting my Garmin to my laptop and so on (though I should probably try it now you've started auto sucking) but I'd love to play the games if your phone could do all the faffage.2:52pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Fetchpoint could make suitable noises every time you pass a marker. All maps could automatically open to your current location. I bet you could do that in close to zero lines of code.ChrisHB3:41pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Fecthpoint as an app is what I would like the most I think - as Chris says making noises for coins and bugs etcRosehip5:05pm, 7th Jan 2015
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Whilst browsing the site is really useful (and what I've voted for) I'd really like to be able to upload photos easily and input race times.Meglet5:58pm, 7th Jan 2015
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just make the website mobile-friendly and the need to develop multiple apps goes away if you expose all the functionality for a smaller screen. GPS logging direct to fetch can already be done with the Garmin app and the Connect - Fetch "auto-sucking" ( © Fleecy)flanker12:03pm, 8th Jan 2015
If you've not seen it yet, go and take a look at the Fetch Stickerbook
It's a way of recording the Fetchies that you've met in real life.
Some of the stickers have stars and jazzy backgrounds, if they've done cool stuff like run lots of miles, or posted loads on the forum.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/stickers.php
If you're not a sticker yourself, just make sure you (a) visit the site reasonably regularly [as a logged in user], and (b) visit lots of pages. The list of stickers is rebuilt each night, so if you make enough of a nuisance of yourself, you'll be on it before you know it
In other news, I spent an hour standing in the TV shop whilst the manboy behind the desk did lots of incompetent stuff, like (a) dealing with customers who weren't me, (b) ringing the wrong people to get an authorisation code to approve the replacement telly, (c) cutting himself off whilst sitting in a ten minute queue to the right department, (d) wandering off. It was very close to punch o'clock.
Running has not got a look-in so far this week, which means that if I want to fit three runs in now, they're gonna have to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - not ideal, but not terrible. Please make sure I run tomorrow, Fetchworld.
I'm making good progress with my Machine Learning course though - at the moment it's covering algorithms that you can feed lots of examples to (and each example can have lots of parameters), and it'll basically generate a best fit model for that data. We've started off with linear regression, but now it's moved on to logistic regression. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the Fetch data
It's a way of recording the Fetchies that you've met in real life.
Some of the stickers have stars and jazzy backgrounds, if they've done cool stuff like run lots of miles, or posted loads on the forum.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/stickers.php
If you're not a sticker yourself, just make sure you (a) visit the site reasonably regularly [as a logged in user], and (b) visit lots of pages. The list of stickers is rebuilt each night, so if you make enough of a nuisance of yourself, you'll be on it before you know it
In other news, I spent an hour standing in the TV shop whilst the manboy behind the desk did lots of incompetent stuff, like (a) dealing with customers who weren't me, (b) ringing the wrong people to get an authorisation code to approve the replacement telly, (c) cutting himself off whilst sitting in a ten minute queue to the right department, (d) wandering off. It was very close to punch o'clock.
Running has not got a look-in so far this week, which means that if I want to fit three runs in now, they're gonna have to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - not ideal, but not terrible. Please make sure I run tomorrow, Fetchworld.
