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Serpents, hamstrings and inversions

12:42pm, 24 Nov 2017
I'm sending out a promo email on behalf of our lovely friends at Freedom Racing to tell folks about the Serpent Ultra races. If you fancy a nosey at their website, I'm sure they'd be very happy to see you :-)

Here's some starter info: fetcheveryone.com/eblasts/serpent/index.php

Hamstring update I've been doing my stretches (see further down blog), and have started my strengthening exercises too. Hamstring raises, three sets of five, four times a day. Lie on your back on the floor with your heels on the sofa / low thing. Stabilise your core, then lift your bum up into the air until you're doing a sort of plank. Control up, control down. When doing it with two legs is comfortable, try going up with two legs, then lifting one leg off the sofa, so that the other hamstring is doing all the work. Build up from there. No

When I first tried the single leg, my good leg managed pretty well, but when I tried asking my poorly hamstring to take the weight, it very quickly told me where to go. But 24hrs on now, and it's coping ok with the single leg raises.

Feeling optimistic :)

Training prototype news I've adjusted the graphs so that the heights of the columns (or the line, if that's your thing) are higher when you go faster. Let's see whether that flushes any of the "OK"ers or "Poor"ers out :-) Here's that poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=6179
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  • oh dear - I was hoping they wouldn't persuade you to do that! A bar chart having higher bars for longer times makes more sense to me! never mind, it's still awesome :)
    Rosehip
    1:10pm, 24th Nov 2017
  • Join in next time :-)
    fetcheveryone
    1:17pm, 24th Nov 2017
  • thats better
    DingDocMerrily
    3:57pm, 24th Nov 2017
  • I just did a very hilly run, I wonder if separate graphs for ascent and descent might make that side of the elevation part a little tidier, perhaps even a toggle as 1% elevation looks a bit granular....

    fetcheveryone.com/training/14402909
    Ocelot Spleens
    5:25pm, 24th Nov 2017
  • not overly worried though :-)
    Ocelot Spleens
    5:26pm, 24th Nov 2017


A special anniversary approaches...

7:08pm, 22 Nov 2017
Have a read. Say you'll do it :-)

fetcheveryone.com/cms-110
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Comments

  • OK, let's think. *How to reenact dropping a golden ring into a volcano.*
    McGoohan
    7:25pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • You've got this.
    fetcheveryone
    7:26pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • I'll give it a go.......
    BaronessBL
    7:48pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • I'll be Sam to McG's Frodo. Anyone got an eagle?
    Maclennane
    7:55pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • 9 1/2 weeks?
    LindsD
    8:07pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Carry on up the Khyber could cause problems.
    Ocelot Spleens
    8:53pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • One of my favourite films is Went the Day Well. I shall be Thora Hird shooting German invaders, shall I?
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    9:21pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • A Touch of Class?
    Helegant
    10:53pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Where can I order a gold chest, two dozen Nazi soldiers and some ghosts?

    Hmm, I'll have to think of something else.
    Valyrian Pipers Piping
    11:32pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • VP - you could just focus on the bit where they're tied to the lamp-post and trying not to look.
    fetcheveryone
    6:53am, 23rd Nov 2017
  • Sounds doable. If I can convince Mum to be Marion.
    Valyrian Pipers Piping
    8:20am, 23rd Nov 2017
  • I've been pondering and it just came to me :) That first step is a doozy from Groundhog Day.
    fleecy
    8:25am, 23rd Nov 2017
  • in the initial summary RED BARRING also put the total amount of altitude accumulated !!! it would be good
    ZORBAX65
    11:49am, 23rd Nov 2017
  • I just need four horses, assorted guns and rifles, the Grand Canyon or similar... and three friends. Damn, three friends - that's hard.
    Sharkie
    12:34pm, 23rd Nov 2017
  • VP's already got a head start of course as we have photographic evidence of him being Ryan Gosling's stunt double
    McGoohan
    12:51pm, 23rd Nov 2017
  • lol McG
    fleecy
    6:07pm, 23rd Nov 2017


Hamstring and prototype updates

1:49pm, 22 Nov 2017
Thanks to everyone who sent healing powers to my leg. After some icing yesterday, Katie did some treatment on it today. My hamstrings are not exactly flexible at the best of times, but I can't remember the last time I was off running with an injury - so I guess I'm pretty lucky. As well as some treatment, I've also got some stretches to do, and I invite you all to pester me relentlessly about the strengthening exercises that we'll be looking at tomorrow.

Hamstring stretches (legal disclaimer: Katie probably said something entirely different, and I've just changed them to suit my brain - so these recollections don't represent her professional advice):

1) Dynamic. Put bad leg up on chair, lean forward so tummy is on top of quads and wrap arms around the thigh. Rock back onto floor leg, and forward again, to feel the stretch in bad hamstring. 5-6 times, every hour, don't push the stretch into pain.

2). Static. Sit with tailbone on edge of lowered physio couch. Put bad leg out in front, knee straight, with foot relaxed. Good leg bent at the knee. Using good leg as a support, bend forward, keeping bad leg straight. Feel the stretch in bad hamstring, but don't push into pain. Hold for a bit, and if the stretch eases, gently try going a little further. Once every hour.

I'm feeling a bit better following some treatment, and hope I can get back running soon. We've not discussed that yet. *ulp*.

Back to the training log update... since my last blog I've been working on making the page look a bit nicer on mobile. The ideal thing for mobile-friendliness and developer sanity is that the *same* page works just as well on both big and small devices. Graphs, layouts and tables should compact down nicely. If you're on a desktop, you can see how it works by grabbing the side of your browser window and squishing down the width.

As in previous blogs, I'm looking for your comments on issues you've found, and your up-to-date feelings in the poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=6179

Current poll (excluding those with no opinion):

Awesome 46%
Good 38%
Ok 12%
Poor 4%
Awful 0% :-)

If you're anything less than Awesome, I want to know why :-)
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Comments

  • Oddly enough I was asking about hamstring stretches at Pilates yesterday. Not injured, just congenitally tight, or short, or something.
    sallykate
    2:04pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • You're lucky to have a handy physio couch, what do the rest of the hoi-poloi use! ;-)

    I finally had a look at the new log thing yesterday, on my laptop, and was a bit frustrated with the link where you go left to right and it goes round your route as they're not quite on the same page. Lots of paging up and down for me.
    alpenrose
    2:19pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • A chair I guess :-)

    What size is your screen AR?
    fetcheveryone
    2:27pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Er.... laptop size? I can't remember, but not one of those giant ones. I do have a full keyboard with a separate number block.
    alpenrose
    6:36pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Oh, I can see Pavilion g6, and it's an HP.
    alpenrose
    6:37pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Please, please, please respect the laps recorded on the watch in the splits section. Otherwise that section is wasted space for me.
    chunkywizard
    9:02pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • I'm looking at how I can develop that functionality. It's not a given, because the splits your watch records are not necessarily reproducable from the trace.
    fetcheveryone
    7:28am, 23rd Nov 2017
  • At the risk of repeating myself, +1 for marked laps. Also the more I look at the new log the more I am disliking the charts, bar or line. I want to see pace v time or pace v distance as we currently do. Sorry.
    StuH
    4:20pm, 23rd Nov 2017


Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements

4:11pm, 21 Nov 2017
Having spent a few days focusing on the christmas calendar, I wanted to get back to the training log prototype today. I've made a few bits of progress.

*When viewing a swim, a few of the graphs were broken. I've fixed these now. There's still a "strokes per length" graph marooned at the bottom of the page - but I reckon I can integrate this with the cadence graph at some point. Feels like the right place to put it.

*For bikers, the tooltips on the multi-coloured column graph now show mph/kph for everything, rather than mins/mile etc.

*The elevation profile - if your max and min are within about 10 metres of each other, your elevation profile no longer looks like you've eloped with the von Trapp family. This should have no impact on routes with proper hills ;-)

*If you plot a route to accompany your training entry, rather than importing it direct from the GPS, the map should now be working properly. Soz.

*The coloured line on the map is now a wee bit thinner.

*I've added the power graph in now, along with a corresponding power distribution graph.

*In case you missed it (and this isn't really relevant to this project), Zwift FIT files now import as Biking > Zwift, and don't count towards FP/Conq scores.

If you've not voted in the poll for the new training log yet, please do so -

and even if you have, feel free to update your score: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=6179

If you're anything other than an Awesome, and if you've not left a comment yet, please do so. I want to make this as good as possible - and if it's not floating your boat, I'm keen to know why. When I stop getting comments, I might have to resort to putting it live - that usually gets people's attention ;-)

In other news, I twanged my hamstring this morning, one mile into my run. Walked home swearing. Ice pack on right now. Hoping Katie's magic hands can cure me.
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Comments

  • sorry to hear about your leg
    mikep
    4:21pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • I really, really, really like the map and how each section is highlighted by the pace segments below, not so worried about the ascent, over a long hilly route it's pretty much information overload. One think I would like is that all the tabs are closed (except the map) as you open the log, and then you can have a peak, but that is possibly niche, but perhaps settable.

    I have always found the direction/pace thing a bit of an anomaly, the hills and slopes are where they are I can't change them where I live, and at our track the home straight goes directly into the prevailing wind!

    Borg, one man's borg is another's T200, very subjective, I don't know how you can use it.

