I filmed this on the TomTom Bandit today
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Wow!
The DHL parcel tracking says that I signed for the parcel at 2.49pm, and I uploaded my first video to YouTube at 3.12pm.
23 minutes to unbox it, fiddle with the buttons, stick the memory card in, download the remote control app onto my phone, record a stupid video of me, and a few taps and clicks later, it's available on YouTube.
One of the things that TomTom were talking about as far as this camera is concerned is not just the fact that you can take some good action footage, but that you can work with that footage really quickly and simply. So that's a big massive TICK from me in that box.
Here's a link to it on Amazon, so you can see what I'm looking at:
amazon.co.uk
I'll be doing some more stuff with it over the next few days. I'm genuinely very impressed, and I'm not being bribed to say that (I've got to send it back next month - boo!)
The DHL parcel tracking says that I signed for the parcel at 2.49pm, and I uploaded my first video to YouTube at 3.12pm.
23 minutes to unbox it, fiddle with the buttons, stick the memory card in, download the remote control app onto my phone, record a stupid video of me, and a few taps and clicks later, it's available on YouTube.
One of the things that TomTom were talking about as far as this camera is concerned is not just the fact that you can take some good action footage, but that you can work with that footage really quickly and simply. So that's a big massive TICK from me in that box.
Here's a link to it on Amazon, so you can see what I'm looking at:
amazon.co.uk
I'll be doing some more stuff with it over the next few days. I'm genuinely very impressed, and I'm not being bribed to say that (I've got to send it back next month - boo!)
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It's about 10cm long, 4cm wide, and about 5cm high when attached to one of its mounts.fetcheveryone3:55pm, 19th Jun 2015
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That looks nice. I know it's too soon to know and you'll be getting round to this in due course, but can you let us know how it fares battery-wise, please.Angus Clydesdale4:11pm, 19th Jun 2015
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In HD mode, it's supposed to do 3hrs of recording. I think it's one of those things where if you leave it alone, it'll do that - but the more you play, the less you'll get. But the control screen on the camera is mono, so there's not much besides filming that would drain it. I'll see how I get on.fetcheveryone4:14pm, 19th Jun 2015
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Thank you.Angus Clydesdale
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are you sure it isn't a secret lightsabre handle?mulbs2:53pm, 24th Jun 2015
We went to our first BodyPump™ class yesterday - well, our first one back in the UK. My previous experience of BodyPump (please take the TM as read) was at Club La Santa - and so it was going to be an interesting comparison. At CLS, I think all the equipment is pretty new, with colour-coordinated weights, and (despite the large class sizes) plenty of room around each person. The instructors were confidently tanned Europeans, and it certainly helped to be out in the (unfortunately limited) sunshine.
Fast forward to yesterday, and we were 22 people in a small sweaty dance studio at the council leisure centre, with some industrial-looking weights, warped bars, steps that wouldn't quite clip together, and all with an undeniable dose of Britishness But it was good fun!
It helps that we recognised all of the music - they have a set of tracks that they use worldwide, and change every three months. Each track covers a different part of the workout e.g. Meghan Trainor is all about those core muscles. What I am going to have to get used to is 1) being the only man - unless more turn up next time; and 2) getting the amount of weight right on my bar. The former isn't too much of a problem, especially as I had Katie to look after me, but I'm going to have a hard time remembering the weights. It seems like guesswork at the moment, and I went through some exercises wondering exactly why the instructor was grunting and gritting her teeth, whilst in other ones I was swearing like a wounded pirate.
The hardest sets for me seem to be around my shoulders. My legs are doing ok after ten years of running, but my shoulders have been programming since I was 11, and they fold around my chest like the wings of a sleeping bat. They're gonna take some ironing out. I came away with slight arm shakes, and today I'm a bit DOMsy - which tells me that I got the weights right at least some of the time. We're booked up for next week, and our plan is to go once a week, although most of the articles I've read suggest that you need to go at least twice. We'll see about that. I still want time for running, and for biking (still waiting for the voucher to come through from Cyclescheme, but I'm pretty excited).
In other news, I'm getting my hands on some cool-looking kit to try out - the Fitbit Surge (the one with the GPS and the optical HRM in it. I've never tried a Fitbit before - nor indeed any kind of wearables), and the TomTom Bandit, which is an 'action camera' - according to the marketing, you can record 3 hours of HD; it's dead simple to work with the output; and I've got to agree with a review I read - it does look a bit Star Warsy I also got an email asking me if I'd received my jar of fitness powder that slows down ageing and fights cancer, but sadly I think it's been delivered to the wrong place.
Right, I'd better get on with stuff.
Fast forward to yesterday, and we were 22 people in a small sweaty dance studio at the council leisure centre, with some industrial-looking weights, warped bars, steps that wouldn't quite clip together, and all with an undeniable dose of Britishness
But it was good fun! It helps that we recognised all of the music - they have a set of tracks that they use worldwide, and change every three months. Each track covers a different part of the workout e.g. Meghan Trainor is all about those core muscles. What I am going to have to get used to is 1) being the only man - unless more turn up next time; and 2) getting the amount of weight right on my bar. The former isn't too much of a problem, especially as I had Katie to look after me, but I'm going to have a hard time remembering the weights. It seems like guesswork at the moment, and I went through some exercises wondering exactly why the instructor was grunting and gritting her teeth, whilst in other ones I was swearing like a wounded pirate.
The hardest sets for me seem to be around my shoulders. My legs are doing ok after ten years of running, but my shoulders have been programming since I was 11, and they fold around my chest like the wings of a sleeping bat. They're gonna take some ironing out. I came away with slight arm shakes, and today I'm a bit DOMsy - which tells me that I got the weights right at least some of the time. We're booked up for next week, and our plan is to go once a week, although most of the articles I've read suggest that you need to go at least twice. We'll see about that. I still want time for running, and for biking (still waiting for the voucher to come through from Cyclescheme, but I'm pretty excited).
In other news, I'm getting my hands on some cool-looking kit to try out - the Fitbit Surge (the one with the GPS and the optical HRM in it. I've never tried a Fitbit before - nor indeed any kind of wearables), and the TomTom Bandit, which is an 'action camera' - according to the marketing, you can record 3 hours of HD; it's dead simple to work with the output; and I've got to agree with a review I read - it does look a bit Star Warsy
I also got an email asking me if I'd received my jar of fitness powder that slows down ageing and fights cancer, but sadly I think it's been delivered to the wrong place. Right, I'd better get on with stuff.
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I went to some Les Mills classes a few years ago when my lad was small and I could put him in crêche for an hour. I was the only guy. Ever. Not a single nother one. Not even once. Some of those women were pretty scarey too, especially the ones that went to BodyCombat™. I got bored of the system eventually. The soundtracks and routines were very prescriptive and, I felt, got quite "samey". The instructors seemed a bit bored too.Angus Clydesdale9:33am, 18th Jun 2015
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That said, I've just remembered that MrsC goes to a LesMills something-or-other on a Friday, led by Scott who's a bit of a rebel and ~whispers~ doesn't always stick to the routine........Angus Clydesdale
She raves about it, so perhaps it's down to the interpretation. Les Mills has made a small fortune by turning the world into Gym Bunny automatons.9:35am, 18th Jun 2015 -
As someone who's never really done any sort of work with weights, I think it's going to be useful for me, and it's nice going with Katie - but yep, there were some ladies flinging some very heavy weight bars around. We'll see how we gofetcheveryone9:41am, 18th Jun 2015
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Angus Clydesdale I wish I could go with MrsC but one of us has to watch the kids.9:45am, 18th Jun 2015
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Can I have the anti-ageing powder to try if it arrives please?jennywren9:48am, 18th Jun 2015
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I have shoulders like that...JustCommando!9:51am, 18th Jun 2015
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Body Pump is great, and we usually have about 3 or 4 blokes who go to the daytime classes (men are rare in daytime classes, but Pump is the exception) I wish more men would go to classes, they're missing out on a lot of fun! Body Combat is amazingfleecy It does depend a lot on the quality of the instructor, I agree, luckily my local gym has some fantastic teachers but it's worth shopping around different teachers if you don't happen to like one.
You'll soon find the weights become a habit, one thing I used to do was put additional weights on the end for squats without attaching them properly, then they're easy to slip off when you move to the shoulder track (which I was always very wimpy on!)11:49am, 18th Jun 2015 -
1 a week, as long as we do other core e.g. Pilates or a bums n tums type class, I think. I am for 3, but usually manage 2 and a bit a week. I've been doing bodypump on and off for 13 years! (obviously I started it when I was 16HappyG(rrr) ) G1:22pm, 18th Jun 2015
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You don't look 29, HappyG(rrr)!fleecy4:44pm, 18th Jun 2015
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The body pump class I go to has as many men as women in it.Stumpy it's in the evening though. The daytime ones round here are almost all women. Or maybe that's just the demographics of my gym (ladies that lunch) once you get into it, it is a brilliant workout. I have a secret though. I LOVE body combat. Something very satisfying about an hour of punching and kicking 9:52pm, 18th Jun 2015
It's been quite a light week of running, as I've been looking after my hamstring, which went a bit needly during the Club La Santa 10k last Saturday. Immediately after the race I was hobbling a bit, but I got back to walking pretty normally by Monday. On Wednesday, I took the dog out for a three mile run-walk. There were patches where it was fine, and my longest patch of running was about 6 minutes, but I was pretty nervous, and I ended up backing right off when I felt the tiniest of prickles, to make sure I didn't do any more damage.
I rested it up on Thursday, and then took my beginners out on Friday morning for 6k. Although I was slightly conscious of it, the pace (10:36/mile average) was quite helpful, as it meant I could run with a fairly short stride length. It felt like a massive relief to have done it, and I have lots of sympathy for folks who are currently on the injury bench.
Saturday was another rest day, watching the boy at rugby in the drizzle. Was very pleased to see him volunteering to be the bulldog in the warm up, and heart-in-the-mouth proud as he flung himself at the biggest kid. At the start of the school year, he was very much standing at the back, letting the other kids handle the ball, and chatting with his friend - but now he's tuned right in. He does a few other clubs, at least one of which seems to be more bank account-centric - but I've been so impressed with the rugby one. At £2 a session, and with typically 15-20 kids, and four coaches, it clearly shows that they're doing this because they enjoy it
Sunday was a big test for a few of my beginners - the Long Eaton 5. They ran very well, and came away smiling. Perhaps the nicest image was the beginner who didn't go for the 5 miler, but instead led her whole family around the 2 mile fun run, and looked as though they had a fantastic time
The boy was up for doing the fun run too, and I didn't even have to do too much persuading. We did the Sport Relief Mile back in March 2014, and he got round that in 9:42, so I was interested in seeing how he would cope with double the distance. He needed a couple of little walks in the second mile, but his walk breaks are typically about 5 seconds - so I've barely changed my stride before he's off again. We got round in 18:42, so that's quite a nice improvement on his pace too, and he did the last 0.1 mile at 6:50/mile, but (unlike at the Sport Relief mile) I was ready for him this time, and kept up When rugby ends for the summer we've talked about doing parkrun, although I've yet to break it to him that there's no goody bag and medal at the end.
My hamstring seems to be ok-ish - I've had a few mobile niggles (it went up towards my groin for a bit, and yesterday it had settled behind my knee), but I've been trying some of the hamstring tests that Katie has given me, and it seems to be improving nicely - so I'm heading out to try a gentle three miler today. No speed or big distances this week though I think.
