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Race Distance poll

11:51am, 31 May 2016
Here's one for you - which race distance do you think you're most accomplished at?

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=5425

Background: I'm looking at my WAVA scores for 5k, 10k, 10M and Half - and they fall away like a ski slope. I'm in the process of going big with the data, so I'll share some more info in the weekly newsletter* when I've put it together; but I'm interested to get an idea of how you all feel about your 'ideal' race distance for best results.

Please vote, but also feel free to leave a comment below :-)

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Comments

  • Hm. Difficult. Define accomplished.... my WAVAs, like yours, are better for shorter distances, but I feel better running at longer distances and feel like there's more improvement to be had there. Which I guess there is. Sorry thinking aloud....
    LindsD
    11:56am, 31st May 2016
  • Based on WAVA then my sweet spot is 5K/10K and I guess that's because I've run 100+ parkruns which does kind of help understand the distance.
    chunkyblizzard
    11:58am, 31st May 2016
  • 5k. But that's the distance I've 'raced' the most.
    -x-x-
    11:58am, 31st May 2016
  • I suppose by accomplished I mean "best at". I voted 5k, partially because it's my best WAVA, but also because it's the distance I feel as though I've mastered more than all the others (it's all relative, of course).
    fetcheveryone
    11:59am, 31st May 2016
  • Can we have a 10 mile option?!
    Hendo
    11:59am, 31st May 2016
  • Have gone for half marathon, but in reality it's probably 10 miles.
    Raptors claws are coming to town
    12:00pm, 31st May 2016
  • Soz Hendoid, you'll have to pick 10k or half.
    fetcheveryone
    12:00pm, 31st May 2016
  • Indeed. 5k is my best WAVA also but I've hated the past couple of PB/near PBs I've run at that distance whereas I loved my other PBs. Will have a think.
    LindsD
    12:01pm, 31st May 2016
  • Roger.
    Hendo
    12:01pm, 31st May 2016
  • I'm interested to see whether we'll get an even spread between the distances, or whether it'll slope in a particular direction - and whether this matches the WAVA data. Just for fun, you know :-)
    fetcheveryone
    12:01pm, 31st May 2016
  • my best ever wava is for 5k, which incidentally ive never trained for......but i feel half is my distance!
    DingDocMerrily
    12:09pm, 31st May 2016
  • You are using "accomplished" in a really loose sense here ;-)? Split between 10K and half, but went for 10K as I've had more "good" races and more consistency at that. Said split definitely does not though, a la Hendo, mean 10 miles.
    Dvorak
    12:13pm, 31st May 2016
  • My 'best raced' race was a 10k, but I was always far more at home racing 10milers. Think if I hadn't put so much time into training for and running marathons I'd have got better results at Half marathons - if I was to start running again then I'd definitely only be looking to race 10 mile and Half distances as targets. I'm not sure this answers your question though... *rambles*
    JamieKai *chameleon*
    12:20pm, 31st May 2016
  • My wava is much better for 5k than any other distance (well, 57 compared to 51 or 50 for everything else). I feel I have some improvements to come at longer distances if I stay injury free long enough to get more races in!
    Fragile Xmas Ornament
    12:24pm, 31st May 2016
  • I suspect a lot if people will be best at 5k because that's the distance they've done most, due to parkrun.
    Fragile Xmas Ornament
    12:28pm, 31st May 2016
  • My best WAVA is for a parkrun which I think was a fluke as I've never got close to it again. Ignoring that result, my WAVA scores are fairly close across the distances. My preferred race distance is definitely the half.
    westmoors
    12:34pm, 31st May 2016
  • Oooh tricky and dependent on your definition of "accomplished"
    I have a very evenly spread highest WAVA across 5k, 10k, 10 miles and HM but, right now, I *feel* most accomplished at 50 miles as that is the distance where I am most competitive (in terms of my placing results)
    I'm "competitive" across the board in terms of wanting to beat everyone - including snakes and ladders
    Bintmcskint
    12:39pm, 31st May 2016
  • I'm seeing some convergence in my WAVAs for my common distances - 5k, 10k and half all in the range 67-70%. But maras, a lowly 58%. I just don't seem to be able to train for / stay fit for / sustain pace for a decent mara time. So to completely unanswer your question, the distance I'm least accomplished at is full mara. Thanks for reading.
    Fitz
    1:07pm, 31st May 2016
  • Highest WAVA now for the mile I think - best raced distance last year was definitely our track 3k (which isn't in my race portfolio).
    Autumnleaves
    1:07pm, 31st May 2016
  • Ten-miler's are complete b*st*rds. Hate them.
    -x-x-
    1:19pm, 31st May 2016
  • I'm with Hendo & JK. 10 Milers are my favourite and my bestest too.
    CStar
    1:53pm, 31st May 2016
  • It is probably something to do with my training, but 5k, I Like intervals, and short tempos, but don't really like long runs, although I think my best WAVA is now a 10k race, I have many more higher WAVAs at 5k, could be parkrun too....My mile time is super-pants though.
    Ocelot Spleens
    2:30pm, 31st May 2016
  • Best wava is 5k but I like halves and longer distances.
    Festive Flier
    2:45pm, 31st May 2016
  • WAVAs should tell the tale and show that it's relatively rare to be a complete sprinter or a complete 'proper' long distance ie marathon - runner. I think on this site Vrap and I are the -rare - good examples of this. Given equal training for each event I'm pretty sure most people will be 'best' at 5-10k- 10 mile. This is still distance running - it doesn't mean they're sprinters - or marathoners come to that.

    Of course personal preference comes into it too - but I'm pretty sure about the science.
    Shark the Herald Angel
    4:00pm, 31st May 2016
  • WS - your results still make sense as a mile is close to 1500m which is the other real middle distance event. Middle distancers are another breed! I suspect Autumn Leaves is an MD runner at heart (at body perhaps I should say). Whether one WANTS to run the distance one is best suited to is quite another matter!
    Shark the Herald Angel
    4:03pm, 31st May 2016
  • 5k cos I've done more by, er, miles. I think 10 miles is a sensible distance and over in a reasonable time, but worth getting your teeth into. I definitely thought 10 miles would be a good distance for a race about 1hr53 into my half marathon on Sunday.... :)
    JustCommando!
    4:40pm, 31st May 2016
  • Within any period of time, my WAVA doesn't really vary too much regardless of distance. I appear to be the archetypal "one speed" (one-WAVA)? runner. I have rubbish runs, and good runs. And the distance over which I'm running them doesn't seem to make much difference, subjectively (i.e. I hated/loved it) or objectively (my WAVA is still only so-so).