    Basically good though, feels better to look at.
    Ocelot Spleens
    4:35pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • WS - if you remember to close them again, they'll remember for next time. And that's why I've shovelled the wind thing and the borg thing towards the bottom :-)
    fetcheveryone
    4:37pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • Hope your hamstring's okay.

    I'd prefer the cadence to be in spm and show values as (eg) 170spm, rather than an rpm figure which I'm not used to.

    I'd also like a vertical scale of bpm in the Heart Rate data.

    But - I can get both of these from the raw Garmin data, so it's not a big deal if it's not shown here. Just nice to haves.
    Sigh
    7:29pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • No. I'll take a look when I can.
    fetcheveryone
    8:16pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • Should be there now.
    fetcheveryone
    8:26pm, 21st Nov 2017
  • The pace graph with modifiable pace zones (red to blue) is my favourite graph overall and it is missing from the new view. Any reason you are dropping it?
    crjeanes
    12:25am, 22nd Nov 2017
  • It is currently in column form - click the rainbow to adjust your zones. I am thinking about offering the same as a line graph.
    fetcheveryone
    7:36am, 22nd Nov 2017
  • Would be nice to see stride length calc'd on there too actually - given that pace = cadence x stride length. Either in the table (though real estate is getting tight there) or as part of the cadence header as the average across the whole run.

    Elevation graphs are still waaay too dramatic with the scales being generated dynamically. If it was me (!) I'd have the elevation graph scales limited to, say, 0-250m, 0-500m, 0-750m etc. i.e. allow some dynamism so that Norfolk based runners don't always see one very flat line at the bottom of a scale which allows for Himalayan efforts, but also doesn't over-state things for people in more "normal" areas where one day a run might be pan flat, but the other have a 100m hill in it for example - those two runs really should have the same scale (IMHO!)

    HR beats per mile average is too dull a graph to be meaningful I think - tieing that (as in the current display) to the chunks displayed in the main data table would work much better (and I still think that same logic should apply to cadence and HR bpm graphs too, but appreciate that that is a personal preference thing!)

    I'd also locate the Notes below the map and the main data table as most of the time it is showing nothing more than a text presentation of the interesting stuff below it.

    Nearly "awesome" ;-)
    larkim
    9:52am, 22nd Nov 2017
  • @larkim:

    *stride length is one I'd thought about including somewhere. I've put it in my list of things to think about.

    *I've tried enforcing a larger max-min on the elevation graphs before - but for every person that's happy, there's another person who says that I've squashed their hills. I'd hoped that including the range data and the grade distribution would be sufficient to help people understand what they're seeing.

    *HR beats/mile - I was considering adding in a second line showing some sort of rolling average. Individual readings are too spiky to be friendly, IMO.

    *Notes is above the map not below, because I wanted to put as little as I could between the map and the graphs. Hovering/touching the graphs triggers stuff on the map, so even having a closed notes bar between the two would make it a little harder to keep everything in view. Although you might not amend it, for some folks it gets used a heck of a lot - often representing everything the user needs to know about how that run went.
    fetcheveryone
    10:04am, 22nd Nov 2017
  • I'm fairly liking it. But having logged a walk - everything is grey, as I can only set my slowest pace to 9:19 kph (it uses the running pace sliders, apparently). In the old version the slow paces would confuse it and the boxes would be zero, but could then be set to whatever I want. Another set of sliders for cross training would fix the problem (although I realise it would be irrelevant for many forms of xt). I also liked the line graph for pace and would like to have it back.

    Hope the leg is better today.
    Dvorak
    12:12pm, 22nd Nov 2017
  • *HR beats/mile - I agree that individual readings are too spiky - but isn't that exactly what the revised graph is actually showing at the moment (one of the graphs I'd personally prefer to be smoothable as it currently is on the existing logs)

    Other points fair enough!

    +1 for those asking about your leg and hoping for a swift restoration!
    larkim
    1:12pm, 22nd Nov 2017


Red Venom sale

11:08am, 20 Nov 2017
Our lovely friends at Red Venom have supported our Member of the Month award for the last few years - so when they asked if I would share the link to their Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Oooh-go-on-then Sunday sale, I said yes of course.

So here it is: redvenom.co.uk - go take a look at their offerings :-)

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  • What is Black Friday?
    Ocelot Spleens
    2:01pm, 20th Nov 2017
  • Site seems to be done...
    SPR
    10:27pm, 20th Nov 2017


For what it's worth...

8:58am, 20 Nov 2017
it's the weekly vLog - setting a new record for hurriedness and a lack of professionalism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Fy97Dx6M8
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Training Log Prototype - Update #2

4:33pm, 15 Nov 2017
Recap of this afternoon's updates following feedback on earlier blog:

1) Split columns now show pace rather than time. More useful to see your mile pace for a quarter mile split than your quarter mile pace, huh? Makes sense.

2) Dropdown box added alongside magnifying glasses, to give you some quick options for generating the splits.

To get an idea of where we are with things, I've done a poll - vote here:

fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=6179
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Comments

  • Love it! Apologies if this has already been asked; were you going to add in a feature to insert photos from the gallery somewhere? Thought I read that in the earlier development plans, but may have imagined it.
    Sigh
    7:54pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Not sure the splits are working as they should when you use Kms. My intervals this evening show 100m splits! I used manual laps for the session so I’d just like to see the marked laps here.
    chunkywizard
    9:57pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Liking it all, especially Open Street Map and all the colours. Can the splits drop down under the map include common metric values too? Not sure why I would want to split by .0625 miles or 10 miles? Perhaps the overall stats could then change to the same units? Could this be remembered for each run so if I share it on FB it keeps the same units and splits?
    Nightjar
    10:39pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • +1 for switching between marked laps and splits.
    StuH
    7:52am, 16th Nov 2017
  • The elevation graph is still a bit over exaggerated! I ran laps of a football field with an elevation range of 2m yet my graph looks like the Himalayas and the grade is given as only 23% flat. It was most definitely all flat.
    I love the colours on it though.
    Personal preference, but I liked my pace graph as a wiggly line rather than a bar chart. Am I just missing a toggle?
    cackleberry
    10:45am, 16th Nov 2017
  • Actually I think I prefer the line graph (with variable smoothing) as well. In the early photoshop mock-ups, wasn't that laid over the top of the bar chart?
    StuH
    11:02am, 16th Nov 2017
  • The running & cycling views are great - I think the swim one needs a bit more work the graph at the top of the screen has limited information - Good work though Fetch :)
    Richard-M
    9:14am, 17th Nov 2017
  • Yep, the swimming stuff still needs to be integrated.
    fetcheveryone
    9:26am, 17th Nov 2017
  • +1 for reducing exaggeration of elevation in the graph - i.e. maintain some proportionality between runs while still scaling to a certain extent relative to min/max elevation over the run.
    DW
    11:28pm, 17th Nov 2017
  • Hi Fetch, I noticed, Pace by heart rate doesn’t adhere to the choice of Kms (it still shows in miles). Also 200m splits on a parkrun just isn’t right. Please go back to 1km splits please.
    chunkywizard
    11:13am, 18th Nov 2017
  • Carolyn - you can also use the left and right arrow keys I think, once you've highlighted the slider you want to change.
    fetcheveryone
    10:11am, 20th Nov 2017
  • All very nice except...why is my cadence half that reported on other running sites?
    mikep
    4:14pm, 20th Nov 2017
  • I have to say that the new format really comes into its own if you're doing a run with quite a bit of variable pace, those fast and slow bits stand out on the coloured thread (my fartlek session from tonight, for instance: fetcheveryone.com/t-14637545 ).

    I notice though, and I think Chunkywizard might've highlighted this before, that the splits on the graph are all kinds of wrong for us using those new-fangled kilometres: fetcheveryone.com/gallery-showphoto.php?id=93839
    Oranj
    7:29pm, 6th Feb 2018


Training Log Prototype - Update

12:14pm, 15 Nov 2017
I've been plodding through some updates to the prototype:

1) the toggles on the left of the map (for switching to OSM, gridlines, and FP markers) now have little tooltips when your mouse is over them

2) the 'colour sliders' that allow you to set your pace thresholds now respect people who have chosen kilometres

3) the colours on the 'grade distribution' graph (to the right of the elevation profile) now match up with the colours in the elevation profile.

4) the splits table now does a better job of supporting those who view in kilometres

5) issues with traffic lights in FP markers not showing correct ownership has been fixed

6) messy text overlay on HR graph has been moved into summary bar. Pretty.

7) when you choose 'BPM' to see the distribution of your heart rate, the x-axis labels are now more readable.

8) the default when you first view a training entry is to show approximately 25 split columns. This hopefully offers a good balance, and gives a better view of an interval session (but I am not stopping there - I know it's a bit sub-standard for runs where your pace is not consistent).

9) the summary bar now has average speed in mph for biking instead of mins/mile, and time per 100m for swimming.

