We had a good weekend for running! First of all, it was Katie's first turn as Run Director at Bedford parkrun - and also our food bank collection. Admittedly, we learned a few lessons about publicising it - but we still got 46 kilograms of donations, and we'll hopefully do it again in another couple of months:
Whilst processing the results at the coffee shop, Silvershadow presented us with superhero eggs - I got Batman:
We rested up and ate lots of chocolate on Sunday, and nervously checked the weather forecast for Monday. Storm Katie was set to deliver 52mph gusts and heavy rain right at the very time that we'd be running Stanwick 10k. I was aiming for a PB, and Katie was coaching two of her ladies around their second ever 10k.
The weather was dismal and a bit foreboding - but equally, it wasn't absolutely lashing down - so when Monday came, we picked up the ladies, and headed north to the little village of Stanwick. It's a lovely little place, just off the A6, with a village hall, and the sense that everyone in the village is involved somehow.
We arrived at the parking field, and slid through the gate into the mud - wondering (a) just what we were letting ourselves in for, and (b) how we were gonna get out of the field again after a hundred cars had churned it up. As we were walking towards the race HQ, we saw a car already trying to leave, but failing to make any traction in the mud. I saw that it was Mr and Mrs Jigs, and helped give them a little bit of a shove, before catching up with Katie and the ladies, who were bent against the wind, making their way towards HQ.
After picking up race numbers and chips (fancy wrist ones), we moved on to the village hall, which was already pretty busy due to the bad conditions, and with limited visibility due to the haze of bacon smoke that was slowly filling the hall. I wonder whether it's on the list of banned substances?
Like horses being led into the stalls, we finally accepted our fate with about ten minutes to go, and made our way out onto the street. Luckily, I found an unoccupied phone box:
Although I didn't emerge as a superhero, it did seem to stop raining when I stepped out again - and so I kissed Katie goodbye, and made my way to the start, sans any kind of warm up.
1) 1m - 7:27(7:27/m) 169/188bpm
The first mile starts with an immediate uphill pull, and my left hamstring (Dan Biggar impersonation days are over) was twanging away like a banjo. I've no idea what was going on with my heart rate - I think it was a bad connection. The start was pretty sluggish (7:48 pace for the first half a mile, 7:06 pace for the second half - albeit downhill), and I was breathing pretty hard as I got used to the exertion and the wind. I'm pleased that I managed to get the overall pace for this mile down to where I wanted it.
2) 1m - 7:39(7:39/m) 171/180bpm
The second mile begins with some downhill stuff, and we went past a field with 6-7 horses, who were all watching us with fascination. A runner up ahead must have spooked them, because they all ran away into the centre of the field, but came back again pretty soon. The downhill gave way to another evil bit of uphill, which then turns into a shallower but pretty desolate bit running alongside the dual carriageway. By now I was wondering what the hell I'd let myself in for, and just how much the undulations would wreck my cocky plans.
3) 1m - 7:15(7:15/m) 172/176bpm
Mile three starts on the dual carriageway, but pretty soon turns left back towards the village. A very helpful supporter was reminding the runners that they had the wind behind them - and boy could I tell. Suddenly, I was raking back the lost seconds from my average pace, and starting to believe that I could still do it, targeting a stripey nemesis up ahead.
4) 1m - 7:13(7:13/m) 171/175bpm
Mile four has an interesting diversion - the clue is in the name: Water Lane. With a bit of gravity assist, I'd managed to hold on to the pace I'd built up - and it was a bit of a boost to go through the halfway water station. I sensed victory when stripey stopped for a drink, but he came shooting past seconds later. Don't kilometre markers go past nice and quickly when you're used to miles?
There's a ford that goes right across the road, and in my addled state, it looked pretty violent. Apparently a few runners went straight through, but the majority of us were put onto a little track that goes across a one man bridge. Managed to take stripey again just after this!
5) 1m - 7:42(7:42/m) 173/176bpm
The fifth mile is a real test of tired legs. There's a sharp right that goes up a nasty slope into a side street, then along a narrow path behind some houses, before taking you back down the slope, and a sharp right again to bring you back to the main road. I definitely swore a lot during this. Then there's an angry climb to the highest point on the route, as the wind that was behind me slowly came around to annoy me from the side. Really hoping now that I could keep the wheels on, and doing some astonishingly bad mental maths.
6) 1m - 7:26(7:26/m) 172/179bpm
Mile six is much kinder, with an 18 metre drop over its course; and despite having to turn into the wind again, the sight of the 9km marker is a real joy. There are more supporters at a junction, but they're yelling at someone behind me - and before long, I can hear them coming past. It's a lady runner, and we're both working hard, but she's got about 20 years on me, and she gets past. The course has one last swine of a hill, but it's one that Katie has warned me about, so I know the finish can't be far away.
7) 0.15m - 57(6:19/m) 178/179bpm
So I yell at the lady runner in front of me to get on and finish it, and then just try to hang on - and it works! Now the course is repaying all its favours, snaking down towards the finish, down the hill that we started on, and it feels like I've got a proper hurtle on. I'm yelling now - at myself, at the runner in front - at anyone who's listening really. There's a final bend, and joy of joys, a finish funnel! With a last gasp, I'm there.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=12348359
The actual finish line itself was very hard to spot- it had washed away a couple of times, and the inflatable gantry would not have been a good idea in the conditions - so when I stopped my watch, it was a bit of a guess - but I'd guessed right. I came away with 45:40 on the official results - which was over a minute quicker than my previous best at Silverstone a couple of years ago - and quicker than anything I've done in training. I went all grinny!
Grabbing my bag from the village hall, I made my way back to the course, so I could see Katie and her ladies coming in - and put on all the spare clothes that were available. Well inside their best times, they came around the corner, chicaning their way to their own personal glory. Nice one ladies
Here's the medal:
Big city races are all well and good - but there's something really special (not least the hot coffee and bacon cobs) about an entire village that comes out of its hiding place once a year to host an event like this. Thank you Stanwick - we'll be back!
Whilst processing the results at the coffee shop, Silvershadow presented us with superhero eggs - I got Batman:
We rested up and ate lots of chocolate on Sunday, and nervously checked the weather forecast for Monday. Storm Katie was set to deliver 52mph gusts and heavy rain right at the very time that we'd be running Stanwick 10k. I was aiming for a PB, and Katie was coaching two of her ladies around their second ever 10k.
The weather was dismal and a bit foreboding - but equally, it wasn't absolutely lashing down - so when Monday came, we picked up the ladies, and headed north to the little village of Stanwick. It's a lovely little place, just off the A6, with a village hall, and the sense that everyone in the village is involved somehow.
We arrived at the parking field, and slid through the gate into the mud - wondering (a) just what we were letting ourselves in for, and (b) how we were gonna get out of the field again after a hundred cars had churned it up. As we were walking towards the race HQ, we saw a car already trying to leave, but failing to make any traction in the mud. I saw that it was Mr and Mrs Jigs, and helped give them a little bit of a shove, before catching up with Katie and the ladies, who were bent against the wind, making their way towards HQ.
After picking up race numbers and chips (fancy wrist ones), we moved on to the village hall, which was already pretty busy due to the bad conditions, and with limited visibility due to the haze of bacon smoke that was slowly filling the hall. I wonder whether it's on the list of banned substances?
Like horses being led into the stalls, we finally accepted our fate with about ten minutes to go, and made our way out onto the street. Luckily, I found an unoccupied phone box:
Although I didn't emerge as a superhero, it did seem to stop raining when I stepped out again - and so I kissed Katie goodbye, and made my way to the start, sans any kind of warm up.
1) 1m - 7:27(7:27/m) 169/188bpm
The first mile starts with an immediate uphill pull, and my left hamstring (Dan Biggar impersonation days are over) was twanging away like a banjo. I've no idea what was going on with my heart rate - I think it was a bad connection. The start was pretty sluggish (7:48 pace for the first half a mile, 7:06 pace for the second half - albeit downhill), and I was breathing pretty hard as I got used to the exertion and the wind. I'm pleased that I managed to get the overall pace for this mile down to where I wanted it.
2) 1m - 7:39(7:39/m) 171/180bpm
The second mile begins with some downhill stuff, and we went past a field with 6-7 horses, who were all watching us with fascination. A runner up ahead must have spooked them, because they all ran away into the centre of the field, but came back again pretty soon. The downhill gave way to another evil bit of uphill, which then turns into a shallower but pretty desolate bit running alongside the dual carriageway. By now I was wondering what the hell I'd let myself in for, and just how much the undulations would wreck my cocky plans.
3) 1m - 7:15(7:15/m) 172/176bpm
Mile three starts on the dual carriageway, but pretty soon turns left back towards the village. A very helpful supporter was reminding the runners that they had the wind behind them - and boy could I tell. Suddenly, I was raking back the lost seconds from my average pace, and starting to believe that I could still do it, targeting a stripey nemesis up ahead.
4) 1m - 7:13(7:13/m) 171/175bpm
Mile four has an interesting diversion - the clue is in the name: Water Lane. With a bit of gravity assist, I'd managed to hold on to the pace I'd built up - and it was a bit of a boost to go through the halfway water station. I sensed victory when stripey stopped for a drink, but he came shooting past seconds later. Don't kilometre markers go past nice and quickly when you're used to miles?