    What makes a difference is whether have run regularly and enough...
    3FrenchMs
    5:00pm, 31st May 2016
  • I would have thought my most accomplished would be marathon distance and according to my WAVA it is but only by a very small margin when compared to a 10k I did a few weeks before. ( does any of that actually make sense)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    5:26pm, 31st May 2016
  • I go by WAVA. My best is 10K. This is quite nice for me, because it means that I believe I can get better at 5K and half (absolute PB and relative WAVA, obv). Mine is not linear, so tells me I have under achieved in some. Beyond half (i.e. marathon and beyond) I think good WAVA is much harder to achieve. The quantity of good training you have to do to achieve equivalent performance level is beyond most mortals in terms of time, commitment, avoiding injury etc.

    Look forward to your big data analysis though, to see what you come up with. :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    5:32pm, 31st May 2016
  • By the way, I took the question to be "Which distance do you think you have achieved your best result at so far..." rather than "Which distance do you think would be the one that you could do best at..." Actual to date, rather than potential in the future. Which should correlate with data, because you can't do data analysis on the future?! I think the best WAVA I *could* achieve would probably be at 5K or below, possibly mile or even 400-800m. But that's another life, cos I like plodding 10 miles in the hills too much to ever concentrate 5 days per week on track or other speed based training! Different question. :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    5:52pm, 31st May 2016
  • It's only after half that my WAVA falls off (marathon, ouch). My 10k is 1% better than everything else, but I think that's partly because I was 50 instead of 49 when I ran that time, and it was partly a marathon bounce. I suspect that I'd probably do best at 10k if I trained focusing on that, because the times hold up well against halves which I do focus for.
    Santa Badgey
    6:16pm, 31st May 2016
  • [Completely off topic, but I find it interesting how many people both ^^^^ here and in conversation elsewhere rate a 10 mile race as their preferred distance. Why then are there relatively so few 10 mile races?]

    Perhaps our WAVAs decline as the distance gets longer because most humans were simply not designed to run very long distances at a fast-ish pace? If you're chasing a mammoth or being chased by a wolf, 6 miles would be quite a chase. I think one or other of you would have given up well before 26 miles. ;-)
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    6:52pm, 31st May 2016
  • I m ight be an oddity, but my best WAVA has always been at HM over the years. 5k and 10k not far behind but even as I keep PBing at distances the HM remains the fastest and best. I drop off a bit at marathon which happens to be the distance of which I would say most of my proudest performances come at, but in theory its not my strength and I havent achieved potential. Neither to I have the out and out pace for shorter distances although off Marathon training I can post decent times.
    Bazoaxe
    9:42pm, 31st May 2016
  • Interesting stuff! My mile, 5k, 10k, 10 mile and HM PBs have a WAVA variance of just over 1%, I've gone with 5k as my most accomplished distance as it's the one at which I feel most in control and have the best overall age gradings.
    Goofee
    10:22pm, 31st May 2016
  • Do you mean now or ever? Historically probably Marathon, currently 5k.
    Chrisity
    11:15pm, 31st May 2016
  • I'm in the plodding club with 10K WAVA a couple of percentage points better than 5K/parkrun. But what I can't fathom is why I consistently seem to run faster 5K segments in my 10K races than I do in stand-alone 5K events. I'm trying to address that with a series of 5K races over the next few weeks.
    CtrlAlzShift
    11:27pm, 31st May 2016
  • Like you, my best WAVA is 5k and I'm sure it tapers down (is there a graph for that?) but the distance I feel 'best' when doing is the marathon. I really don't like running fast over even short distances. Doesn't translate to better WAVA over long ones though :(
    Carpathius
    6:51am, 1st Jun 2016
  • My best, WAVA WISE is 10K, but my favourite is HM because it is that much more of a challenge and, for the first 5 or so that I did I saw a consistent improvement.
    Diogenes
    7:41am, 1st Jun 2016
  • Think I'm a natural 800m-mile man. It's all about the speed.
    The Teaboy
    8:05am, 1st Jun 2016
  • I love that Goofee who is in the 100 Marathon Club puts 5K as his most accomplished distance!! :-)
    CStar
    8:21am, 1st Jun 2016
  • Er my best wava ever was 89% at 60 metres, 100 metres 83% ... 5ks and 10ks 63% at best - everything else slots neatly in between. Conclusive, I think!
    Shark the Herald Angel
    8:51am, 1st Jun 2016
  • My best WAVA scores: 5K 64.21, 10K 61.70, HM 60.46 & mara 60.55 but still think HM is my best distance ;)
    westmoors
    9:47am, 1st Jun 2016
  • My performances don't follow the line either. I either punch above my weight at the shorter distances or don't yet have the stamina to reach my full potential over the longer races. Best age-rated performance is at 800m.
    chrisjhh
    9:53am, 1st Jun 2016
  • Did a one-off 5k and found it a bit too quick for me; 10k I can do quite well at a good pace; half-marathons are consistent but I can have the occasional off day; marathons still need some work on. In short, I'm better at 10k or a half-marathon, but tend to only run marathons as they're a challenge!
    Surrey Phil
    1:22pm, 1st Jun 2016


An ungainly fish

12:21pm, 24 May 2016
As promised, here's a snippet of me swimming, as filmed on the awesome TomTom Bandit, which I was very kindly loaned for the duration of our holiday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXk4yH9UNt4


I am sure that all the swimmers amongst you will pick up a few tips on how (not) to swim from that :-)

One of the things we did whilst we were away (I'm back now) was to get a swimming lesson with one of the Club La Santa coaches. I should very quickly say that the video was BEFORE :-) For £23, Katie and I got a one-to-two half hour (which turned into more like 40 minutes) with Rachel from the Green Team, who was excellent.

She had a little chat with us about what we wanted to achieve (improve our front crawl), and our current experience (we swim 1000m once a week, in about 26-27 mins). Then she watched us do a couple of lengths, and set about giving us some advice. This took the form of walking us through some simple drills designed to get us thinking about breathing, rotation, core strength, catch (nothing to do with fish, but instead, the bit where your hand goes in the water to pull the water back), and kick (she pointed out just how much lateral energy I'm wasting). She was epicly patient as our brains struggled to turn the simple instructions into actions, and was clearly pleased when we made little breakthroughs (a-ha! moments). The idea behind it all is that each little drill helps your mind to focus on one part of the stroke, building it all together, so that when you go back to 'length swimming', it all starts to fit together.

I have no after video to share, but I am looking forward to our weekly swim tomorrow morning, where I'll be trying to put some of these things into practice. #fiveyearplan :-)

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Comments

  • That's a fancy costume you've got there. And that there sums up my knowledge of swimming I'm afraid.
    Watford Wobble
    12:32pm, 24th May 2016
  • I'd like to know more about the TomTom Bandit. Will you be doing a review?
    Angus Clydesdale
    12:57pm, 24th May 2016
  • Angus - I will definitely include loads of footage from it in my Club La Santa highlights vLog, and will try to put together some thoughts on the cam too.