I still have a big old list of things to look at, so this is by no means the finished article (not least because it looks like a pig's backside on mobile). But please take a look, and leave your views, comments, bugs and confusions below, even if it's something you've said before. If you're reporting something that doesn't look right, please include a URL so that I can see what you're looking at.
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Comments

  • I prefer the new log to the old one, so please keep going Mr Fetch :-)
    Adorescience
    12:28pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Yes, I’m liking the new one too. Thanks for your hard work.
    Eynsham Red
    1:15pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Not convinced by the default splitting of the graph into 25 chunks to be honest. Personally I'd strongly want to have the first view as bog standard mile or km splits (depending on user preference - though those who use kms should be shot of course). And then have some control over the magnifying glass so that instead of having to cycle through each subset of the distances, they can be picked out specifically. I know that if I want I can amend the URL to give me a "chunk" I like to see (so for example, though I do like to view in miles, for longer runs such as a marathon it can be useful to think about 5km splits - I can't toggle to that view using the magnifying glass button, I have to extend the URL to split by 5000). Maybe I was just overly keen on the old "split breaker tool" but I thought that functionality was one of the best things about the current logs, and I'll be sorry to see that go and replaced with a less effective alternative, much as I do positively like the aesthetics of the new log.
    larkim
    1:24pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • I'm still struggling a bit with the split columns, compared to the old Pace Graph. So now the distance of the run is split into approx 25 ( have you changed this, mine showing 35 ?? ) and it shows the time for each 1/25th above the column. That time is pretty meaningless to me ( unless my run was 25, or is it 35, miles long ;-)) - telling me I've taken 2:17 to run 1/25th of my 7 mile run is just too complex for my brain to work out what that means. Can you not show pace rather than time taken ? Then to get it reasonably meaningful, need to zoom in and create more columns, then there's not enough width above the column to show the pace or time, so would be better to have the number on the y-axis, with the dotted lines across, just like the current Pace Graph. Sorry, not trying to be negative but just feel this is a backward step when the current Graph tells me evrything I want to know instantly
    Thanks for fixing the HR x-axis for BPM
    K5 Gus
    1:27pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • I've amended the split columns - instead of showing (a) the time taken for that split or (b) the distance travelled in that split; they now show the mins/mile pace for that split in both cases. Very good point.
    fetcheveryone
    2:06pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • I prefer cycling and at a glance I LOVE the new 'grade' thingy for hills showing how steep and for how long, and also I LOVE seeing the moving time, and the greyed out stationary time. I like the splits section much better, although this could be a big section for longer rides.
    megster
    2:23pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • @megster - thank you. The page will automatically adjust the default split sizes based on the length of the activity. So a 100 mile ride might be broken down into 5 or 10 mile chunks, for example; whereas a 3 mile run might be shown in quarter mile chunks.

    @K5 Gus - see the amended columns, now with mins/mile pace.

    @larkim - I've added a dropdown box alongside the magnifying glasses that should give you a quicker way to get to the level of detail you'd like, and it contains some nice round numbers.

    @Eynsham Red - :-)

    @Adorescience - :-)
    fetcheveryone
    2:35pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • That's a lot better having pace above the columns - thanks. Don't see the drop down beside the magnifying glass yet, maybe I've still got an old version cached - will check later.
    Has the beats per mile orange line on the HR graph been smoothed compared to the old one ? eg on todays run on the live version I can see the bpm line go up as I ran up a hill, at just over 3 miles, then drop again, then rises again in last 2 or 3 miles, but on new version it's more or less flat throughout the whole run. Think maybe the scale on the y-axis for bpm is not right ?
    K5 Gus
    3:03pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • My bad - I'd not set it properly live.

    The beats/mile is an overall average for the run. I was envisaging it showing a gradual increase, as fatigue and dehydration sets in. But let me look at your hilly run and have a think.
    fetcheveryone
    3:06pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Ahh, hadn't realised it was now showing overall average, rather than instant. As we are losing the split breaker that would mean we would have now feedback on how the bpm varied throught the run, I look at the mile splits in the split breaker at the moment to see that.
    Got the drop down now thanks - would it be possible to include all the options that are in the current split breaker, ie a mixture of miles and kms ? Although I work in miles, for a 5k or 10k race I'll often analyse my splits afterwards in kms
    K5 Gus
    3:23pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Thumbs up for the drop down! Makes toggling through much easier. I can change the URL to /km/0.5 or /km/5 to get km splits if I want to dive into the new fangled metric stuff too (I can understand limiting the drop down to metric or imperial as otherwise it gets too long I presume).
    larkim
    3:25pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • @K5Gus - actually you can see the beats/mile stats in the tooltip for each column, and also in the splits table (let me know if it's not visible). Assuming you meant beats/mile rather than beats/minute :-) I can probably throw in a few common metric splits.
    fetcheveryone
    3:29pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • @larkim :-)
    fetcheveryone
    3:29pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Ahh yes, tooltips gives me that - sorry
    And yes can change the url for kms ( although may not be obvious for newbies or those that don't read the blog ). Tiny point - the url has "miles" plural but "km" single. Not sure if that was deliberate or not - confused me for a bit when "kms" wouldn't work ;-)
    K5 Gus
    3:45pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Not sure I'm interpreting it properly but switching the split columns between time and distance seem to switch the x-axis, ie. a short bar is slow on one view but fast on the other.
    Personally, I'd like to lose the white space between the columns, Also I think the coloured trace on the map would look better if it was disconnected from the columns split, i.e. showed a more detailed variation in pace.
    Where can we change the HR thresholds?
    The elevation/grade graph is great.
    p.s. I think km is plural or single.
    StuH
    5:07pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • Couple of things for us cyclists...
    Can it please default to speed and average/overall speed please. min/mile is a bit chocolate teapot like.
    Also HR/pace - largely irrelevant as fastest paces will be downhill and likely to have a lowish HR on an average ride
    The testers may like it, but it would be nice to toggle perhaps to something different like HR/Gradient
    eL Bee!
    7:21pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • @eL Bee - which bit to default to speed and average/overall speed? It already shows mph in the header. There's a lot of stuff on the page :-)
    fetcheveryone
    7:23pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • (That said, I have just adjusted the split graph to show mph, and have made a note to go through the page and convert all the cycling to mph/kmph)
    fetcheveryone
    7:36pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • (pops to have a look)
    eL Bee!
    7:44pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • On the splits graph it would make more visual sense for the slower speeds to be small and the faster ones large, and the overall pace line is still in min/mile. So it drops when your overall average speed increases
    eL Bee!
    7:49pm, 15th Nov 2017
  • The way the split graph displays at the moment, however, means it almost mimics an elevation graph 😂
    eL Bee!
    7:54pm, 15th Nov 2017


Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt

2:13pm, 14 Nov 2017
The votes have started coming in from people saying "I want a Big Fetch Mile near me" :-) Looks like Glasgow is edging out Edinburgh, and Leeds is leading Sheffield. Surprisingly few votes in from Oxford (the Iffley track is £190 for two hours btw - that's more expensive by far than any track we've hired so far this year). In case you haven't staked your claim yet, you can do so here: fetcheveryone.com/bigfetchmile

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Comments

  • Shame about the lack of votes for Oxford and the price of hiring Iffley Rd. I know that it’s my local track, but despite that, it would be pretty special to do a mile on such an iconic track.
    Eynsham Red
    3:18pm, 14th Nov 2017
  • I suppose Iffley Rd knows it can charge that sort of money because of its place in Mile history :-(
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    5:59pm, 14th Nov 2017
  • And Cardiff over Tenby by the looks of Wales 🙂
    *Anj*
    6:02pm, 14th Nov 2017


RT for a Garmin

3:24pm, 13 Nov 2017
Let's see if we can persuade Garmin to put forward a GPS for our Festive Fetch Calendar. Here's my tweet - RT it to show Garmin we're worth connecting with:

twitter.com
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Comments

  • done
    mulbs
    3:40pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • done 2!
    3FrenchMs
    3:46pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Showing my age - read this as "Radio Times for a Garmin" - which made no sense either :-(
    Sigh
    3:57pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • As a previous winner, consider it re-tweeted :-)
    bigleggy
    4:01pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • good idea
    DingDocMerrily
    4:04pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Thanks Doc - you can take all the credit for it :-)
    fetcheveryone
    4:22pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • done. That's my first tweet in about 10 years!
    chunkywizard
    4:47pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done!
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    4:53pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done.
    pedroscalls
    5:01pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done ( a couple of hours ago - saw your tweet) - also my first tweet for a few years...
    Helegant
    5:10pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done, Ta
    Zehnderboy
    5:17pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Unfortunately I don't tweet but good luck
    Merry Lip Gloss
    5:55pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done.
    RichHL
    6:09pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done ✅
    Ness
    7:47pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done :-)
    In the deep midWinniefree
    8:12pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done :-)
    Pothunter
    9:01pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Done even though I cba with Twitter
    Serendippily
    9:24pm, 13th Nov 2017


Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed

2:57pm, 13 Nov 2017
Here's a list of the stuff I've scrabbled together from the comments in the blog. If I've missed you out, please feel free to pipe up again - it's not personal. Feel free to add more stuff. It's all been really useful - I'll start chiseling away / thinking about this lot.