I'm making good progress with my Machine Learning course though - at the moment it's covering algorithms that you can feed lots of examples to (and each example can have lots of parameters), and it'll basically generate a best fit model for that data. We've started off with linear regression, but now it's moved on to logistic regression. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the Fetch data
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I understood punch o'clock. You lost me on linear regression. I like the stickerbook, thank you.Helegant6:53pm, 6th Jan 2015
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Does this mean that all the collected stickers are wiped out every night and we have to go through the list again every day?Velociraptor
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No.fetcheveryone6:55pm, 6th Jan 2015
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I'm not sure about the regression stuff but I'm liking the Sticker Book. Thank you very much indeedGimmeMedals7:01pm, 6th Jan 2015
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The sticker book is brilliant - thank youBaronessBL7:26pm, 6th Jan 2015
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I'll do my Long run tomorrow, I shall ask about your run when I get backHellsBells7:47pm, 6th Jan 2015
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Completely lost me with that last paragraph. Which is one of many reasons why you run this site and I don't!Angus Clydesdale
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The main thing is... have I won yet?McGoohan7:57pm, 6th Jan 2015
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Yay for logistic regression! I did my dissertation on deviant logics - instant glazeover materialWinniefree
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Will the Fetch computer become self-determining and sentient and take over the world like in Colossus: The Forbin Project. Is that what you want? Is it? That's what happens when you play with algorithms.McGoohan9:36pm, 6th Jan 2015
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I am finding it quite difficult to differentiate between people I *feel* I've met and people I have actually met. But I like it.quimby9:40pm, 6th Jan 2015
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Love the stickers. But not as much as 'punch o'clock' which is proper LOLLindsD10:48pm, 6th Jan 2015
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It is now Wednesday. You need to go for a run today. Consider this your pesterCorrah I know what you mean about punch o'clock though, very frustrating. Off to check out the stickers.7:45am, 7th Jan 2015
Woke up this morning feeling a bit leaden, which is no surprise given that yesterday's run took quite a bit out of us.
I also got out of bed a few times in the night with some dream-inspired thinking that I was taking part in a surprise party. I'll spare you the details, except to say that it involved trying to find pants, and Katie telling me to climb back in and go to sleep.
Marathon then. It starts here, etc
The long runs for January go a bit like this:
10 (done), 10 again, 12, 14, and then a 16 on the first day of February. We're building to a 20 in mid-February, and then two further 20's, including Oakley at the end of March. That's a fairly testing one, from what I've heard, so it should be a good marker.
I am also planning to work on my lactate threshold pace, on the basis that it will make everything slower feel much easier. My plan for January is to do a weekly threshold run - warm up for a mile, then run for 3 miles at about 10s/mile slower than my 10k pace, which means about 7:37/mile. In theory, I think this should also correspond to 85% of my WHR (working heart rate), which is around 165bpm. My plan (because it's unlikely I'll be able to reassess my pace during Jan or Feb) is to keep an eye on my heart rate during these runs, and if it's working to plan, I should see my heart rate coming down a bit for the same pace. In February, I will either inch the pace up, or add an extra mile, depending entirely on what I feel like doing
Aside from those two elements, I will fit in at least one, but hopefully two other runs per week. There'll be no agenda for these - just using them for fun, or for knackering the dog. I'll be starting with my C25K group on Jan 23rd, so this might swallow up the time for one of those runs. The reason I'm aiming for 4/week in January is so that when the mileage goes up even further in February, I've got the opportunity to drop back down to 3 if it's too tiring.
We have some cutback weeks included, when the long runs start to get up to 16-18 and beyond.
And that's about the extent of my thinking so far.
I also got out of bed a few times in the night with some dream-inspired thinking that I was taking part in a surprise party. I'll spare you the details, except to say that it involved trying to find pants, and Katie telling me to climb back in and go to sleep.
Marathon then. It starts here, etc
The long runs for January go a bit like this:
10 (done), 10 again, 12, 14, and then a 16 on the first day of February. We're building to a 20 in mid-February, and then two further 20's, including Oakley at the end of March. That's a fairly testing one, from what I've heard, so it should be a good marker.
I am also planning to work on my lactate threshold pace, on the basis that it will make everything slower feel much easier. My plan for January is to do a weekly threshold run - warm up for a mile, then run for 3 miles at about 10s/mile slower than my 10k pace, which means about 7:37/mile. In theory, I think this should also correspond to 85% of my WHR (working heart rate), which is around 165bpm. My plan (because it's unlikely I'll be able to reassess my pace during Jan or Feb) is to keep an eye on my heart rate during these runs, and if it's working to plan, I should see my heart rate coming down a bit for the same pace. In February, I will either inch the pace up, or add an extra mile, depending entirely on what I feel like doing
Aside from those two elements, I will fit in at least one, but hopefully two other runs per week. There'll be no agenda for these - just using them for fun, or for knackering the dog. I'll be starting with my C25K group on Jan 23rd, so this might swallow up the time for one of those runs. The reason I'm aiming for 4/week in January is so that when the mileage goes up even further in February, I've got the opportunity to drop back down to 3 if it's too tiring.