    Claypole - Katie filmed me from above the water too, and told me the simple fact that I wasn't keeping my fingers together. A year ago, I wasn't even able to swim continuously without getting into oxygen deficit; and was struggling to keep my face in the water. I'd agree - it's awesome seeing the progression :-)

    WW - thanks for the costume kudos ;-)
    fetcheveryone
    4:26pm, 24th May 2016
  • What a useful bit of video! I expect I'd look as if I'd fallen asleep mid-stroke ;-) but seeing it on film would be really helpful. Shame the Tomtom is so expensive :-(
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    6:52pm, 24th May 2016
  • i thought it looked ok fetch , I wish I had more time to do swimming its v therapeutic
    wildebeast
    12:28pm, 25th May 2016


A five year plan

8:46pm, 23 May 2016
As you may well have read in Katie's blog, we spent six hours on Saturday rubbing sun cream into ironfolks. I am so glad that we volunteered, and also glad that we chose the option from amongst the others available. The opportunity to spend anything up to a couple of minutes with each competitor, as they prepared their bodies for a marathon, was a real insight.

Our bus took us all the way from the cloudier north of the island to the sun-soaked golden sands south. It was quite a shock to discover they'd been hoarding all the sunshine, but as we said in our taxi back to the airport, we couldn't imagine staying anywhere other than Club La Santa. For me, at least part of this is avoiding the oi oi saveloy Brits on tour kiss me quick phenomenon. In our sun creaming break, I remember looking up at a terrace bar, at the fags and booze obliviousness, and being so glad that we aren't part of it. That's not to say I didn't enjoy some booze - but I think I got through about 4-5 pints of lager in the course of a week :-)

I digress. We arrived and found a hoard of yellow "crew" t-shirts (which will now be one of my favourite race shirts), and were assigned into the Cream Team, under the leadership of the redoubtable Wanda, who was asleep in the massage tent when we arrived at the marquee :-)

Our first job was to lug sun loungers a hundred yards across the beach, whilst Wanda tried to source more sun cream (the existing stock had been pinched whilst she was in the tent), and we got to know a few of our fellow volunteers. The Canadian lady next to me found it to be the least nerve-wracking way to support her ironhusband.

We barely had time for a quick briefing before the news spread that the first bikers were heading into T2. They would rack up, grab their run bag, and get changed in the tent. The more experienced creamers told us to stand back, as the pro's would probably not want anything. And then proceeded to go bouncing up and down the tent, telling everyone "I've just rubbed cream on Helmut Herr / Ivana Glassowater!!!".

You might gather from the last sentence that I know very little about the upper echelons of the triathlon world. And you'd be right. All the leaders came through, looking very toned and focused, but I didn't have a clue who they were. This isn't unique to triathlon if I'm honest. Aside from the household names, I don't know much about elite runners either. Their achievements are great, but my athletic heroes, and the ones I model myself on are the people I see every day on Fetch. And my job here is not to give an account of the race that might appeal to an elite athlete - but to explain what it feels like from the perspective of the rest of us.

For this reason, I got so much more out of the people further down the field. After about 10-15 athletes, the stream of competitors finally thickened up to the point where I got my first customer. All tentativeness is put to one side, and it's all you can do to focus on getting your gloved hand onto every bit of exposed flesh (and a quick rummage under the hemlines to make sure everything is covered). The leading men and ladies are all very firm! The men are slightly more bristly than I'd been led to believe though.

Before too long, the waiting turned into a continuous stream. The austere front runners also gave way to a bit more interaction - and I got into the habit of leading them through the creaming process - sit them down and do the neck whilst they fiddle with their socks; a fatherly smile as you do their ears, asking them if they have a hat; then shoulders, legs, and a Merv Hughes stripe for them to rub in. Over the day, my opening question became honed to "Are you having a good day?", taking it from there. More often than not, the question was a very definite yes, and offered a little insight into their journey so far. As the day progressed, I sat with more and more competitors, and just waited and listened, whilst they got themselves together for the final leg. There was nakedness, hugs, sign language, chaffing and pork pies. There was even a guy in a Fetch Buff who had never heard of the website. Good luck Stefan!

Aside from 90 or so minutes of sprint tri, the closest shared experience I can offer are a few marathons, which were quite hard enough. The thought of a few hours swimming in the sea, a quarter of a day on a bike, and THEN going out to run a marathon, is astounding. Moreso in heat, wind, or any of the other conditions normally associated with reality. There were around 2000 competitors, and around 1750 finishers - a way smaller event than any big city marathon (and yet somehow bigger) - numbers limited by the scale of the event, and the lack of oxygen at the top of Mount Crazy.

And yet, here I am, making a five year plan.



Thank you Ironman Lanzarote, Club La Santa and Sports Tours International for a fabulous week!
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Comments

  • We should all have a plan :)
    D25*xy4aXma5name!
    8:53pm, 23rd May 2016
  • Good job, "lack of oxygen at the top of Mount Crazy" made me smile. From being at the fast end, most of us are already slathered in P20, it lasts *ages*, although I have occasionally accepted the odd slap of suncream or two in T2, always welcome ;)

    Welcome to your 5-year plan!
    Oranj
    8:56pm, 23rd May 2016
  • Can relate to that: spend some time each year helping in T1&2 at IMUK and yes it goes from awesome to quite emotional as you work down the field
    Jubear
    8:59pm, 23rd May 2016
  • An awesome blog 😀
    merry minardi *hic*
    9:28pm, 23rd May 2016
  • The dark side.....
    LindsD
    9:34pm, 23rd May 2016
  • 5 year plan, hmmm. I may or may not have a 2020 plan. It has a ring to it. But not up Mount Crazy.
    Well done you two, that must have been a very fulfilling experience 😃
    jude
    10:14pm, 23rd May 2016
  • Nice plan.
    SherryB
    11:07pm, 23rd May 2016
  • Where did Stefan get the buff from?!
    Feleecy Navidad
    11:11pm, 23rd May 2016
  • Enjoy the journey;-)
    SharonD
    11:18pm, 23rd May 2016
  • sounds like quite an experience
    DingDocMerrily
    7:10am, 24th May 2016
  • Great blog :-) "couldn't imagine staying anywhere other than Club La Santa" you're not alone - I think the return rate was 70% last time I was there, with good reason. Enjoy implementing your five year plan :-)
    Helegant
    7:40am, 24th May 2016
  • Sounds like it was great fun. Enjoy your five year plan B-)
    Red Ant
    9:08am, 24th May 2016
  • Great blog. Love Stefan!
    TeeBee
    10:26am, 24th May 2016
  • I have a very similar 5 year plan. Race ya?
    I'm also missing my black fetch buff. Have you got Stefan's phone number?!
    flanker
    10:54am, 24th May 2016
  • Ooh, he's going all IronFetch! I love helping in all sorts of races. It's a great perspective on performance, effort and guts. :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    11:51am, 24th May 2016
  • Why would you wear a buff that is promoting or saying who know what?
    Nightjar
    12:31pm, 24th May 2016
  • ~sigh~ Suppose you'll want a double suite at the hotel? We can put you in Paul Burton's old digs until we build you a new one...
    GregP
    2:26pm, 24th May 2016
  • sounds great! out of interest, what was the sun cream of choice for the ironmanners?
    pbj
    5:17pm, 2nd Jun 2016


What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun

8:43pm, 20 May 2016
Ey up!

