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Mileage Targets 2018

11:36pm, 30 Dec 2017

Up 'til just now, if you'd set a mileage/kilometre-age target, it would be retained for the following year - which was fine, but it meant that our tables often had folks who weren't using the site any more, or who had forgotten about their targets, and moved onto greater things.

I've cleared out the target tables, so if you'd like to aim for some targets in 2018, you need to set some fresh ones. Here's the link to set your targets:

fetcheveryone.com/training-targets.php

To help get this blog in front of as many eyes as possible, leave a comment with your mileage goals for 2018 below :-)

Pip pip!

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poodle tit, dude
McGoohan
11:37pm, 30th Dec 2017
Great tit, coal tit, blue tit, willow tit, marsh tit, ground tit... nope McG, can't find that one.
Carpathius
11:44pm, 30th Dec 2017
500?
ChrisHB
11:54pm, 30th Dec 2017
700. Neither necessary nor sufficient. Nor likely given this year but I will aim higher!
Heinzster
1:11am, 31st Dec 2017
How coincidental that I re-set my running target about 2 hours earlier after ignoring it for most of the year. I’ve re-re-set it - 700 running miles
GimmeMedals
1:13am, 31st Dec 2017
Target A - 365, Target B - 500.
Strutbrother
5:44am, 31st Dec 2017
I’ll give 500 a bash
Alice the Camel
6:35am, 31st Dec 2017
Have set mine as 1000 as that is my spiritual home (thread) but will be aiming for 1500 minimum , shame I will never know where I finished on the 1000 league as it's gone already 😥
Gromit
6:42am, 31st Dec 2017
700. Neither necessary nor sufficient
Rosehip
7:37am, 31st Dec 2017
700 for me too
Pothunter
7:41am, 31st Dec 2017
So a few of us have a target so we can appear in a roundup on a page eg 700, 1000, 1500, 2000 but then have a goal that is higher. It would be good to be able to set both on the goal page. Maybe a goal and a stretch goal? I’ll be on the 2000 mile page but my stretch will be the same as I did this year which is just north of 3600km
chunkywizard
7:53am, 31st Dec 2017
Given that I achieved 0 in 2016 and 11 in 2017, I'm going to go for an optimistic 700
ThorntonRunner
7:54am, 31st Dec 2017
Public declaration of 700, more public than anywhere else, I've said it on Lord Fetch himself' blog
Irontubs
7:55am, 31st Dec 2017
1500 will be my target again
DocM
8:00am, 31st Dec 2017
2000 seems to be my average annual mileage so I think I will go with that in 2018, marathon training has just commenced for me so I should get a good start.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
8:01am, 31st Dec 2017
5,800 for the 5th consecutive year. Sadly, that's cycling, not running ;-). As for running, I keep putting 1,500 but getting nowhere near it, so perhaps I'll choose a lower figure for 2018.
Flatlander
8:29am, 31st Dec 2017
700 running miles, 200 cycling miles (actually *any* cycling miles would be good) and a measly 20 swim miles *crosses fingers*
LazyDaisy
8:51am, 31st Dec 2017
700
Diogenes
8:58am, 31st Dec 2017
700 for me too. Might do other stuff but no targets just yet.
Corrah
9:14am, 31st Dec 2017
I did a sad 233 this year but that’s 50 more than last!
Change of circumstances so should be more in 2018!!
EvilPixie
9:23am, 31st Dec 2017
700 again
northernslowcoach
9:32am, 31st Dec 2017
1000 for me 😀
Fenland Flier
9:40am, 31st Dec 2017
Going for 500 🤞
Eynsham Red
9:48am, 31st Dec 2017
Mine will be the same... 1,200 miles running. Have yet to decide if I will set a swim or bike target.
Ness
10:00am, 31st Dec 2017
This year I will be mainly walking
Little Nemo
10:01am, 31st Dec 2017
1000 running - officially!
3M
10:14am, 31st Dec 2017
I work in kilometres so 1609.344 km. I'll try and get the 0.344 out of the way as warm up for NYD parkrun
Waveydavey
10:44am, 31st Dec 2017
2000 running, 100 swimming and 0 cycling as bicycles are dangerous and scary!
Goofee
11:01am, 31st Dec 2017
700
LindsD
11:02am, 31st Dec 2017
700 for me again, ever optimistic!
Lemon10
11:02am, 31st Dec 2017
1926 this year, so think I'll stretch to 2000 for 2018 (or maybe even 2018 for 2018!)
StuH
11:10am, 31st Dec 2017
I’ve set my target for 1500 for the purpose of the 1500 thread, but having done 1700+ for the last two years I’ll be aiming higher. Would love to do 2000, but think that may be a bit too ambitious.
jennyh
11:13am, 31st Dec 2017
1000 km running, 2700 km cycling. Failed to hit targets this year.
Dvorak
11:23am, 31st Dec 2017
1500 for me.
westmoors
11:25am, 31st Dec 2017
I'm on 55 for the year so really 56 is the initial aim but Will go for 700 for the banter
Night-owl
11:34am, 31st Dec 2017
I suppose there's no chance you could put them back as they were set until midnight tonight (oh, ok, maybe when you get up tomorrow!) is there please?
I was playing a game of sorts with myself to see if I could get up to 30th position in the "as was" targets for 2017 - and have just uploaded todays final run!
3M
12:28pm, 31st Dec 2017
I suppose there's no chance you could put them back as they were set until midnight tonight (oh, ok, maybe when you get up tomorrow!) is there please?
I was playing a game of sorts with myself to see if I could get up to 30th position in the "as was" targets for 2017 - and have just uploaded todays final run!
3M
12:28pm, 31st Dec 2017
700 - 3rd time lucky in 2018?
Also 500 on the bike.
alpenrose
1:18pm, 31st Dec 2017
setting 1000 as a target and joining 100 a month too
KOG
1:23pm, 31st Dec 2017
700, as Rosehip said neither necessary nor sufficient. No injuries, 1000.
ferret
1:33pm, 31st Dec 2017
1750
Ocelot Spleens
1:57pm, 31st Dec 2017
1609.344 here we come. I take it I'm not the only Fetchie to do all my running in KMs but always set my target in miles?
Grid
2:12pm, 31st Dec 2017
I'm going for (more than) 500. Just missed it this year so I can aim to do better next.
BaronessBL
2:39pm, 31st Dec 2017
Another for 1500 miles (for the thread/group), but will be aiming for a few more than that.
jabberknit
2:54pm, 31st Dec 2017
Definitely 700 - the only target.
TeeBee
3:13pm, 31st Dec 2017
824 run miles
2104 bike miles