We have some cutback weeks included, when the long runs start to get up to 16-18 and beyond.
And that's about the extent of my thinking so far.
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For marathon training, most plans recommend lengthening the LT run from 3 miles up to 6 or 7 over a period of 4-6 weeks. Looks like a good plan. Do you have "tune up" races planned too? A half, a 10K and a 5K or other distances? Good way of gauging progress and good confidence boost too. Best of luck.HappyG(rrr) G11:53am, 5th Jan 2015
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I forgot to mention races - we're doing Bath Half at the start of March - and there's enough recovery leeway around it, that it might be interestingfetcheveryone I might push the tempos up a bit more in February, but want to get used to them first.11:59am, 5th Jan 2015
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Our tune up races are between 10-15k none as far as 21k (just saying)Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
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The HRM mob will burn me at the stake but I'd suggest throwing the HRM away. From what I've been reading HR can vary from day to day and even morning to afternoon.-x-x-1:07pm, 5th Jan 2015
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good luck with the trainingcolettedeann2:12pm, 5th Jan 2015
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those threshold runs will be very hard.Ocelot Spleens2:19pm, 5th Jan 2015
Ten miles done.
The first of our long runs for marathon training, and the smallest foothill in the mountain range we are about to climb. The last couple of miles were the most tortuous (although my HR was pleasingly solid). We last did a 10 on the 10th of December, so there's no surprise it was a bit tough really. Added to that it was cold enough for my shirt to have a white sheen of frost on it, and a bitey wind on the back 5, and you get the general idea.
Bit tired now Legs are not too bad, toes feel a bit like they've been squished. My toenails are quite short at the moment. Normally they're long enough for me to administer the occasional accidental lethal strike under the duvet
Now it gets serious. 2014 was about trundling and being consistent, now it's all about shaping the raw materials into something marathonable. Or something. More details on the plan tomorrow
The first of our long runs for marathon training, and the smallest foothill in the mountain range we are about to climb. The last couple of miles were the most tortuous (although my HR was pleasingly solid). We last did a 10 on the 10th of December, so there's no surprise it was a bit tough really. Added to that it was cold enough for my shirt to have a white sheen of frost on it, and a bitey wind on the back 5, and you get the general idea.
Bit tired now
Legs are not too bad, toes feel a bit like they've been squished. My toenails are quite short at the moment. Normally they're long enough for me to administer the occasional accidental lethal strike under the duvet Now it gets serious. 2014 was about trundling and being consistent, now it's all about shaping the raw materials into something marathonable. Or something. More details on the plan tomorrow
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Well done. Only managed 5 today. Wasn't inspired by the prospect of getting wet and it did almost hail on me.Nightjar7:49pm, 4th Jan 2015
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I got a layer of frost on my gloves out on my run this morning - how slow is that?Seratonin8:59pm, 4th Jan 2015
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Going into January 10 mile fit is a very good thingsallykate9:22pm, 4th Jan 2015
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looking forward to details of your plancolettedeann - i love looking at different plans and thinking about trying this or that one - but obviously have to narrow it down or else nothing will get done!10:29pm, 4th Jan 2015
I realised the other day that I hadn't really done a blog about how things went in parliament back in December.
It was an exciting trip for sure - I've never even walked past the HoP, so the chance to go in for a nosey around was great. I still don't know how I managed to be on the guest list. The security had some interesting signs, telling us we weren't allowed to take anything suitable for causing agitation (not whisks, Mr Jigs) like flags, or banners. Luckily we'd left ours at home.