There's a ford that goes right across the road, and in my addled state, it looked pretty violent. Apparently a few runners went straight through, but the majority of us were put onto a little track that goes across a one man bridge. Managed to take stripey again just after this! 5) 1m - 7:42(7:42/m) 173/176bpm
The fifth mile is a real test of tired legs. There's a sharp right that goes up a nasty slope into a side street, then along a narrow path behind some houses, before taking you back down the slope, and a sharp right again to bring you back to the main road. I definitely swore a lot during this. Then there's an angry climb to the highest point on the route, as the wind that was behind me slowly came around to annoy me from the side. Really hoping now that I could keep the wheels on, and doing some astonishingly bad mental maths.
6) 1m - 7:26(7:26/m) 172/179bpm
Mile six is much kinder, with an 18 metre drop over its course; and despite having to turn into the wind again, the sight of the 9km marker is a real joy. There are more supporters at a junction, but they're yelling at someone behind me - and before long, I can hear them coming past. It's a lady runner, and we're both working hard, but she's got about 20 years on me, and she gets past. The course has one last swine of a hill, but it's one that Katie has warned me about, so I know the finish can't be far away.
7) 0.15m - 57(6:19/m) 178/179bpm
So I yell at the lady runner in front of me to get on and finish it, and then just try to hang on - and it works! Now the course is repaying all its favours, snaking down towards the finish, down the hill that we started on, and it feels like I've got a proper hurtle on. I'm yelling now - at myself, at the runner in front - at anyone who's listening really. There's a final bend, and joy of joys, a finish funnel! With a last gasp, I'm there.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=12348359
The actual finish line itself was very hard to spot- it had washed away a couple of times, and the inflatable gantry would not have been a good idea in the conditions - so when I stopped my watch, it was a bit of a guess - but I'd guessed right. I came away with 45:40 on the official results - which was over a minute quicker than my previous best at Silverstone a couple of years ago - and quicker than anything I've done in training. I went all grinny!
Grabbing my bag from the village hall, I made my way back to the course, so I could see Katie and her ladies coming in - and put on all the spare clothes that were available. Well inside their best times, they came around the corner, chicaning their way to their own personal glory. Nice one ladies
Here's the medal:
Big city races are all well and good - but there's something really special (not least the hot coffee and bacon cobs) about an entire village that comes out of its hiding place once a year to host an event like this. Thank you Stanwick - we'll be back!
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
In case you can't be arsed to read the newsletter, I've made some additions to the 'Benchmarks' page. Previously, it would just run through your distance/time totals to calculate the benchmarks e.g. 10 miles in 90 minutes would give you a mile time of 9 minutes. See?
The thing is though, even on a 10 mile run, you might throw in a really fast mile for some reason - but it would be lost amongst the rest. But not any more If you're lucky enough to be logging GPS data, the system will now whizz through it when you upload a run, and work out the fastest portions. So, as the newsletter very amusingly says, if you get chased by a leopard during your run, you'll at least get a nice quick benchmark to look at.
Here, for example, are your fastest mile times:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?distance=mile
(when you visit this page for the first time, it'll queue up all your old runs for processing too).
and here are your fastest 5k times:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?distance=5k
You can also see your benchmarks for a specific run when you go to the 'glasses' view of a run. Or a ride. Just sayin'.
Occasionally, you'll get a bit of help from a rogue satellite (as I type, there are 71 people with sub-3 minute mile times. There's a bit of sanity checking in the system, but clearly not quite enough). So there are also links on your top 20 that let you delete the ones that look plain wrong.
I hope you like it There might also be league tables at some point, although the interestingness of those depends largely on sorting out the sanity checking.
What say you?
The thing is though, even on a 10 mile run, you might throw in a really fast mile for some reason - but it would be lost amongst the rest. But not any more
If you're lucky enough to be logging GPS data, the system will now whizz through it when you upload a run, and work out the fastest portions. So, as the newsletter very amusingly says, if you get chased by a leopard during your run, you'll at least get a nice quick benchmark to look at. Here, for example, are your fastest mile times:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?distance=mile
(when you visit this page for the first time, it'll queue up all your old runs for processing too).
and here are your fastest 5k times:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?distance=5k
You can also see your benchmarks for a specific run when you go to the 'glasses' view of a run. Or a ride. Just sayin'.
Occasionally, you'll get a bit of help from a rogue satellite (as I type, there are 71 people with sub-3 minute mile times. There's a bit of sanity checking in the system, but clearly not quite enough). So there are also links on your top 20 that let you delete the ones that look plain wrong.
I hope you like it
There might also be league tables at some point, although the interestingness of those depends largely on sorting out the sanity checking. What say you?
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
Comments
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Read the newsletter (polishes halo), I like the changes to this info, just need to speed up to make it look bettersnogard12:00pm, 18th Mar 2016
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where do i find the newsletter...never knew there was oneDingDocMerrily12:07pm, 18th Mar 2016
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If you go to your profile, and into your settings, then tick the box marked "Fetcheveryone (Natmag Rodale Ltd) can send me e-newsletters and other information", then you'll get them emailed to you. I know some people are wary of getting lots of ads via that, but I can honestly say that we've sent about 2 ads in the last 12 months.fetcheveryone12:16pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Nice data set. I wonder how different the times would be if you were able to differentiate between ‘training’ against ‘race’ entries? How much faster are we racing and was the training recent...type of thing? It would also be helpful if the name of the route could be shown next to the date for ease of reference (not having to click on the date to see where the run was), to easily see if a particular route was regularly throwing up fast benchmarks over time?The Ant Hill Mob
Read the newsletter btw, but good to be able to give feedback in a forum that permits others views to be visible.1:13pm, 18th Mar 2016 -
I like it = I have a mile and 400 mter time quicker than I'd realised ( unfortunately I can tell from the date that they would both have been very much downhill!)Rosehip
But - I'm not sure that it's not picking up all my half marathon or marathon times properly1:23pm, 18th Mar 2016 -
I read the newsletter yesterday, it was entertaining and informative as always, thank youMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)1:39pm, 18th Mar 2016
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If you delete one that's wrong (it's taken from an interval session where I paused the Garmin in between the fast bits, so it wasn't a continuous 3 miles), will it replace it with another one?Autumnleaves2:53pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Your newsletter was funnierMerry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) New, improved Benchmarks is good! G3:13pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Of course I read the newsletter.GlennR I remember asking for this feature ages ago. 3:36pm, 18th Mar 2016
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This is fab! And I read it in the newsletter of courseLindsD5:39pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Could you buy me a GPS watch please so I can thoroughly test this exciting sounding feature?Jenelopy7:49pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Great i shall read the news letter nextdavelord9:28pm, 18th Mar 2016
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Wonder what the half mile where i thought I'd mislaid one of my kids and got slightly twitchy has done to my stats?leaguefreak
(Little bugger was fine - i just didn't realise the sporty git would bike half a frigging mile when i said he could go ahead a bit while i helped his bro),8:48pm, 21st Mar 2016 -
I like this - but would also like my pre-2013 benchmarks in there too for completeness - I know you only switched on the process to grab the fastest mile / 400m / etc etc in mid 2012 (?), but is it feasible to run a process in the background to add that data too?larkim4:14pm, 20th Apr 2016
24 hours on, and I'm just completely knackered now. We stayed in Bath last night, so we were able to have a nice Sunday lunch after the race, and I drank two Budvars, and a couple of red wines, and plenty of water, until the juices ran clear I am really delighted with the whole experience.
It was my fourth consecutive Bath Half, so I'm getting pretty familiar with the course now, and the whole set up. We went to the same B&B on Great Pulteney Street that we've used each time, and it felt very familiar returning there - so much so that our hosts even sent us the keys in advance, as they were away until yesterday evening.
So the race then. I was pretty nervous beforehand, but tried to just concentrate on what I had to do. Normally, I am a bit chatty in the first half of a race, high fiving a few kids, that sort of thing. But I tried really hard to shut it ALL out, so I could focus.
1) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 152/181bpm
2) 1m - 7:53(7:53/m) 159/168bpm
3) 1m - 7:57(7:57/m) 159/166bpm
I'd promised Katie I wouldn't go out any faster than 7:55, so I was bang on target when I went past her on the exit out of Queen's Square. I didn't notice the hills too much this time round. The sun was really warm, relative to how it has been, so I tried to stay in the shadows of the buildings as much as I could.
4) 1m - 7:55(7:55/m) 158/166bpm
5) 1m - 7:54(7:54/m) 162/165bpm
6) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 164/168bpm
7) 1m - 8:01(8:01/m) 165/169bpm
Coming back in, for the start of the second lap, was perhaps where I had my first mental doubts. I knew I could run 6 miles at race pace, and feel relatively comfortable - but I didn't know how long I could sustain it. But fudge it, that's why I'm here. I wondered if this was the beginning of the slow down, and as I headed for my second stab at Queen's Square, I was struggling.