28 swim miles

Will smash those next year 👍
Will Crash
3:21pm, 31st Dec 2017
2500 IN THE KICKS
smoke free
3:58pm, 31st Dec 2017
I like the idea of 700 again.
Lip Gloss
5:18pm, 31st Dec 2017
I don't yet know what will be a realistic target for me in 2018 (though I shall certainly haunt the 700 thread). I suppose I can set one later, e.g. end of January?
Columba
5:39pm, 31st Dec 2017
Just shaken hands on a target of 365.
Silvershadow
5:59pm, 31st Dec 2017
700 first target
RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧
7:51pm, 31st Dec 2017
500 again, maybe this time....
Winniefree
8:33pm, 31st Dec 2017
No goals in mind for the year. I'd be fine with at least doing more than 815.
Valyrian Plastic
10:12pm, 31st Dec 2017
I will run 500 miles, and i will run 500 more, to be the man who ran 1000 miles from out his front door.
Chrisity
11:28pm, 31st Dec 2017
700 miles. It'll definitely happen this year, oh yes.
sallykate
9:08am, 2nd Jan 2018
1200 again for me
Lisrun
4:04pm, 2nd Jan 2018
1000 for me. Never seem to quite get there but still trying.
notgivinup
9:48pm, 2nd Jan 2018

Thank you

10:38pm, 24 Dec 2017

Everyone! I'm just about to go to sleep, so I haven't got the time to do detail, but you all know who you are. A year that could have been so different, were it not for the support of a truckload of wonderful people. I'm a lucky person.

Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!

Xxx

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Comments

Merry Christmas to you, KatieB and the rest of the family.:):) Thank you so much for all you do for this site and community.
Garfield
10:41pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas Fetch and Katie
TeeBee
10:41pm, 24th Dec 2017
I think an angel just got his wings. Merry Christmas xxx
Fizz :-)
10:43pm, 24th Dec 2017
We are also lucky people. Have a great Christmas Fetch and Katie xxx
LindsD
10:45pm, 24th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas
Seratonin
10:51pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas and thank you to you both xxx
.B.
10:58pm, 24th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas to you and yours!
alpenrose
10:59pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you all! Thanks for Fetchland and all therein!
Sigh
11:00pm, 24th Dec 2017
What they all said. ☺
3M
11:08pm, 24th Dec 2017
Every time a bell rings... an angel gets his wings.
Attaboy Clarence.
McGoohan
11:10pm, 24th Dec 2017
A very happy Christmas to you and Kate and your children. A big thank you for all you do bringing so many people together
Diogenes
11:15pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you both and your families.
GimmeMedals
11:21pm, 24th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas Fetch to you and yours
bigleggy
11:30pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry, merry Christmas!
And thank you
Just thank you x
Bintmcskint
11:50pm, 24th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas m'lud
Angus Clydesdale
12:14am, 25th Dec 2017
Hope you, Katie, the boys and the dogs have a wonderful Christmas!