There's a lovely big hall called Westminster Hall, which had a choir singing at one end, so it felt a bit Hogwartsy - and it was quite chilly inside. Apparently Churchill and the Queen Mum, and the victims of the R1 airship disaster have all lain in state here.
Beyond the hall, a lovely sort of "middle room" separating the Commons and the Lords, with a very big ceiling, and very fancy floors.
Our big meeting was in the Thames Pavillion. There were what felt like about 80-100 guests, in a very small room - not really enough to move elbows. Just about everybody there was connected with running in some form. It felt a *bit* like some folks were clearly there to "work the room", and that's not something I've ever known how to do (nor do I particularly wish to learn) - so me and Katie stood and made big eyes at each other for a bit. We did chat to some nice people though, the highlight being my first chance to meet Marigold Lovely man, and very patient as I asked him all the questions that everyone asks him when they know his back story. Good luck at Comrades Steve!
There were some speeches, talking about the importance of running - stuff we all know really - and it's all about making some connections between running organisations to help bring more people to running. I have had some useful chats, and the stuff I'm putting together to help beginners may well get publicised a bit, if things work out well.
It was all over pretty quickly really, and we were back on our way to the station.
The chair of the meeting was Alistair Burt, who (as he later announced to a room full of people) is also one of Katie's patients / clients. I shook his hand, and he asked me 'how I came to be at the meeting'. In retrospect, I can see that this was my cue to put forward all the reasons why Fetch is such a wonderful community, so supportive and inclusive of runners of every standard. But as I've said above, I've no idea how to work a room, and because I was still quite curious as to why I was on the guest list, I instead went with "no idea, I was hoping you could tell me!". He's clearly a very kind man, and recovered well with "Let me introduce you to David Moorcroft". "David", he said, "this is Katie, my physio, and this is... her Ian". That'll do
It was an exciting trip for sure - I've never even walked past the HoP, so the chance to go in for a nosey around was great. I still don't know how I managed to be on the guest list. The security had some interesting signs, telling us we weren't allowed to take anything suitable for causing agitation (not whisks, Mr Jigs) like flags, or banners. Luckily we'd left ours at home.
There's a lovely big hall called Westminster Hall, which had a choir singing at one end, so it felt a bit Hogwartsy - and it was quite chilly inside. Apparently Churchill and the Queen Mum, and the victims of the R1 airship disaster have all lain in state here.
Beyond the hall, a lovely sort of "middle room" separating the Commons and the Lords, with a very big ceiling, and very fancy floors.
Our big meeting was in the Thames Pavillion. There were what felt like about 80-100 guests, in a very small room - not really enough to move elbows. Just about everybody there was connected with running in some form. It felt a *bit* like some folks were clearly there to "work the room", and that's not something I've ever known how to do (nor do I particularly wish to learn) - so me and Katie stood and made big eyes at each other for a bit. We did chat to some nice people though, the highlight being my first chance to meet Marigold
Lovely man, and very patient as I asked him all the questions that everyone asks him when they know his back story. Good luck at Comrades Steve! There were some speeches, talking about the importance of running - stuff we all know really - and it's all about making some connections between running organisations to help bring more people to running. I have had some useful chats, and the stuff I'm putting together to help beginners may well get publicised a bit, if things work out well.
It was all over pretty quickly really, and we were back on our way to the station.