I am full of dinner and ice cream, and realised that I haven't updated my blog with our latest adventures.

Katie has been hanging around:



We found the second geocache, after setting a waypoint on Katie's watch:



This morning, we made our season's debut at the traditional morning gymnastics by the pool. As far as I'm aware, this routine is as old as the resort - with exactly the same soundtrack too. I have a real soft spot for the music and the routine now :-)

Straight after the gymnastics, lots of people go over to the stadium to meet up for the start of the morning run. And it's something that I have to gripe about, unfortunately - but I do think that with a few small changes, it could be much, much better. The session is led by four members of the 'Green Team', and they each lead a group - a 5k run, a 4k run, a 3k run, and a 2k walk. The problem occurs because each of these groups operate at a designated pace. We joined the 5k group, who run at 8 mins/mile. The team leader runs at this pace, and if you don't run at that pace, you get left behind (or have to run on ahead) - take it or leave it, there's no looking back or looping back.

The route for all the runs is pretty straightforward - it's a figure of eight around the lagoon that sits beside the hotel - so it's nigh on impossible to get lost.

Every other sport that we've encountered here has been wonderfully inclusive - tennis and squash lessons start with how to hold a racket; windsurfing starts on the shore; swimming starts with basic breast stroke technique; and the class instructors (Body Pump, Abs etc) go to great lengths to point out different options for different abilities. It's one of the things that makes Club La Santa so welcoming.

So what about running then? Both of us are comfortable running 5k, and whilst I can run one at 7mins/mile at the moment; and Katie is not far off being able to run one at 8mins/mile - it still represents a level beyond anything that either of us would call "social", and not exactly what I'd call "inclusive". Pertinently, the 4k and 3k runs also came past us, as we trotted around chatting at 9:30/mile - so even the lesser distance groups tend to ring fence their membership through pace.

In our opinion, it would be way more inclusive, and perhaps even easier to marshal, to set everyone off together, in a parkrun style, albeit without any timing system. A simple change that would encourage more participation, and inclusiveness. What do you say, Club La Santa? I must say though, parkrun could definitely improve too, by offering a fabulous and massive selection of breakfast choices straight after each run.

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Last night we watched the 'Parade of Nations' - which featured these fascinating ladies who played drums very loudly, and flung them around whilst doing so:



They led a troupe of participating athletes on a march around the hotel, finishing with a final blow out in the square. Aside from them, the highlight was seeing some of the athletes from the islands surrounding Lanzarote, who looked as though they were having the time of their lives :-)

I also took a run out to La Santa - the little fishing village near CLS. There are some nice-looking restaurants and bike cafes here, but I was taken by the rustic little fishing harbour:



Following my promise, I also tried Spanish Monster Munch.



Unfortunately they are poor cousins to the pickled onion taste sensation available in the UK. Think Pom Bears crossed with Walkers French Fries, and you get some idea of the lameness.

We also had some fun today with the TomTom Bandit (it's an action camera - think Go Pro, but then add in that warm fuzzy feeling you get when the people who make it return your emails). The lovely people at Starfish Communications have been kind enough to loan me one. It's waterproof up to 50 metres (with a special extra rubberised lens cap - matron), so we stuck it at the bottom of the swimming pool today whilst we swam up and down. Here's a screen shot from the video - I'll upload more of that when we get back to the UK, so you can all critique my stroke:



Finally, thanks for all your nice comments on the Garmin auto import thing. The problem was actually a result of the outage that we had on the site on Sunday morning (due to a hardware failure on the server). When the site is down, Garmin try again (24hrs later) to send across your files. This double-thickness load the following day was enough to make the alarm bells ring on the Fetch server ("aargh, another server is spamming us"), and shut its doors. So the upshot is that it was actually the Fetch server that caused the problem. Hopefully most of you are well on your way to getting all your missing runs - and I've got a list of "things to do to make sure that never happens again" for when I get back.

Right then. T'Mrs wants to read my blog, so I'll end here. Lazy breakfast tomorrow, then six hours of rubbing suncream / wintergreen / embrocation / linament into ironfolks (delete according to weather, or just choose your favourite sounding word).

TTFN
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Comments

  • Most disappointed in the Monster Munch but then they did look a bit wishy washy.
    Looking forward to seeing the swimming video. What a great piece of kit :-)
    Bintmcskint
    8:48pm, 20th May 2016
  • What the heck is happening to your feet in that last shot? [no need to upload the video, the critique has already started :) ]
    Oranj
    9:50pm, 20th May 2016
  • That's the monster munch pic.
    fetcheveryone
    9:52pm, 20th May 2016
  • I'm looking forward to tomrrow's blog. Have a fun day
    .B.
    9:54pm, 20th May 2016
  • CLS used to have a variety of morning runs at different paces, which were accessible to almost everyone. I miss that, especially now I'm way out of their league. I've spoken to them about this in the last few years with a view to creating options that are open to the more - ahem - 'mature' customer. I think it may need a bit more effort to achieve but I like the idea of a Parkrun style run.
    Helegant
    9:58pm, 20th May 2016
  • What are you doing with that leg? It's cocked like you're weeing up against a lamppost.
    RichHL
    10:02pm, 20th May 2016
  • On the basis of one picture, I'm already laughing at what you'll make of the vid :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:16pm, 20th May 2016
  • Was also worrying about leg.

    Wintergreen is my fave.
    LindsD
    11:27pm, 20th May 2016
  • Ah, I love morning gymnastics! Good idea about the parkrun, cls runs annoy me for their pacing.
    Weekatiepea
    8:31am, 21st May 2016
  • Embrocation is a good word.
    Cyclops
    3:08pm, 21st May 2016


Cream Me Up, Scotty

9:19pm, 18 May 2016
Since my last blog, we've had a nice mixture of lazy and busy, which have conspired to see me in bed before 9pm this evening. I generally ache.