Thanks so much for all that you do to make this site the most wonderful place to be on t'internet xx
SarahWoo
4:33am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas Fetch!
1step2far
5:39am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas Fetch family x
Joopsy
6:43am, 25th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas ho ho ho. xx
Nightjar
6:51am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas
Valyrian Plastic
7:10am, 25th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas Fetch and family
DocM
7:36am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you all. Here’s to an even more brilliant 2018... 🥂
runnerbean
8:20am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas. Thanks for everything!
chunkywizard
8:32am, 25th Dec 2017
Thanks both
Serendippily
8:33am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you all at Fetch HQ and to the Fetch empire.
Fenland Flier
9:12am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas xx
Ness
9:18am, 25th Dec 2017
it best wishes and t hanks from me too.
D2
9:40am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry xmas and thanks for the site. Always fabulous
Debster
10:04am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas Fetch Family
cathrobinson
10:25am, 25th Dec 2017
Hope you have a wonderful day Fetch, Katie and all your family xxx
Corrah
11:15am, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you all - have a wonderful day xx
Autumnleaves
12:30pm, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas to you all c
northernslowcoach
2:04pm, 25th Dec 2017
I hope you and Katie, and all your family, have had a brilliant day. Here's to a cracking 2018 for you and the site!
LazyDaisy
5:56pm, 25th Dec 2017
Happy Christmas to you! Thanks for making this site so wonderful and welcoming. Here's to a fab year of running in 2018 🎅 xx
stilldreaming
6:33pm, 25th Dec 2017
Thank you from me too. Hope you've had a lovely Christmas Day
BaronessBL
9:11pm, 25th Dec 2017
Thank you Fetch and Katie. This site and the people in it have become one of the most important aspects of my life. You did that
Carpathius
10:39pm, 25th Dec 2017
Merry Christmas Mr. & Mrs. Fetch!
Strutbrother
4:40am, 27th Dec 2017

Brownie Recipe

9:57am, 23 Dec 2017

1) Chop up 100g of unsalted butter and 100g of dark choc (I used G&B 70%), and melt it all together in a bowl over a saucepan of water.

2) Put 50g of plain flour and 150g of caster sugar into a bowl, poke out any lumps with a fork. Shove two medium eggs in it, and whizz it all up with an electric mixer until you're fed up.

3) Pour the melted chocolate in, and break up 100g of white choc into little bits, and lob that in too. Mix it all together with a fork. It should be a fairly sturdy sludgy mix by now.

4) Grease a baking tin with butter, pour it all in, flatten it out, and bake for 25 minutes at 160 degrees in a fan assisted oven. Let them cool down before cutting them into squares. They're a bit gooey initially, but stick them in the fridge for a few hours and they'll firm up nicely.

5) Shove as many down your chops as you can before anyone notices.

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Comments

🐷 ... the food of champions
runnerbean
9:58am, 23rd Dec 2017
Mmmm sounds good.
Fenland Flier
10:21am, 23rd Dec 2017
Strangely I was just looking at a recipe for 'low fat' brownies before reading this... yours sounds much nicer....
BaronessBL
10:32am, 23rd Dec 2017
Yum, can you make some for me?
chunkywizard
10:51am, 23rd Dec 2017
Love it, all recipes should be written in this style
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
12:47pm, 23rd Dec 2017
.B.
1:00pm, 23rd Dec 2017
Thank you
LindsD
1:13pm, 23rd Dec 2017
Sounds good! Merry Christmas to you and KatieB!
Garfield
1:21pm, 23rd Dec 2017
Mmmm
DocM
2:05pm, 23rd Dec 2017
Is step 5 a sneaky confession?
Valyrian Plastic
3:29pm, 23rd Dec 2017
I can't be arsed with the rest of it but I could probably do stage 5 for ever.
RichHL
5:11pm, 23rd Dec 2017
Keys under the mat, just let yourself in with them
megster
7:19pm, 23rd Dec 2017
You know how Wiggle send Haribo with the orders, how about Brownies to go with Fetch hoodies?
HellsBells
8:20am, 24th Dec 2017
Gooey is best.
*Anj*
10:24am, 24th Dec 2017

Phew

3:10pm, 19 Dec 2017

I've finished prepping all the remaining doors in the Festive Fetch Calendar. It's one of those tasks that's kind of fun, and I do look forward to, but also just a little bit look forward to completing. I can let it do its thing now.

I've also posted all the hoodies that have been ordered and paid for. There's time for one more posting trip on Thursday morning, according to Royal Mail. Here's what I have left:

Fire Red £25
========
1 XS
3 Small
1 XL

Storm Grey £25
==========
5 Small
4 Large

Leave a comment if you want one.

I also got out for a run this morning, and I was very pleased to find that I enjoyed it - pretty much the first time I've been able to say that since the engine failure that was Bedford Harriers Half. I managed 5.1 miles, which is quite a feat given that I've only been able to curse my way to a few three milers over the last couple of weeks.