The chair of the meeting was Alistair Burt, who (as he later announced to a room full of people) is also one of Katie's patients / clients. I shook his hand, and he asked me 'how I came to be at the meeting'. In retrospect, I can see that this was my cue to put forward all the reasons why Fetch is such a wonderful community, so supportive and inclusive of runners of every standard. But as I've said above, I've no idea how to work a room, and because I was still quite curious as to why I was on the guest list, I instead went with "no idea, I was hoping you could tell me!". He's clearly a very kind man, and recovered well with "Let me introduce you to David Moorcroft". "David", he said, "this is Katie, my physio, and this is... her Ian". That'll do
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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I'm sure there are much worse things to beBintmcskint9:12pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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I can't believe Katie hasn't told him all about you alreadyDiogenes9:14pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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Sounds awesomeVicksterH9:38pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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He should have said "this is Katie, my physio, and this is Ian, her disciple".McGoohan9:41pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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I need to picture the occasion - what did you wear? Bit shallow sorryD29:57pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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So no-one knew you were Fetch, who's bent his wookie?alpenrose10:33pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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How excellentVelociraptor
Being prone to starstruckness despite an embarrassing talk-to-anyone habit otherwise, I feel your slight discomfort.11:23pm, 3rd Jan 2015 -
Tut, you can tell you're a geek! Networking is a useful life skill, just think of the people you could have met there if you weren't so socially inept! But it must have been quite overwhelming, and Katie really needs to bend his ear about fetchfleecy11:51pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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Need to write you a script then, for the next time, of course.Dai Bank9:39am, 4th Jan 2015
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I wouldn't want Katie to compromise her professionalism on my behalf, that's the thing.fetcheveryone
D2 - here's what we wore:10:48am, 4th Jan 2015 -
Gah. It's in the gallery.fetcheveryone10:48am, 4th Jan 2015
Oh noes, we has no internets :-/
The Virgin Engineer has been summoned, and a fix has been promised by 4am. So I'm eating tangerines and watching The Hunger Games on our big new telly
The sticker book is sounding like fun! We'll have shineys, and sets (eg Bedford Harriers). What else?
The Virgin Engineer has been summoned, and a fix has been promised by 4am. So I'm eating tangerines and watching The Hunger Games on our big new telly
The sticker book is sounding like fun! We'll have shineys, and sets (eg Bedford Harriers). What else?
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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new gamescolettedeann i can't wait!9:31pm, 2nd Jan 2015
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Hunger Games on new telly. We've done that tooCStar This whole HD thing is a bit scary.
I recommend Divergent for similar fare.10:03pm, 2nd Jan 2015 -
Hope they fix it soon.Ness8:02am, 3rd Jan 2015
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I "get" sticker books but shineys? You've lost me already!minardi8:38am, 3rd Jan 2015
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Shineys are like rare stickers.fetcheveryone9:02am, 3rd Jan 2015
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So do you do swapsies and everything? How do you get "packs" of stickers? Are they prizes for doing races or PBs or miles or something? And then I get swapsies, that's easy, that's just a thread and lots of chat and hanging round (that's what it was in real life). Very exciting.HappyG(rrr)
What are the stickers? Fetchies? or Real ( ) people like Mo Farah etc.? G2:30pm, 3rd Jan 2015
Ey up,
just back from my first run of 2015 - a friendly 3-miler around the pond with Katie and the dog. I had a bit of a headache after three large glasses of red wine last night, but I'd emerged from the blur after a couple of miles.
2014 was a good running year - I managed 844 miles, which is my highest mileage for about 7 years. But more pleasingly, I avoided the boom-and-bust approach - with no major gaps in my training (the biggest being a seven day period at the end of November. There's a tool for this - here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-consecutive.php ). Hopefully it's the best preparation to take with me into the next few months, as we build up to quote the unquote marathon.
I read 26.5 books in 2014 - you can see the full list here: pinterest.com - my favourite three (in no particular order) The Curious Incident..., The Second Coming, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm currently chugging my way through The Old Curiosity Shop, which has taken over a month. It's not all that inspiring - very long-winded, but I will stick with it. If you like reading, come and join the Fetch Book Group: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=56655&page=223
I can't blog about 2014 without mentioning the Blog-a-Day gang #fetchBAD - and the 15 people who managed to keep blogging every day throughout the year. Anyone attempting it for 2015? Despite most people's concerns about their own output being boring, it actually meant we got to learn a heck of a lot about the bloggers. I missed my first day in April I think, then struggled on until the start of the summer holidays - and then it all fell apart
If you're up for something similar, but just a little bit different, try #fetchPAD... I'm giving it a go:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__57155__1__fetch_photo_a_day_challenge_2015_fetch_pad
I've got some more challenges for myself - so I'm writing them down here, for a bit of peer pressure.