#when it's a route not a trace, it all goes to sh*t.
#map not showing when logged out. Permissions? (Sigh (Simon Clarke))
#Can't close Fetchpoint icon popups (flanker)
#No circle around Fetchpoint markers (Oranj)
#Clicking on time icon produced blank (FDNB)
#HR graph - x-axis not readable for BPM setting
#move text overlay from HR graph into black bar
#respecting / changing HR zones
#HR graph - ordering on distribution graph (larkim)
#notes takes up too much space?
#graphs are 'jaggy' - larkim
#K5 Gus - out-and-back question (polyline drawn in order?)
#K5 Gus - prefers notes alongside map
#Predictions - update distances for swimming. Include standard tri distances (20k,40k, 56M 112M) (Sweetie)
#Summary bar to have average speed for biking (Sweetie)
#traffic lights showing red
#moving map doesn't redraw Fetchpoint markers
#is max speed available in splits data? (Zehnderboy)
#elevation graph - too busy for flat routes
#(Oranj) - reorder sliders, fastest at top?
#lag when using magnifying glass (larkim)
#interval session not highlighting efforts (AL and LD)
#average grade (Zehnderboy)
#partial split pace is wrong in tooltip 14352719
#explain orange line (Zehnderboy)
#cadence just showing one leg (Zehnderboy)
#pace sliders don't work on iPad
#pace by heart rate graph not unit-sensitive
#cycling zones to be in mph/kmph not mins/mile
#expand/collapse arrows to change to indicate status
#colour for cadence graph?
#more zones for HR? Five?
#remember map preference
#explore other OSM tile options
#include route name where attributed

Done
===
#Mouseovers for toggles on map (flanker) DONE (and for rainbow, magnifiers)
#colour sliders to respect kilometres DONE
#colours on grade distribution not matching graph DONE
#FergusG - splits table not showing km DONE
#(Oranj) -route is grey despite sliders being correct? (kms?) DONE
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Comments

  • A little bit wary of adding more to your list ...
    But did you see/miss or already covered my notes from Saturday?
    Just seen an odd case on the new training log. See my activity 14364027.
    I pressed start on my Garmin - which normally triggers sat finding. This time it went straight to time, so I stopped it, finished getting ready, then atually started about 5 mins later.
    The old style split shows only the running time, the new split histogram shows total elapsed time whereas the split summary shows 5 mins less.
    Also - I think in miles - so I'd like all miles ... is the measurement able to be selected by user?

    And thanks - like the new map, although lines are a bit thick and out and back on the same route covers up the out bit.

    Also - new - any chance of total time by pace zone, not just the mile split? (or is it there & I haven't seen it?)

    Thanks again
    um
    3:10pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • There's the TomTom import not remembering that it's imported in Fetch too *ducks in case Fetch throws something at me*
    mulbs
    3:42pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Just looked at the prototype version for my run this morning and I like it, a lot :)
    Steve72
    8:54am, 15th Nov 2017


fetcheveryone.com/amazon

2:07pm, 13 Nov 2017
To make it easier to remember/find our Amazon link (which is in the footer of every page), you can just go to fetcheveryone.com/amazon - and it should take you there. Follow our link and we get a small commission on everything you buy. You're awesome :-)

Here's a clicky version:

fetcheveryone.com/amazon
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Comments

  • just Christmas shopped on your link *takes bow*
    mulbs
    2:19pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Nice :-)
    fetcheveryone
    2:19pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • thanks
    DingDocMerrily
    2:46pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Nice and Easy :)
    NDWDave
    6:52pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • I used it at the weekend, only a small thing but every little helps.
    alpenrose
    7:48pm, 13th Nov 2017


The Weekly vLog (by me)

1:18pm, 12 Nov 2017
https://youtu.be/miuGewTxdEc
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Comments

  • The periodic table is up there with the LT Underground map for superbly simple communication. Watch those tootsies!
    swittle
    1:26pm, 12th Nov 2017
  • Loving the forward slash hand signals :)
    Autumnleaves
    2:14pm, 12th Nov 2017
  • loving the prototype training page, the ability to switch back and forth from fetchpoint map is especially awesome
    DingDocMerrily
    2:47pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Great running!
    chunkywizard
    4:51pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • by the way, did you know that commenting on a blog stops the video running? Don't know if there is a way around that.
    chunkywizard
    4:54pm, 13th Nov 2017
  • Liking the colours on the map, gives so much more feedback on my run.
    damo_HAC
    7:17pm, 16th Nov 2017


Thanks :-)

10:57am, 10 Nov 2017
I've got a list of 29 different issues to look at, thanks to all your feedback on the new training log prototype. Thank you! I've added a "Last update" timestamp on the link that lives on the existing view - so that you can keep an eye out for new changes. I'll also blog the details here. Keep the comments coming.

It's been a good week for my running :-)

On Tuesday, I did my five mile threshold run. I've sort of tricked myself into doing these - I started doing progressive runs back at the end of August - just trying to make each mile a little faster than the last - starting fairly gently at about 9mm, and getting some sub-8 miles towards the end. Then I started making the earlier miles a bit faster too, and now I'm doing the whole run at sub-8, and averaged 7:42 for Tuesday's run. *blows own trumpet* fetcheveryone.com/training/14350901

On Thursday morning it was time for my new 'longest run since London 2015', having managed to set the record the previous week with a 14 miler. I ran the first 8 with Katie, which was a lot of help, and then set off on my own. I was hoping for a 15, and struggled a bit at about 10 miles when I realised the loop I'd planned would need me to go a bit further than 15 - but once I'd done the windy bit, and was pointed back in the direction of home, I felt like I got into some kind of zone. Playlist included Supergrass (first half of I Should Coco), some early Manics (Generation Terrorists), a few episodes of The Archers (come on Lilian, work it out ffs), and a bit of Skrillex to get me over the finish line. I'm pretty pleased that I've thus far managed to keep hold of the pace and even increase it towards the end of the run - and I'm hoping this bodes well. fetcheveryone.com/training/14358344

Long / hard runs are a bit of a digestion challenge for me. If I get home and start mainlining toast, or anything in fact, my stomach just goes NO. None shall pass. This typically results in about eight hours of cramping uncomfortable horrible pain during which I am no good to anyone. I think it's down to dehydration, but I will happily run for two hours in this weather without feeling remotely thirsty. Luckily, I've got a glorious solution - chocolate milk. Calories, protein, fluid, chocolate - all the major food groups, and my stomach seems more than happy to welcome it.

But this week's issue was neither distance nor digestion (but you might want to skip the following paragraph if you're squeamish).

I was potching* about on the landing getting ready for a shower, when I swung my foot forward right into the corner of a wicker basket that we keep random crap in. My nails are in a pretty shocking state. They are mostly hoof in fact. And I think that the nail went north, and my toe went south, and I ended up in a squealing pile on the floor, clutching my toe. I'd hit the nail so hard that there was blood beading out from underneath, and I'm still too scared to see how keen the nail is on being attached to the toe. It was swollen and throbby, and even woke me up in the night when it came into contact with the bed frame :-/ But it's not feeling so bad today :-)

Next week, we're planning on getting over to Wootton to run the Bedford Harriers Half Marathon route, for the purposes of a hiller long run, and to re-familiarise ourselves with the course (three-and-a-bit weeks 'til race day).

Right then. Time to tackle those training log issues.

Stay solid, stewface.

*is this word used outside of the Rhymney Valley, or indeed my family?
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Comments

  • I tried ChrisHB's idea of a pint of milk when walking, and it worked well, then when a shop had no ordinary milk, graduated to flavoured milk. I agree it has all the major food groups but mine includes fruit/veg because I drink strawberry flavour. ;-) Hope the toe improves - sounds painful.
    Helegant
    11:05am, 10th Nov 2017
  • Bring me your foot, I love sorting out nails ninja
    Velociraptor
    11:05am, 10th Nov 2017
  • Potching..... you made that one up
    DingDocMerrily
    11:06am, 10th Nov 2017
  • I can send you a pic - but my toenails are all painted blue at the moment, thanks to the boy. It's carnage down there.
    fetcheveryone
    11:07am, 10th Nov 2017
  • Ow, toenail story made me wince , x
    oldbiddy
    11:08am, 10th Nov 2017
  • What a lovely upbeat blog, apart from the toe incident - hope it's healed soon.
    TeeBee
    11:10am, 10th Nov 2017
  • Nah, pics are no use, I can't operate on a picture ;)
    Velociraptor
    11:31am, 10th Nov 2017
  • A great recovery drink I used to make was milk, yoghurt, frozen raspberries/blackberries/random berries, a banana and some honey all whizzed together. Tastes amazing and easy to tolerate after a long run :)
    fleecy
    11:37am, 10th Nov 2017
  • You can be dehydrated before feeling thirsty. So drink anyway. Picture anyway. All real men paint their toenails has nobody told you that.
    Ocelot Spleens
    11:40am, 10th Nov 2017
  • Fetch, I have heard “potching” from many Cardiffians, though more often from people of Valleys origins. One of many, many words and phrases this baffled Londoner had to seek an explanation of once I started working here.
    jennyh
    12:10pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • I've never heard 'potching' before, but I like it.
    Wine Legs
    12:42pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • fetcheveryone
    12:44pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • Clippers. Foot care is important for runners. Not even joking here! Loving the 7:42 ave - seriously impressive. I spy PBs... :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    1:37pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • Ouch! Good running, though :)
    LindsD
    1:46pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • “Don’t bleed on the carpet!!” Thanks for omitting my caring approach. :-)
    KatieB
    1:50pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • Chocolate milk is the recovery intake of our choice, really hits the spot, as for eating following a long run usually only manage a bircher muesli type foodstuff, never fancy anything more solid.
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    4:38pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • oh, and sympathies for the poorly foot/nail *ouch*
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    4:39pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • May the Force be with you padawan
    runnerbean
    4:52pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • Potching is indeed used in the Taff valley (and in my house in Gloucestershire ;-))
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    8:15pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • You could put in a “longest run since...” metric :)
    NDWDave
    10:24pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • Hi Ian - prototye comments ...
    Just seen an odd case on the new training log. See my activity 14364027.
    I pressed start on my Garmin - which normally triggers sat finding. This time it went straight to time, so I stopped it, finished getting ready, then atually started about 5 mins later.
    The old style split shows only the running time, the new split histogram shows total elapsed time whereas the split summary shows 5 mins less.
    Also - I think in miles - so I'd like all miles ... is the measurement able to be selected by user?