It helped that there was stuff to think about. Katie and Stephen had left the house 20 minutes previously, as I was unconscious in bed - so I tracked them down (Stephen running in mad circles trying to locate my voice, me flapping my arms like a fat bat trying to help him). We ran back towards the house, then I ran on to the town to pay in a cheque.

Since I last blogged, I've seen Star Wars twice, and would be more than happy to go again. No spoilers, but I got a bit emotional second time around, knowing how various bits would unfold. I can't help but love it. I watched A New Hope six times in seven days when I was a kid, complete with eighties ads for VW Polos (being flipped over by Geoff Capes), Brittany Ferries (the parrot, singing "Brittany Ferries sail diiiiirect to Brittany"), Panama cigars, Gold Blend, and more.

In terms of more modern eighties throwbacks, I've also got through series 2 of Stranger Things, once with the Boy, and then again with Katie. He's a bit besotted with it at the moment, so I'm planning to deck out the living room like The Upside Down meets Joyce Byers living room for Christmas Eve, with lots of crepe paper, and christmas lights on the ceiling. Christmas hasn't followed the standard formula for quite some time now, so perhaps it's time to embrace it, and make our own normal.

I also have a new pair of swimming shorts. They are called 'core shorts', and are made of fairly thick neoprene, which will help get my legs up a bit higher in the water, and stop them acting like an anchor. That's the theory anyway.

And if you've been following Katie's blog, you'll know she's aiming for her first OWS endurance swim at the Bantham Swoosh in July 2018. We're hoping to build up the training section of the site to develop swim and bike as their own entities - so the development of the swim section will hang onto Katie's coat tails, and hopefully develop into something specific and useful. If you're a swimmer, and there's something you'd like to see on the site, shout out.

Neither of us particularly enthused about biking though. We need a biking champion.

Gosh, this has been a ramble.

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Comments

Glad you're enjoying your and really excited about the developments, both Katie's and the log. Definitely make your own Christmas normal. That's what we've done, and it works for us x
LindsD
3:13pm, 19th Dec 2017
I love the fact that the swim functionality of the site may leap forward because your missus is training and logging stuff. It's not nepotism - it's family, innit?! 5.1 miles more than me. Have a great Christmas you super Fetchies you. (I'm hoping to see it for a second time. Might be told to go by myself though!) G
HappyG(rrr)
3:29pm, 19th Dec 2017
I'll be your bike champ 🙂 if you want.
*Anj*
4:16pm, 19th Dec 2017
I might be able to help with the swimming stuff? Depends what you want. Those shorts are a poor substitute for good technique, btw.
Angus Clydesdale
4:40pm, 19th Dec 2017
Glad it's not just me - I got a bit emotional twice during 'The Force Awakens', and I'm nails . Glad you're back running
Albert O Balsam
4:41pm, 19th Dec 2017
Running sounds good. I've never seen Star Wars.
alpenrose
6:10pm, 19th Dec 2017
You don't really need the elevation or terrain options on the swimming sessions. If you're doing something analogous you could have Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Lake, Sea and maybe something about sea state.
RichHL
11:42pm, 19th Dec 2017
I hope you Katie doesn't wear a coat while swimming and if she does, please don't hang on to tightly, unless she is doing some special type of endurance training!
I so badly want to see Star Wars but have no time before Christmas
Elsie Too
7:24am, 20th Dec 2017

Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update

9:44am, 14 Dec 2017

Here's what's left:

Fire Red Hoodies £25
=============
Small = 3
Large = 1
XL = 1

Storm Grey Hoodies £25
===============
Small = 5
Large = 4

Buffs £10
======
Enough :-)

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Comments

Can i have the large red hoodie please
snoozie
10:15am, 14th Dec 2017
..... trying hard no to comment
DocM
11:41am, 14th Dec 2017
I would like a buff please.
GlennR
12:11pm, 14th Dec 2017
Sitting on my hands - would really like the grey hoodie but cant remember what size my red one is.......
Mandymoo
1:07pm, 14th Dec 2017
Medium red, please, Fetch!
ishep 🇪🇺
4:05pm, 14th Dec 2017
A small grey one please Mr Fetch.
runnerbean
5:51pm, 14th Dec 2017
I've succumbed to temptation. If you still have it, the XS fire red hoodie please.
Garfield
10:11pm, 15th Dec 2017
Buff please!
sallykate
7:08pm, 17th Dec 2017