I'm giving up alcohol until I've run London. I'm not concerned about the amount I drink, but I'd like to see what sort of a difference it makes.
I was going to put something about the online courses, maybe specifying a number I wanted to have completed - but I want those to be purely about my own *want*. So no pressure there, just a bit of exploring.
I will also be doing my LiRF course on 17th Jan at Bedford Stadium - and I've started advertising at my son's primary school for parents who want to be helped through the Couch to 5k programme. I have four interested parents so far, and we're starting on Jan 23rd So that's another one of my goals - is to encourage as many beginners into running as I possibly can. I'll be looking after my group, and also putting together some functionality on Fetch that will be designed to look after beginners, and to help you all bring more beginners to running, and to Fetch. More info on that soon. I was hoping to get it all ready for New Year - but you know how it is It's one reason why I'm a bit jealous of the bigger running brands - they always seem to have their co-ordinated New Year stuff all set up and ready to go. But I wouldn't swap. You'll just have to wait a bit
I also want to finish the next chapter of the story I'm writing, somewhere within the first three months of 2015. If you're interested in reading chapter 1, here it is: facebook.com - all pestering and thoughts appreciated.
In running terms, January is quite simple - we want to be up to at least 14 miles long run by the end of the month. I need to put some thought into the speed stuff too.
There are some other little projects coming your way too. Checkpoint Leaderboards, the Fetch Stickerbook, and maybe even the long-overdue app
Other than that, I just want to look after my family - my lovely wife, my boy, my step-boys, and everyone around us. Lots to be grateful for in 2015!
just back from my first run of 2015 - a friendly 3-miler around the pond with Katie and the dog. I had a bit of a headache after three large glasses of red wine last night, but I'd emerged from the blur after a couple of miles.
2014 was a good running year - I managed 844 miles, which is my highest mileage for about 7 years. But more pleasingly, I avoided the boom-and-bust approach - with no major gaps in my training (the biggest being a seven day period at the end of November. There's a tool for this - here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-consecutive.php ). Hopefully it's the best preparation to take with me into the next few months, as we build up to quote the unquote marathon.
I read 26.5 books in 2014 - you can see the full list here: pinterest.com - my favourite three (in no particular order) The Curious Incident..., The Second Coming, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm currently chugging my way through The Old Curiosity Shop, which has taken over a month. It's not all that inspiring - very long-winded, but I will stick with it. If you like reading, come and join the Fetch Book Group: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=56655&page=223
I can't blog about 2014 without mentioning the Blog-a-Day gang #fetchBAD - and the 15 people who managed to keep blogging every day throughout the year. Anyone attempting it for 2015? Despite most people's concerns about their own output being boring, it actually meant we got to learn a heck of a lot about the bloggers. I missed my first day in April I think, then struggled on until the start of the summer holidays - and then it all fell apart
If you're up for something similar, but just a little bit different, try #fetchPAD... I'm giving it a go:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__57155__1__fetch_photo_a_day_challenge_2015_fetch_pad
I've got some more challenges for myself - so I'm writing them down here, for a bit of peer pressure.
I'm giving up alcohol until I've run London. I'm not concerned about the amount I drink, but I'd like to see what sort of a difference it makes.
I was going to put something about the online courses, maybe specifying a number I wanted to have completed - but I want those to be purely about my own *want*. So no pressure there, just a bit of exploring.
I will also be doing my LiRF course on 17th Jan at Bedford Stadium - and I've started advertising at my son's primary school for parents who want to be helped through the Couch to 5k programme. I have four interested parents so far, and we're starting on Jan 23rd
So that's another one of my goals - is to encourage as many beginners into running as I possibly can. I'll be looking after my group, and also putting together some functionality on Fetch that will be designed to look after beginners, and to help you all bring more beginners to running, and to Fetch. More info on that soon. I was hoping to get it all ready for New Year - but you know how it is It's one reason why I'm a bit jealous of the bigger running brands - they always seem to have their co-ordinated New Year stuff all set up and ready to go. But I wouldn't swap. You'll just have to wait a bit I also want to finish the next chapter of the story I'm writing, somewhere within the first three months of 2015. If you're interested in reading chapter 1, here it is: facebook.com - all pestering and thoughts appreciated.