And in non-running news, I've bought a road bike We really enjoyed our cycling trips on Lanzarote (I very much like the 'stop for coffee' aspect), and it'll be a great way to maintain and bolster our fitness whenever a running injury crops up. In the past I've struggled on bike rides, as I've been on something more like a mountain bike, whilst Katie has been on her jazzy road bike - so it'll be really nice to feel like I've got a bit more assistance. Work are registered with the Cycle To Work scheme - I did try to buy a bike through this a few years back, but they turned me down on the basis that I work from home... but they seem to have gone for a more sensible policy now, based perhaps on the idea that a healthy lifestyle means healthy workers. Either way, they've ticked the relevant box, so I'm waiting for the paperwork to turn up. The bike is a Cube Peloton Race 2015 - it felt like the nicest one when I did the test ride, but I struggled to really notice any major difference between any of the bikes on offer. All I know is that when I did Bedford Sprint Tri on my step son's school bike, it was a bit of a struggle - so this has got to be better, right?
I rested it up on Thursday, and then took my beginners out on Friday morning for 6k. Although I was slightly conscious of it, the pace (10:36/mile average) was quite helpful, as it meant I could run with a fairly short stride length. It felt like a massive relief to have done it, and I have lots of sympathy for folks who are currently on the injury bench.
Saturday was another rest day, watching the boy at rugby in the drizzle. Was very pleased to see him volunteering to be the bulldog in the warm up, and heart-in-the-mouth proud as he flung himself at the biggest kid. At the start of the school year, he was very much standing at the back, letting the other kids handle the ball, and chatting with his friend - but now he's tuned right in. He does a few other clubs, at least one of which seems to be more bank account-centric - but I've been so impressed with the rugby one. At £2 a session, and with typically 15-20 kids, and four coaches, it clearly shows that they're doing this because they enjoy it
Sunday was a big test for a few of my beginners - the Long Eaton 5. They ran very well, and came away smiling. Perhaps the nicest image was the beginner who didn't go for the 5 miler, but instead led her whole family around the 2 mile fun run, and looked as though they had a fantastic time
The boy was up for doing the fun run too, and I didn't even have to do too much persuading. We did the Sport Relief Mile back in March 2014, and he got round that in 9:42, so I was interested in seeing how he would cope with double the distance. He needed a couple of little walks in the second mile, but his walk breaks are typically about 5 seconds - so I've barely changed my stride before he's off again. We got round in 18:42, so that's quite a nice improvement on his pace too, and he did the last 0.1 mile at 6:50/mile, but (unlike at the Sport Relief mile) I was ready for him this time, and kept up
When rugby ends for the summer we've talked about doing parkrun, although I've yet to break it to him that there's no goody bag and medal at the end. My hamstring seems to be ok-ish - I've had a few mobile niggles (it went up towards my groin for a bit, and yesterday it had settled behind my knee), but I've been trying some of the hamstring tests that Katie has given me, and it seems to be improving nicely - so I'm heading out to try a gentle three miler today. No speed or big distances this week though I think.
And in non-running news, I've bought a road bike
We really enjoyed our cycling trips on Lanzarote (I very much like the 'stop for coffee' aspect), and it'll be a great way to maintain and bolster our fitness whenever a running injury crops up. In the past I've struggled on bike rides, as I've been on something more like a mountain bike, whilst Katie has been on her jazzy road bike - so it'll be really nice to feel like I've got a bit more assistance. Work are registered with the Cycle To Work scheme - I did try to buy a bike through this a few years back, but they turned me down on the basis that I work from home... but they seem to have gone for a more sensible policy now, based perhaps on the idea that a healthy lifestyle means healthy workers. Either way, they've ticked the relevant box, so I'm waiting for the paperwork to turn up. The bike is a Cube Peloton Race 2015 - it felt like the nicest one when I did the test ride, but I struggled to really notice any major difference between any of the bikes on offer. All I know is that when I did Bedford Sprint Tri on my step son's school bike, it was a bit of a struggle - so this has got to be better, right?
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The Cube Peloton Race is an Excellent bike. Nice frame, and we'll spec'd for the money. Good choiceeL Bee!10:18am, 16th Jun 2015
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Thanks eL Bee!fetcheveryone10:27am, 16th Jun 2015
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If my new Cube is anything to go by you're gonna love it. Well specced and quality frames. It's my first road bike ever and going back to my MTB now feels like riding through porridge. Can't understand now why I persevered so long with the MTB on the road ?z1000jeff10:51am, 16th Jun 2015
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Was Steve as friendly as I said?The Teaboy12:27pm, 16th Jun 2015
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I've got a cube and love it , I wish you many happy miles on yoursGromit12:32pm, 16th Jun 2015
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Another Cube fan here, happy ridingRFP1:44pm, 16th Jun 2015
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My local bike shop wouldn't deal with Cube last year, hopefully they've got their shizzle together now and everything goes well.icemaiden4:09pm, 16th Jun 2015
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Phew, good thing the cycle ratio didn't say 'Cube? What a pile of shit!' wasn't it?fleecy6:18pm, 16th Jun 2015
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Cycle ratio? I typed cyclerati!fleecy6:19pm, 16th Jun 2015
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Super bike. Nothing to do with the fact that I bought one earlier this year when a retailer was doing 15% 'cash back' on onesLickster In many ways prefer it over my much more expensive carbon bike, for longer rides.7:54pm, 16th Jun 2015
due to the extremely low quality and quantity of monkeys and typewriters, the follow button I mentioned in my previous blog wasn't *ahem* totally working just now. And I thought maybe you didn't care
If you've given it a go, please give it another go, and let's hope it's working now.
If you've given it a go, please give it another go, and let's hope it's working now.
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I've just been notified that GlennR is following my training. Either someone has cut my brain into two halves or there's a bug. Clicking the arrow suggests that it was someone else.GlennR3:04pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Ah. I've just been notified that Drell is following my training. I had in fact followed someone else, and clicking the arrow told me who.Drell3:10pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Same here. I'll try following some people againBattlecat3:43pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Oh God I hope no one follows me!LindsD4:06pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Right. I'm going to follow LindsMcGoohan4:22pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Anyone who follows me will be running very slowly, but in very landscape-ful places.ChrisHB5:57pm, 12th Jun 2015
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I have a notification saying I am following my training but when I click on the notification it takes me to your profile fetch. Does this mean you are stalking me?! Or. Maybe you are stalking your dog as my last few training sessions were with Stephen!Elsie Too6:12pm, 12th Jun 2015
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The self-naming thing should be sorted nowfetcheveryone6:49pm, 12th Jun 2015
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I decided to follow ChrisHB instead of Linds. I'd say Chris has just logged doing some Saxon Shore Way and I expect to see a blog about it shortlyMcGoohan11:20pm, 13th Jun 2015
Thanks for all the biking suggestions. It's looking like I'll be able to use the Cycle To Work scheme to help with the cost, so I'm heading to the local bike shop next week to have a look at some options
If you look at the user profiles of your friends / clubmates / victims, or at a specific piece of training that they've done, you'll now see a little 'Follow' button near that users nickname. If you click it, you'll get a notification whenever that person logs a training run. Handy if you like to keep up with what people are doing. If you'd like to try it, go visit my user profile and click 'follow', and I'll upload a piece of training in about half an hour.
On the flip-side of that, you can also control whether you're 'followable' or not, and can adjust your share settings, to control how much detail about each of your runs is shown. The new options give you four levels of sharing:
1) nothing
2) basic (so just things like total mileage, time, type of session - headline stats)
3) stats (all the graphs etc that describe the run)
4) everything (most particularly, this includes the map, if you've used a GPS)
But wait, that's not all
You can set these permissions differently for 'everyone', and for 'buddies' - so you have quite a bit of control over how much you share.
I'm aware that there's a very incongruent set of sharing/hiding mechanisms in various mainstream and backwater pages around the site, and I'll be working my way through these, to make them use this new system.
You can access the sharing options via the config box in your training log (here's a link to it too: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/user-settings-visibility.php). Currently, the new options apply to the stuff that you can see in the 'glasses' view of a piece of training, but I'll be extending them into the rest of the site over the next few coding sessions.
All comments welcome
If you look at the user profiles of your friends / clubmates / victims, or at a specific piece of training that they've done, you'll now see a little 'Follow' button near that users nickname. If you click it, you'll get a notification whenever that person logs a training run. Handy if you like to keep up with what people are doing. If you'd like to try it, go visit my user profile and click 'follow', and I'll upload a piece of training in about half an hour.
On the flip-side of that, you can also control whether you're 'followable' or not, and can adjust your share settings, to control how much detail about each of your runs is shown. The new options give you four levels of sharing:
1) nothing
2) basic (so just things like total mileage, time, type of session - headline stats)
3) stats (all the graphs etc that describe the run)
4) everything (most particularly, this includes the map, if you've used a GPS)
But wait, that's not all
You can set these permissions differently for 'everyone', and for 'buddies' - so you have quite a bit of control over how much you share.
I'm aware that there's a very incongruent set of sharing/hiding mechanisms in various mainstream and backwater pages around the site, and I'll be working my way through these, to make them use this new system.
You can access the sharing options via the config box in your training log (here's a link to it too: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/user-settings-visibility.php). Currently, the new options apply to the stuff that you can see in the 'glasses' view of a piece of training, but I'll be extending them into the rest of the site over the next few coding sessions.
All comments welcome
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Ooh, what fun!Drell12:29pm, 12th Jun 2015
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For those too lazy to click through, what are the defaults?Weean12:39pm, 12th Jun 2015
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The defaults are an attempt to replicate the patchwork of current settings. But srsly, if you can manage a whole question, you can click on the linkfetcheveryone12:40pm, 12th Jun 2015
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But the default if I've not been able to fathom something more appropriate is :'everyone' is 'stats', and 'buddies' is 'everything'.fetcheveryone12:42pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Mine were that everyone can see everything which is perhaps the opposite to what it ought to be from a security perspective.Diogenes12:51pm, 12th Jun 2015
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Dio - the system is showing that you'd previously enabled sharing of the glasses view - I'd replicated that choice for everyone that had done so.fetcheveryone12:55pm, 12th Jun 2015
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I see, I'm so careless with my personal data ;-), thanks for clarifying that.Diogenes1:09pm, 12th Jun 2015
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and your recycling bin is *filthy* by the wayfetcheveryone1:11pm, 12th Jun 2015
I enjoyed cycling in Lanzarote, and have been talking about saving up for a bike
Let's say I have a budget of £600, and not a penny more - what bike should I get?
I'm about 5ft11, inside leg about 33", and the thing I liked about our bikes on Lanzarote was the range of gears - the third option on the front set of cogs seemed to be very useful. Other than that, I don't have any particular requirements, other than just a nice bike that I can go roaming on with Katie.
All suggestions and bargains very welcome!
Let's say I have a budget of £600, and not a penny more - what bike should I get?
I'm about 5ft11, inside leg about 33", and the thing I liked about our bikes on Lanzarote was the range of gears - the third option on the front set of cogs seemed to be very useful. Other than that, I don't have any particular requirements, other than just a nice bike that I can go roaming on with Katie.
All suggestions and bargains very welcome!