8) 1m - 7:52(7:52/m) 168/174bpm
9) 1m - 7:54(7:54/m) 169/173bpm
But actually, having puffed my way through the square, I saw Katie again, and as I was headed down the hill again, I felt like I could hang on a bit longer, and made up the time. I gave her a Sam Warburton thumbs up
10) 1m - 8:01(8:01/m) 170/173bpm
Mile 10 was a bit difficult - it has a difficult little slope before you turn back towards Bath, and I was pretty hot. I was consoled by the fact that I realised I could slow down a bit now, and still scrape home - but I was determined not to unless I had to, and I knew that the run back into town would be cooler, in more shade, and into the breeze. In this mile I also came past the tail cyclists.
11) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 171/173bpm
Into the last 3 miles, and I remembered Katies advice - that I could throw a few more logs on the fire once I'd got through 10 miles. I tried for a bit, and held on to my sub-8 pace for a little bit longer.
12) 1m - 8:09(8:09/m) 172/174bpm
No matter what I did, I couldn't maintain the pace here, but I tried to keep pushing, and not to give in. I think I started yelling at myself towards the end of this mile. I tried to distract myself with visions of Katie lobbing a rugby ball out of the crowd in the final straight, for me to sprint down the finishing street.
13) 1m - 8:14(8:14/m) 174/180bpm
By now I was yelling at myself about every 250 yards. The mile markers were about 100 yards beyond my watch beeps, but I'd been checking this every mile - it's pretty easy when you're aiming for a nice round pace. A split second after one of my yells, Katie's face emerged from nowhere, to tell me that I could do it. I was feeling almost spent, but had a little bit more to give.
14) 0.18m - 1:09(6:26/m) 181/187bpm
There's a mini roundabout, and then a sharp left onto the finishing straight on Great Pulteney Street. After largely ignoring the crowd for 13 miles, I gave them a little "let's be 'aving you" flick of the hands, and was really buoyed by the cheer it received. It gave me the energy sprint, and I hurtled down the finishing straight. Then I realised that it was longer than I imagined, and had to slow down a bit - but then tried my little gesture again, and got another yell - and I made it.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=12298105
I got a bit emotional/leaky-eyed as I walked down to the water/Luco funnel, as it sunk in that I'd got my time - and sub-1:45 too. I'd allowed a bit of leeway in case my watch overcooked the distance, but it all came together. I was grinning uncontrollably Then I got my medal (lovely as usual), and shirt (white, that's a bit of a shame), and goody bag (fake Mars bar - nom, some Graze stuff - bit tasteless, some carbonara sauce - untried), and then the best bit of all, a big cheery hug from Katie - and leaky eyes again.
Yay
I am really delighted with the whole experience. It was my fourth consecutive Bath Half, so I'm getting pretty familiar with the course now, and the whole set up. We went to the same B&B on Great Pulteney Street that we've used each time, and it felt very familiar returning there - so much so that our hosts even sent us the keys in advance, as they were away until yesterday evening.
So the race then. I was pretty nervous beforehand, but tried to just concentrate on what I had to do. Normally, I am a bit chatty in the first half of a race, high fiving a few kids, that sort of thing. But I tried really hard to shut it ALL out, so I could focus.
1) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 152/181bpm
2) 1m - 7:53(7:53/m) 159/168bpm
3) 1m - 7:57(7:57/m) 159/166bpm
I'd promised Katie I wouldn't go out any faster than 7:55, so I was bang on target when I went past her on the exit out of Queen's Square. I didn't notice the hills too much this time round. The sun was really warm, relative to how it has been, so I tried to stay in the shadows of the buildings as much as I could.
4) 1m - 7:55(7:55/m) 158/166bpm
5) 1m - 7:54(7:54/m) 162/165bpm
6) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 164/168bpm
7) 1m - 8:01(8:01/m) 165/169bpm
Coming back in, for the start of the second lap, was perhaps where I had my first mental doubts. I knew I could run 6 miles at race pace, and feel relatively comfortable - but I didn't know how long I could sustain it. But fudge it, that's why I'm here. I wondered if this was the beginning of the slow down, and as I headed for my second stab at Queen's Square, I was struggling.
8) 1m - 7:52(7:52/m) 168/174bpm
9) 1m - 7:54(7:54/m) 169/173bpm
But actually, having puffed my way through the square, I saw Katie again, and as I was headed down the hill again, I felt like I could hang on a bit longer, and made up the time. I gave her a Sam Warburton thumbs up
10) 1m - 8:01(8:01/m) 170/173bpm
Mile 10 was a bit difficult - it has a difficult little slope before you turn back towards Bath, and I was pretty hot. I was consoled by the fact that I realised I could slow down a bit now, and still scrape home - but I was determined not to unless I had to, and I knew that the run back into town would be cooler, in more shade, and into the breeze. In this mile I also came past the tail cyclists.
11) 1m - 7:56(7:56/m) 171/173bpm
Into the last 3 miles, and I remembered Katies advice - that I could throw a few more logs on the fire once I'd got through 10 miles. I tried for a bit, and held on to my sub-8 pace for a little bit longer.
12) 1m - 8:09(8:09/m) 172/174bpm
No matter what I did, I couldn't maintain the pace here, but I tried to keep pushing, and not to give in. I think I started yelling at myself towards the end of this mile. I tried to distract myself with visions of Katie lobbing a rugby ball out of the crowd in the final straight, for me to sprint down the finishing street.
13) 1m - 8:14(8:14/m) 174/180bpm
By now I was yelling at myself about every 250 yards. The mile markers were about 100 yards beyond my watch beeps, but I'd been checking this every mile - it's pretty easy when you're aiming for a nice round pace. A split second after one of my yells, Katie's face emerged from nowhere, to tell me that I could do it. I was feeling almost spent, but had a little bit more to give.
14) 0.18m - 1:09(6:26/m) 181/187bpm
There's a mini roundabout, and then a sharp left onto the finishing straight on Great Pulteney Street. After largely ignoring the crowd for 13 miles, I gave them a little "let's be 'aving you" flick of the hands, and was really buoyed by the cheer it received. It gave me the energy sprint, and I hurtled down the finishing straight. Then I realised that it was longer than I imagined, and had to slow down a bit - but then tried my little gesture again, and got another yell - and I made it.
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-log-view.php?id=12298105
I got a bit emotional/leaky-eyed as I walked down to the water/Luco funnel, as it sunk in that I'd got my time - and sub-1:45 too. I'd allowed a bit of leeway in case my watch overcooked the distance, but it all came together. I was grinning uncontrollably
Then I got my medal (lovely as usual), and shirt (white, that's a bit of a shame), and goody bag (fake Mars bar - nom, some Graze stuff - bit tasteless, some carbonara sauce - untried), and then the best bit of all, a big cheery hug from Katie - and leaky eyes again. Yay
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
Comments
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Such a great photo..Ness
6:31pm, 14th Mar 2016 -
Love a PBHuntsman8:04pm, 14th Mar 2016
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Fab running and fab reportLindsD8:10pm, 14th Mar 2016
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Yay!.B. Great pacing.8:54pm, 14th Mar 2016
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Congratulations. I looked out for you, but there were rather a lot of people there...Columba9:02pm, 14th Mar 2016
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Yay! Well done youhurricanehamlyn Jinksy and I bobbed and weaved our way round and ran 13.31 miles so you kept to the racing line better Superb running and focus 9:56pm, 14th Mar 2016
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WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO! Great pacing! well donejude 10:07pm, 14th Mar 2016
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Well done that man!Gooner10:11pm, 14th Mar 2016
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the mini roundabout, the little slopes, dodging the sun, I remember now, harder course than you think. Good work.Ocelot Spleens8:44am, 15th Mar 2016
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Awesome!Red Ant
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Awesome!Red Ant8:54am, 15th Mar 2016
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fabulous - and I love the idea of Katie lobbing a rugby ball for youmerry minardi *hic* Fantastic running/pacing there Mr F 8:57am, 15th Mar 2016
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I'm not convinced you're happyHills of Death (HOD)11:27am, 15th Mar 2016
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Well done - nice smile!!3FrenchMs12:14pm, 15th Mar 2016
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Fanbloodytastic!Joopsy12:40pm, 15th Mar 2016
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Glad to see at least one Welshman had a good weekendCStar12:58pm, 15th Mar 2016
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It's safe to say that Sunday was much better than Saturdayfetcheveryone12:59pm, 15th Mar 2016
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CongratsTazsedai Love the SW thumbs-up!9:24am, 16th Mar 2016
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Excellent work Mr.Fetch.Boingy11:04pm, 16th Mar 2016
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Congratters!Shark the Herald Angel1:12pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Brilliant! Well done!Ness1:13pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done, congratulationsFestive Flier
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NICE!!!! well doneWicked D1:14pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Rosehip peeeebeeee fabulous! well done 1:16pm, 13th Mar 2016
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stilldreamingofawhitechristmas Whoop Whoop Well done 1:16pm, 13th Mar 2016
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WhoopPinks1:21pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Woo hooclare1976 fantastic well done you xxx1:22pm, 13th Mar 2016
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8 years older and still getting a PB? Seriously impressed.Raggedy runner1:26pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Woo hoo.B. well run!!!1:27pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Yay! Awesomejennywren1:28pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done.pedroscalls1:30pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well doneVicksterH1:35pm, 13th Mar 2016
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YaYYYYYYY!!!!!!!Night-owl
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Superstar!!!!smallclanger1:39pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Fab- well doneMelbourne Runner1:40pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done that FetchSanta Badgey1:42pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Feleecy Navidad1:49pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Cheekily under 1:45 as well.McGoohan1:55pm, 13th Mar 2016
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YAY!:) Great running!Garfield2:03pm, 13th Mar 2016
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TheScribbler2:04pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Hooray!!Schnecke2:09pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Our Hero!D25*xy4aXma5name!2:16pm, 13th Mar 2016