Chewie, We're Home

11:54am, 13 Dec 2017

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Comments

Angus Clydesdale
11:55am, 13th Dec 2017
Bintmcskint
11:57am, 13th Dec 2017
Class
Velociraptor
11:58am, 13th Dec 2017
Lol. Fabs! (have you got permission to use that font?! Oops, sorry copyright/anti-fun police warning!) G
HappyG(rrr)
11:59am, 13th Dec 2017
Brilliant!
Jigs
12:08pm, 13th Dec 2017
1step2far
12:11pm, 13th Dec 2017
Worth waiting for
Valyrian Plastic
12:19pm, 13th Dec 2017
Amazing
Silvershadow
12:22pm, 13th Dec 2017
Katie is scarier than the real thing
fleecy
12:39pm, 13th Dec 2017
northernslowcoach
12:48pm, 13th Dec 2017
3M
12:59pm, 13th Dec 2017
Here goes nothing!
TheScribbler
1:11pm, 13th Dec 2017
I love you guys #fetchjedi
runnerbean
1:44pm, 13th Dec 2017
So.... you already had a full Chewbacca costume?
McGoohan
1:46pm, 13th Dec 2017
May the Farce be with you.
decorum
2:02pm, 13th Dec 2017
You make a good Han Solo
chunkywizard
2:24pm, 13th Dec 2017
Nice hair Katie and cool crossbow! Excellent steely determination there Fetch!
CogNoscensme AHA
4:01pm, 13th Dec 2017
Brilliant!
LindsD
4:36pm, 13th Dec 2017
HellsBells
4:46pm, 13th Dec 2017
Ness
5:20pm, 13th Dec 2017
hilarious
Badger
7:57pm, 13th Dec 2017
😁
Mandymoo
10:09pm, 13th Dec 2017

Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left

10:37am, 13 Dec 2017

I've fmailed everyone who has commented - and here's what's left:

Fire Red Hoodies £25
=============
XS = 1
Small = 3
Medium = 2
Large = 1
XL = 1

Storm Grey Hoodies £25
===============
Small = 6
Medium = 1
Large = 4

Buffs £10
======
Enough :-)

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Comments

you tempter you! medium red please (I'm aiming for roomy rather than snug and am a size 10/12 - will that about do it?)
mulbs
10:53am, 13th Dec 2017
Any chance you could save me an XL hoodie until I get paid on Friday?
Kanajlo
2:55pm, 13th Dec 2017
Small red and a buff please.
Fenland Flier
8:35pm, 13th Dec 2017
May I have a medium grey please?
Carpathius
9:43pm, 13th Dec 2017
Medium Red and a buff please?
KOG
8:26am, 14th Dec 2017

Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)

5:28pm, 12 Dec 2017

I've stocktakenated the Fetch hoodies, so here's what's left. I'll do them for £25 each, so don't hang about if you want one, ok? :-)

I also have some Fetch Buffs - they're £10 each. All prices include P&P to the UK, and should be with you in time to make a *lovely* Christmas present :-)

Leave a comment on this blog saying the SIZE and COLOUR you would like, and I'll respond on a first-come, first-served basis. I'll fmail you with the details of how to pay (it'll be bank transfer if you can, or Paypal if you can't, or a cheque if you can't do that, or you can come round and cut my hedge).

Fire Red Hoodies
===========
XS = 1
Small = 4
Medium = 5
Large = 3
XL = 1

Storm Grey Hoodies
=============
Small = 7
Medium = 5
Large = 5
XL = 4
XXL = 1

Here's what the red hoodies look like:

Here you can just about see the grey hoodie:

And here's the Fetch Buff (boy sold separately):

Leave a comment if you would like something. Thanks :-)

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Comments

Can I have a large red please? If all out, a large grey?
johntz
5:34pm, 12th Dec 2017
grey medium please
chunkywizard
5:34pm, 12th Dec 2017
Can I have a red medium please? My men’s medium tshirt fits perfectly so I assume I am medium hoodie too?
NDWDave
5:51pm, 12th Dec 2017
Grey xl hoodie and a buff please, thank you
Happy Cat
5:57pm, 12th Dec 2017
Grey medium, please chief.
XB
6:35pm, 12th Dec 2017
Grey medium please.
Meeps
6:39pm, 12th Dec 2017
(I don't need one thanks but I can highly recommend the snuggliness of the hoodies!)
LazyDaisy
6:40pm, 12th Dec 2017
I'd like a buff please.
CogNoscensme AHA
7:55pm, 12th Dec 2017
Grey XL please!
Sigh
8:14pm, 12th Dec 2017
Large red please! Or grey if all red gone!
StuH
8:45pm, 12th Dec 2017
Can I have a boy-free buff please. Don't need another boy. Always need where buff.
TeeBee
8:55pm, 12th Dec 2017
Buff and red hoodie medium please thanks
mrice47
10:03pm, 12th Dec 2017
Large grey hoodie please
Waveydavey
10:10am, 13th Dec 2017
XL grey hoodie please
Goofee
10:51am, 13th Dec 2017

Chewie, We're Home

1:32pm, 12 Dec 2017

Who would bet against the anniversary of Fetch Independence Day coinciding with a server outage (from 11pm to 7am)? It's like the server wanted to join in :-)

Here we are though. One year on. Yesterday, Katie and I went for our annual Fetch Christmas Party / My Birthday lunch with a bottle of red wine, and a slip-slide home in the snow. It feels like we've been on code red for the entire year. So yesterday, I've officially downgraded the threat level to code orange. A very specific shade of orange, obviously.