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apparently the first hour record was set on a penny farthingBazoaxe9:29pm, 8th Jun 2015
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I have a kona dew deluxe hybrid. Reasonably light, about £600. Lots of gears*Anj*9:39pm, 8th Jun 2015
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I have a Giant hybrid. It was half your budget but it does only have 2 cogs at the front. I'm really happy with it, though.LindsD10:08pm, 8th Jun 2015
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PlanetX seem to do good value bikes. I'd be tempted for something cyclocross style - for a bit of speed & nid off road capability. edinburghbicycle.com also seem to put together a good deal.Kieren10:23pm, 8th Jun 2015
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I bought my road bike second hand from a member of the Tri Club. Bargain.RichHL10:31pm, 8th Jun 2015
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I bought a specialized Allez for 500 quid. It has a granny gear and helped me do LEJOG and an Ironman. I've always regretted the Matt silver but she has been good to me.Cheg11:11pm, 8th Jun 2015
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Wait a while befire buying. 2016 year bikes will be in store soon and you can buy this years bikes at a discount, Your 600 quid will then buy you a £1000 bike that will be far better. Most cyclists buy last years stuff and save their money to buy better tyres and wheels. Check out Start Cycle for prices but buy at a local bike shop LBS so that when stuff happens the LBS can put it right.Dai Bank
Welcome to the dark side. Oh and buy a good pair of shorts with the insert, your arse will still hurt for a while but it will help.7:21am, 9th Jun 2015 -
You should ask Santababy - the forum sorted her out. Eventually. Once we'd all stopped taking the piss.McGoohan7:52am, 9th Jun 2015
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I would say the lightest frame you can - but I know nothing. All I know is that I have a hybrid that weighs a ton but I didn't know that until I borrowed a friends road bike while on holiday and it was amazingly light and made cycling so much more pleasant.Elsie Too8:43am, 9th Jun 2015
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I think you need to decide first whether you'll be all on road or all off road or a bit of each. I love my hybrid as I do both, I hate road cycling but flying down the canal path actually makes me see a point to cyclingfleecy9:15am, 9th Jun 2015
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I'm with the hybrid brigade too. A road bike is very well if you want to go fast, but as the weight of the bike is fairly low compared to the weight of me,saving a few ounces is a bit irrelevant. Best thing i ever did was get a bullet proof back tyre and a semi bulletproof front tyre (£30 and £15 respectively) as i haven't had a puncture for a year, rather than the one a week after they have cut the hawthorn that i used to get. My bike isn't fast but i can ride it on the road, canal paths and bridlepaths giving a great variety of routes. Plus i don't scare myself going down steep hills by going too quickly. It is also a better workout as i have to put in twice the effort of those on a road bike ;-). It would cost about £300 now from the Cycle Inn on High Road, Chilwell - a shop i would highly recommend if you want to go and get some info.Chrisity9:32am, 9th Jun 2015
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What sort of riding? (And what does Katie have?) I'd be tempted to stick with either mtb or roadie, a hybrid is great for transport but might hold you back of you want to join a social road ride. Most roadbikes now only have two chainrings but a large cassette at the back (up to 32) which will give the same effect of a low gear.Meglet
Talk to a local bike shop, more than one if necessary. Ask them how easily you can upgrade components later. A good shop will help you buy something suitable within budget and not try to upsell.11:04am, 9th Jun 2015 -
There was this girl I knew at Uni that for a pint and a kebab.... Oh. That wasn't what you meant by well oiled, all the gears, easy ride, goes anywhere? In that case I'd have a look at Cyclocross bikes - the best of both road and MTB and still fine for pootling to the shops.flanker11:31am, 9th Jun 2015
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Thanks everybody. I'm pretty sure it's a road bike I'm after. There's usually a cheapo mountain bike floating around somewhere for errands / off-road stuff. I like the idea of getting a light frame - the PC analogy is buying the best motherboard you can afford, and then upgrading the RAM / processor etc. There was a recommendation via Twitter for the Triban 500SE - any thoughts on that?fetcheveryone11:55am, 9th Jun 2015
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Thanks. Does the new year tend to bring some solid advances, or is it sometimes just a bit of poking around?fetcheveryone12:52pm, 9th Jun 2015
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It's sounding like I can use it, although if I have to use it to cycle downstairs each morning, I might need something a bit more ruggedfetcheveryone12:53pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Decathlon bikes are great - OH has a flat bar road bike for commuting that's a Triban something... Flat bar = bit more comfortable. He has changed most bits on it now! But you get a lot for your money vs bottom of the range specialized / trek / whatever. I would say light frame is a great idea - and good gears. Changing them is quite pricey or a faff to do yourself, and if they aren't smooth it's very annoying. There are a couple more expensive options on the Decathlon website that have shimano gears... Halfords are quite variable - heard bad stories about their bike building service - but they sell quite good value bikes. Last years bike may not be anything other than a different colour! 3 gears at the front is called a triple. Most road bikes now have a compact double at the front and a wider range of gears across the cassette at the back (10 or more likely 11 now). Bit of a braindump but hthJustCommando!1:26pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Just had a look at the decathlon site and the Triban road bike looks great value. I would also recommend the Boardman range. Though you need to sit on a bike and preferably ride it to see which is best for you. If there is an Evans near you they certainly let you do this and their Pinnacle range is good value. Not all LBS or Halfords let you do this although Halfords new Cycle republic do let you take bikes out for a trial.Hertford Tiger
I disagree with JD on the flat bar being more comfortable - possibly over short distances but for 20 miles plus I would say that the traditional road bike bars give far more options for different hand positions and put less strain on your wrists.1:43pm, 9th Jun 2015 -
Second hand bike with 105 carbon frame in good nickHills of Death (HOD)1:59pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Go to Transition Cycles on Castle Road. Steve there is very friendly and helpful and they stock all types of bikes - road, hybrid, whatever. But yes, wait a few months for the 2015 kit to come down in price.The Teaboy2:54pm, 9th Jun 2015
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I sorted Sarabop out at Transition, bought my fold-up there, bought an ex-GF a bile there and bought all my bits and did all my servicing there too.The Teaboy2:55pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Have a look at cyclocross bikes - best of both worlds - drop bars as per road, but rugged for mix of terrains. Love my OH's Kona but a bit pricey for your budget. Always try before you buy...our local shop lends bikes for two weeks.Lalli4:01pm, 9th Jun 2015
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That B'Twin Triban 40 with 105 groupset for £600 looks like amazing value for a "proper" road bike. Takes fattish tyres and mudguards too.jacdaw
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Sorry, that should have been B'Twin Triban 540 - I have a sticky 5 key!jacdaw5:10pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Worth looking at Ribble too.jacdaw5:13pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Lol@mcgoohan statement. It's true. Not to say I like the damn thingsantababy8:29pm, 9th Jun 2015
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Bullet proof tyres and a continuous bead are a must! Latter makes for a much easier ride on road. The bike shop should let you ride around a bit and I'd say if it feels comfortable then buy it.Nightjar10:56pm, 9th Jun 2015
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What HOD said.CStar11:14pm, 9th Jun 2015
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I have a 3 cog specialized hybrid and it is lovely. Those nice people at Evans Cycles sorted it all out for me on the ride to work scheme.Mandymoo12:34pm, 12th Jun 2015
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I'd go for a double up front but that's mainly because I am deficient in the mechanical nous to adjust my triples properly. What did you do on you last day in Lanza, BTW?Dvorak2:53pm, 12th Jun 2015
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This one just dropped into my inbox... planetx.co.uk Double x 11jacdaw5:35pm, 12th Jun 2015
Our final full day at CLS was another hectic one. After breakfast, we borrowed some bikes, and headed east to Famara beach. It's about 6.5 miles away, so we didn't set the world alight with our cycling, but it was about right for us. The roads around the island are AMAZING - so much smoother than anything I've cycled on in the UK (they must have the world's best steamroller), and the drivers were all very considerate, giving us a very wide berth, or else waiting patiently for a good passing point.
At Famara, we cycled through the town, and spent a nice 20 minutes wandering round the beach. Katie found an extremely cute little crab in a seashell (hermit crab) that wandered around her palm for a bit, and there was lots of other life in the rock pools. In the distance, there was a large tribe of would-be surfers, having their first surf lesson - it seems like a popular venue.
Cycling back to the town, I noticed how sore my backside was (I didn't have any cycling shorts), so it was quite a relief to stop at the first cafe for another cappuccino and a Coke. And as Mr Lord "Don't Call Me Lord" Fetch Esquire sat there sipping his drink in the sunshine, it was Katie's Bedford Harriers kit that drew the attention, and we were soon chatting away to a family that live a few miles away from us. I don't think I could ever get into the gnarly time-trial funny-shaped helmet aspect of cycling, but I must admit I've enjoyed the coffee and chat part of it immensely.
As with a few days ago, our return journey was a little bit quicker, and we were soon back at CLS. I should point out that the friendliness of the staff in the bike centre had gone up several notches, so I reckon we must have caught them on a bad/busy day last time. Either way, a friendly chat to see you off, and welcome you back is a great way to leave a good impression.
In the afternoon we did our third consecutive (4th for Katie) Ab Attack - it's a strangely addictive sort of pain. Despite my abs occasionally saying 'NO' (especially when we had to lie on our backs and hold our legs up in the air at 45 degrees), I feel like I've gotten lots out of it, and will be following the planking and cross training threads just a little bit more.
An hour later, and it was time for the weekly 5k and 10k - an out and back (x2 for the 10k) to La Santa town, with about 15 runners taking part. The 'out' was quite challenging, running into the wind - there's a little dip between the village and the resort, but you don't notice that so much. I was something like 12-13th, but it was a very friendly group, so I don't think it would have felt bad even if I was last. The return journey was much more fun, and the wind really helped push me along. It's the first time that I've really enjoyed running in my Nike Free's too. Back at CLS, there's a lap of the track, before you head out again. I was quite surprised to see a lot of the runners had stopped for a drink of water, and then I finally realised that the majority were only doing the 5k. And just as I went through the 5k mat (yep, they had chip timing) I felt a sharp point like a needle in my left hamstring. But by this point I'd decided I wanted to do the 10k, so I kept running, and my hamstring went quiet again.
The second 'out' was tougher again, perhaps because I was protecting my leg, but also undoubtedly because I was getting tired. I clung on though, because I knew that once I got to 7.5k, the wind would be a good friend. Up ahead I could see Postman Plod (we were delighted to see that he was racing in his Fetch shirt!), so I kept trying to catch him, but he was too quick. I kept wondering whether the water drinkers would run the second leg and come zooming past me at some point. On the way back, with the beautiful wind at my back, I passed the only other person to do the 10k, on her way out to the turn. The sweat was pouring out of me and stinging my eyes, and my hamstring was making the occasional squeak, but I just about held on to my pace, which felt good, and came through the finish in about 48:40 for a Fetchie 1-2!! It's about 2 mins shy of my PB, but it really feels like it was a good solid run.
Fingers crossed my hamstring will get it's act together over the next few days - I can walk on it, and clearly I have the capability of running on it, but a rapid extension or push off on that leg is a quick reminder that I need to be a little cautious. But I'm still happy
Equally impressive is the sunburn on both my shoulder blades Katie has very kindly not shared the picture, but you can clearly see the point where the suncream covered, and where it didn't. It will keep me warm when I get back home!
At Famara, we cycled through the town, and spent a nice 20 minutes wandering round the beach. Katie found an extremely cute little crab in a seashell (hermit crab) that wandered around her palm for a bit, and there was lots of other life in the rock pools. In the distance, there was a large tribe of would-be surfers, having their first surf lesson - it seems like a popular venue.
Cycling back to the town, I noticed how sore my backside was (I didn't have any cycling shorts), so it was quite a relief to stop at the first cafe for another cappuccino and a Coke. And as Mr Lord "Don't Call Me Lord" Fetch Esquire sat there sipping his drink in the sunshine, it was Katie's Bedford Harriers kit that drew the attention, and we were soon chatting away to a family that live a few miles away from us. I don't think I could ever get into the gnarly time-trial funny-shaped helmet aspect of cycling, but I must admit I've enjoyed the coffee and chat part of it immensely.