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BaronessBL 2:21pm, 13th Mar 2016
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FinallyHills of Death (HOD) well done mate2:27pm, 13th Mar 2016
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GimmeMincepies You'll be beaming for days!2:47pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Great pacingDiogenes2:55pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Awesome work sirWine Legs2:59pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Fab news !! Well doneGromit3:15pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Ardderchog, dai iawn bachDai Bank3:38pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Excellent - well done:-)ThorntonRunner3:47pm, 13th Mar 2016
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well doneJono.3:52pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done!!LindsD4:00pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Nice work, sir!Bintmcskint4:26pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Sub 1.45 you say?!?!?!!!!!jude
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Peebeetasticmerry minardi *hic*
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Coooooooooooooool! Well done, sir!Raptors claws are coming to town5:25pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Boom!RichHL5:53pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done, that man!SarahWoo 5:58pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Squeeee! Well doneGood King Carpathius6:00pm, 13th Mar 2016
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YAY!!!! Well doneIn the bleak midWinniefree6:08pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Now that you've cracked this running lark, why don't you start a website to help others achieve?Chrisity6:24pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Nicely ducked under the 1:45, great running!chunkyblizzard6:47pm, 13th Mar 2016
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wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooonorthernslowcoach 6:48pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done!Jigs *cough* Drug test 7:04pm, 13th Mar 2016
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forest plodder7:08pm, 13th Mar 2016
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JustCommando! 7:21pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Excellently doneHellsBells7:33pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Kool beanz.Watford Wobble7:39pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Yay. Well doneMerry Fizzmas :-)7:58pm, 13th Mar 2016
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RRR-CAZmas 🇬🇧8:03pm, 13th Mar 2016
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I promised you someSeratonin - take a too 8:24pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Yay. Well done you.katypie9:39pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Awesomecathrobinson10:16pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Corona10:32pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Splendid!Boingy11:26pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Nicely done, sireL Bee!11:30pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Well done!smash8:30am, 14th Mar 2016
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DingDocMerrily 9:08am, 14th Mar 2016
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Toot toot! CongratzGrid9:25am, 14th Mar 2016
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Top work!Yazoo10:04am, 14th Mar 2016
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Fantastic news, you should be over the moonRed Ant10:38am, 14th Mar 2016
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I do love a PB. In bask in its glow for days *sun*Huntsman11:23am, 14th Mar 2016
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Ace, was a good weekend for itCorrah6:28pm, 14th Mar 2016
I'm sitting under the duvet at the B&B, which is 10 yards away from my starting pen at Bath Half. I thought I was on top of the nerves, but then the tannoy suddenly started up, and my stomach went into knots.
I'm aiming for a PB, which means faster than 1:45:57, or 8:05/mile. But as I found out to my cost, I need to aim for 8:00/mile, to avoid GPS accuracy fail.
Here's my case for the prosecution:
1) I've done 3 x 12, and 2 x 10 mile long runs this year.
2) I've done 3 x 6 mile runs at 7:30/mile, and another 5 miler at similar.
3) I've done a race pace 6 miler, and finished feeling pretty ok, with a HR that had only just gone above my 85% mark.
4) I would really like it please. This PB is 8 years old.
Good luck to everyone racing today.
I'm aiming for a PB, which means faster than 1:45:57, or 8:05/mile. But as I found out to my cost, I need to aim for 8:00/mile, to avoid GPS accuracy fail.
Here's my case for the prosecution:
1) I've done 3 x 12, and 2 x 10 mile long runs this year.
2) I've done 3 x 6 mile runs at 7:30/mile, and another 5 miler at similar.
3) I've done a race pace 6 miler, and finished feeling pretty ok, with a HR that had only just gone above my 85% mark.
4) I would really like it please. This PB is 8 years old.
Good luck to everyone racing today.
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Go for it, good luck.pedroscalls9:39am, 13th Mar 2016
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Your PB is already 1 second fasterer than mine (~~~waves fist~~~) and you have some training in your legs. You will smash it.:-)McGoohan9:39am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luck!Alice Navidad9:41am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luckBaronessBL9:43am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luck. xNess9:44am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luck - have a great run!In the bleak midWinniefree9:55am, 13th Mar 2016
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good luck matey be positive and all will come goodWicked D10:01am, 13th Mar 2016
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GoodMerry Lip Gloss10:08am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luckWooters10:25am, 13th Mar 2016
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Have a great raceRaptors claws are coming to town
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You'll be running now and hopefully doing very well. Hope you get your pbNight-owl10:54am, 13th Mar 2016
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Hope you are having a great runDvorak11:05am, 13th Mar 2016
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Yay! looking forward to your race report!D25*xy4aXma5name!11:09am, 13th Mar 2016
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Hope you knocks 'em dead. Well, at least your PB.3FrenchMs11:17am, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luck! My strategy here would be to get Nellers to pace me; he helped me knock off a 7-year-old PB after I hadn't been able to get within 5 minutes of it the previous few years.Santa Badgey11:32am, 13th Mar 2016
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I hope it is going wellDiogenes11:41am, 13th Mar 2016
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Hope it went well!:)Garfield11:52am, 13th Mar 2016
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Hope it all came together todayforest plodder12:14pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Good luck and I hope it all went well for youRed Ant12:29pm, 13th Mar 2016
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Just wait until all your PB's are at least 20 years oldChrisity I expect you to succeed today, being nervous is always a good sign.12:46pm, 13th Mar 2016
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I predict you'll take a good minute off the PB.Nightjar12:24pm, 14th Mar 2016
I’ve been a volunteer at our school code club for a few months now, and one of the things I never thought I’d do would be to stand up in front of the whole class, and teach them some stuff. I’ve seen Amanda do it lots of times – she’s a natural; and watched Jas talk so fluently to the kids, that I really didn’t ever envisage having the confidence to try.
But then a week ago, there was a suggestion that we needed a bit of an injection of something new, having been 'Scratch'ing away since we began. And as I am a web developer, and spend my day writing HTML (as well as CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, and a few other acronyms that slip my mind), all eyes turned on me.
I have an unfortunate habit recently of putting my hand up for things – which is how I got into this in the first place. I’m involved with my local parkrun, I look after the website for our local football team – and now it seems, I am a teacher – albeit qualified at the Heath Robinson institute. Before the session began, Amanda told me to remember that the kids are keen to learn – and it was reassuring to see them all bouncing around excitedly, looking forward to getting the info out of me!
HTML has the potential to be a very dry subject. On a basic level, it’s a set of instructions that tell a web browser how to display some data. Having seen the kids explore coding over the last few months, it’s clear they get a kick out of going off-script – so I also needed to give them the opportunity to do that.
The project that I came up with was called “Let’s Cook, Mr Lawson”. I wanted to find a way to explain what HTML does – and so I started by writing it like this on the board:
lets cook mr lawson
The idea is that a single comma can change the meaning of a sentence. And we followed this up by finding all the other missing bits of punctuation that help us fully understand what the author of the sentence means. And from there, I had a platform to explain that HTML works in a similar way.
Having talked about cooking teachers, I asked the class to build me a recipe of their choice, with a worksheet showing them how to insert titles, paragraphs, lists and images. I encouraged them to come up with fun ingredients and cooking methods, giving them examples such as ‘cough mixture’ and ‘spider vomit’.
Rather than use an online tool (like Trinket), which gives you one panel for source code, and another one to see your output, I encouraged the children to use Notepad and a browser side by side. This is how I learned HTML – and although there are plenty of tools that will auto-complete your tags, I think it’s important to have it ingrained. It’s also easier when it comes to teaching them how to include images, and build up a set of files for their web pages. Showing them how to save files with a HTML rather than TXT extension was a bit traumatic at first, but then there was a glorious moment where they all seemed to get going.
I came away with a smile and a bit of a buzz – already excited about how I could extend the project and retain their interest in future weeks. Let’s cook, class!
But then a week ago, there was a suggestion that we needed a bit of an injection of something new, having been 'Scratch'ing away since we began. And as I am a web developer, and spend my day writing HTML (as well as CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, and a few other acronyms that slip my mind), all eyes turned on me.
I have an unfortunate habit recently of putting my hand up for things – which is how I got into this in the first place. I’m involved with my local parkrun, I look after the website for our local football team – and now it seems, I am a teacher – albeit qualified at the Heath Robinson institute. Before the session began, Amanda told me to remember that the kids are keen to learn – and it was reassuring to see them all bouncing around excitedly, looking forward to getting the info out of me!