If you've contributed to the upkeep of the site this year, I really do owe you one. With your generosity, some lenience from our web server company, and the never-ending support of my lovely Katie, we've just about managed to pilot our Millenium Falcon throughout the year, and can look forward to doing the same again.

If you haven't contributed yet, it's ok - but do please think about it. There are no extravagant outgoings to fund - just the cost of a web server, and enough money for me to look after my family. The average monthly donation is less than the price of a supermarket running magazine, and hopefully gives you more in companionship, support and fun throughout the year. Here's the link: fetcheveryone.com/invite.php

I promised you a re-enactment of Han and Chewie, piloting the Millenium Falcon. That's coming soon, as soon as I can persuade Katie to put on the onesie :-)

In the mean time, my mam and dad were keen to join in. Here's mam doing "Annie, 'Fetch' your gun":

And if proof were needed that I am a genetic thoroughbred when it comes to resilience and being able to smile at myself, here's my 70yo dad, doing 'Singing In The Rain' (with a nod to Valyrian Plastic - great minds think alike):

https://youtu.be/ipIjLRGNBXs

Are we done? Like hell. Bring it on.

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Comments

Sorry Mam Fetch, but I've fallen a little bit in love with Dad Fetch
Nessie
1:45pm, 12th Dec 2017
Are we done? Love Dad Fetch (& Mam Fetch but she's not so animated )
minardi
1:48pm, 12th Dec 2017
Your parents are awesome! 🎶☔
Valyrian Plastic
1:57pm, 12th Dec 2017
chunkywizard
2:37pm, 12th Dec 2017
LOVE this!
sallykate
2:40pm, 12th Dec 2017
Fabulous! And well done you and KatieB xx
LindsD
3:30pm, 12th Dec 2017
Fetch Senior wasn’t copying Bint’s recent webcam antics was he? They ought to do a duet
fleecy
3:39pm, 12th Dec 2017
Well done of fixing it. Good job I went to bed at 10.30 and didn't log on until 7.30 :-). You look like your mum, dad looks a bit like Ernie Wise, or is that just Singing in the rain.
Ocelot Spleens
4:43pm, 12th Dec 2017
Happy FID! (which, for those who don't yet contribute, could also stand for Financial Investment Decision )
Sigh
4:57pm, 12th Dec 2017
great to celebrate independence day. Thanks for all the hours you put in to making this awesome site even more awesomer!
DocM
5:09pm, 12th Dec 2017
Belated Happy Fetchiversary!
alpenrose
6:29pm, 12th Dec 2017
Happy Fetchiversary...
Ness
6:59pm, 12th Dec 2017
Happy Fetchiversary.
pedroscalls
10:38pm, 12th Dec 2017

Sharing pics

3:59pm, 8 Dec 2017

When you share stuff on FB and Twitter, some other websites give you the chance to put your stats over the top of a picture. I'm building one of these for Fetch. It feels like an ideal way to show off what Fetch can do.

Here's a rough Photoshop mockup of the sort of thing I'm aiming for (and thanks to Nellers and Fenland Flier for being the models):

What do you reckon?

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Comments

Best. Photo. Ever.
-x-x-
4:00pm, 8th Dec 2017
Cool! Nice branding and the free hugs will really boost the membership.
CogNoscensme AHA
4:02pm, 8th Dec 2017
Likey likey.
larkim
4:06pm, 8th Dec 2017
Love it
chunkywizard
4:09pm, 8th Dec 2017
Looks great
snogard
4:18pm, 8th Dec 2017
Great idea Fetch!

I this photo
jennyh
4:18pm, 8th Dec 2017
Looks ace!
Sigh
4:30pm, 8th Dec 2017
That is such a great photo
McGoohan
4:53pm, 8th Dec 2017
That's really clever like it

the photo
Rosehip
4:54pm, 8th Dec 2017
Aaawwwwwww!!
jabberknit
4:54pm, 8th Dec 2017
Great!
Ness
6:02pm, 8th Dec 2017
It’s just perfect. Says the most important thing about your site.
runnerbean
6:13pm, 8th Dec 2017
Yes please!
Autumnleaves
8:17pm, 8th Dec 2017
That's very good
LazyDaisy
9:07pm, 8th Dec 2017
Good idea, please do it!
3M
10:52pm, 8th Dec 2017
Good idea and love the photo
.B.
11:05pm, 8th Dec 2017
Are Nellers and I going viral 😯🏃🏻🏃🏻
Fenland Flier
8:47am, 9th Dec 2017
Great😊
Stevewjj
8:48am, 9th Dec 2017
Love it!
Angus Clydesdale
10:27am, 9th Dec 2017
great
ferret
1:05pm, 9th Dec 2017
Great idea
NDWDave
2:38pm, 9th Dec 2017
Fabulous idea!
sallykate
10:07pm, 10th Dec 2017
like
DocM
5:09pm, 12th Dec 2017

Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos

9:50am, 8 Dec 2017

They're on Facebook, because there were so many:

facebook.com

Feel free to tag, share, use for any purpose. If you happen to want hi-res of any of them, let me know.