    And thanks - like the new map, although lines are a bit thick and out and back on the same route covers up the out bit.
    um
    1:13pm, 11th Nov 2017
  • It's really good fetch and a big improvement. My only points are that the pace sliders don't work on the iPad very well (no slide) and the pace by heart rate graph is in miles not k (I have k in my settings)
    teapothouse
    7:13pm, 11th Nov 2017
  • Potching also used in Blaenau Gwent - as well as coopie (sp?) down for squatting...
    Tazsedai
    7:36pm, 11th Nov 2017


New Training Log Prototype - Available Now

2:14pm, 8 Nov 2017
It's time to give you lot the chance to try the new training log prototype. I'm gonna run it as a link alongside the existing one for at least a couple of weeks, as I want to give everyone the opportunity to have a say on it - plus I want it to be absolutely kick-ass, so I want your feedback on *everything*. Likes, dislikes, confusing bits, bugs, oddities on certain runs/swims/bikes - I want to get this thing singing.

When you view one of your training entries, you'll see a little link at the top of the page inviting you to view the new prototype. PLEASE NOTE that it's not optimised for mobile layout yet - that's a job in itself!

Here are some things to look out for.


The header has been tidied up (it looks awful on mobile just now btw). Each sport has a dedicated background image (feet for running, cogs for biking, fish for swimming, random crap for cross-training). The summary information should contain all the pertinent available information (so for example, if you're recording cadence, the average will appear in this summary).


These toggles on the left-hand-side of the map allow you to (i) switch between Google Maps and the rather colourful and lovely OpenStreetMap; (ii) turn Conquercise boundaries on and off; (iii) overlay the latest markers from Fetchpoint.


The map is now colour-coded, so you can see where you achieved certain pace thresholds on your run.


Just below the map, you'll see colour-coded columns. Put your mouse over one and it'll show you which part of the route it corresponds to, and will give you a nice detailed tooltip.


There's also a summary of your training session as percentages in each category. These are calculated by breaking your route into 100m segments, and working out how many were in each colour category. The idea is for this to replace the 'Pace Bands' graph, as the pace bands in that were at the mercy of the raw watch data. That bell-curve you used to see was more of a reflection on the accuracy of that raw data, rather than an accurate assessment.


The split table is colour-coded (see the bars on the left?) to match the columns, and you can also put your mouse on a row to see where it is on the map. The splits also manage to successfully highlight and ignore pause time, and they include elevation stats, cadence bounds, and as much info as possible.


The magnifier buttons allow you to increase or decrease the number of columns on the splits graph (and in the splits table below), so you can drill into your training in as much detail as you like. The default x-axis is distance, but you can switch this to a time-based axis by clicking the clock button. Click it again, and it'll revert to distance. The rainbow button takes you to a page where you can adjust the colour thresholds for the columns.


You can also play with the URL, to break down your training entry quickly. You can use seconds, minutes, metres, km or miles; followed by a number. In the example image, I've just magnified twice, which has resulted in quarter mile splits.


Here's the page where you can adjust your colour boundaries. To help avoid mistakes, if you drag the slowest band (the blue one) to the left of a faster band, it will drag all the other sliders with it.


The heart rate graph includes some summary data showing the time spent in each threshold. I think I might move this information into the summary bar, like I've done for the pace summary. I've also adjusted the way I calculate beats per mile - this is now an overall figure - so it's smoother, but still illustrates when the figure falls during longer runs.


The Benchmarks (times you actually achieved during the run/ride) boxes now include WAVA information, just because I thought it might be interesting. There's also a graph alongside the predictions. I'm not satisfied with these yet - I think I might amalgamate them into one section.


The elevation graph makes much better use of space, with the lowest point anchored to the bottom of the graph, and the highest point marked by a dotted line. The summary data in the dark bar also includes the range (max-min) figure to help offer some perspective. The main graph is also coloured, to highlight the steepest grades along the route; and there's also a distribution graph on the right that let's you see exactly how much of the route is steep.

And I haven't bothered with a picture for this one, but I've added it into the blog as it seems like it's not obvious. If there's a section of the log that you don't like, click the dark bar and it'll fold down so you don't have to see it. The site remembers your choices.

That's all I have for now. Please try out the new features, and leave me some feedback. And please remember that a good bug report allows me to reproduce the error so that I stand a chance of fixing it. A useless bug report just goes "waaah, it's not working, put it back to how it was, you b*stard".

Keep it solid, stewface.
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Comments

  • Looks good. Recognising that the idea is also to draw folks to the site, I've copied the URL of a recent run then clicked the link whilst logged out (as a non-Fetchie would see it) - and it doesn't display the map of the run. Is this intentional? Would be better if the map were shown if poss.
    Sigh
    2:31pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • This might be down to your share settings. Check here: fetcheveryone.com/user-settings-visibility.php
    fetcheveryone
    2:33pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • right then... Cards on the table up front - I'm not a regular user of the training log. But on that basis some initial thoughts.

    1. The Wind Rose takes up far too much space for the value it adds (I'd question whether anyone uses it all and whether it's worth keeping?)

    2. I don't 'get' the HR graph. It seems to lack information, some of the display is corrupt, again use up a lot of screen real estate to show not a lot of info (maybe mine isn't working?. It looks like this on Safari on a Mac.


    (not sure the link will work but sure you can find it))

    3. Don't like the look of the 'detail/summary' double graphs. Feels messy as they seem to just merge into each other. Might work better with some sort of spacing or border?
    flanker
    2:36pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • @flanker: 1) click the black bar to close it if you don't like it. 2) yes, that's definitely not working. 3) I might add a little border.
    fetcheveryone
    2:38pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • clicked submit too early..

    4. If I click of a Fetchpoint icon on the map it bring up the usual pop-up, but doesn't then let me close it.

    5. Mouse-over hints for the icons on the map may be a nice touch?

    6. Love the fact that you can now have OpenStreetMap maps. That's almost enough to get me to use the log regularly :)
    flanker
    2:40pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • 4) k, 5) k, 6) you've stumbled across the reasoning for the ENTIRE thing :-) Oh, and it says so in the name of the website :-)
    fetcheveryone
    2:42pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • :-D
    flanker
    2:43pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • I love it :-) Especially much easier to read cadence and elevation graphs (I thought HR one was OK), and like you can click through to conquercise and fetchpoint maps.
    TeeBee
    2:43pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • On the HR graph, on the bar chart on the right, the x-axis values are not readable when you choose BPM ( ok if in WHR, MHR ) - they figures are being displayed at an angle of 45%, and losing the start of the number, eg if 160 then can't see the 1, see half the 6
    K5 Gus
    2:44pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Likes -

    - colour coding

    - OSM use
    - general layout approach
    Not so sure -

    - lag when using magnifying glass as it needs to reload whole page (the "old way" where each 0.1m split was pre-loaded so clicking only loaded that section was nice)
    - text overlay on top of left of HR graph is ugly, HR histogram on right hand side has crazy ordering of base axis (e.g. 40,85, 90, 65, 42, 25, 5, 20, 75) - though I think this is the same with existing graphs
    - elevation graph I'd like to have a consistent values axis - otherwise a pan flat route with a few 5m bumps almost looks as visually hilly as a 100m hill
    - notes section takes up too much space (lots of wasted space on right hand side if the notes section just includes lap splits from the watch) - could easily sit beside the wind rose for example
    - overall graphs are more "jaggy". One of the things I've always loved about fetch graphs is that you can choose the scaling / sampling rate which allows unnecessary noise to be filtered from the graphs. I'd really, really like that to be retained.

    I'll play some more, and feed back as appropriate!
    larkim
    2:47pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • For the colour coding of the sections of the map - if you do an out and back, then am I right in saying the colour shown is for the return journey, not the outward journey ? If you zoom in really close you can just about see the outward colour behind, but not at normal zoom levels. Wasn't sure if you'd considered out and backs when deciding on having colours

    I really like at the moment seeing my comments beside the map when I click into an activity, now have to scroll down to see comments, and can't get comments and map on same screen, even when collapsing the sections inbetween
    K5 Gus
    3:04pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • I'm seeing seeing some miles-verus-km weirdness in the splits section.

    e.g. fetcheveryone.com/training/14295338/km/1 shows a mile-pace instead of km-pace.

    Split, Time, KM, Mins/km
    1, 4:27, 1.00, 7:09
    FergusG
    3:04pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • I like after a quick look but no time to explore further.
    Festive Flier
    3:07pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Generally, I absolutely love it! A couple of potential tweaks:
    1) Benchmarks and predictions; for swimming you have updated the benchmark list to reflect swimming distances (which is fab)– but could you do the same for predictions? For biking could you include the standard tri distances 20k, 40k, 56 miles and 112 miles?
    2) I love the summary bar above the map but for biking it would also be hugely helpful to have average speed as well as mins/km
    Sweetie
    3:27pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Good work.