HTML has the potential to be a very dry subject. On a basic level, it’s a set of instructions that tell a web browser how to display some data. Having seen the kids explore coding over the last few months, it’s clear they get a kick out of going off-script – so I also needed to give them the opportunity to do that.
The project that I came up with was called “Let’s Cook, Mr Lawson”. I wanted to find a way to explain what HTML does – and so I started by writing it like this on the board:
lets cook mr lawson
The idea is that a single comma can change the meaning of a sentence. And we followed this up by finding all the other missing bits of punctuation that help us fully understand what the author of the sentence means. And from there, I had a platform to explain that HTML works in a similar way.
Having talked about cooking teachers, I asked the class to build me a recipe of their choice, with a worksheet showing them how to insert titles, paragraphs, lists and images. I encouraged them to come up with fun ingredients and cooking methods, giving them examples such as ‘cough mixture’ and ‘spider vomit’.
Rather than use an online tool (like Trinket), which gives you one panel for source code, and another one to see your output, I encouraged the children to use Notepad and a browser side by side. This is how I learned HTML – and although there are plenty of tools that will auto-complete your tags, I think it’s important to have it ingrained. It’s also easier when it comes to teaching them how to include images, and build up a set of files for their web pages. Showing them how to save files with a HTML rather than TXT extension was a bit traumatic at first, but then there was a glorious moment where they all seemed to get going.
I came away with a smile and a bit of a buzz – already excited about how I could extend the project and retain their interest in future weeks. Let’s cook, class!
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I spent a lot of the eighties wanting to bill Nigel Lawson alive. Is this the same type of thing?flanker
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Excellent. It makes my fingers itch and want to do some coding. (I almost understand it.....it's been a long time since Pascal!)3FrenchMs11:41am, 11th Mar 2016
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Or even boil him alive. I seem to remember he was the one issuing the bills to an impoverished student.flanker11:42am, 11th Mar 2016
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Sounds like you're a naturalBaronessBL11:51am, 11th Mar 2016
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I was going to say what Baroness saidLindsD11:58am, 11th Mar 2016
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bigleggy Ace !!! I wish I had that kind of teaching when I was coding - I just ended up hacking away at my zx81/spectrum/Amiga etc until my fingers bled 11:59am, 11th Mar 2016
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Let's help uncle Jack, off a horse. *snigger*Jigs12:02pm, 11th Mar 2016
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That sounds like fun. I'm going to be learning a bit about PHP when helping out with a project at work. My colleague knows what he's doing and I can read a lot of it.:)Garfield12:16pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Scratches head, if I attended the next lesson I'd still be 2 months behind. I know where the on off button is thoFestive Flier12:55pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Seriously super Fetch! Really well done and pleased to hear about the buzz.EvilPixie1:09pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Yes please! I'm the computing lead teacher in my primary school... I could do some brilliant staff training with your you tube videos!K81:59pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Let's Cook With UML!Ocelot Spleens2:00pm, 11th Mar 2016
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That sounds excellent. If you're ever passing feel free to drop in and share the expertise out here in the west. I used the Hopscotch app for the first time with some year 3 boys this week. They have used Scratch before, but they were very enthusiastic about the Hopscotch.HowFar?3:24pm, 11th Mar 2016
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This is so great to hear, its a joy to be able share your enthusiasm and skills with kids well done you. I agree with the u tube idea, please do that I would be interested!D25*xy4aXma5name!6:10pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Making them use notepad is harsh. Couldn't you let them have komodo or something, so at least it formats it nicely?jacdaw
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You're an excellent communicator, having seen your VLM vlogs you come across as enthusiastic and funny, which kids respond very well toFeleecy Navidad11:19pm, 11th Mar 2016
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Harsh would be making them use Emacs or Vi!flanker12:35am, 12th Mar 2016
Isn't it annoying when people use their Fetch blogs to link to their other blog. Like this:
codewordblog.wordpress.com
codewordblog.wordpress.com
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Yeah. Dontcha know how to copy and paste yet?Raptors claws are coming to town10:04am, 11th Mar 2016
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Yes, very. Why is there never a moderator around when you need one?Merry Fizzmas :-) good comment at the bottom, well done 10:52am, 11th Mar 2016
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You look after a website for a football team?KatieB10:58am, 11th Mar 2016
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It won't load on my computer. Takes too long. Bloody Wordpress.McGoohan11:04am, 11th Mar 2016
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Proxy refusing connections here - I suspect its the secure http connection that the works proxy is objecting tobigleggy11:14am, 11th Mar 2016
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http://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog-view.php Much better resource for bloggage and running stuff.Watford Wobble11:25am, 11th Mar 2016
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Sooooooo annoying, can't you ban people like that from the site?Feleecy Navidad11:17pm, 11th Mar 2016
My grandma died yesterday, after some years of decline with Alzheimers. She was in her late eighties, and was very proud of never having dyed her hair - it was always thick and dark as in the picture. She'd be very pleased to know that a few hundred new people know that fact.
She was a statistical outlier, having smoked all her life. When I got married a few years ago, she was wandering the corridors of our hotel with a lit cigarette, looking for an open window to blow the smoke out of. As a kid, I remember being offered a 2p tip to fetch her cigarettes from the newsagent; and she had an ashtray in the shape of a little cottage, so that the smoke would come out of the chimney. I used to ask her to show it in action. Innocent times.
Less innocently, my sister tells me that she taught her to swear, and let her get away with it as a treat. Gramma's favourite word was "asshole". Not in the American sense of calling someone an asshole - but more as a general curse, for when things didn't go to plan. Oh, asshole.
I would regularly go for a Sunday afternoon at my grandparents house, where desert was always home-made treacle tart - it was her crowning culinary achievement, and bloody lovely it was too. They'd teach me how to play patience, and then they'd watch 'Allo 'Allo after tea, whilst I played with a cardboard box full of wires (my "electrics"). She taught me the joy of looking for things in skips, which was where quite a few of my wires came from, and how I managed to electrocute myself when I was about 8.
She also told good ghost stories (doing a scary face for a child is that much easier when you have removable teeth) about possessed locked boxes that shouldn't be opened; and for a long time was a lifeline to stories about my grampa, who died in 1994.
She won a walkman for me once. There was a competition in the paper, and she sent in a poem in my name:
Mr Jacobs, one day, said "I feel,
that most biscuits are shaped like a wheel.
So just for a change,
I'll alter my range,
So people can have a square meal."
It's quite typical that one of the legacies of my grandma is a poem about crackers. In my childhood, she enjoyed acting the goat. My father often called her the village idiot. I have some pictures from the village carnival in the early eighties where her and the woman next door dressed up as victorian photographers. My sister went as a teabag, and I went as "toffee man". Everyone got prizes, and as far as I can remember, everyone from the village joined in. It feels like another age.
She was also partly responsible for my fondness for writing - they had a big typewriter that I would get to play with occasionally; and when I was in university, we'd correspond by mail - and her responses usually came with some beer money. When grampa was alive, I'd write cards to them, signed "To G^2", and it was always a bit sad after that to see her messages with G^1 on them - but equally good to see that she was on top of the maths reference.
It was difficult to go to her house without coming away with some heavily smoked object that she'd offered to you: "I thought you might want this". Often this was stuff that you'd accept with a small inward sigh, but one of my most treasured possessions is the set of little wooden elephants from my grandparents trip to India. I have a typewritten account of their trip to India, that my grandpa wrote - I've been meaning to blog it for a while now.
Writing this, I feel sad for the first time, knowing that we will never speak again, and that a generation of my family is now just memories. She went into a home a few years back, when her condition made her a danger to herself, and for various reasons, not least being 4 hours away, I didn't see much of her during that time. But I know that she has at least left the cruel confusion of Alzheimers behind, and I am lucky to be able to remember the good things.
RIP Gramma
She was a statistical outlier, having smoked all her life. When I got married a few years ago, she was wandering the corridors of our hotel with a lit cigarette, looking for an open window to blow the smoke out of. As a kid, I remember being offered a 2p tip to fetch her cigarettes from the newsagent; and she had an ashtray in the shape of a little cottage, so that the smoke would come out of the chimney. I used to ask her to show it in action. Innocent times.
Less innocently, my sister tells me that she taught her to swear, and let her get away with it as a treat. Gramma's favourite word was "asshole". Not in the American sense of calling someone an asshole - but more as a general curse, for when things didn't go to plan. Oh, asshole.
I would regularly go for a Sunday afternoon at my grandparents house, where desert was always home-made treacle tart - it was her crowning culinary achievement, and bloody lovely it was too. They'd teach me how to play patience, and then they'd watch 'Allo 'Allo after tea, whilst I played with a cardboard box full of wires (my "electrics"). She taught me the joy of looking for things in skips, which was where quite a few of my wires came from, and how I managed to electrocute myself when I was about 8.
She also told good ghost stories (doing a scary face for a child is that much easier when you have removable teeth) about possessed locked boxes that shouldn't be opened; and for a long time was a lifeline to stories about my grampa, who died in 1994.