On Tuesday, we did three classes:

Ultimate Abs - I filmed this, and will put the video up when I am back. But basically it's like torture for your stomach for a straight half an hour.

Stretch and Relax - a lullaby of stretching routines, and a nice chance to have a lie down in the sun whilst pretending it's cross training.

Body Pump - begins with "surely I haven't put enough weight on this bar", and ends with the sound of screaming muscles. Good music though.



Our exploration of the shop yielded a fantastic supplement section:



although I was more intrigued by these weird crisps pretending to be Monster Munch. I will investigate and report back:



This morning, we headed to one of the Olympic-sized swimming pools (there are three of them), to do our usual Wednesday morning 1km swim. The 50m version was a bit of a challenge - no wall to push off every 25m, and the walls at either end were like cliff faces, so you couldn't even grab onto the side to spring load yourself for the next length. And the wind was pretty strong too, making little waves, and seemingly making alternate lengths seem twice as hard. I was a good few minutes slower than normal, but I still enjoyed myself. We are booked in for some swim coaching on Sunday. Here's one of the pools:



After breakfast, we went to pick up our press passes for the Ironman, and also made the decision to volunteer - both of which mean we get t-shirts! Baggage drop? Water station? No, for six hours on Saturday, we'll be rubbing sun cream into iron people :-)

This afternoon, we took a wander to do some geocaching, which was almost disastrous, as my phone doesn't have a carrier out here, and the hotel wifi stops just short of where the caches are. But with a bit of luck, and some eagle eyes from Katie, we found one of the two.

Nice bits from home: FaceTime ukulele with my stepson; the news that The Boy has just got his black-white belt; and my sis (who once declared herself to be 'not built for running') signing up for the Cardiff Half.

If you've got a Garmin, and have not seen your runs and rides coming across since Monday... I am aware of it, and have contacted their developer support. I am confident that I've not changed anything at this end, because I was in the sky when it happened - but perhaps they have updated something at their end, and I've not been attentive enough to notice. I'm doing what I can to get it resolved. Thanks for being epic.

I'm going to sleep soon, in the hope that the DOMS won't be so bad in the morning :-)
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Comments

  • Fizz has an irritating habit of finding the cache whilst I'm wandering around looking at my Garmin GPS screen. Most annoying.
    Watford Wobble
    9:25pm, 18th May 2016
  • Those fake Monster Munch look more like ghosts :-)
    Sounds like you're having a brilliant time. I'm going to need pictures of the rubbing of the sun cream into the iron people.
    Bintmcskint
    9:30pm, 18th May 2016
  • LOL @ WW :-) (I do)
    Fizz :-)
    9:52pm, 18th May 2016
  • Looks amazing there. I'm going to do stretch and relax every day :-)
    .B.
    10:17pm, 18th May 2016
  • Ultimate abs :-o. Well, you'll probably be recovered in time for the suncreaming.
    Dvorak
    11:28pm, 18th May 2016
  • 3 x 50m pools. That must mean at least 3 x 1000m before you come home. How else will you write a balanced report?!
    Well cut along man, what are you waiting for..........
    Angus Clydesdale
    11:43pm, 18th May 2016
  • An interesting range of supplements there.
    Ness
    6:24am, 19th May 2016
  • looks great......wondering how i could sneak off to club La Santa
    DingDocMerrily
    7:06am, 19th May 2016
  • 50m pools seem horribly long...and are a nasty surprise when used to swimming in 25m pools.
    Garfield
    11:09am, 19th May 2016
  • Looks great. forget about the Garmin stuff - you're on holiday. Besides, I've got a TomTom now :-)
    Nightjar
    12:36pm, 19th May 2016
  • Look out for the Pirate Massive on Saturday :-)
    fraggle
    5:21pm, 19th May 2016
  • My garmin has been fine, all runs are here, so enjoy your holiday :-)
    flanker
    12:53am, 20th May 2016


Greetings from Club La Santa

1:04pm, 17 May 2016
Ey up!

We've been at CLS for 24 hours now, enough time to have some stuff to report :-) It's Ironman Lanzarote week, so we'll get to see loads of that - and it's clear to see that everyone and everything is gearing up to what should be an exciting day. The expo tents are going up, and I've been having fun trying to work out which of our fellow guests look like nervy ironfolks. I've only done a sprint tri - is there a metal associated with that? Leave me a comment with your suggestions :-) Copperman? Tinman? JohnInman?

Our journey began yesterday morning at 3am, for our drive to Stansted, and a 7am flight to Arrecife. The flight was a little bit delayed, but not until we'd got on the plane, so it felt like a long time in a tube - but I got plenty of reading done.

A €40 taxi ride later, and we arrived for our third visit in four years to this resort. I think it's safe to say that we like it here. Last year's building work continues - now tackling the old reception area - but it's not intrusive or noisy at all.

We're in one of the 'old' apartments that has been given a makeover - I've got no photos to hand, but I will be doing a vLog when I get back, so you'll get to see everything if you're interested. It's simple, but neatly done, and everything seems to be in good order, although we felt it was a bit strange to have to pay €14 for use of the in-room safe. The apartment is at the back of the hotel - I wondered what sort of view we'd get - but from our floor (3) we can see beautiful mountains and sea - and we have a nice secluded balcony. Here's the view:



There's also an interesting view down, peering onto the patios of other apartments - it's a bit like having your own dolls house, or like playing The Sims:



Knackered from our journey, we made it to the pool bar for some food (chicken burger for me, Spanish omelette for K) and a cheeky San Miguel. It was about all we could do after that to get some water and chocolate from the shop, and head back for a kip. The shop is nice with decent prices, and a great variety, and I found myself strangely impressed with these retro souvenir ashtrays :-)



After a kip it was time for another meal - so we headed to the restaurant, where we'd very kindly been given half board by our hosts. I had pasta, fish and some grilled duck, whilst Katie enjoyed lots of salad and paella.



We also booked ourselves into a bunch of classes, including Ab Attack, Stretch and Relax, and Body Pump - all part of the package when you come here; and we enquired about personal swim coaching - although it's pretty busy for some reason - maybe all the iron folks have remembered that they need to be able to swim :-) Fingers crossed, we will be trying that out on Sunday, when all the ironfolks will be sleeping it off.