As with a few days ago, our return journey was a little bit quicker, and we were soon back at CLS. I should point out that the friendliness of the staff in the bike centre had gone up several notches, so I reckon we must have caught them on a bad/busy day last time. Either way, a friendly chat to see you off, and welcome you back is a great way to leave a good impression.
In the afternoon we did our third consecutive (4th for Katie) Ab Attack - it's a strangely addictive sort of pain. Despite my abs occasionally saying 'NO' (especially when we had to lie on our backs and hold our legs up in the air at 45 degrees), I feel like I've gotten lots out of it, and will be following the planking and cross training threads just a little bit more.
An hour later, and it was time for the weekly 5k and 10k - an out and back (x2 for the 10k) to La Santa town, with about 15 runners taking part. The 'out' was quite challenging, running into the wind - there's a little dip between the village and the resort, but you don't notice that so much. I was something like 12-13th, but it was a very friendly group, so I don't think it would have felt bad even if I was last. The return journey was much more fun, and the wind really helped push me along. It's the first time that I've really enjoyed running in my Nike Free's too. Back at CLS, there's a lap of the track, before you head out again. I was quite surprised to see a lot of the runners had stopped for a drink of water, and then I finally realised that the majority were only doing the 5k. And just as I went through the 5k mat (yep, they had chip timing) I felt a sharp point like a needle in my left hamstring. But by this point I'd decided I wanted to do the 10k, so I kept running, and my hamstring went quiet again.
The second 'out' was tougher again, perhaps because I was protecting my leg, but also undoubtedly because I was getting tired. I clung on though, because I knew that once I got to 7.5k, the wind would be a good friend. Up ahead I could see Postman Plod (we were delighted to see that he was racing in his Fetch shirt!), so I kept trying to catch him, but he was too quick. I kept wondering whether the water drinkers would run the second leg and come zooming past me at some point. On the way back, with the beautiful wind at my back, I passed the only other person to do the 10k, on her way out to the turn. The sweat was pouring out of me and stinging my eyes, and my hamstring was making the occasional squeak, but I just about held on to my pace, which felt good, and came through the finish in about 48:40 for a Fetchie 1-2!! It's about 2 mins shy of my PB, but it really feels like it was a good solid run.
Fingers crossed my hamstring will get it's act together over the next few days - I can walk on it, and clearly I have the capability of running on it, but a rapid extension or push off on that leg is a quick reminder that I need to be a little cautious. But I'm still happy
Equally impressive is the sunburn on both my shoulder blades
Katie has very kindly not shared the picture, but you can clearly see the point where the suncream covered, and where it didn't. It will keep me warm when I get back home!
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Glad you enjoyed your time thereHelegant12:39pm, 7th Jun 2015
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Fenland Flier Jealous tho2:05pm, 7th Jun 2015
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It is the law in Spain that you must allow 1.5 metre space when overtaking cyclists and I think they have presumed liability so if you get hit by a driver they are automatically at fault. The only cars that will pass close are hire cars usually driven by non spanish i.e. usually brits. Reads like you,re having a great time.Dai Bank4:12pm, 7th Jun 2015
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I wonder if the staff in the bike centre have had a bollocking since your blog about them previously.Dodgem8:50pm, 7th Jun 2015
It was a rest day for us today, but we still managed to do two classes, and I took a sea kayak out for a few laps of the lagoon. My abs don't really work now.
Last night we went to El Lago, the brand new restaurant at CLS, in the middle of the newly built stuff. It's very swishy, with one continuous seat all round the edge, like a massive sofa. I drew the short straw, so Katie got the sofa seat, but after our main course, I squished in next to her as we shared our pudding. There was a large group of Danish folks in the middle of the restaurant, and every so often, one of them would stand up to make a speech. Every now and then, there'd be a snippet of English, including some Winston Churchill quotes - all very surreal. Here's the restaurant:
My main course was a rib-eye steak - the sort of size that you might normally see on 'Man vs Food', or the sort that could easily result in a free t-shirt if I finished it. It was delicious, and cooked very well, but try as I might, I couldn't finish it Here it is (when I get home, I'll superimpose a picture of my face on it, so you can get an idea of scale):
And here's my pudding - a very nice chocolatey lava thing
The food is a bit more pricey in this restaraunt (about €75/£54 for two starters, two massive steaks, a bottle of wine, and a shared pudding), but the quality seems to be a good deal higher, the environment is very nice, and like I said, the steak was HUGE and DELICIOUS!
Our morning was quite a lazy one - after breakfast we had a wander round the sports shop, and bought some nice Danish bread for our lunch. Katie was booked in for another sports massage at the Wellness Centre, so we decided to use our passes to try out the facilities. It comprises: a heated indoor pool, a large jacuzzi, a plunge pool (icy), a steam room, and separate saunas attached to the women's and men's changing rooms. The fashion for sauna in Europe is to go completely naked, but this aspect seems to be optional, so I kept Stephen and the twins to myself Overall, the Wellness Centre can be a nice way to spend an hour, and I read my book sitting in the swimming pool whilst Katie had her massage.
After lunch, I left Katie to have a nap, and borrowed the sea kayak again. I paddled the length of the lagoon several times, stopping once to take a picture for three ladies enjoying their own sea adventure. It feels like a nice arm workout, not dissimilar to the rhythm of running, once you get going. I loved it, although I've worn through a patch of skin near my right thumb, which is stinging a bit now.
Our first class today was Ab attack - and I think I enjoyed it, although it was still a highly uncomfortable experience at times. But it works out fine - there's usually either a modified version of each rep that you can do, or you can just flake out for 30 seconds, and pick up the next set of instructions. And you don't get called to the front of the class for a telling off if you do
Following that, we tried Beginner's Pilates, with Ivana CrushYourAbs (aka Nicolletta from Italy). We've really warmed to her over the last few classes. There seems to be a little bit of variability with the amount of engagement that you get from the 'Green Team' (the folks that lead the classes, or help you with the equipment), but Nicolleta and the other class leaders have all been great. Unfortunately though, I didn't massively take to Pilates - a combination of not quite being coordinated enough; tired abs from the previous class; and not really getting the whole 'engage your core' thing. But I tried my best, and I'm glad I did.
Dinner tonight was back at 'Atlantico', but they'd stepped it up there too - it was grill night, so I had some lovely chicken skewer kebabs, with some sort of kale dish
Back out on the bikes tomorrow
Last night we went to El Lago, the brand new restaurant at CLS, in the middle of the newly built stuff. It's very swishy, with one continuous seat all round the edge, like a massive sofa. I drew the short straw, so Katie got the sofa seat, but after our main course, I squished in next to her as we shared our pudding. There was a large group of Danish folks in the middle of the restaurant, and every so often, one of them would stand up to make a speech. Every now and then, there'd be a snippet of English, including some Winston Churchill quotes - all very surreal. Here's the restaurant:
My main course was a rib-eye steak - the sort of size that you might normally see on 'Man vs Food', or the sort that could easily result in a free t-shirt if I finished it. It was delicious, and cooked very well, but try as I might, I couldn't finish it
Here it is (when I get home, I'll superimpose a picture of my face on it, so you can get an idea of scale): And here's my pudding - a very nice chocolatey lava thing
The food is a bit more pricey in this restaraunt (about €75/£54 for two starters, two massive steaks, a bottle of wine, and a shared pudding), but the quality seems to be a good deal higher, the environment is very nice, and like I said, the steak was HUGE and DELICIOUS!
Our morning was quite a lazy one - after breakfast we had a wander round the sports shop, and bought some nice Danish bread for our lunch. Katie was booked in for another sports massage at the Wellness Centre, so we decided to use our passes to try out the facilities. It comprises: a heated indoor pool, a large jacuzzi, a plunge pool (icy), a steam room, and separate saunas attached to the women's and men's changing rooms. The fashion for sauna in Europe is to go completely naked, but this aspect seems to be optional, so I kept Stephen and the twins to myself
Overall, the Wellness Centre can be a nice way to spend an hour, and I read my book sitting in the swimming pool whilst Katie had her massage. After lunch, I left Katie to have a nap, and borrowed the sea kayak again. I paddled the length of the lagoon several times, stopping once to take a picture for three ladies enjoying their own sea adventure. It feels like a nice arm workout, not dissimilar to the rhythm of running, once you get going. I loved it, although I've worn through a patch of skin near my right thumb, which is stinging a bit now.
Our first class today was Ab attack - and I think I enjoyed it, although it was still a highly uncomfortable experience at times. But it works out fine - there's usually either a modified version of each rep that you can do, or you can just flake out for 30 seconds, and pick up the next set of instructions. And you don't get called to the front of the class for a telling off if you do
Following that, we tried Beginner's Pilates, with Ivana CrushYourAbs (aka Nicolletta from Italy). We've really warmed to her over the last few classes. There seems to be a little bit of variability with the amount of engagement that you get from the 'Green Team' (the folks that lead the classes, or help you with the equipment), but Nicolleta and the other class leaders have all been great. Unfortunately though, I didn't massively take to Pilates - a combination of not quite being coordinated enough; tired abs from the previous class; and not really getting the whole 'engage your core' thing. But I tried my best, and I'm glad I did.
Dinner tonight was back at 'Atlantico', but they'd stepped it up there too - it was grill night, so I had some lovely chicken skewer kebabs, with some sort of kale dish
Back out on the bikes tomorrow
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Sea kayaks rock! Or rather ... You know what I mean. Good eating tooJubear9:26pm, 5th Jun 2015
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Stephen is yours dogs name and also the pet name for your delicates? Lovely looking steak by the wayCheg9:49pm, 5th Jun 2015
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For your Sunday twitter q: the obvious "drive round the island and see eg saltpans, green lagoon (if its not disappeared), lava fields"; or maybe hire a bike (in Costa Teguise or PdC/Matagorda and cycle along the coast and through Arrecife; swim in the sea at Costa Teguise/ Playa Pocillos; stand at the end of the runway and watch the planes :-).Dvorak11:22pm, 5th Jun 2015
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So - pool bar mixed grill is second to no other meal on Lanza - try it! And did you go in the cold plunge pool in the wellness?LouLou5:36am, 6th Jun 2015
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Brings a whole other dimension to "Katie's just giving Stephen a stroke before we do some vigorous exercise with him". .. I am officially disturbed.Wine Legs7:36am, 6th Jun 2015
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Just catching up, I like look of new apartments. Ians always been keen to go,me less so because I like my holidays to be pretty lazy. maybe we will book a week away, I could spa and stuff, is it expensive, presume it's extrasantababy11:58am, 6th Jun 2015
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9 euros to go in for the sauna, warm pool, plunge pool and stuff. The warm pool is lovely and very relaxing. Specific treatments are extra although not exorbitant. clublasanta.co.ukCyclops7:24pm, 6th Jun 2015
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Eeew - I am not going to be able to look Stephen in the eye again.Nightjar2:05pm, 7th Jun 2015
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Poor Stephen the dog... what an affliction to be named after your giblets! Lol @ winelegs!! Double Lol @ nightjar, altho' I'm not sure they meant the double entendre! (or maybe they did!)MazH10:42am, 8th Jun 2015
It's a good job that most of my work as Fetch's Editor, Developer and Bottle Washer requires my arms and hands to be at keyboard level, and no higher, because I don't think I'll be capable of raising them above shoulder level for the next few weeks. Today we've biked 15 miles, and done three back-to-back exercise classes; not to mention some high-intensity eating and coffee drinking.