She won a walkman for me once. There was a competition in the paper, and she sent in a poem in my name:
Mr Jacobs, one day, said "I feel,
that most biscuits are shaped like a wheel.
So just for a change,
I'll alter my range,
So people can have a square meal."
It's quite typical that one of the legacies of my grandma is a poem about crackers. In my childhood, she enjoyed acting the goat. My father often called her the village idiot. I have some pictures from the village carnival in the early eighties where her and the woman next door dressed up as victorian photographers. My sister went as a teabag, and I went as "toffee man". Everyone got prizes, and as far as I can remember, everyone from the village joined in. It feels like another age.
She was also partly responsible for my fondness for writing - they had a big typewriter that I would get to play with occasionally; and when I was in university, we'd correspond by mail - and her responses usually came with some beer money. When grampa was alive, I'd write cards to them, signed "To G^2", and it was always a bit sad after that to see her messages with G^1 on them - but equally good to see that she was on top of the maths reference.
It was difficult to go to her house without coming away with some heavily smoked object that she'd offered to you: "I thought you might want this". Often this was stuff that you'd accept with a small inward sigh, but one of my most treasured possessions is the set of little wooden elephants from my grandparents trip to India. I have a typewritten account of their trip to India, that my grandpa wrote - I've been meaning to blog it for a while now.
Writing this, I feel sad for the first time, knowing that we will never speak again, and that a generation of my family is now just memories. She went into a home a few years back, when her condition made her a danger to herself, and for various reasons, not least being 4 hours away, I didn't see much of her during that time. But I know that she has at least left the cruel confusion of Alzheimers behind, and I am lucky to be able to remember the good things.
RIP Gramma
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Sorry for your loss, you have some wonderful memories of your grandparents to keep. My sister and I used to go and buy my Grandma her cigarettes when we were just a few years old, as you say, different times. xx.B.3:57pm, 8th Mar 2016
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RIP Grammamerry minardi *hic*3:58pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss. Big hugs ((()))UltraMrsR3:59pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely stories to tell. Still a sad thing to happen. Sorry for your loss. XPinks3:59pm, 8th Mar 2016
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A sad day, but a lovely blog. That's so true: you have great memories of her before her decline and that's what's important. And you're still playing with boxes of wires to this day.McGoohan
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beautiful blog... thanks for sharing. xxMazH4:03pm, 8th Mar 2016
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So proud, her of you and you of her; there's lovely.D25*xy4aXma5name!4:07pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely sentiments. Very sorry for your loss.becca74:07pm, 8th Mar 2016
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hugs, lots and lots of hugs xxHellsBells4:15pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss, FE. You've done her proud with this blog xxSarahWoo4:28pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Such a beautiful blog about a wonderful ladyGood King Carpathius I'm so sorry you've lost someone so special x4:34pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss. That's one of the best memories of someone I've ever read. I'm glad she let you play with the typewriter. She sounds like a fantastic lady. I'd love to hear about their trip to India.TheScribbler4:36pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Nice words. Lost my Gran in December and lots of similarly themed memoriesemdee4:38pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss; and this great blog makes it clear what a loss it really was.Santa Badgey4:47pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Condolences, sorry to read this.Dai Bank4:55pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely memories and thank you for sharing them. Hope the next few days aren't too hard.3FrenchMs5:07pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Quite a woman, thank you for bloggingTeeBee5:15pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing the lovely memories. xNess5:15pm, 8th Mar 2016
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What a lovely tribute to your Gramma. All my grandparents were gone by the time I was 4 years old, so I have no experience of that extra 'layer' of family. This lovely blog gives a real idea of what a joy it is. RIP.Kittenheels Kath5:16pm, 8th Mar 2016
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I'm glad that you have so many fond memories of your Gramma. She sounds like lots of fun. Sorry for your loss. Best wishes to you and the family.HowFar?5:24pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Oh assholes. Sorry for your loss, RIP. Great memoires xxclare19765:29pm, 8th Mar 2016
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What a character! I am sure you treasure your memories. May your Gramma rest in peace xMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)5:33pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Wow, what a character she was! I enjoyed hearing about her, thanks for sharing. My grandma has been in a dementia unit for 5 years now with no knowledge of what's going on around her, so I feel like we actually lost her some time ago, you might feel the same xFeleecy Navidad5:37pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely blog. I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs xxLindsD5:40pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss.GlennR5:46pm, 8th Mar 2016
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She does sound marvellous and I'm sad you've lost her. We all move up one don't we, when the grandparents die? She had beautiful hair.jennywren5:55pm, 8th Mar 2016
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So sorry for your loss. Thank you for the insight into this tremendous lady. XTigerlily5:57pm, 8th Mar 2016
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So sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing your memories xnorthernslowcoach6:01pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Hugs, big hugs . Fabulous grammas leave great memories and big holes.Rosehip6:06pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely blogGoofee6:08pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss. She sounds like was a wonderful person, the sort of grandma we'd all love to have.Jogging Jon6:25pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry she's not physically here but your memories bring her alive 😃😃jude6:31pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely memories ((()))Elsie Too6:50pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Bless Grandma. A lovely eulogy.Nightjar7:07pm, 8th Mar 2016
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So sorry to hear of such devastating news.Surrey Phil7:13pm, 8th Mar 2016
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I think this rooms a bit dusty for reading blogs in. Well said. Sorry for your loss.Angus Clydesdale7:22pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss, Fetch. Gramma's free now. xxLittleDonkeyDaisy7:23pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Quite a woman, fondly remembered. Sorry for your loss.icemaiden7:36pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss. She sounds to have been quite a lady.GimmeMincepies7:40pm, 8th Mar 2016
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She sounds cool. The memories are what lives on & it sounds like you have some good ones. Sorry to hear about this but hope you are all OK.Mr. White7:40pm, 8th Mar 2016
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I'm so sorry for your loss but oh what a wonderful blog and such beautiful. Thank you for sharing a little bit of Gramma with us xxxBintmcskint7:55pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Thanks for sharing your treasured memories. At least now the confusion is over for her. Sending big fetchie hugs. xxCorrah8:05pm, 8th Mar 2016
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She sounded a real character and will be sadly missed I'm sure. Hope we can give our grandson such wonderful memories to look back on. xxDoricQuine8:15pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss, lovely memories to treasure xMerry Lip Gloss8:41pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry to hear about your Gramma passing away. Beautifully written blog and it's lovely that you have such fond memories.Red Ant8:48pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Sorry to hear this. It sounds like you have a lot of lovely memories of her.:)Garfield8:58pm, 8th Mar 2016
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A lovely blog and great memories.In the bleak midWinniefree9:06pm, 8th Mar 2016
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RIP Gramma xxMerry Fizzmas :-)9:21pm, 8th Mar 2016
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Lovely memories, I hope they give you some comfort. My thoughts are with you and yours at this sad time.Running sim11:02pm, 8th Mar 2016
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RIP Grandma Fetch xVicksterH11:12pm, 8th Mar 2016
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sounds a fitting tribute. she will live on in your memoriesDingDocMerrily6:50am, 9th Mar 2016
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Really sorry to hear R.I.P. She sounded like a great womanNight-owl7:56am, 9th Mar 2016
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A lovely blog and so many great memories...thank you for sharing at such a sad timeBaronessBL9:09am, 9th Mar 2016
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She sounds ace, loved the poem. Glad you have so many fond memories to look back on. I will try and slip "asshole" into a conversation today in her honour.HermanBloom9:18am, 9th Mar 2016
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Lovely blog, sounds like she would have loved what you have just written about her. My Dad has been defying the odds for 70 yrs - smoked since he was 14 - 84 now with lung cancer, its not pretty - hes not happy but he is still smoking - what can you do!!Shadow11:24am, 9th Mar 2016
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she sounds amazing. sorry to hear of your loss.Star11:39am, 9th Mar 2016
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Lovely blog. Sorry about your loss.Nick Cook1:28pm, 9th Mar 2016
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It is a cruel end that's true but the happy memories will soon return to their rightful place at the topDoctor K2:13pm, 9th Mar 2016
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a really lovely blog - RIP Gramma xxxcolettedeann2:48pm, 9th Mar 2016
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RIP Gramma. She sounds like quite a character!sallykate3:01pm, 9th Mar 2016
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Nice post, great post, great memories. She'll no doubt be missed but never forgotten Mr Fetch.MerseysideMorph3:36pm, 9th Mar 2016
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sorry to hear sad news, thoughts and prayersOld Croc7:55pm, 9th Mar 2016
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Sorry for your loss, but a fitting tribute!Tazsedai10:45pm, 9th Mar 2016
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You do write beautifully Ian, that's a lovely post. Sorry for your loss....Yazoo10:16am, 10th Mar 2016
Nearly forgot to do this
Born To Run - CumbriAndy
Feet In The Clouds - Rosehip
Fuelling Fitness for Sports Performance - Sporty2010
Runner (Lizzy Hawker) - Perry
Running - A Year Round Plan - RunningRonnie
Good Run Guide - Wriggling Snake
Fat Man to Green Man - AngusClydesdale
Run Your First Marathon - PeteFastFeet
No Meat Athlete - idio
Running Repairs - beebop
Pacing - Gribbly Grobbly
If you've won, please could you send me some ***feedback*** with a delivery address please?