Early bed for us, but not the end of the proceedings for the day. At about 11pm I woke up with stomach pain, and spent a sweaty white-knuckled half hour getting rid of whatever it was that had disagreed with my innards. The bathroom floor was lovely and cool, and very clean upon close examination :-)

I did wonder about whether to mention it in my blog, because I'm sure it doesn't sound great. But I think it's more important for you to know about my actual experience, rather than some airbrushed version of it that sounds like an infomercial. It means that when I say something was good, which just about everything here IS, I genuinely mean it. And I think it says a lot about how I feel about the food, that I had no qualms about heading for (simple) breakfast this morning. The food has always been great here, and I've lost no confidence in it at all. And it's still in my stomach, which is even better news :-)

So this morning we skipped the 5k, and instead had a leisurely run together after breakfast - the wind is pretty strong at the moment, so the waves along the volcanic north beaches were fabulous. Katie has gone to a yoga class, and I'm reading my book under a parasol beneath a bright but overcast sky, preparing my abs for a pre-planned workout this time.
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Comments

  • Perhaps the triathlon series is not based on metal but on Marvel comic book characters. A sprint triathlon is perhaps a Spiderman and an Olympic distance a Thor or Wolverine.
    Silvershadow
    1:36pm, 17th May 2016
  • Or maybe household tasks? Washingupman? Hooverman?
    fetcheveryone
    1:38pm, 17th May 2016
  • That's a very weird downview. I'd think I'd be a bit self-conscious down there. A sprint tri might make you a ... Nickelman? Try-a-tri would be Magnesiuman. I did think of Zincman - but that would be someone who didn't swim very well.
    Dvorak
    2:07pm, 17th May 2016
  • I'd always assumed that ironmans are called ironmans because they are as hard as iron. A sprint tri is quick (or at least quicker) than other tri events so the name should be based on an "as quick as ..." simile. Greasedlightningman or Flashman or Weaselman?
    Waveydavey
    2:21pm, 17th May 2016
  • Dvorak- yes maybe it would feel a bit strange to be in the lower apartments. i was trying to work out how many of the apartments would be overlooked like that. Ours is 3 flights of stairs up (no lift option for the 2nd and 3rd section) which is fine for us and I'd prefer over being overlooked. However if you have a buggy or are not able to do stairs you would need to be lower.
    KatieB
    2:29pm, 17th May 2016
  • Have a great time :)
    Raptors claws are coming to town
    2:36pm, 17th May 2016
  • If there was a MaureenLipMan, you could get an ology. #oldschoolreference
    Hendo
    2:45pm, 17th May 2016
  • lol @ hendo
    D25*xy4aXma5name!
    3:23pm, 17th May 2016
  • Not sure I'd spend any time on those outdoor 'patios'...That doesn't constitute outside space to me. I'm intrigued to see how they are updating it.
    MH
    3:37pm, 17th May 2016
  • *takes notes* :-)
    .B.
    3:59pm, 17th May 2016
  • I'd do a John InMan but I'm probably never going to be fit enough for a Maureen LipMan.
    RichHL
    4:35pm, 17th May 2016
  • Do swimming ironmen go rusty?

    Have fun - sounds a bit energetic for a holiday!
    3FrenchMs
    5:20pm, 17th May 2016
  • Have a lovely time. :) x x
    Ness
    5:57pm, 17th May 2016
  • Its never anything but windy at la santa.
    LouLou
    6:41pm, 17th May 2016
  • Those inside/outside patios are a bit weird. How does it feel to be back in the North after your last luxury visit to the South?
    Helegant
    7:16pm, 17th May 2016
  • Helegant- no problem with being back over here as such, the accommodation is fine and I almost felt the luxury ones were a waste, for us anyway. I miss overlooking the lagoon and having afternoon sun more than anything. I do wonder if I'd miss the air con in high summer though.
    KatieB
    7:50pm, 17th May 2016
  • Some mates of mine are out their for the Ironman - well, she's doing the Ironman and he's riding his bike to the pub/bar from what I can make out on Facebook :-) Enjoy
    BaronessBL
    8:36pm, 17th May 2016
  • Surely a sprint tri should be Mercuryman
    Fragile Xmas Ornament
    7:36am, 18th May 2016
  • Enjoy and please shout at Maria, my chum doing the Ironman :) Hope your tum stays sound x
    oldbiddy
    9:35am, 18th May 2016
  • Those ashtrays look great - any other retro souvenirs on offer? (Straw donkey/odd looking bottle with alcohol in it?)
    Albert O Balsam
    12:38pm, 18th May 2016
  • straw donkeys yeah , I wondered who won the la santa trip in the advent calendar ;) have a great time both
    wildebeast
    1:12pm, 18th May 2016
  • I've just founds myself looking at flights to Lanza. You're a bad influence (can you get us mates rates?)
    flanker
    4:12pm, 18th May 2016


And a quick poll...

5:36pm, 9 May 2016
Are you a member of a running club?

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=5412
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Comments

  • Do you mean just affiliated clubs or are you including informal running groups in this?
    DoricQuine
    6:19pm, 9th May 2016
  • FERC all the way, toot toot :-)
    Seratonin
    8:15pm, 9th May 2016
  • Fetch, I saw your charter, and couple bits feedback (if I read it and understood correctly) : As an affiliated AC, I don't think we'd put up any charter or code other than our national body (Scottish Athletics) and our own individual club plans and rules. I don't think we'd recognise any other as having jurisdiction? If you're asking do we support the principles that you stated, then wholeheartedly "Yes" and try to implement them to best of our ability. But not sure we'd use a Fetch badge to attest to it? Just FYI. :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    11:21am, 10th May 2016
  • I'd agree with Mr G's comment re the charter. I don't think you'll get many clubs adopting them, although I'd hope that nearly all clubs already encompass the principles within their own charter/rules/whatever. Not sure where you are trying to go with the charter thing, other than getting some nice marketing exposure on club websites :-)
    flanker
    11:55am, 10th May 2016
  • Me? Market the site? :-O
    fetcheveryone
    11:57am, 10th May 2016
  • perish the thought.
    flanker
    12:56pm, 10th May 2016