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Comments

Thank you
Rosehip
9:57am, 8th Dec 2017
Thank you - they're brilliant
HellsBells
10:18am, 8th Dec 2017
Katie's the one with the eye for a good photo
fetcheveryone
10:20am, 8th Dec 2017
Thanks to Katie and you for the photos, I've not looked yet but I have seen 2 of them.
Fenland Flier
1:06pm, 8th Dec 2017
I look hideous in all the ones I'm in so I won't be getting the high resolution. Will post the video tomorrow if no-one puts in a last minute objection.
Grast_girl
8:41pm, 8th Dec 2017

Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon

5:21pm, 5 Dec 2017

This race really didn't turn out like I hoped, but in lots of ways, it was also a win. About two weeks ago (Tues 21st), I was stopped in my tracks after a mile of my tempo run, with a pop from my hamstring. I limped home, and felt pretty limpy for the next couple of days. I was a bit gutted, because up 'til that point, the training had been going really well.

With some treatment from Katie, and some stretching and strengthening exercises to keep me focussed and optimistic, I spent the rest of the week prowling around like Darth Maul when he's waiting to poke his lightsaber into Qui-Gon in The Phantom Menace.

Monday was a 15 minute run-walk, Wednesday was a gentle three miler, and Friday was another three miler but with a faster mile in the middle. All good. Tentative attempt at the half marathon was back on.

Here's the whotsit: fetcheveryone.com/t-14433089

I ran at a very careful race pace (aiming at course best pace) for the first few miles, waiting for my leg to object - but happily it didn't. Up and over the first hill though, and although my leg was fine, I was starting to struggle to maintain the pace. The hill itself is a bit of a b*****d, but I've done five miles at 7.45/mile several times in training, so to start falling away after four miles at 8.15 pace was a bit concerning.

There's another gentle but unrelenting uphill drag on the way past the Christmas tree shop, and it's always busy with cars, despite being not much more than a single lane track. I got stuck behind an Audi, and my head went down, and things turned into a plod. I knew from this point on that this was not gonna be a good day for my running

I noticed that my breathing was pretty hard at this point, and that my heart rate was higher than I'd expect it to be for the pace. I saw Mick and Phil up ahead, and decided to have a little walk alongside them - it was lovely to see them as always, and impossible not to reevaluate 'tough', and grit your teeth and dig in a bit. Legends.

From there, I made it down and up another hill with a bit of determination, but gave myself a walk at about 7 miles, and again at 9 miles. With a bit of downhill assistance, and a hug from the Mobot, I'd ground out 11 miles, but it was feeling more like double that.

A few friendly faces came past, and gee'd me up, and wished me luck. Thisrunnerlovespurple and ~DW both sailed by with grins, both on their way to fantastic PBs. I fought hard to run the hills, and not walk 'til I got back on the flat.

With about 0.7 miles to go, I ended up walking about five metres behind another chap who was also walking. I yelled "come on Snapback [he was wearing a snapback hat], as soon as you start running, I will too". So he did. And so did I. I drew level with him, and we shared our sorry states, but managed to keep each other going. He stopped for a walk, and I told him it was just the excuse I needed to do the same - so he started running again. With about a third of a mile left, Mrs Snapback turned up to urge him on to a sub-2, and I found the effort to join in with the harrassment. I roared at him lots (I like roaring in the last mile of a race - it's good fun and it generates a bit of adrenaline). From the depths of our 10:30/mile slog, we found a last 200m at 8 minute miling, and he sailed through the finish line to get his sub-2 with about a minute to spare. We did one of those handshakes that turns into a sort of sideways hug, and Mrs Snapback also gave me a hug. It was just the boost I needed after a very hard day at the office.

Katie was just a minute behind me, getting her sub-2 with a smile, and she helped me drag my sorry ass back to the car for some chocolate milk that tasted like the food of the gods, on the day that they treat themselves to something really awesome.

Zero batteries. Got home, had a sleep on the dog. Bed at 8pm. Slept solidly 'til 7am, apart from a brief wake up at midnight to let Stephen out (during which, I fell asleep on the sofa waiting for him to complete his pee).