Road bikes are free to borrow at CLS, unless you want one of their jazzy carbon fibre ones, which requires an additional fee of about €15 I think. We borrowed a couple of Cannondales (don't ask me for any more detail than that, but they seemed to be in good condition to me). Although the bikes were great, I think there's a bit of room for improvement at the Bike Centre. We both came away feeling that the staff there could have done a bit more to engage with us. It was very much "here are your bikes, bye". We're both quite inexperienced when it comes to biking, and it wouldn't have taken much effort to make us feel a bit more welcome. Even something like "so what's your plan for today?", or "are you familiar with the gear system?" would have made us feel a bit less like an inconvenience.
It's a small gripe, and one that can be easily sorted, I'm sure. As I say, the bikes seemed in good order, and there were plenty of locks, pumps, inner tubes and helmets available. As the owner of a melon head, I'd like to see a couple of XL helmets on the rack next time.
With a basic map, we made our way about 8 miles inland, going through the villages of La Santa, Tinajo, Tiagua and Tao, before circling back to a little bar that Katie had spotted, for a coffee and a Coca-cola I know that 8 miles doesn't sound much to all you hardcore bikers, but the hills and the wind made it quite a challenge for us. We saw lots of volcanic dry-stone walling, which made me wonder what D2 would make of them! Afterwards, we took a slightly different route back, going through Munique and Soo, before heading back to CLS with a grand total of about 15 miles on the clock. It was a nice little adventure, and with Katie not running at the moment, it's a nice way for us to get out together, so we're planning on doing something similar on Saturday.
After a shower and another lunch of bread, ham, crisps, M&M's and a cheeky glass of San Miguel, it was time to take on our class-a-thon. The first, Stretch and Relax, was a bit of an easy start, although the San Miguel was still going through the system, so some of the bending forwards was a bit touch and go
After S&R, we switched to Ab Attack. No Danish Barry White for us this time - instead a much firmer Eastern European lady (let's call her Ivana CrushYourAbs), who put us through some kind of hell. I know I have abs somewhere, but I'm pretty sure I haven't seen the starting handle for some time. Ivana would say "your legs will now come up", but mine definitely would not. Interestingly though, I was a bit more confident when the exercises involved bringing right leg and left arm (or vice versa) together. I wonder if running has at least helped with this aspect. I hated the whole thing, but I also loved it at the same time, and spent the breaks between the pain wondering whether I could find a local class. We also saw Postman Plod (Fetchie) from Northbrook, and asked him if he knew phal - yes he did
Straight after Ab Attack was Body Pump, also with Ivana - and I warmed to her style of teaching - she was a lot more friendly during this class, and when she said "sqveeeeeze", it made me smile through my grimaces. It was my first ever attempt at BP, so I didn't overdo it with the weights (it's essentially various reps with a barbell, or with one of the weights from it). Again I enjoyed it in a sadistic sort of way, and Katie and I are talking about finding a local class that we can go to together.
And so here I am, back on the lounger, waiting for Katie, who has gone for more fun with aerial yoga - then we're off to try another one of the on site restaurants - today it's El Lago - which is the brand-new one in amongst all the new apartments. Here's the little bird who keeps coming to see us - if I can't get off my lounger, I might have to send him for help with a note in his beak:
If you've any more questions about the place, do keep 'em coming, and I'll do my best to answer. I'm sure it's great for CLS to see various among you talking about the possibility of coming one day, and they are also happy for me to give you my genuine opinion on everything, which is what I'm aiming to do.
Road bikes are free to borrow at CLS, unless you want one of their jazzy carbon fibre ones, which requires an additional fee of about €15 I think. We borrowed a couple of Cannondales (don't ask me for any more detail than that, but they seemed to be in good condition to me). Although the bikes were great, I think there's a bit of room for improvement at the Bike Centre. We both came away feeling that the staff there could have done a bit more to engage with us. It was very much "here are your bikes, bye". We're both quite inexperienced when it comes to biking, and it wouldn't have taken much effort to make us feel a bit more welcome. Even something like "so what's your plan for today?", or "are you familiar with the gear system?" would have made us feel a bit less like an inconvenience.
It's a small gripe, and one that can be easily sorted, I'm sure. As I say, the bikes seemed in good order, and there were plenty of locks, pumps, inner tubes and helmets available. As the owner of a melon head, I'd like to see a couple of XL helmets on the rack next time.
With a basic map, we made our way about 8 miles inland, going through the villages of La Santa, Tinajo, Tiagua and Tao, before circling back to a little bar that Katie had spotted, for a coffee and a Coca-cola
I know that 8 miles doesn't sound much to all you hardcore bikers, but the hills and the wind made it quite a challenge for us. We saw lots of volcanic dry-stone walling, which made me wonder what D2 would make of them! Afterwards, we took a slightly different route back, going through Munique and Soo, before heading back to CLS with a grand total of about 15 miles on the clock. It was a nice little adventure, and with Katie not running at the moment, it's a nice way for us to get out together, so we're planning on doing something similar on Saturday. After a shower and another lunch of bread, ham, crisps, M&M's and a cheeky glass of San Miguel, it was time to take on our class-a-thon. The first, Stretch and Relax, was a bit of an easy start, although the San Miguel was still going through the system, so some of the bending forwards was a bit touch and go
After S&R, we switched to Ab Attack. No Danish Barry White for us this time - instead a much firmer Eastern European lady (let's call her Ivana CrushYourAbs), who put us through some kind of hell. I know I have abs somewhere, but I'm pretty sure I haven't seen the starting handle for some time. Ivana would say "your legs will now come up", but mine definitely would not. Interestingly though, I was a bit more confident when the exercises involved bringing right leg and left arm (or vice versa) together. I wonder if running has at least helped with this aspect. I hated the whole thing, but I also loved it at the same time, and spent the breaks between the pain wondering whether I could find a local class. We also saw Postman Plod (Fetchie) from Northbrook, and asked him if he knew phal - yes he did
Straight after Ab Attack was Body Pump, also with Ivana - and I warmed to her style of teaching - she was a lot more friendly during this class, and when she said "sqveeeeeze", it made me smile through my grimaces. It was my first ever attempt at BP, so I didn't overdo it with the weights (it's essentially various reps with a barbell, or with one of the weights from it). Again I enjoyed it in a sadistic sort of way, and Katie and I are talking about finding a local class that we can go to together.
And so here I am, back on the lounger, waiting for Katie, who has gone for more fun with aerial yoga - then we're off to try another one of the on site restaurants - today it's El Lago - which is the brand-new one in amongst all the new apartments. Here's the little bird who keeps coming to see us - if I can't get off my lounger, I might have to send him for help with a note in his beak:
If you've any more questions about the place, do keep 'em coming, and I'll do my best to answer. I'm sure it's great for CLS to see various among you talking about the possibility of coming one day, and they are also happy for me to give you my genuine opinion on everything, which is what I'm aiming to do.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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What's it like for kids and families, please?Angus Clydesdale7:35pm, 4th Jun 2015
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There is a kids club and lots of sports aimed at 7-10 and 11-15 year olds - lessons and tournaments, AC. There are lots of children doing the morning runs and run/walks with their adults before the kids club opens. Children can take part in the show on Wednesday if they like - either their own act or rehearse some songs and dances with the Green Team and join in that way. The leisure pool has a smaller children's pool area with a slide and things. It seems welcoming for younger children but I can't say from experience - my youngest was 9 when we first went. It feels very safe and my children could have a lot of freedom to go to the shop, get ice creams etc. and generally wander around on their own a bit. My sister and I went to some classes with my children sitting at the side watching and playing DSs; there is a lot of that going on. Nobody minds.Cyclops7:53pm, 4th Jun 2015
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I bet there is some good grip for walling with volcanic rock!D2
As to service; I love the sentiment of the ad that says "we are not here to sell you a car we would like to help you buy a car" sounds like a little of that attitude would help with the bikes. Good to hear you having fun.8:20pm, 4th Jun 2015 -
Hills and wind are a tough combination if you're not used to cycling much. Well done.:)Garfield8:28pm, 4th Jun 2015
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I'm really enjoying your blogs and agree about the bike folks - they are much more chatty to those they see as their peers - it can look quite like a club at times. Good coffee and cake in Tinajo, next to the zebra crossing, opposite the Bank... Mr and I are both melon heads - did anyone show you how to adjust the back of the bike helmets? Three classes in one day! especially aerial yoga...Helegant at which I'm sure Katie will be *much* better than I was!8:56pm, 4th Jun 2015
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Sounds like you are packing loads in. I thought I'd check out the site, it does seem a little pricey. So the price includes accomdation and all the free classes you can shake a stick at, but no more?Cheg9:59pm, 4th Jun 2015
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Well you get the loan of sports equipment but that's basically it, Cheg!Cyclops10:08pm, 4th Jun 2015
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Is there still happy hour? Is the pool bar omelettes still as good? Does the sun lounger man still line them up every night? Have I missed your review of the spa? And can you stay in the spa longer than Stoosh?LouLou11:06pm, 4th Jun 2015
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Sounds brilliant. Bodypump is ace. Best thing about it is that you can go lighter on the weights if you're feeling tired after a hard working day, after a long run etc. So you can vary how hard it is to suit. There's almost never a time that you can't do it at all. Enjoy rest of your hols.HappyG(rrr) G1:39pm, 5th Jun 2015
When I signed off yesterday, we were on our way to try out La Loca - the restaurant in the central square of the hotel. It's a step up from the Atlantico, with table service. We hadn't really thought too much about it, so it was a bit of a surprise to discover that it was Sushi night. Being a fussy eater growing up, it's taken me a while to get the hang of a lot of foods - I'd never tried sushi in bulk before. So with a bit of a gulp, I ordered the tuna sashimi starter, and a glass of Rioja (is that a sushi sin? I've no idea, but I liked it anyway). The food came, and (given the aforementioned phobia of unknown foods) I nearly made the schoolgirl error of eating the small green thing straight away - this is my usual tactic, to eat the trickier stuff when I'm at my most hungry. Luckily Katie stopped me in time, pointing out that it was wasabi paste. The starter was very nice, and prompted me to go for a 14 piece selection box of sushi for my main course, which was just as nice. We shared a brownie for pudding, and the whole lot came to about €55, but would have come down to €31 as we have the half board option (actually, we've been extremely well looked after and had our food bill paid for).
Today I wanted to get involved in a few more activities, so I rocked up to Taichi Qigong at 8.30. When I got there, there were only three people around the instructor, and to be honest I nearly kept walking, as I felt a bit embarrassed - but managed to talk myself into it at the last minute. I'm glad I did - it was an interesting experience. It didn't feel like exercise, but there was a bit of stuff in there designed to strengthen and stretch. When the instructor said "We will now mimic the flight of a goose..." I found it hard to keep a straight face. But I did try to get myself in the mode, and some of the movements are really quite beautiful - I can see how ace it would be to be absolutely kick ass at it (although kicking ass might be slightly missing the point). My favourite move is called "stroking the horse's mane" We did suffer a bit of disruption, as there was some building work going on pretty near to us, so "sound of vehicle reversing" made it a bit tricky to centre one's chi. If there's another opportunity to do this one again (and the continuation class), I might give it a go.
After breakfast, and a bit of loafing around we took on 'Dynamic Yoga - Intermediate'. Katie had done the 'All Levels' version a few days previously, and I'd never done any yoga in my life - so it was quite a challenge. The instructor was good, giving us progressive options to try out - which meant that I tended to repeat level one, whilst Katie was more advanced, balancing on one leg with all her other limbs magically pointing to the sky The instructor was always one step beyond, and I swear I saw her actually hover a few times.