Club Charter

4:19pm, 9 May 2016
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Comments

  • I like it. I've just updated my school's parent council constitution. It's not so snappy :(
    katypie
    4:31pm, 9th May 2016
  • Hi, whilst they are all good goals, number 1 is hard to achieve in a small club. We have a small club (
    chunkyblizzard
    4:57pm, 9th May 2016
  • less than 100 runners, with 20-30 on a club night) and whilst everyone is welcome, our club at the moment isn't suitable for all. we run 10K on a club night. I know that is too far for many but at this moment we don't have anyone who wants to lead a couch to 5K or beginners group. We had in the past had people join us at the mid-point of the run, which kind of works, and I'm a great advocate of parkrun which we recommend for people to get up to speed. We also recommend other local clubs who do have beginners group. So, in short, I'd love to meet your 8 goals, but we can't at the moment. I'd be interested in hearing how other small clubs cope with the wide variance in potential members speeds and distances.
    chunkyblizzard
    5:06pm, 9th May 2016
  • CW - I've run with your club a couple of times before now, in a previous life, when I was working away from home in Berkshire. They seemed like a nice bunch at the time. I take your point - it's not always easy. But some creative route planning (coupled with the occasional loop back or lap) can help - and I think so long as there's some consideration made, it's all anyone can really ask for. I will see if I can tweak the wording a bit.
    fetcheveryone
    5:10pm, 9th May 2016
  • If you come again, let me know! We do try and think about these think and would really like to do better so we are open to ideas. We operate a loop back at half way to pick up the back markers and keep the group together and also we have added loops for the speedies so they can run 12K instead of 10K for example. If you vary the route, or provide short-cuts you need someone to run with new members so they don't get lost - we have a buddy system in operation but not everyone wants to reduce their run. We ask the committee members to help out but it really is difficult to cater for all speeds. We do think about this stuff, so I just wanted to highlight some of the challenges.
    chunkyblizzard
    5:27pm, 9th May 2016
  • "wearing stepping up"? Otherwise I like it. No cliques.
    Helegant
    5:39pm, 9th May 2016
  • I like it. There's a typo in the Open Source bit. Holds should be hold :)
    LindsD
    6:27pm, 9th May 2016
  • CW - I've looked at the Finch Coasters website a few times since they're local. I've always got the impression (not necessarily correctly) that, even though it says that all are welcome, if you can't hack the distances or keep up you wouldn't be made to feel welcome for long.

    If you are offering nothing to the beginner runner or those who are coming back from injury then it's far more likely that they will join one of the other clubs in the area that do.
    Molesy
    7:00am, 10th May 2016
  • The typo is in the newsletter :(
    LindsD
    7:17am, 10th May 2016
  • Both typos :(
    LindsD
    7:21am, 10th May 2016
  • Hi Molesy, thanks for the feedback. Whenever people enquire about the club we do let them know about the sessions and the range of abilities at the club and suggest they try us out for a few sessions to see if they fit in. If they feel it's not for them we suggest other clubs like Reading Roadrunners. It would be great to expand the depth of our membership and would love some more creative ideas to allow that.
    chunkyblizzard
    7:25am, 10th May 2016
  • But it's a circular argument. If you want to attract more members then people have to step up and run the C25K and beginner groups that will then feed into the main club sessions.
    Molesy
    8:25am, 10th May 2016
  • Exactly. 3 of our current committee started on C25K programmes with our club. We added almost 70 members last year due to our beginners groups which become self-supporting. I know that you have two very large clubs either side of you CW with RRR and us at Sandhurst, so there is competition. We run different activities every night for different levels, so there is always something for everyone each week and we work hard on helping people transition from one group to the next as they progress if that is what they want. TBH I see no issue with Finch being a club for faster/fitter runners only if that's what the club want to do.
    CStar
    9:11am, 10th May 2016
  • I ended up with RRR when I lived in Wokingham after trying FC and RRR. I wasn't fast enough and that was abundantly clear. It's a shame as I know a number of lovely FCs (who weren't on the outrun I did). Also RRR has the track and coaches to bring people on. It does depend what you want from your club, and providing something for everyone is time consuming. But I think new members are often going to be new runners rather than folks moving into the area, and if you want to grow then that's where you'd need to target.
    JustCommando!
    10:11am, 10th May 2016
  • All good feedback, thanks. I'm going to see if we have any interest from any current members of starting up a beginners group and see if anyone comes forward.
    chunkyblizzard
    10:38am, 10th May 2016


A poll about intervals

12:34pm, 4 May 2016
How often do you do them? And whilst I'm at it, what are your favourite sessions?

Poll:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=5398
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Comments

  • I do a track session once a week where the intervals are chosen for me. But when I do my own I like to do either cruise intervals: 4 x 5mins @ threshold/10K pace (Jack Daniels idea), or 10 x 400m/quarter miles (Roger Bannister's lunchtime workout!)
    chrisjhh
    12:57pm, 4th May 2016
  • I love them :) Weekly club sessions are very often interval based - I tend to do time rather than distance - and pyramid ones are good too.
    Autumnleaves
    1:38pm, 4th May 2016
  • Usually do them once a week at a club session, or otherwise a fartlek. Also try and do a hill session once a week to build up my stamina for a hilly half coming up - for this one, I do four sets of 5 mins continuous with a min recovery in between sets, up and down a moderate hill near home (which gets strangely less 'moderate' on each set ....)
    Schnecke
    3:49pm, 4th May 2016
  • Intervals are evil and should be outlawed.

    Fav sessions - anything other than intervals.
    Sushi
    3:55pm, 4th May 2016
  • ALL I do is ...intervals. Really. :-)
    Shark the Herald Angel
    6:57pm, 4th May 2016
  • We don't watch commercial television. Just the BBC :-)
    DuncanG
    9:53pm, 4th May 2016
  • [Stealthily disappears to google 'intervals' :-o ]
    decorum
    10:59pm, 4th May 2016
  • Not done any for years. And still maintain that for the average runner you'll get more benefit from race pace/tempo runs. If you're near the top of your potential they may give you those last few %, but for most of us there are far more beneficial sessions.
    flanker
    12:33am, 5th May 2016
  • TRACK SESSIONS ARE THE BEST!
    The Teaboy
    8:54am, 5th May 2016
  • Anyone who doubts the benefits of intervals should read "Today We Die A Little." The new biography of Emil Zátopek by Richard Askwith (Feet in the Clouds). All he did was intervals. He once famously said, "Why should I practice running slowly?" And he became the greatest runner of his time. Arguably, of all time!
    chrisjhh
    9:08am, 5th May 2016
  • Intervals? That sounds dangerously like part of something I once heard of called a 'structured training plan' or somesuch. Alien concept to me. Probably why I'm less quick than I could be but still having more fun getting quicker.
    CumbriAndy
    12:48pm, 5th May 2016
  • I do them as part of a structured training program if I have a race due but probably don't do them often enough
    Spally
    4:37pm, 8th May 2016


More owls!