    I shall have more of a poke tomorrow (date night tonight :) ) but a couple of initial observations;

    1) On the Fetchpoint layer, my traffic lights are red as well as those belonging to others.

    2) Still Fetchpoint, on moving the map the layer doesn't redraw. You have to turn it off and on again.

    3) The HR zones (red/green) don't match the current values and I can't see that they can be changed?
    StuH
    3:42pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Love the openstreetmap and conquersize options and the colours. The notes box is redundant now (for me anyway) as it just duplicates the splits in the box above. Actually two duplicates as I have the splits in a column then on a row below. Ok, I know I can close that box.
    Fragile Do Not Bend
    6:38pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Clicking on the little time icon didn’t work - I just get a blank space where the graph should be.
    Fragile Do Not Bend
    6:43pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Hmm - on an interval session that is run over the same route you don't actually get a very good reflection of how you paced the intervals? It looks as if it has taken the mile split time as the guide - which is an average including the rests?
    fetcheveryone.com/training/14353131 is a bit disheartening as a result! The graph line in the current version gives an indication of where the harder bits were.
    Autumnleaves
    7:20pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Try zooming in a bit.
    fetcheveryone
    7:23pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • Re AL's comment, I did zoom in on my track session this week, but the old-style pace line was still much more helpful (we were mainly doing very short sprints and I couldn't get the splits short enough.)
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    8:10pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • That helps a bit (I have to get it down to 200m splits) - but then I end up with a load of columns. It's maybe the type of session - a mile or so of easier running either side of the efforts? It still doesn't look nearly as hard as it felt!! ;)
    Autumnleaves
    8:22pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • As per Fergus, I see the splits in Miles but everything in Kms (which is what I like). Can you change the splits to Kms as well please?
    chunkywizard
    9:21pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • For some reason the map is completely blank for me. Have tried on Mac and Windows PC. Possibly because I use the Fetch mapping tool, or import a GPX, rather than import straight from Garmin. Have put screen shot in gallery.
    EdJ
    9:56pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • I haven't checked it out yet but would it be a good idea to have a thread to put comments in as this will quickly disappear?
    alpenrose
    10:45pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • first, thanks for the upgrade Fetch, looks to be a great look and feel improvement, especially the change to elevation - observations so far

    i) colour coding works well for circular routes, repeats, like intervals and repeated parts like an out and back are difficult to tell apart
    ii) Magnifier to see splits is too clunky and reloads the whole page, previous option of choosing defined splits was much better
    iii) Is Max speed available in splits data?
    iv) Route grade% looks good, rather than showing %flat - how about average grade?
    v) Wind rose is too big, I use it a little, but it only applies if doing a circular route
    vi) Noticed that split pace splits on partial laps i.e. my run 14352719 has a split of 1:07 at average 7:46/mile, split graph states split pace 1:07/mile
    vii) Time vs Distance % - could you develop a click to see where on the route these % relate to
    viii) I may be missing something obvious but what does the orange line on HR graph signify?
    ix) Cadence is still showing just one leg i.e. half actual cadence, will this be corrected to show both?
    Zehnderboy
    11:47pm, 8th Nov 2017
  • I like it, particularly the new route pic. Thanks, Fetch
    puzzler
    8:15am, 9th Nov 2017
  • Just back on elevation - the graph is way too "busy" for very flat routes. e.g. fetcheveryone.com/training/14164881 is 20 miles along a canal towpath - the use of the full scale dynamically adjusted to the highest and lowest part of the run means this looks far lumpier than it is (even accepting that google maps topography data doesn't help in creating small lumps which aren't really there and wouldn't show up if I had a barometric altimeter in the watch).
    larkim
    8:31am, 9th Nov 2017
  • +1 for Fergus/Chunkywizard comment on splits - mine are in miles but I'm a KM sorta person.
    Grid
    9:10am, 9th Nov 2017
  • My route is grey throughout (although I seem to have the pace sliders set correctly). I tried playing around with stuff, but didn't get any colours.

    It would seem to make more sense to have the fastest pace slider at the top.

    As a km user, the splits bar is still all in miles (apart from beats/km, I think)

    Clicking on Fetchpoint icons doesn't bring up a little exclusion circle (I wonder - with the new fat line, is the exclusion zone still the same size?)

    -----------------
    @Zehnderboy the orange line is beats/mile (or beats/km)
    Oranj
    9:41am, 9th Nov 2017
  • I may be missing something , but after playing about lots, I can't see anything that gives the same immediate info as the current Pace graph. Yesterday I did an interval session ( t-14358870 ) and on entering the current layout I can immediately see my pace peaking and troughing over the 10 intervals, on 8 of the 10 intervals getting faster than 6 min/mile and on most of the recoveries dropping to around 10 min/mile. Is similar info easily available in the new system, I can't see it even when playing with the + and - buttons.
    K5 Gus
    9:48pm, 10th Nov 2017
  • First impression is very positive.
    Thoughts so far:
    - Colour on the elevation graph seems not to be linked to the bar graph on the right hand side. Today's parkrun is showing unexpected amounts of red on the graph.
    - It might be nice to have an option (checkbox?) to enable distinguishing between uphill and downhill gradients in the colouring of the elevation graph - perhaps going from green to blue/purple on the downhill.
    - Would be nice to have the option to switch the Time vs Dist Graph and the Splits section below it between its current mode and showing the splits recorded using the lap button on our watch when doing something like intervals (e.g. see my run from 1st Nov).
    - Adjustment of the pace zones for Cycling would make more sense to me if it was in mph rather than mins/mile.
    - The little expand/collapse arrows should have some kind of visual change to indicate when they are expanded or collapsed.
    - Maybe you could colour the Cadence graph in a similar way to the elevation graph - perhaps with four zones.
    - On the subject of zones, I'm used to having five heart rate zones set up on the watch, so it always seems strange to only have three displayed on the graphs here.
    DW
    12:23pm, 11th Nov 2017
  • Also:
    - It would be nice to have it remember the user's preference of map - Google vs OpenStreetMap
    Have you explored any of the other OpenStreetMap renderings that are available (or can be rendered yourself if you have sufficient storage to self-host the tiles) - for example ones with contour lines included, or with the Sustrans cycle network highlighted more prominently (and national cycle route number labels included)?
    DW
    12:46pm, 11th Nov 2017
  • Would it be possible to include Route Name ( if activity was linked to a route ) somewhere ? eg in the header, under all the numbers there is lots of unused space. I never understood why route wasn't shown before, currently the only way to see what route an activity is linked to is by going to the list of activities and changing the drop down to Route, but other things you choose in the drop down, eg Kit, also show in the activity view itself.
    If you do decide to include it somewhere, can it also be clickable to take you to the Route details please.
    K5 Gus
    2:02pm, 12th Nov 2017
  • Can we have a power chart for us bikeists? we have HR and cadence, but no power :(
    Recoil
    7:37pm, 12th Nov 2017


Thanks for following

1:14pm, 7 Nov 2017
Today I got a direct message via Twitter from a white goods manufacturer, telling me that on this occasion, they were willing to repair our tumbler for free (it having failed on us for the second time in its brief 14 month lifespan). This wasn't the response I initially got when I called their helpline.

It's not the first time this has happened. I used Twitter to tell our kettle manufacturer that the kettle was piddling itself every time we pour it. They sent us a new one. The new one does exactly the same thing by the way, it must be a design flaw.

The phone company screwed up the installation, and left us with an out-of-the-blue bill for about six months line rental in one hit. Speaking to the call-centre resulted in me being shouted at by a man who said it was definitely not their fault, and that I should be more careful to ensure I was being charged enough. Reflecting on my disappointment via Twitter resulting in them getting in touch and halving the bill.

A few years previously, we were told that we couldn't have our deposit back on a hire car we didn't ever get the keys for. There was nothing obvious that said we needed to provide a credit card when we collected it - but they wouldn't let us have it without one. An email to the car company was met with a rebuttal, but a tweet expressing my disappointment was met with an offer of a refund.