The afternoon was a fairly lazy one, until about 5pm when I went off to tackle my nemesis - the 12k off-road run. I tried this two years ago and came back very sweaty and quite sweary. Off road round here means sand and rocks. We took an entirely different route this time, and there were also far fewer of us (4 compared to 14). The terrain was pretty tricky for a town boy like me, and I nearly rearranged my face a few times, as we picked our way through some pretty sharp tennis- and football-sized rocks along a sandy path. Aside from the sadistic part of me, I have to say I didn't especially enjoy it. The route was fairly interesting, taking in quite a bit of coastal path, but it was nigh on impossible to take it in, because your eyes and head needed to be focused on plotting the next two or three steps - any attempt at sight-seeing was a recipe for a jagged face plant. I think it would be great to see a more sociable version of this run, perhaps at a slightly slower pace, and with a few opportunities for regrouping. Admittedly, we stayed fairly close together (I finished about 10s behind the other 3 runners), but I didn't feel as though there was a great deal of effort put into looking after the group. Aside from the very nice Andrew from Warrington, who I bumped into on Twitter, none of the other runners, nor the leader, said a single word during the run. Perhaps this is a European thing.
Tired now We've loaned some bikes for tomorrow.
Today I wanted to get involved in a few more activities, so I rocked up to Taichi Qigong at 8.30. When I got there, there were only three people around the instructor, and to be honest I nearly kept walking, as I felt a bit embarrassed - but managed to talk myself into it at the last minute. I'm glad I did - it was an interesting experience. It didn't feel like exercise, but there was a bit of stuff in there designed to strengthen and stretch. When the instructor said "We will now mimic the flight of a goose..." I found it hard to keep a straight face. But I did try to get myself in the mode, and some of the movements are really quite beautiful - I can see how ace it would be to be absolutely kick ass at it (although kicking ass might be slightly missing the point). My favourite move is called "stroking the horse's mane"
We did suffer a bit of disruption, as there was some building work going on pretty near to us, so "sound of vehicle reversing" made it a bit tricky to centre one's chi. If there's another opportunity to do this one again (and the continuation class), I might give it a go. After breakfast, and a bit of loafing around we took on 'Dynamic Yoga - Intermediate'. Katie had done the 'All Levels' version a few days previously, and I'd never done any yoga in my life - so it was quite a challenge. The instructor was good, giving us progressive options to try out - which meant that I tended to repeat level one, whilst Katie was more advanced, balancing on one leg with all her other limbs magically pointing to the sky
The instructor was always one step beyond, and I swear I saw her actually hover a few times. The afternoon was a fairly lazy one, until about 5pm when I went off to tackle my nemesis - the 12k off-road run. I tried this two years ago and came back very sweaty and quite sweary. Off road round here means sand and rocks. We took an entirely different route this time, and there were also far fewer of us (4 compared to 14). The terrain was pretty tricky for a town boy like me, and I nearly rearranged my face a few times, as we picked our way through some pretty sharp tennis- and football-sized rocks along a sandy path. Aside from the sadistic part of me, I have to say I didn't especially enjoy it. The route was fairly interesting, taking in quite a bit of coastal path, but it was nigh on impossible to take it in, because your eyes and head needed to be focused on plotting the next two or three steps - any attempt at sight-seeing was a recipe for a jagged face plant. I think it would be great to see a more sociable version of this run, perhaps at a slightly slower pace, and with a few opportunities for regrouping. Admittedly, we stayed fairly close together (I finished about 10s behind the other 3 runners), but I didn't feel as though there was a great deal of effort put into looking after the group. Aside from the very nice Andrew from Warrington, who I bumped into on Twitter, none of the other runners, nor the leader, said a single word during the run. Perhaps this is a European thing.
Tired now
We've loaned some bikes for tomorrow.
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You are certainly packing lots of activities into your holidayGimmeMedals9:10pm, 3rd Jun 2015
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Your holiday sounds far too energetic for me!minardi9:51pm, 3rd Jun 2015
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I did that class last year. I preferred the yoga.Girlie
Have you joined in the okd skool aerobics round the pool in the morning?11:01pm, 3rd Jun 2015 -
I did 3 classes of qigong in Kempston a year or so ago. I loved it but it got cancelled as there were only a couple of us attending.Silvershadow3:10am, 4th Jun 2015
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I share the giggle point about the goose. It's even worse when your partner is trying to describe it afterwards...Helegant7:04am, 4th Jun 2015
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Molesy I told my youngest that the green paste was guacamole, he wasn't impressed.4:33pm, 6th Jun 2015
I'm sitting with my feet up on my lounger after another busy day at CLS. It's been a bit overcast again today, but with quite a bit of sunshine too. In temperature terms, I'm finding it pretty nice, although I think Katie would like a few degrees more. Here's my view:
After my last blog yesterday, Katie and I went to the shop to buy some bread, ham, and a litre bottle of San Miguel to share - the latter is €1.95 (about £1.40?) in the on-site shop. This has become our staple lunch here
A quick snooze later, and we were back at it - Katie went off to "Ab Attack", and I went down to the lagoon to borrow one of their sea kayaks. I thought I'd been on one of these before, but in hindsight, that was more of a floating three person seat. This was a one-man jobbie, complete with rudder and foot pedals. The instructors gave me a little walk through of what to do, but were happy for me to go out and paddle round. I don't think the lagoon is especially deep, and there were two of them on hand to come to my rescue if needed
I got all the way across to the other side of the lagoon before I remembered how to control the rudder, but it eventually mastered it, and spent a pleasant half hour scooting around the lagoon. I could easily have spent much longer on the water, but it was due to meet Katie for another class - this time "Stretch and Relax".
I've never been one for classes. Firstly my co-ordination has always been a bit dubious; and secondly I've always been put off by the (erroneous) idea that everyone there would be streets ahead. If a newbie runner said that to me, I'd try to reassure them, so it gives me an idea of what that must feel like. The reality was that there were a wide mix of ages, abilities and body shapes, and everyone was just getting on with it. The class itself was a lot of fun - we did it a couple of years ago. Imagine a soundtrack of gentle waves and acoustic guitar, a series of gentle stretching exercises, complete with constant soothing reassurances from a slightly breathy blond(e) Danish instructor, and you get the idea. I managed to lose my self-consciousness, and nearly my consciousness by the end of the hour, and came away with some useful stretches for my hamstrings.
Shower, change, and back to the Atlantico restaurant for dinner. I wouldn't say that there were any 'wow' dishes there, but the salad bar was pretty good, there was lots of stuff that I liked, and if could easily have sat and gorged like a pig. Actually, that's what I did. Unlike our holiday last year, where the restaurant had a stupid rule about men wearing trousers, there was a much more relaxed environment, and quite a lot of very sporty-looking people wandering about. Currently there's a (we think) German wheelchair basketball team, and various other groups, which makes for interesting watching.
The evenings have been a little chillier this time around (early June, compared to early August), so we made our way back to our apartment and sat in bed reading with the patio door open onto the lagoon. Holiday reading: "Ready Player One" - if you're a bit of a retro geek, it's a good read - I've just finished it. Thanks Elsie Too for the lendsies.
This morning was an even earlier start - up at 7, breakfast at 7.30, and meeting at the Dive School at 8.30. Katie was doing a couple of open water dives (€45 each), and I was doing the snorkel safari (€35). This involves a 30 minute mini-bus ride to the south of the island, to a pretty little beach called Playa Chica. I did snorkelling here on my own last time whilst Katie dived, and it didn't cost me anything (I cadged a lift in the dive bus), but this time we got a wetsuit and flippers, a ham and cheese roll, and most usefully, a very knowledgeable lady to accompany us. She brought some stale bread so we could feed the fish (they nipped the bread out of your hand, and weren't afraid to try fingers too - it was quite good fun as they shoalled? around us). Our guide also regularly dived to the ocean floor to look for more interesting creatures for us, so I got to hold a sea rabbit (essentially it's a large sea slug - imagine a slimy donner kebab without the pitta bread), which got a bit scared by me and ejected a large cloud of beautiful purple ink. Our guides also took lots of underwater photos, which they stick on a DVD for you, if you're willing to pay €20 for the privilege. The cynical part of me can see it's a bit of a money-making thing, but when you think about how much a race photo can be these days, it wasn't that bad - so we forked out. Will post some of those when we get near a computer with a DVD drive.
Knackered, we got back to the apartment at about 3ish. Katie is putting me to shame, and is currently off at a Body Pump class. But I've checked the guide for tomorrow, and plan on going to quite a few things, including Taiji Qigong (martial arts / relaxation / meditation?), Dynamic Yoga (go me!), an off-road 12k (did it last time, hoping my fitness levels are a bit better this time), and then Relax and Unwind (probably hosted by some Danish equivalent of Barry White). And if I have any gaps in that lot, I'll be borrowing the sea kayak again and pootling round the lagoon, or maybe going for a swim in the pool (although we forgot bliddy goggles).
Tonight we're off to try out La Plaza - one of the alternative restaurants on-site. Report to follow tomorrow! Pip pip!
After my last blog yesterday, Katie and I went to the shop to buy some bread, ham, and a litre bottle of San Miguel to share - the latter is €1.95 (about £1.40?) in the on-site shop. This has become our staple lunch here
A quick snooze later, and we were back at it - Katie went off to "Ab Attack", and I went down to the lagoon to borrow one of their sea kayaks. I thought I'd been on one of these before, but in hindsight, that was more of a floating three person seat. This was a one-man jobbie, complete with rudder and foot pedals. The instructors gave me a little walk through of what to do, but were happy for me to go out and paddle round. I don't think the lagoon is especially deep, and there were two of them on hand to come to my rescue if needed
I got all the way across to the other side of the lagoon before I remembered how to control the rudder, but it eventually mastered it, and spent a pleasant half hour scooting around the lagoon. I could easily have spent much longer on the water, but it was due to meet Katie for another class - this time "Stretch and Relax".
I've never been one for classes. Firstly my co-ordination has always been a bit dubious; and secondly I've always been put off by the (erroneous) idea that everyone there would be streets ahead. If a newbie runner said that to me, I'd try to reassure them, so it gives me an idea of what that must feel like. The reality was that there were a wide mix of ages, abilities and body shapes, and everyone was just getting on with it. The class itself was a lot of fun - we did it a couple of years ago. Imagine a soundtrack of gentle waves and acoustic guitar, a series of gentle stretching exercises, complete with constant soothing reassurances from a slightly breathy blond(e) Danish instructor, and you get the idea. I managed to lose my self-consciousness, and nearly my consciousness by the end of the hour, and came away with some useful stretches for my hamstrings.
Shower, change, and back to the Atlantico restaurant for dinner. I wouldn't say that there were any 'wow' dishes there, but the salad bar was pretty good, there was lots of stuff that I liked, and if could easily have sat and gorged like a pig. Actually, that's what I did. Unlike our holiday last year, where the restaurant had a stupid rule about men wearing trousers, there was a much more relaxed environment, and quite a lot of very sporty-looking people wandering about. Currently there's a (we think) German wheelchair basketball team, and various other groups, which makes for interesting watching.
The evenings have been a little chillier this time around (early June, compared to early August), so we made our way back to our apartment and sat in bed reading with the patio door open onto the lagoon. Holiday reading: "Ready Player One" - if you're a bit of a retro geek, it's a good read - I've just finished it. Thanks Elsie Too for the lendsies.