8:33pm, 3 May 2016
A few weeks ago, my mam gave me ten owls that she crocheted to raise money for her local cancer care charity. I asked for £4 each for them, but thanks to you lovely Fetchies, I was able to give her £65 :-)

My lovely sweet creative mam has given me another seven, and said that if I don't shift them by the weekend, she'll break my legs* :-0 First come, first served, shout out which one you'd like :-)



*she didn't say that. But I could see it in her eyes**

**I couldn't :-)
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Comments

  • Can I have one please :-) I like the red ribbon one.
    Watford Wobble
    8:36pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Could I have the purple one please? :-) I couldn't bear the thought of Katie having to push you round in a wheelchair while your legs mend ;-)
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    8:42pm, 3rd May 2016
  • I missed out last time so would love one and don't have any preference at all :)
    Corrah
    9:06pm, 3rd May 2016
  • I would love one. Don't mind which. :-)
    quimby
    9:39pm, 3rd May 2016
  • If she were to make any more, a red and white one would be snapped up quickly without need for a blog... ;)
    Gooner
    9:41pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Green and purple with green wings if it's still available please.
    Pinks
    10:13pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Can I have the green and blue one with green wings please?
    jennywren
    10:17pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Missed again by the look of it
    Santa Badgey
    10:34pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Oh no, missed out :(
    Carpathius
    11:38pm, 3rd May 2016
  • Can she do some in Leicester kit. I expect Gooner would try to buy all of them.
    flanker
    12:36am, 4th May 2016
  • I am also too slow but if there are any more going I'll have one.
    Irontubs
    10:12am, 4th May 2016
  • I do like the blue and orange ones (although one in red and yellow Fetch colours would also keep me happy) so would be happy to save any further threats to your legs if she happens to do any more.... ;-)
    BaronessBL
    10:29am, 4th May 2016
  • Could I be cheeky and ask if she could make me a black and yellow one - donation to charity obvs :-)
    fraggle
    10:47am, 4th May 2016
  • If she could do a blue and white one (for my Sheffield Wednesday mad son), I would be happy to go on a waiting list :-)
    Mince Pikelet
    11:44am, 4th May 2016
  • Ah, too slow, can I go on the wating list?!
    Weekatiepea
    12:00pm, 4th May 2016
  • Missed it again - too slow :-( If any more were to be created, I would love to have one - don't mind what colours. If there's a waiting list, can I please go on it?
    Schnecke
    3:46pm, 4th May 2016


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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
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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
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3-2-1
September (8)
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Garmin Connect API
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Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
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August (7)
Book club and Harriers
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Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
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Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[Untitled]
Vorsprung Durch Lego Technic
How do I liberate my boy from his XBox?
Questions?
Life in the Woods
Lazy
MovesMissed
Intervals with a TomTom
Electioneering
[Untitled]
Tree fluff
More camping
Zen and Camping
Not eaten by bears
Bear food
Camping List
Camping Venn Diagrams
Floppy dog
Routes but not Rathbone
Illustrator wanted
Masking
Highlights
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
Silverstone 10k :-)
Quick one
[Untitled]
Superhuman snooker
Dogturdflagman
Numbers!
Whittlin'
Chapter 1
April (29)
King Bin
Quiet day on Feedback Mountain
Listing
42
Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.
A day in Wales
[Untitled]
Spanner
The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook
Falling asleep in my dinner
Egg
Sofathon
God gave rock and roll to you.
Sugar Mule
Not bad, consid'rin.
Tinkering
Can U Dig It?
A weekend in Wales
Looking forward to Oliver!
Thank you, and more App talk
RIP Nan
Blah
Appy
Pyjamas at both ends.
Thump. Saturday has started.
Sore tum :-/
Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom
TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event
Am I pregnant?
March (31)
Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes
Sandy 10
#bedfordhappy
Me on YouTube
New graphs live
Follow the dot
Only the best for the Captain's table
Mrs Diahann Wagner is GOING HORNY
Sport Relief Win
Hot dogs, quick blogs
Toton Sidings
A sign!
Owen Farrell visualisation technique
Kebabs!
Booster fails to ignite
Myton Rugby Run (5 Miler)
Rugby before rugby
Sweetcorn antidote
Custard factory
Pooped
I did some intervals :-)
Speed work?
Many things
A bit cabbagey here.
Angry Wasp
Minty
Rainbow's End
Core Dump
Bath Half (in detail)
A quick overview
Down to business in Bath
February (28)
Made it to Bath
Unexpected hugs
Slider
I like to go a-wandering
Spring cleaning
Tongue-lolling
Because We're Worth It
I don't know what!
Thanks Jim
Enough now
Clearing the pipes
Crouch, Touch, Pause...
Medication, that's what you need.
Symptom Tour
Hello FBI
Dazed day
Why I'm an optimist
Mobius birds
Snotty knuckles
In this house...
Retch Everyone
Carrots
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Ultrahalfmarathoner
Angry Birds
Belching
Clarkson averse
Good day :-)
January (31)
*bunting* *cake*
Bigger Boys
Zombies!
Pretending to be Saga Norén
Waiting for the AA
Ship shape
Readthrough
Technology takes you further
Love Garden
Cushions
High Heel Striker
Bit of a rubbish one
Ta
Hot Re-fills
Coding Grinch
An august prediction
Some Running Goals for Q1
Wipe-clean dog
Breaking it down
Snakes and Ladders
Bigger Ponds
Drink Your Weak Lemon Drink
All in All
Panning the pancake
Does JK Rowling own a dog?
Back to the kitchen table
Steve Davis shoes
Pigs on a water slide
Sloshing
Protocol
19 books :-)
2013 (29)
December (3)
Oh...
Engine Management Light
Hannibal Vector
November (3)
Speed skating
Stew-pendous
Cool Hand Grandpa
October (3)
Bookish
Minecraft Cake
Random dump
September (2)
Blog by Email!
Catchup blah
August (3)
Big Green Caterpillar
Questions answered - final CLS blog
Last Days at Club La Santa
July (10)
A nice morning of swimming and tennis
Please Read: Questions for a sports coach
Snorkeltastic
Hitting the straps
First Impressions at Club La Santa
Mile High Blog
Clocking off
For the second week running...
Another Club La Santa catchup
The Floor In The Plan
June (3)
Club La Santa
Bulk Uploading, and win a book
FERC Charities 2011-2012
March (1)
Bath Weekend
January (1)
Meet Steve
2012 (39)
December (2)
Tired Now Boss
Bath - Week 14 + Foodbank
November (3)
White Level Reading
Bath - Week 15
Bath - Week 16
October (2)
Onwards!
C'mon Dave
July (1)
RIP Arnie
June (2)
Rub some bacon on it
18 weeks
May (9)
Techy not tetchy
Time for a techy blog
Time to walk the dog
Stevington 12k
Properly coldy
Still a bit coldy
New blog design live
A bit coldy
Blogs Redesign
April (2)
Easter
SERIOUSLY LORD FETCH, SORT IT OUT
March (8)
A long run up
Running Tick
Weekend
Sport Relief Mile
Back once again
Swimming sweetcorn and other vegetables
Joy Rides, Sticks and Medals
Training Tip
February (9)
And...
Katie, ICT, and some more MySQL
May The Ground Force Be With You
Functions
Well done Batman.
Optimisation Crossword
Snow Days
Gallery, and parkrun
Pleased
January (1)
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