I feel so much better now. I took the dog for a run this morning, and have virtually no DOMS, and feel much more like a spring chicken. Ready to go again

Almost.

Bad Race Theories (pick your favourite)

1) The Overtraining Theory. Did I do too much? I ran 1x15, 2 x 14, 2 x 13, and five mile tempo runs each week. Cutback week every four weeks.

2) The WD40 Theory. With two weeks of very little running post hamstring, had I seized up?

3) The Hamstring Protection Theory. I didn't measure my cadence on the day, but I wonder whether I was running at race pace off a higher cadence, in order to shorten my stride length. And perhaps that higher cadence ate up my energy more quickly.

4) The Inhaler Theory. I have two blue inhalers, that I've been using interchangeably. I tested them both today. One squirts out the medication with a firm toot, the other one looks like *it* has asthma.

5) The Virus Theory. Did I have something going on, on the day? No evidence of it otherwise.

6) The Mental Theory. Did I just lose focus, and convince myself that I couldn't? The course is a tough one, and it's easy to let your head go down when the road keeps going up.

I've no idea. But I'm feeling positive, because my hamstring is ok, I helped Snapback, Katie smashed it, and the chocolate milk was awesome. Time to pick another half and see if I can put things right.

In other news...

Now this could be fairly soppy, but it could also be really lovely. I saw this idea recently, and liked it so much I decided to pinch it.

Find the user profile of someone who has made you proud through their efforts this year. You'll find a little link on every profile to write them a pride letter. Say something nice about what they've done, and why you're proud of them. Press send. The Fetch Elves will dispatch the letters via fmail on Christmas Eve. A once-a-year feature.

Spoiler alert: it's tomorrow's challenge, but letters sent today or at any point before the 24th will count.

Leave a comment if you're gonna do it.

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Comments

I’d say it was a combination of many things and just not your day BUT it’ll make you stronger for next time for sure.. #fetchjedi
runnerbean
5:28pm, 5th Dec 2017
Races are like that sometimes. Could be any one of the things above. Important thing is to recover, reset and get back on the horse (not literally obv, though that would almost definitely be a PB technique). Proud of lots of Fetchies. Will go investigate the Pride-Mail thing-gie. G
HappyG(rrr)
5:35pm, 5th Dec 2017
there are too many variables even for your stats to tease out I reckon, and it could have been a combo of more than one...Luckily the good thing about HMs is there are lots of them so just sign up to some more and you'll smash it next time when less variables are being variable
fleecy
5:36pm, 5th Dec 2017
some days running just doesnt happen....ive certainly had those days, but not on a race day.

is it one letter each?....so hard to choose who
DocM
5:38pm, 5th Dec 2017
Hmm, maybe you didn't eat enough cake on Saturday in compensation for the standing around in the cold being awesome support for us milers?
Pride fmail idea is fab - can we send a few or just the one?
Rosehip
6:05pm, 5th Dec 2017
Confidence/Mental. Two weeks is too short to lose fitness. Pride fmail. V. Good.
Ocelot Spleens
6:21pm, 5th Dec 2017
You can send as many as you like.
fetcheveryone
6:26pm, 5th Dec 2017
Pride fmail
CStar
8:21pm, 5th Dec 2017
Got a feeling I already know who my letter will be going to
Oranj
9:18pm, 5th Dec 2017
Liked the mutual support between you and snapback man. Sorry your race didn't go as well as you would have wanted - your theories cover the most likely causes.

I like the Pride Fmail idea :-). I'm glad we can send as many as we like - I hope the Fetch Elves don't buckle under the weight of all that mail ;-).
Flatlander
9:33pm, 5th Dec 2017
Yup I’ll do the pride fmail thing and sorry your race didn’t go well, Boston (uk) has a nice flat half in April.
Fenland Flier
9:52pm, 5th Dec 2017

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Last Big Swim

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May (17)

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Anyone fancy a threeway?

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Take This Bus To Cuba

Fetch Bobble Hats

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Training View tweaks (and a play button bug fix)

A long ride and a cold swim.

Play Button

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July (6)

Club Listings

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Updated Race Portfolio

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June (10)

Imagine you could search all the public blogs...

Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!

7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday

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May (16)

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Do you want a Fetch shirt?

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April (7)

Today's plan

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Raspberry Pavlov

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March (11)

The lockers are a pound.

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Feedback made easier

#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022

Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈

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Sniffer Dogs

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Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update

Route Plotting tweak

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February (7)

Fetch Kit Spares

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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

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Join me on my fitness journey!

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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

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Add your grub stops!

Points Of Interest: Grub Stops

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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 :-)

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

fetcheveryone

Mileage Targets 2018

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Thank you

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Brownie Recipe

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Phew

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Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update

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Chewie, We're Home

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Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left

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Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)

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Chewie, We're Home

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Sharing pics

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Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos

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Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon

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