Thanks!
Born To Run - CumbriAndy
Feet In The Clouds - Rosehip
Fuelling Fitness for Sports Performance - Sporty2010
Runner (Lizzy Hawker) - Perry
Running - A Year Round Plan - RunningRonnie
Good Run Guide - Wriggling Snake
Fat Man to Green Man - AngusClydesdale
Run Your First Marathon - PeteFastFeet
No Meat Athlete - idio
Running Repairs - beebop
Pacing - Gribbly Grobbly
If you've won, please could you send me some ***feedback*** with a delivery address please?
Thanks!
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Woohoo :DRunningRonnie2:09pm, 4th Mar 2016
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RunningRonnie should be banned from all competitions - he wins everything!idle_wilder2:14pm, 4th Mar 2016
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RunningRonnie2:16pm, 4th Mar 2016
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Well done all, my losing streak continues😢pedroscalls2:16pm, 4th Mar 2016
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I won something? I never win anything! Thank youRosehip
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Thank you! Did not expect that!beebop5:13pm, 4th Mar 2016
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😊😊😊Sporty20105:13pm, 4th Mar 2016
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YayCumbriAndy Whoop etc Thanks Fetch5:42pm, 4th Mar 2016
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YAY!! HUZZAH!! etc :-):-):-)Angus Clydesdale5:59pm, 4th Mar 2016
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And thank you...Angus Clydesdale5:59pm, 4th Mar 2016
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Excellent, thanks FetchPeteFastFeet9:42pm, 4th Mar 2016
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woo-hoooooo! Thank you very much indeed.Ocelot Spleens11:13am, 5th Mar 2016
We're gonna be away for a week in May (to go see the Ironman in Lanzarote) and then at the start of August (to go see the ferry on the Isle of Wight). So I thought I'd offer a tempting opportunity for any dog lovers to enjoy the company of this lovable buffoon for a week:
He has the following features:
*he can run about five miles before getting fed up
*he can lick his own bottom (he's doing it now)
*he can diagnose a host of medical conditions
*72 days since last vets trip
*will bang head on kitchen cupboard if you call him at the right moment
*AMAZING hot water bottle / pillow
*loves carrots
*will closely monitor your meal
*imagines himself to be a much smaller dog
Successful applicants should be prepared to wonder at just how a dog can seem so smart and stupid all in one go.
He has the following features:
*he can run about five miles before getting fed up
*he can lick his own bottom (he's doing it now)
*he can diagnose a host of medical conditions
*72 days since last vets trip
*will bang head on kitchen cupboard if you call him at the right moment
*AMAZING hot water bottle / pillow
*loves carrots
*will closely monitor your meal
*imagines himself to be a much smaller dog
Successful applicants should be prepared to wonder at just how a dog can seem so smart and stupid all in one go.
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I really need a role model for my pup - the trainer has suggested borrowing a doggy friend to teach him how to go for a walk...shame we're not closer. Stephen is very handsome.Alice Navidad8:03am, 3rd Mar 2016
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its tempting....but too many hearing dogs in the house as it is.....DingDocMerrily8:05am, 3rd Mar 2016
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I'm intrigued by his medical qualifications. Has he got a certificate?McGoohan8:06am, 3rd Mar 2016
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Another case of shame we're not closer. He looks lovely!:)Garfield8:08am, 3rd Mar 2016
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McG - he is a FULLY trained medi-dog. He specialises in the alternative treatment that is "doing big eyes".fetcheveryone8:09am, 3rd Mar 2016
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If I'd known before I saddled my self with my current teeth on legs...........D25*xy4aXma5name!
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Do the carrots have to be cooked? Wish we could help for he is a gorgeous animalmerry minardi *hic*8:34am, 3rd Mar 2016
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do you have a *very* small house?ChrisHB9:08am, 3rd Mar 2016
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I'm a bit cautious about meeting people off the internet never mind have one stay in my house (even if it is a dog) How can I be sure he isn't an axe murderer or won't nick stuff (and then eat it).BaronessBL9:30am, 3rd Mar 2016
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How does he get on with other dogs and would he return the favour to a very lively Staffie X?BaronessBL9:31am, 3rd Mar 2016
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If you assume that he's both an axe murderer and a thief, that would probably be for the best. He loves running round with other dogs, but he can also be a bit nervous (although in reality, this means that he just gets a bit nutty, rather than cowed).fetcheveryone9:35am, 3rd Mar 2016
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Minardi - I think he'd take them either way - he seems to enjoy crunching them up.fetcheveryone
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If we lived nearer so they could become friends first then would seriously consider it but if it all went horribly wrong ten minutes after you caught your flight and we had to keep two warring dogs separate for the rest of the week... it could be a bit tricky and although Stephen might like to think he'd make a good axe murderer I am fairly confident Wanda could do the deed far more efficiently using only her teeth.....:-o so perhaps on reflection best I don't offer...........BaronessBL9:48am, 3rd Mar 2016
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I would love to have him but would be scared stiff of killing or losing him then trying to explain what happened.Watford Wobble10:37am, 3rd Mar 2016
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An admirable list of accomplishments!sallykate12:09pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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LOL at WW!SarahWoo
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I would love to have him but would be scared stiff of WW killing or losing him then me trying to explain what happened.Merry Fizzmas :-)1:39pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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We're just down/up the road in Sandy - so I'll see if Mrs J is interested. We have a resident 11 stone couch potato, but quite often accommodate the retired guide dog that normally lives with MiL, and also sometimes a friend's bonkers black lab - so are used to house guests. How is he with chickens?EdJ2:01pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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Fizzywobbles - I'm sure you wouldn't lose him. And I've thought about killing him on several occasions, so if you accidentally did, I'd understandfetcheveryone
EdJ - if it's anything like squirrels, he'll probably run after them. But whenever he's seen a cat, there's always been a sort of strange respect/curiosity thing going on. I can't promise he wouldn't try to chase them, but I don't think he'd try to break in to their hive Chickens are the ones in hives, right?2:12pm, 3rd Mar 2016 -
Just spent several days with Elder Son, D-in-L and "grand-dog". "Grand-dog" is 10 months old and likes raw carrots. I commented on this and was told "All dogs like carrots".Columba5:14pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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Could the week start up here? Like the weekend before you go? Have to run it past my hubby (as he would be chief dog wrangler) but Stephen has short hair and we have removed carpets etc so I should be fine to last a week or so before I scratch my own face offAdorescience I could walk him and kids/ hubby could give him snuggles. Maybe put us down as a back up plan? Thomas says he looks cute (obviously doesn't understand scale)5:24pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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I love that you're trying to get strangers to look after your dogFeleecy Navidad5:31pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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He is adorable. That is a great photo to tug at the heart strings!GimmeMincepies5:55pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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I would love to dog sit but We work full time and so not sure how he'd be on his own during the day.*Anj*6:21pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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I would love to dog sit but We work full time and so not sure how he'd be on his own during the day.*Anj*6:22pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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I can't have dogs to stay because garden isn't enclosed/secure - so usually house sit with the dogs. Twice, there's been a litter of puppies😂😂. Good luck, I guess he wants to be away on holiday tooferret6:51pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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Fleecy, Fetchies are never strangers! Too far matey, but I'm sure you'll get a good home. And if they are a good home, let us know - I could cheerfully lose ours for a few weeks/months/years!Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Have a great hols too. G7:11pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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If you want to bring him down to Devon I would happily look after him and Dexter would love a palRed Ant8:26pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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I'm usually in deep enough shit with Mouse. Tilly would go and hide for the week. MrsHL would have Words. On the whole, best not.RichHL10:44pm, 3rd Mar 2016
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Awww my dog just wouldn't settle with another one in the house with him especially a boy dog, good luck on finding a baby sitter for your axe murderer thoearly bird1:39pm, 4th Mar 2016
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I'd love a temporary dog. I'd like a permanent one but GC says NO (that means not yet). We have no dog experience, and a cat who would no doubt be unimpressed (esp as mealtime monitor is her job!). We're not round the corner (Reading). I could work from home (like I'd get anything done with a dog to distract me). I think you'll get better offersJustCommando!2:47pm, 4th Mar 2016
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If you're happy to have house sitters, my parents may be able to oblige...Wine Legs5:39pm, 4th Mar 2016
You might have noticed some changes in the header at the top of the page ^^^.
One of the things that prompted me to make some changes here was the subscriber view. The ads disappear for subscribers, but it still left a big gap, and it was looking a bit clunky. So I've moved the banner ad up above the menus now (but if you're a subscriber, you won't see it at all), and made what I see as a neater header, with some subtle sharing buttons (so I can move these out of individual pages, as I get around to it).
I also wanted to make the fmail and notifications a bit more obvious. When new users sign up, I send them a little introductory fmail - but looking back over the last 200 signups, over 70% of them hadn't even opened the message. So the fmail box will change colour when there's a message now.
I also get quite a few complaints from people who get redirected to the 'register or sign in' page - and imagine that I'm asking them to create a new account. So now there's a 'sign in' page, with links to register. And I've made both of these as minimal as I can, based on the old internet maxim that every additional field on your form halves the number of people willing to fill it in.