This morning was an even earlier start - up at 7, breakfast at 7.30, and meeting at the Dive School at 8.30. Katie was doing a couple of open water dives (€45 each), and I was doing the snorkel safari (€35). This involves a 30 minute mini-bus ride to the south of the island, to a pretty little beach called Playa Chica. I did snorkelling here on my own last time whilst Katie dived, and it didn't cost me anything (I cadged a lift in the dive bus), but this time we got a wetsuit and flippers, a ham and cheese roll, and most usefully, a very knowledgeable lady to accompany us. She brought some stale bread so we could feed the fish (they nipped the bread out of your hand, and weren't afraid to try fingers too - it was quite good fun as they shoalled? around us). Our guide also regularly dived to the ocean floor to look for more interesting creatures for us, so I got to hold a sea rabbit (essentially it's a large sea slug - imagine a slimy donner kebab without the pitta bread), which got a bit scared by me and ejected a large cloud of beautiful purple ink. Our guides also took lots of underwater photos, which they stick on a DVD for you, if you're willing to pay €20 for the privilege. The cynical part of me can see it's a bit of a money-making thing, but when you think about how much a race photo can be these days, it wasn't that bad - so we forked out. Will post some of those when we get near a computer with a DVD drive.
Knackered, we got back to the apartment at about 3ish. Katie is putting me to shame, and is currently off at a Body Pump class. But I've checked the guide for tomorrow, and plan on going to quite a few things, including Taiji Qigong (martial arts / relaxation / meditation?), Dynamic Yoga (go me!), an off-road 12k (did it last time, hoping my fitness levels are a bit better this time), and then Relax and Unwind (probably hosted by some Danish equivalent of Barry White). And if I have any gaps in that lot, I'll be borrowing the sea kayak again and pootling round the lagoon, or maybe going for a swim in the pool (although we forgot bliddy goggles).
Tonight we're off to try out La Plaza - one of the alternative restaurants on-site. Report to follow tomorrow! Pip pip!
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I'm so jealous!D26:03pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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Sounds fantastic. I'd love the kayaking and snorkelling too.Elsie Too6:19pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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FantasticNess6:49pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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Mr enjoyed the Taiji thing last year, and he's not sporty at all.Helegant7:14pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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T- there are notice boards for people wanting tennis/running/etc partners, and when you're in the classes (particularly those that involve instruction), there's lots of opportunity to strike up some chit chat with people. And there's so much to try out, you might not even have time to worry about it either.fetcheveryone7:42pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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My sister goes to CLS on her own and always enjoys it, T.Cyclops8:51pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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Sounds like lots to do.Nightjar10:15am, 3rd Jun 2015
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I always questioned the value of going, wondering how much I'd actually take advantage of. You may be swaying me.flanker4:30pm, 3rd Jun 2015
I'm sitting in 'The Volcano', a newly-built area for the various classes that go on at Club La Santa. Katie is in the midst of it, doing some 'Dynamic Yoga', although they're still at the 'sitting upright going "om" sort of bit'.
We've totally and utterly lucked up, and been given one of the new suites that they were busy building when we were here two years ago. It's a totally beautiful apartment, with two bedrooms, two walk-in shower rooms, an open-plan living/kitchen area, and a secluded outdoor area with two nice loungers It's all amazingly slick, and a massive step up on the slightly dated 'terracotta' apartments in the main hotel. The focus of the building work has now switched to the original hotel, so there's a humongous crane over the place, but it all seems to be very well contained, and we haven't noticed any noise at all. It looks like they're gutting all the old apartments. If the new places are anything to go by, then they should be pretty good.
We had a bit of a sh*tty moment at the airport. We'd bought our flights with Monarch, and added a car hire option, as it was about the same price as the return taxi from airport to CLS (about €35 each way). However, when we got there, the hire company wanted to stick a pre-authorised £500 deposit on our credit card to cover any potential damage. We'd been prepared for the deposit, and had the funds in our account, but as we only have a debit card, they refused to give us a car For future reference, there are other car hire companies at the airport who are happy to take debit cards, but I doubt we'll ever go near Avis again.
But anyway, we ended up in a taxi, driven at a pace that can only be described as 'hurtling' from the south to the north of the island in a new PB
I had a bit of an uncomfortable night - not the bed, which is lovely, but because of our fuelling options on the plane. Between the two of us, over the course of the 3:50hr flight, we made a massive dent in a half kilogram bag of nuts and raisins. By the time we'd settled down for the evening, they were starting some sort of revolution in my intestines I'll spare you any further detail, suffice to say that I think the infidels have been defeated!
This morning, we got up at 7.30 - Katie is a bit run-jured at the moment, so she was very keen to book into a few classes, and I had plans to join the morning run. It's been a bit overcast today, so the running conditions were nice, apart from the strong northerly wind. But I joined a group of about 20 runners doing the 5k loop, and had a good burn out, finishing in about 24 minutes.
When yoga is done, we're heading off to see the marketing lady, mainly to say thank you for fitting us in one of the new suites, but also perhaps to have a chat about our plans for the week. Tomorrow we're heading back to the south of the island with the diving crew - Katie is doing scuba, and I'm going on an organised snorkelling safari. I'm a bit too much of a wuss to try diving, but the fish at Playa Chica last time were totally awesome.
We've totally and utterly lucked up, and been given one of the new suites that they were busy building when we were here two years ago. It's a totally beautiful apartment, with two bedrooms, two walk-in shower rooms, an open-plan living/kitchen area, and a secluded outdoor area with two nice loungers
It's all amazingly slick, and a massive step up on the slightly dated 'terracotta' apartments in the main hotel. The focus of the building work has now switched to the original hotel, so there's a humongous crane over the place, but it all seems to be very well contained, and we haven't noticed any noise at all. It looks like they're gutting all the old apartments. If the new places are anything to go by, then they should be pretty good. We had a bit of a sh*tty moment at the airport. We'd bought our flights with Monarch, and added a car hire option, as it was about the same price as the return taxi from airport to CLS (about €35 each way). However, when we got there, the hire company wanted to stick a pre-authorised £500 deposit on our credit card to cover any potential damage. We'd been prepared for the deposit, and had the funds in our account, but as we only have a debit card, they refused to give us a car
For future reference, there are other car hire companies at the airport who are happy to take debit cards, but I doubt we'll ever go near Avis again. But anyway, we ended up in a taxi, driven at a pace that can only be described as 'hurtling' from the south to the north of the island in a new PB
I had a bit of an uncomfortable night - not the bed, which is lovely, but because of our fuelling options on the plane. Between the two of us, over the course of the 3:50hr flight, we made a massive dent in a half kilogram bag of nuts and raisins. By the time we'd settled down for the evening, they were starting some sort of revolution in my intestines
I'll spare you any further detail, suffice to say that I think the infidels have been defeated! This morning, we got up at 7.30 - Katie is a bit run-jured at the moment, so she was very keen to book into a few classes, and I had plans to join the morning run. It's been a bit overcast today, so the running conditions were nice, apart from the strong northerly wind. But I joined a group of about 20 runners doing the 5k loop, and had a good burn out, finishing in about 24 minutes.
When yoga is done, we're heading off to see the marketing lady, mainly to say thank you for fitting us in one of the new suites, but also perhaps to have a chat about our plans for the week. Tomorrow we're heading back to the south of the island with the diving crew - Katie is doing scuba, and I'm going on an organised snorkelling safari. I'm a bit too much of a wuss to try diving, but the fish at Playa Chica last time were totally awesome.
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Sounds fab so far! Surely with two bedrooms and bathrooms you can run a compeitition for a Fetchie to come and join you! We wouldn't be any trouble.B.11:59am, 1st Jun 2015
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My running club has a yearly holiday at Club La Santa. Great place. Enjoy!Spleen12:06pm, 1st Jun 2015
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Auto Reisen is the car rental co to go to - we had a midrange car (citroen 3 or something) for 82 euros all in for 10 days with no deposit or anything. have fun.minardi12:18pm, 1st Jun 2015
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Try diving! It is amazing.sallykate12:22pm, 1st Jun 2015
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I might have a go there sometime. I really ought to pick somewhere for winter training.RichHL12:24pm, 1st Jun 2015
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I wish you wouldn't keep doing this to me. Can't you write something about it being too hot and full of bawheids on the lash. That way I wouldn't want to go any more.Angus Clydesdale12:28pm, 1st Jun 2015
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I seem to have turned green.flanker1:38pm, 1st Jun 2015
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You lucky thing. The new apartments do look lovely, and I hope you have a wonderful week.Helegant3:28pm, 1st Jun 2015
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Yeah! Definitely worth trying the scuba diving...Ness6:40pm, 1st Jun 2015
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Those apartments do look nice, Stephen just thinks my dinner looks nice, he says my stomach thinks my throat has been cut please can I have more food, 2 mugs just isn't enough if I have to run around playing with B and his cousins and run all the way round that field woof!Elsie Too6:45pm, 1st Jun 2015
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Two beds two baths - you could stop speaking and still have a great week.leaguefreak
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I love snorkelling. Sounds like a bril holiday. Enjoy! (did you ever think your website for you and your mates to log some stats would take you to sports holidays abroad?! Awesome!)HappyG(rrr) G5:03pm, 2nd Jun 2015
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F'Laps 2024
Long Run
So it still needs a name...
Front Garden Ultra?
The Boy is a man!
Festive Fetch Calendar
Creative K's
Signs
September (7)
Training Edit Screen - time to ditch it...
Stock check
The Doctor K Cup - October 7th!!!!
Removing the training edit screen
A Happy Applecart
Happy 19th Birthday!
Forgotten pictures
August (14)
Just in case
Weekly Total Hours
Dim Brys Dim Chwys
All hail our robot overlords!
Your local parkrun
Fool on the hill
Survey Follow Up
A survey?
Did you know?
I made a thing
VC Day
FBI Agent
What keeps you going?
Be careful what's in your paste buffer (and July training update)
July (13)
Delight
Respecting your eyeballs since 2004
Hot Stuff, coming through
Ocean Colour Scheme
18 years, 10 months, 13 days and counting...
Ooof #fail
Our listings need you!
Pics from the end of the swim
A whispered, half-remembered dream
Try the Heatmap!!!
Teaser
100 Running Words (and my June summary)
July Virtual Mile
June (8)
Last Big Swim
I can't be the only one...
Which is the real me?
#EveryoneDay
The legendary sixth samosa!
WSW Main Page Layout Changes
May Summary (contains swimming!)
Hoodies pre-order closes at 10am
May (17)
A new WSW challenge
Tagging images
Hoooooooooooooodies!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Sweatshop Competition
Did you get an email?
Fifty Years Ago - Part VIII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VI
Help on a slippery slope
Fifty Years Ago - Part V
Fifty Years Ago - Part IV
Fifty Years Ago - Part III
Chuck-off: Round 2
Not my king?
Fifty Years Ago - Part II
Fifty Years Ago
And that was April
April (10)
Centurion Safari!
Sheep treats (and a routes feature)
And I’ll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns.
15,746 places to 💩
Track Your Blood Pressure
A couple of quick fmail updates
Rusty Metal and a Cycling Grudge Match
Please help me kick the fmail tyres!
Onset of Summer Watch. Have you got Onset of Summer? +fmail!
Premium?
March (10)
And that was March
Try the new fmail system
Can you help my boy?
Tell A Friend?
Some Sweatshop Competitions
Sign up to our 2023 Virtual Challenge
Review: FORM Smart Goggles
UTMOST vs Treadmills
33,258
Embranglement!
February (13)
And that was February
This year's Virtual Challenge
What does Points make?
Automatic Everything Collector
Peaky Finders
FAO Fitbit users
My favourite training graph
You've got this.
Coffee Survey (for my stepson)
Access all the tips
Tiny Usability Changes
Cod science
Hot Tips
January (14)
Monthly Infographic Bug Fixes
No, but really...
Have a play with the monthly infographic
It's not ready yet, but...