In running terms, January is quite simple - we want to be up to at least 14 miles long run by the end of the month. I need to put some thought into the speed stuff too.
There are some other little projects coming your way too. Checkpoint Leaderboards, the Fetch Stickerbook, and maybe even the long-overdue app
Other than that, I just want to look after my family - my lovely wife, my boy, my step-boys, and everyone around us. Lots to be grateful for in 2015!
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Ooh, I didn't know about that Training Analysis page, I bet it's been there years though. I like it, thanks FetchFizz :-)6:48pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Fetch StickerbookLazyDaisy App (Android as well as Apple please)
The OC Shop is the most boring of Dickens' novels, IMO.6:48pm, 1st Jan 2015 -
Fetch Stickerbook - superbBaronessBL6:49pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Don't forget the virtual reality Fetchpoint goggles, so we can see the coins we're picking up and the bugs we're squishing... Happy New Year and good luck with it all!Iron_Mum6:54pm, 1st Jan 2015
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I like this idea of better supporting beginners. Inspiring.Wazelle the Gazelle7:00pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Nice one Fetch, I'm planning on dropping the vino between now and London too, to see if it makes a difference and because I do have a slight concern over my intake...... My biggest running year ever too, 651 miles logged - determined to pass the 1000 in 2015.Scooba Steve7:13pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Sounds like much to look forward to in 2015 for you and for Fetchland, thank youIrontubs7:58pm, 1st Jan 2015
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You must have taken a wrong turning: surely 26.2 books is what is required.ChrisHB7:58pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Fantastic stuff, lots of inspiration there.Diogenes7:59pm, 1st Jan 2015
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I'm signing up for *everything*McGoohan8:06pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Fetch sticker book - I can't waitGimmeMedals it sounds like 2015 is going to be another great year for you 8:19pm, 1st Jan 2015
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That sounds like a busy year you have planned!Bintmcskint
Well done on both the running and the reading in 2014. Looks like there's lots more to come8:48pm, 1st Jan 2015 -
Nice consistent running there fetch, good base for The Marathonfleecy9:09pm, 1st Jan 2015
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OMG OMG, a sticker book?! Yay!Meglet10:07pm, 1st Jan 2015
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Not a real sticker book, I should make that clearfetcheveryone10:11pm, 1st Jan 2015
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I've got a Panini sticker book. So far I've got cheese and ham and a tuna melt.McGoohan8:20am, 2nd Jan 2015
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fetcheveryone
5:08pm, 2nd Jan 2015
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What about the 15 people who succeeded in blogging every day throughout 2014? I seem to remember there was to be a prize? (Wolly socks, - or did I dream it?)Columba5:45pm, 2nd Jan 2015
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Have a look on the Pepys, Mole, Howser thread.fetcheveryone5:52pm, 2nd Jan 2015
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Oooh, are you going to come and make a guest appearance in TBOGUAers thread? We'd love to see you there. Panini (and I'm not talking sandwiches here!) sticker book. Yes pls!HappyG(rrr) G2:33pm, 3rd Jan 2015
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Yes, come and join us on TBOGUA. And *like* for the sticker bookLindsD9:52am, 5th Jan 2015
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Hill areas
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'b'uffs then
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Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
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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
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September (14)
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Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
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A guide with no pages
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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
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
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
[Untitled]
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)
There Are Some Really Sexy Girls On Fetch
Comments
Do you love the snow?
Totally agree with you, Victoria sandwich should not have lemon curd, I much prefer strawberry or raspberry jam in it. Glad you guys did a freedom run