I'm also working towards a 'responsive' site design. This is a web industry buzzword that means the page layout will adapt to the size of the screen that you're viewing on. In this case, my plan is to make the menus at the top all squish neatly together (the text next to the icons in the top layer will disappear, as will the funny greeting; the FETCHEVERYONE logo will compact to a 'FE' logo; and the main menu will compact into a 'burger' menu - which is another term that refers to those three little horizontal lines that you see on lots of mobile websites).
That's about it for now. I guess it's one of those things that takes a bit of getting used to - but do let me know what you think. I am fully prepared that not everyone will like it
One of the things that prompted me to make some changes here was the subscriber view. The ads disappear for subscribers, but it still left a big gap, and it was looking a bit clunky. So I've moved the banner ad up above the menus now (but if you're a subscriber, you won't see it at all), and made what I see as a neater header, with some subtle sharing buttons (so I can move these out of individual pages, as I get around to it).
I also wanted to make the fmail and notifications a bit more obvious. When new users sign up, I send them a little introductory fmail - but looking back over the last 200 signups, over 70% of them hadn't even opened the message. So the fmail box will change colour when there's a message now.
I also get quite a few complaints from people who get redirected to the 'register or sign in' page - and imagine that I'm asking them to create a new account. So now there's a 'sign in' page, with links to register. And I've made both of these as minimal as I can, based on the old internet maxim that every additional field on your form halves the number of people willing to fill it in.
I'm also working towards a 'responsive' site design. This is a web industry buzzword that means the page layout will adapt to the size of the screen that you're viewing on. In this case, my plan is to make the menus at the top all squish neatly together (the text next to the icons in the top layer will disappear, as will the funny greeting; the FETCHEVERYONE logo will compact to a 'FE' logo; and the main menu will compact into a 'burger' menu - which is another term that refers to those three little horizontal lines that you see on lots of mobile websites).
That's about it for now. I guess it's one of those things that takes a bit of getting used to - but do let me know what you think. I am fully prepared that not everyone will like it
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I spotted it straight away and headed here to see what you'd been up to! I like it, bit I kind of miss the big old friendly bannerNightjar Awaiting the squishing functionality. Will the pages expand out too to use the full screen width?12:09pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I wondered what had happenedsnogard12:10pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I wondered why everything looked differentMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)12:11pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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My comment on the ads is that I am a subscriber, but with the ads visible, as I mostly didn't notice them anyway. I am now inclined to hide the ads. *childish mode* I don't like itMerry Fizzmas :-)
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*Readies pitchfork*McGoohan12:13pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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As changes go, this one ranks as 'harmless'. #lovingyourwork #etcGregP12:16pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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With the ads 'on', the header eats up about an extra centimetre vertically - but I really don't mind if you want to switch them off Fizzfetcheveryone
Nightjar - I'm not sure that it will. Maybe for pages like the route mapper, where you just have one big thing to focus on. My favourite responsive site has to be the BBC - try resizing your browser width on that, and see how it does things.12:23pm, 2nd Mar 2016 -
I'm a subscriber but the ads are on. How do I get them off then?!Gymfreak12:38pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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looks good to me .....and differentbigleggy12:39pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Just put a photo on gallery which is a screenshot from my phone. Layout looks odd.*Anj*12:46pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Gymfreak - I'm not sure quite what happened there - but it should be sorted now.fetcheveryone12:46pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Anj - thanks, that's the MOTM bar that's screwing up. I'll look at that now.fetcheveryone12:47pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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On a mobile but using the regular site, the thread pages are semi unreadable. The right hand side of the screen is rendered in the background colours.McGoohan12:57pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Think it's a feature of Redmond. Changed it to Default and got the other half of the screen back although the menu bar was half obscured instead. Now on Panthers and have fewer issues.McGoohan1:03pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Thanks - I'm taking a look.fetcheveryone1:07pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Spotted it straight away and it gets the thumbs up from me!westmoors1:23pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Looks good!ElDuderino1:23pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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great changes!Ferdi1:41pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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The view from mobiles should be looking a little bit better now.fetcheveryone1:47pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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And the MOTM bar should be rendering a bit nicer now too. I've moved the voting onto a separate page.fetcheveryone1:47pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I preferred it the way it was. Sorry to be so predictable. Old logo was better.Angus Clydesdale1:51pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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But as Grep said, 'harmless' enough I s'pose.Angus Clydesdale1:52pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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It wouldn't be a significant site change without it, Angusfetcheveryone1:57pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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i still see ads though i am a subscribercolettedeann2:19pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Sorted now Colette?fetcheveryone2:21pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I like the changes, but my search box is putting white text on a white background. Only visible when I highlight it. I have redmond skin if that makes a difference.jacdaw2:26pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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It is visible with default skin. Doesn't seem to search, though?jacdaw2:30pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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It's back to being sexy again via my mobileMcGoohan2:33pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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jacdaw - if you refresh the page, the text should now be visible in the search box. On a keyboard, you just type and hit enter; on a mobile, you can use the form filling 'Go' button to instigate the search.fetcheveryone2:34pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I was going to say the same as jacdaw, but you've already fixed it. * bolt*:-)Angus Clydesdale2:39pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Previously if I wasn't logged in there would be username and password fields in the header (helpfully auto-completed by my browser). Now I have to go to a different page?StuH2:48pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I've already forgotten what it looked like beforeFeleecy Navidad2:49pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Looks better now*Anj*2:53pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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yep thankscolettedeann - looking very crisp - may need to change from default in the background3:03pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Thanks; fixed. Not sure why cursor changes to pointy finger if I hover over search box magnifying glass, if clicking there doesn't do anything?jacdaw3:51pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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StuHolmes - yep, sorry for the inconvenience - but a lot of users were actually missing the boxes up there. I've gone with what felt like the neatest solution. But once logged in, you should stay logged in for as long as the cookies last on your machine (they are set for 30 days).fetcheveryone4:17pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Not really much of an inconvenience although I can take laziness to a whole new level! Also I did prefer the larger logo. Certainly not complaining, as others have said; loving your work!StuH4:26pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I misread your blog title as SHITE HEADER UPDATE and thought oh it is not that bad mateGobi5:33pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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always good to freshen things up. looks finetwodogs6:20pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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Looks alright to me. I'll probably be met with a howling chorus of disapproval, but I'd like the FE logo to remain on the screen no matter how far I scroll - so that I can get to the homepage easily.JamieKai *chameleon*7:43pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I realised you'd been having a fiddle straight away. As the Fetch background had changed to white on the default I though I'd try a Brazilian! I don't wear sunglasses though, so have gone back to default.angelrose Won't take much to get used to it. 8:49pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I hate it. but ask me again in a week's time and I wil love it. That's the way of these thingsSon of a Pronator Man9:34pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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I am very resistant to change... but I'm sure it will grow on meGooner9:44pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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still not comfortable with the crisp white default either - and not taken with the other skins - i liked the 'old' fetch background :/colettedeann10:30pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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tho not dissing your ongoing hard work - just sayingcolettedeann10:31pm, 2nd Mar 2016
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so far so goodDingDocMerrily6:49am, 3rd Mar 2016
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Andy Townsend :-)
GCU50: Citizen on Patrol
Fetchpoint: The Game - Where I'm Headed
Fetchpoint: The Game - a consultation
Heavy Roller please
March (11)
I can eat fifty eggs
Oscar the Grouch :-(
If a Fetch fails in a forest...
Trialling a new weekly update email
Lasting Power of Suspicion
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2024 *bunting*
Swittle's Funeral
Cadence
Tea & Trails Podcast
Down to my last pen
A bench for swittle
February (8)
The Lightning Struck Tower
Swittle
Cholesterol
This year so far in pictures
Three Noahs
Fetch is as strong as you make it.
100k - what do I need?
Paywalls are BS: I'm on a podcast!
January (11)
Chasing Round Numbers - A Cautionary Tale!
MOTM - Decision Made (and a competition for EVERYONE!)
MOTM - a chance to rethink
Training Home Page updates
How much walking will I do?
Training Plans - Further Updates
Training Plan List
Butter Police
Why no app?
Useful Chat!
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2023 (136)
December (6)
Nearly forgot...
Jam today
Removing another bit of Google's invasiveness
Fancy an extra challenge over the next 12 days?
Chewie, we're home!
Two tips for today's advent challenge
November (13)
Spammy McSpamface
40 days and 40 nights
EfM confirmed!
New Training Log Beta! 😲 (aka Change Is Not Good)
Escape from Meriden
Waiting for your training?
Route of the Century?
I didn't know I owned a nutcracker
Design our anniversary shirts/vests!
Holiday Reading - plenty of fiction :-)
Swimming in a metaphor
Hello
Off World
October (11)
Fl'update
To think I tried to mop it up!
Vote Please: How many F'Laps will you try to do?
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
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
[Untitled]
Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
Gis a job!
Bedford Half
REMEMBER!!!
Vote for Fetch
Now you've hopefully got the idea...
November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
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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
Comments
- one to pencil onto the growing list for next year I think ...