Introducing Fetch Premium
Help me design a new Monthly Infographic...
Still following?
Fettle
Definitely Not Betting
Do you follow? (plus burp chat)
Advance warning for stalkers!
I'm back (and the Fetch LS, SS and NS shirts preorder is open)
Attention Fitbit Users
Review 50 albums in 2023 (badge!)
2022 (144)
December (8)
Treasure Hunt Day 1 - the best gift
Important updates to the Fetch Relay
Introducing the Fetch Relay 2023
Who Am I? (Solved, thanks) And How Am I?
Confessions :-)
12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt
Chewie, we’re home!
A few pics from the Foffice :-)
November (24)
Yesvember - Day #30 (and Festive Fetch Calendar Eve!)
The Fetch Festive 160.934 :-) [Yesvember #Day 29]
You'd better watch out... (plus Yesvember Day #28)
Brace Yourself (and there's one spare bobble hat!) and Yesvember - Day #26
Hats in the post! Plus Yesvember Day #25
Look what arrived!
Yesvember - Day #24
Training Graph Manager - usability update (Yesvember Day #23)
Yesvember - Day #22 - Cheating?
Last chance to enter the Advance Performance comp
Yesvember - Days #11 thru #14 (plus Jumpy Boy)
Weather on the training home page watch. Have you got weather on the training home page? (Yesvember - Day #10)
Oh, and... it's Yesvember - Day #9
Another bit of the internet fenced off
Yesvember - Day #8 - taking steps
Yesvember - Day #7
Yesvember - Day #6
Yesvember - Day #5
The curse of swimming GPS
Yesvember - Day #4
The Les Mis effect
Yesvember - Day #3
Yesvember - Day #2
Yesvember - Day #1
October (15)
October gives way to Yesvember!
Anyone fancy a threeway?
More thoughts on races
Racing, post-pandemic
Contracts exchanged!
Competition Time!
Last call for Flobble Hats
A record year for swimming?
Woburn Lido
Order your Bobble Hat! If you like.
I appear to have entered a race! (plus new Garmin import queueing system)
Eric the Eel
Get your hobbit on
The Doctor K Cup: Saturday 8th October!
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
September (16)
Take This Bus To Cuba
Fetch Bobble Hats
Trumpeting
Training View tweaks (switch maps, game overlays, mile markers)
Training View tweaks (and a play button bug fix)
A long ride and a cold swim.
Play Button
UTMOST Wava & Bike Division Rebuilds
New UTMOST leagues for cyclists and WAVA fans
The Doctor K Cup
Chance encounters
Do I ditch our Facebook stuff?
A keeper, from my feedback inbox...
Ultra distances - update
Adding ultra distances to Fastest Fetchies league.
Try the new Training Groups pages
August (11)
Training Groups Update - Coming Soon
Garmin Queue Issues
Donations without reference numbers :-)
New Elbow Laws
No longer the 3398th fastest Fetchie over 10k!
Pulling counties into league tables
What was I thinking?
County Champion?
Just bear in mind that you asked for this.
Wahoo and Coros users
How to make half a million quid (batteries not included)
July (6)
Club Listings
Book giveaway :-)
Updated Race Portfolio
Updated Targets Page
Exactly ***1*** Spare Ladies L Cycling Jersey
Search All Blogs :-)
June (10)
Imagine you could search all the public blogs...
Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!
7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday
#EveryoneDay - Sunday 26th June 2022
Spare Challenge Coasters
The North West Passage
Feature Request Voting - Know Your Limits!
UTMOST Division 8: YIKES!
Shepperton Weight Gain Programme
UTMOST Division 9! Sub-50 10k :-)
May (16)
Four hours left :-)
Division 10: No hope of escape?
Book giveaway :-)
Division 11: No place left to hide
New HR Analysis
They're here! Well, not exactly *here*, but...
A quick Darth Mode update
Darth Mode! And a few biscuits for the hyperdrive.
Division 12: Two hours of pushing broom
Dark Mode: Beta
PB Potential? Fancy a quickie? ;-)
Division 12: Running Out Of Road?
Thank you everyone!
Making UTMOST moves :-)
Do you want a Fetch shirt?
I did my UTMOST :-) (plus new sharing infographic)
April (7)
Today's plan
NEW UTMOST BADGES!!!!!
A plug for some races
Raspberry Pavlov
Win a book :-)
United Colours of Cross Training
A little Streetview adventure
March (11)
The lockers are a pound.
Advice for Gym Noobs!
Feedback made easier
#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈
Thanks Chunky: parkrun routes!
Sniffer Dogs
Yikes!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update
Route Plotting tweak
The Crow: A Pipedream!
February (7)
Fetch Kit Spares
Updated Race Listing Pages
Introducing Rundle!
I appear to be training for an OWS event!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys!!!
Does you wantz free shoez?
Post Office tomorrow - kit spares
January (13)
Updated Flanci Design (now with more Fetchness)
Badge Collection Graphic!
Updated elevation trace
Book Lists :-)
Updated sharing infographic - do you like it?
Spare Fetch Kit
Badge page refresh / feature requests
Flanci / Fetch Leggings
New Badge Pages
New hill badges
Join me on my fitness journey!
Are you the farmer?
Blog every day challenge - finishers
2021 (187)
December (14)
Book List
Ten years ago today...
A big slobbery elephant snog.
If you don't like hills, this must be getting tiring :-)
When does a hill end?
Hill finder - prototype v2
Hill Finder - prototype
2022 Targets
Chewie, We’re Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day!
Embed badges, plus a new badge :-)
Updated people page
Seeking map
Streak Watch
The new Fetch buffs are here…
November (23)
Almost there...
The Fetch Library
Update your thread titles
Ascent dissent
Mute a thread
Shortcuts
Training Import Queue
I fell off (but not really!)
Croeso i Fetcheveryone. Ydych chi'n siarad Almaeneg, Swedish neu Eidaleg?
New mobile nav
Last call for shirts
@
Just a trim please
Brought to you by wind power
300 miles later
Golden Ticket Shocker!
Banjobax (aka KOG)
Home and Away kit preorder - with long sleeve option
A little competition - win a copy of Daniels' Running Formula
Garmin testers - thanks
Add your grub stops!
Points Of Interest: Grub Stops
Garmin-owning testers wanted
October (19)
New home and away shirts and vests
Benchmark league - a few more updates
Benchmark league table
Hill areas
Preorder is now open!
'b'uffs then
Necktube design #1 & #2
Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
An apology for people who follow my training
New cycling and swimming badges
New Conquercise Feature: Grids
Sprouting a tiny biking antler :-)
Have a try of the cycling gradient analysis
Struggling with my big ring
Cycling: gradient vs pace
A question for cyclists
For Doctor K
Shan't.
September (14)
New comments (FID 1212)
Forum post previews
Garmin imports with a snippet more info
Gallery upload options
Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
Forum Quotes
Spoiler Alert!
20th of March and all that.
Have you signed up yet?
This bit of crappy Upminister nearly cost me my f***ing life.
A guide with no pages
To steal a catchphrase from a wise lady...
Multiple choice polls
August (11)
Pre-Race Training - Updated
A connection!
New Member of the Month sponsor
Best Weeks - bug fixes
Your Best Week Ever
Rainbow Kit - preorder is open
Age Bests - filtering out the mistakes :-)
Sign up, sign up, for the Doctor K cup
A message from my lovely wife ❤️
Another batch of rainbow kit?
Spares: Event Clips, Swim Hats and a few rainbow tops
July (10)
A bunch of site goodies :-)
Hello kitty
Holy Simmering Mercury Batman!
Settings
A heart rate question
Sleepy Shuffle?
365 graph
Slipping on ma noob shoes
Meatronomes
World's Sexiest Bridges
June (11)
Benchmarks - a *tiny* little improvement
Race Leaderboards - some small improvements
Race Finder - Update
Up there ^
Routes - more updates
Last call for FE Event Clips
Server update
Minor code problem
Some little updates to your route list
Feature requests - two years on!
More than just a rainbow
May (8)
Rainbow Kit - update on delivery time...
Fetch Ron Hill Cycling Jerseys
Pre-order your rainbow kit now :-)
Jimi Hendrix vs Run DMC
The return of parkrun - a poll
Something in the woodshed...
Default to walk
A tour of the Fetch Office
April (11)
Instabanned :-)
I has Instagram
Fetch Event Clips
FERC
Castle Challenge Coaster!
My chess rating
Jab - symptom watch
This just in...
REVIEW: XMiles selection box
Let FE pay for your coaching qualifications :-)
Castle Challenge - A Quick Blog
March (18)
The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge
Running vs Cycling Cadence
Fetch vests and shirts (and swim caps)
Elevation vs Follow Roads
£500 of England Athletics courses up for grabs!
TomTom users
Music by year: 1993
10k Analysis: Part 7 - Length of Training Runs
Music by year: 1992 (plus some 1991 additions)
Bot sniffing win :-) plus daily blogger count!
User profiles
10k Analysis: Part 6 - Training Pace Again
Time to update your injuries :-)
User profile - sticker button.. EDIT and race standard
More user profile adjustments
User Profile tweaking
Cute story of the week*
10k Analysis: Part 5 - Training Pace
February (17)
Year on Year mileage comparison
Elevation graphs
It's all kicking off in chess club!
Music By year: 1991
10k Analysis: Part 4 - Weekly Training Habits
Tagging virtual races
Chasing rainbows
Rainbow Shirts
Lance!
Blog writing improvements
10k Analysis: Part 3 - Accuracy of human predictions
Music by year: 1990
Smacking bots
29 slices - my seven days of dinner
10k Analysis: Part 2 - Age and Performance
Pass it on
10k Analysis: Part 1 - Distribution of best 10k times
January (31)
January
Mobile Usability Team Helping All Fetchies...
Salmon Ramen Recipe :-)
Salmon Ramen (for TBR)
Backup dog
The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
Obscure bugs
Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
FIT file import - temporary issue
Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
Dirty data
Mobile Usability
Oops
Readership!
Stay sticky
It's Hip To Buy Squares
Related Threads - Exposé :-)
The Batshit Association
Jobs
Tag Team
Feed the monster!
An ad for Fetch Chess Club :-)
Estimating VO2Max
Three little birds
A not uncommon swelling
Church Mouse January
Honey, where's my super suit?
Not here.
2020 (128)
December (6)
Blog A Day 2021?
9 years ago today
Chewie, We're Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day :-)
Be Prepared
Becoming an effluencer
A few Fetch Mugs left
November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
Mugs!
Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
Annual Infographic... updating now.
In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
Mini plans with the training plan
5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
Thank you
Become tradeable!
Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
Last orders
Advice for a friend
Trader Makeover
September (6)
The shop is open!
Hoodie Colour!
New Fetch Hoodies
A big up/holler!
VO2max
A benchmark derailed by GPS data *nerd*
August (8)
10k analysis
Officially a Sheepy Shuffler!
Pi Watering
Pre-order Avoid Everyone Face Masks
I got sent these...
Other sites? :-O
Benchmarks - an infinitely configurable set of ladders.
Try the monthly infographic :-)
July (10)
Update on Monthly Training Infographic
New Infographic
Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)
A quick Garmin update
Open Water / Wild Swimming Database
Avoid Everyone - spares
OWS Locations
Thread-level search
New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures
My first lamp post
June (16)
Replacing the Who's Training page
Combining some pages
In pursuit of the Gridmaster Ultra
15th Anniversary Kit - Spares
Shoelaces
A new How To video
Training Plan Updated
Black Lives Matter
Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
Another How To video - this time, Conquercise
Fantastisches Tweeten
May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
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Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
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Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
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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
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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)
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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
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