This makes me contemplate several things:

1) Is customer service proportional to the number of followers?
2) If something isn't right, say so. If nothing happens, share it.
3) I am awful at choosing good quality products and services.
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Comments

  • I tweeted about non-delivery of some mothers' day flowers and MiL got a huge bouquet delivered the next day and I got a refund. I like Twitter complaining.....
    Rosehip
    1:17pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • It's certainly testament to the power of a negative reputation and the lengths to which companies will go to prevent it. Had a similar thing with Travelex once.
    sallykate
    1:26pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I have to say I did think 3) but was thinking unlucky, rather than awful. The bright light of publicity has always been a good way to hold companies or bodies to account. It's just that publicity is only 144 characters away nowadays, so in many ways it's easier to do. Well done! :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    1:26pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • Why is it companies have no commitment to customers? They only respond when you complain publicly. Renewal of a contract or service upgrade also normally results in a 'premium charge', what about a loyalty discount and not give all the best prices to new customers. Grrr it's frustrating.
    Festive Flier
    1:28pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I think it's the public shaming that makes it effective. I have had similar experiences.
    LindsD
    1:51pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • If it’s on Twitter then it’s out there and public. A call centre: who knows or cares? They probably barely bother to log your call. Twitter is great for this kind of thing, plus finding out how badly the trains are fucked.
    fleecy
    2:02pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • i tweeted about the size of the toilets on a virgin train and was told which carriage to find the disabled toilet in whilst still on the journey. And virgin broadband....i spent a two days phoning with no response, one tweet and it was fixed.......so how many companies are you tweeting to for Fetch advent prizes?
    DingDocMerrily
    2:24pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • Sportsshoes has lost my business over a £18 pair of shoes which had come apart. I sent them the pic, they wanted me to send the shoes themselves in for inspection. They had the record for my order. Twitter did not avail that time.
    Maclennane
    2:27pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I think it's really sad that more and more companies seem to prefer to see what they can get away with when a lone customer makes direct contact and will only do the right thing when there's a danger that it will become public knowledge that they didn't.
    JenL
    2:41pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • Perhaps you could provide a twitter complaint service on behalf us all, Fetch?
    TeeBee
    3:10pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I left a polite but disappointed message on the Facebook page of a company who had sold me an inexpensive something that was incorrectly labelled but was more trouble to take back than it was worth. They sent me a generous voucher for the next time I visit them.
    BaronessBL
    3:21pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • It says people get unfair and biased treatment when using twitter because a company can broadcast that tbhey have done some decent customer service when most of the time they are shite. As per JenL.
    Ocelot Spleens
    5:24pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • Maybe just go straight to social media to complain next time. Will save a lot of hassle. Although it shouldn't be that way.
    *Anj*
    5:27pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • Why can't they make goods that last or do what they are supposed to do. I know they want us to spend more by buying another.

    It does pay though to tweet
    Night-owl
    5:28pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I have used twitter this way also. It works ! :-)
    bigleggy
    8:52pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • It is a shame when companies will not respond to email or phone calls but react quickly if you give them a negative comment on twitter. But you have to do what you can.
    Seratonin
    9:48pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I'll try this. Expedia owe me £1,000 which they acknowledge, but show no sign of paying.
    mole-thing
    10:54pm, 7th Nov 2017
  • I complained to homeserve about 4 missed appointments. Was told by the call centre that they are just phone monkeys. Threatened to go on social media and immediately got the boiler fixed and a full refund of the policy. Similar thing when trying to get away from EE. Grrrr
    Debster
    6:11am, 8th Nov 2017


VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile

3:36pm, 3 Nov 2017
https://youtu.be/e0nHlXdC--M


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Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018

12:53pm, 3 Nov 2017
We are planning to pick at least six venues for Big Fetch Mile meetups next year. To help me work out where they should be, I've built a page that will capture the locations of all interested parties. I can use the info to pick the best places (and I'll have fun with the maths at the same time).

If you want a Big Fetch Mile near you next year, the link to share with your homies is fetcheveryone.com/bigfetchmile - and here it is, ready for you to click:

fetcheveryone.com/bigfetchmile

If you could leave a cheeky comment on this blog when you're done, I'll hopefully take advantage of getting into the blog highlights too :-)

Word very much up.
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Comments

  • Done it. Not in a cheeky comment mood ATM. I’ll work on it!
    Eynsham Red
    12:57pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done!
    westmoors
    12:58pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Interested however I work almost every weekend. Is there any chance for a midweek mile?
    -x-x-
    12:59pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • moon
    Bintmcskint
    1:00pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Ooh Bint you clever clogs! (And you Mr. Fetch with your clicking link)
    Sharkie
    1:03pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Do you have a spreadsheet?
    Dvorak
    1:07pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I've got a spreadsheet of all my spreadsheets.
    fetcheveryone
    1:08pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • 😝 I’m up for any I can get to ( might be more date critical than location dependent )
    DingDocMerrily
    1:09pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done!
    Sigh
    1:13pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Alright Treacle? (Is that cheeky enough?)
    mulbs
    1:16pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I did clicking the big green button :D Possible venues near me (north end of Bristol area, just off M4/M5) are the Kip Keino Athletic Stadium in Filton, or the Yate Outdoor Sports Centre. There you go; that's surely half the work done, isn't it? ;)
    ishep 🇪🇺
    1:19pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I'm not very good at on demand cheekiness, so I'll do a practical turn instead. There's been much talk of Guildford Spectrum which i would endorse for the SE. Not particularly near me but reasonably convenient for many SE fetchies.
    TeeBee
    1:28pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I'm impressed that you don't put yourself in the blog highlights :) I think I've pleaded a NW one in every way possible - the Warrington track is outdoors (and I would help...) the one at Man City is indoors.
    Autumnleaves
    1:30pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • What if everyone clicks the big green button though? I clicked the put this blog in the highlights button too BTW so hopefully the bloke who runs the site will notice and do that anyway ;-)
    BaronessBL
    1:32pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Yes. Sport City Manchester...or stockport harriers!
    Ocelot Spleens
    1:35pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • That wasn't cheeky was it? What on earth is a homie?
    Ocelot Spleens
    1:36pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I've been watching Breaking Bad recently.
    fetcheveryone
    1:37pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done!
    StuH
    1:43pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • a comment for comments sake.
    chunkywizard
    1:50pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • If a few folk from here click, will your algorithms pick an ideal location in the Irish Sea? I don't think I could swim a mile, honestly.
    paul the builder
    1:53pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • We'll work out some sort of current-based handicap.
    fetcheveryone
    1:55pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Ooooh. A swim mile! Now there's a thought. :-)
    KatieB
    2:23pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • *wonders if you can hire boxend lake*
    KatieB
    2:25pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Swim a mile, I'm in :)
    -x-x-
    2:32pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done, hmm Guildford would work, didn’t realise there was a track there!
    fleecy
    2:46pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done
    Angus Clydesdale
    3:11pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Mile swim, mile swim, mile swim!! :-)
    Angus Clydesdale
    3:12pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • FFS FFF, I knew there was a track in Guildford & I live in Wales!!!! !! 😀😀😀
    There’s a lovely track in Brecon, it’s less than a mile from me. Trouble is I don’t run anymore and it’s awkward to get to, even for the denizens of Brecon.
    Musashi
    3:13pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Another vote for a mile swim! :-)
    Sweetie
    3:35pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done but I don't expect one on my doorstep but Peterborough or Lincoln would be good.
    Festive Flier
    3:38pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Yorkshire please!
    Meglet
    4:23pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • MILE SWIM! YAY!
    LindsD
    4:46pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I think I'm too far East... but may be a good venue for a mile swim! 😂
    1step2far
    7:44pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Guildford - yes, I know there's a track there.:)
    Garfield
    8:51pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Nunnery Wood track in Worcester - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/52%C2%B011'10.9%22N+2%C2%B011'19.2%22W/@52.1863623,-2.1908647,423m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d52.1863592!4d-2.1886761?hl=en
    tonyp2604
    9:58pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • Done. There's a brand new track at Sutcliffe Park (SE9) which would be great :-)
    Pothunter
    10:13pm, 3rd Nov 2017
  • I've not ticked the box, because I think a New Zealand tick might mess up your algorithm for pick locations. If you did have a NZ mile I'd come! Or a UK one the coincides with a visit :)
    Jenelopy
    2:44am, 4th Nov 2017
  • Done!
    idle_wilder
    8:37am, 4th Nov 2017


Win a place in the Surrey Half

9:07am, 3 Nov 2017
One of our lovely advertisers, the Mercer Surrey Half Marathon, is doing a draw for 20 free race places exclusively for Fetchies. All you've got to do is follow this link, then look for the 'Enter Giveaway' button.

fetcheveryone.com/eblasts/surreyhalf/index.php

Feel free to share that link with anybody you know who might be interested.

Thanks!

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I vont to scan your barcode.

2:48pm, 1 Nov 2017
I had to share this. The awesome Mike Heare, RD at Penallta parkrun:

c1.staticflickr.com

(Pic from the Penallta parkrun Flickr group, (c) Mike Kelly)
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No longer the 3398th fastest Fetchie over 10k!
Pulling counties into league tables
What was I thinking?
County Champion?
Just bear in mind that you asked for this.
Wahoo and Coros users
How to make half a million quid (batteries not included)
July (6)
Club Listings
Book giveaway :-)
Updated Race Portfolio
Updated Targets Page
Exactly ***1*** Spare Ladies L Cycling Jersey
Search All Blogs :-)
June (10)
Imagine you could search all the public blogs...
Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!
7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday
#EveryoneDay - Sunday 26th June 2022
Spare Challenge Coasters
The North West Passage
Feature Request Voting - Know Your Limits!
UTMOST Division 8: YIKES!
Shepperton Weight Gain Programme
UTMOST Division 9! Sub-50 10k :-)
May (16)
Four hours left :-)
Division 10: No hope of escape?
Book giveaway :-)
Division 11: No place left to hide
New HR Analysis
They're here! Well, not exactly *here*, but...
A quick Darth Mode update
Darth Mode! And a few biscuits for the hyperdrive.
Division 12: Two hours of pushing broom
Dark Mode: Beta
PB Potential? Fancy a quickie? ;-)
Division 12: Running Out Of Road?
Thank you everyone!
Making UTMOST moves :-)
Do you want a Fetch shirt?
I did my UTMOST :-) (plus new sharing infographic)
April (7)
Today's plan
NEW UTMOST BADGES!!!!!
A plug for some races
Raspberry Pavlov
Win a book :-)
United Colours of Cross Training
A little Streetview adventure
March (11)
The lockers are a pound.
Advice for Gym Noobs!
Feedback made easier
#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈
Thanks Chunky: parkrun routes!
Sniffer Dogs
Yikes!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update
Route Plotting tweak
The Crow: A Pipedream!
February (7)
Fetch Kit Spares
Updated Race Listing Pages
Introducing Rundle!
I appear to be training for an OWS event!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys!!!
Does you wantz free shoez?
Post Office tomorrow - kit spares
January (13)
Updated Flanci Design (now with more Fetchness)
Badge Collection Graphic!
Updated elevation trace
Book Lists :-)
Updated sharing infographic - do you like it?
Spare Fetch Kit
Badge page refresh / feature requests
Flanci / Fetch Leggings
New Badge Pages
New hill badges
Join me on my fitness journey!
Are you the farmer?
Blog every day challenge - finishers
2021 (187)
December (14)
Book List
Ten years ago today...
A big slobbery elephant snog.
If you don't like hills, this must be getting tiring :-)
When does a hill end?
Hill finder - prototype v2
Hill Finder - prototype
2022 Targets
Chewie, We’re Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day!
Embed badges, plus a new badge :-)
Updated people page
Seeking map
Streak Watch
The new Fetch buffs are here…
November (23)
Almost there...
The Fetch Library
Update your thread titles
Ascent dissent
Mute a thread
Shortcuts
Training Import Queue
I fell off (but not really!)
Croeso i Fetcheveryone. Ydych chi'n siarad Almaeneg, Swedish neu Eidaleg?
New mobile nav
Last call for shirts
@
Just a trim please
Brought to you by wind power
300 miles later
Golden Ticket Shocker!
Banjobax (aka KOG)
Home and Away kit preorder - with long sleeve option
A little competition - win a copy of Daniels' Running Formula
Garmin testers - thanks
Add your grub stops!
Points Of Interest: Grub Stops
Garmin-owning testers wanted
October (19)
New home and away shirts and vests
Benchmark league - a few more updates
Benchmark league table
Hill areas
Preorder is now open!
'b'uffs then
Necktube design #1 & #2
Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
An apology for people who follow my training
New cycling and swimming badges
New Conquercise Feature: Grids
Sprouting a tiny biking antler :-)
Have a try of the cycling gradient analysis
Struggling with my big ring
Cycling: gradient vs pace
A question for cyclists
For Doctor K
Shan't.
September (14)
New comments (FID 1212)
Forum post previews
Garmin imports with a snippet more info
Gallery upload options
Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
Forum Quotes
Spoiler Alert!
20th of March and all that.
Have you signed up yet?
This bit of crappy Upminister nearly cost me my f***ing life.
A guide with no pages
To steal a catchphrase from a wise lady...
Multiple choice polls
August (11)
Pre-Race Training - Updated
A connection!
New Member of the Month sponsor
Best Weeks - bug fixes
Your Best Week Ever
Rainbow Kit - preorder is open
Age Bests - filtering out the mistakes :-)
Sign up, sign up, for the Doctor K cup
A message from my lovely wife ❤️
Another batch of rainbow kit?
Spares: Event Clips, Swim Hats and a few rainbow tops
July (10)
A bunch of site goodies :-)
Hello kitty
Holy Simmering Mercury Batman!
Settings
A heart rate question
Sleepy Shuffle?
365 graph
Slipping on ma noob shoes
Meatronomes
World's Sexiest Bridges
June (11)
Benchmarks - a *tiny* little improvement
Race Leaderboards - some small improvements
Race Finder - Update
Up there ^
Routes - more updates
Last call for FE Event Clips
Server update
Minor code problem
Some little updates to your route list
Feature requests - two years on!
More than just a rainbow
May (8)
Rainbow Kit - update on delivery time...
Fetch Ron Hill Cycling Jerseys
Pre-order your rainbow kit now :-)
Jimi Hendrix vs Run DMC
The return of parkrun - a poll
Something in the woodshed...
Default to walk
A tour of the Fetch Office
April (11)
Instabanned :-)
I has Instagram
Fetch Event Clips
FERC
Castle Challenge Coaster!
My chess rating
Jab - symptom watch
This just in...
REVIEW: XMiles selection box
Let FE pay for your coaching qualifications :-)
Castle Challenge - A Quick Blog
March (18)
The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge
Running vs Cycling Cadence
Fetch vests and shirts (and swim caps)
Elevation vs Follow Roads
£500 of England Athletics courses up for grabs!
TomTom users
Music by year: 1993
10k Analysis: Part 7 - Length of Training Runs
Music by year: 1992 (plus some 1991 additions)
Bot sniffing win :-) plus daily blogger count!
User profiles
10k Analysis: Part 6 - Training Pace Again
Time to update your injuries :-)
User profile - sticker button.. EDIT and race standard
More user profile adjustments
User Profile tweaking
Cute story of the week*
10k Analysis: Part 5 - Training Pace
February (17)
Year on Year mileage comparison
Elevation graphs
It's all kicking off in chess club!
Music By year: 1991
10k Analysis: Part 4 - Weekly Training Habits
Tagging virtual races
Chasing rainbows
Rainbow Shirts
Lance!
Blog writing improvements
10k Analysis: Part 3 - Accuracy of human predictions
Music by year: 1990
Smacking bots
29 slices - my seven days of dinner
10k Analysis: Part 2 - Age and Performance
Pass it on
10k Analysis: Part 1 - Distribution of best 10k times
January (31)
January
Mobile Usability Team Helping All Fetchies...
Salmon Ramen Recipe :-)
Salmon Ramen (for TBR)
Backup dog
The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
Obscure bugs
Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
FIT file import - temporary issue
Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
Dirty data
Mobile Usability
Oops
Readership!
Stay sticky
It's Hip To Buy Squares
Related Threads - Exposé :-)
The Batshit Association
Jobs
Tag Team
Feed the monster!
An ad for Fetch Chess Club :-)
Estimating VO2Max
Three little birds
A not uncommon swelling
Church Mouse January
Honey, where's my super suit?
Not here.
2020 (128)
December (6)
Blog A Day 2021?
9 years ago today
Chewie, We're Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day :-)
Be Prepared
Becoming an effluencer
A few Fetch Mugs left
November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
Mugs!
Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
Annual Infographic... updating now.
In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
Mini plans with the training plan
5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
Thank you
Become tradeable!
Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
Last orders
Advice for a friend
Trader Makeover
September (6)
The shop is open!
Hoodie Colour!
New Fetch Hoodies
A big up/holler!
VO2max
A benchmark derailed by GPS data *nerd*
August (8)
10k analysis
Officially a Sheepy Shuffler!
Pi Watering
Pre-order Avoid Everyone Face Masks
I got sent these...
Other sites? :-O
Benchmarks - an infinitely configurable set of ladders.
Try the monthly infographic :-)
July (10)
Update on Monthly Training Infographic
New Infographic
Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)
A quick Garmin update
Open Water / Wild Swimming Database
Avoid Everyone - spares
OWS Locations
Thread-level search
New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures
My first lamp post
June (16)
Replacing the Who's Training page
Combining some pages
In pursuit of the Gridmaster Ultra
15th Anniversary Kit - Spares
Shoelaces
A new How To video
Training Plan Updated
Black Lives Matter
Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
Another How To video - this time, Conquercise
Fantastisches Tweeten
May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
[Untitled]
Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
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Bedford Half
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November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[Untitled]
Vorsprung Durch Lego Technic
How do I liberate my boy from his XBox?
Questions?
Life in the Woods
Lazy
MovesMissed
Intervals with a TomTom
Electioneering
[Untitled]
Tree fluff
More camping
Zen and Camping
Not eaten by bears
Bear food
Camping List
Camping Venn Diagrams
Floppy dog
Routes but not Rathbone
Illustrator wanted
Masking
Highlights
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
Silverstone 10k :-)
Quick one
[Untitled]
Superhuman snooker
Dogturdflagman
Numbers!
Whittlin'
Chapter 1
April (29)
King Bin
Quiet day on Feedback Mountain
Listing
42
Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.
A day in Wales
[Untitled]
Spanner
The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook
Falling asleep in my dinner
Egg
Sofathon
God gave rock and roll to you.
Sugar Mule
Not bad, consid'rin.
Tinkering
Can U Dig It?
A weekend in Wales
Looking forward to Oliver!
Thank you, and more App talk
RIP Nan
Blah
Appy
Pyjamas at both ends.
Thump. Saturday has started.
Sore tum :-/
Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom
TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event
Am I pregnant?
March (31)
Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes
Sandy 10
#bedfordhappy
Me on YouTube
New graphs live
Follow the dot
Only the best for the Captain's table
Mrs Diahann Wagner is GOING HORNY
Sport Relief Win
Hot dogs, quick blogs
Toton Sidings
A sign!
Owen Farrell visualisation technique
Kebabs!
Booster fails to ignite
Myton Rugby Run (5 Miler)
Rugby before rugby
Sweetcorn antidote
Custard factory
Pooped
I did some intervals :-)
Speed work?
Many things
A bit cabbagey here.
Angry Wasp
Minty
Rainbow's End
Core Dump
Bath Half (in detail)
A quick overview
Down to business in Bath
February (28)
Made it to Bath
Unexpected hugs
Slider
I like to go a-wandering
Spring cleaning
Tongue-lolling
Because We're Worth It
I don't know what!
Thanks Jim
Enough now
Clearing the pipes
Crouch, Touch, Pause...
Medication, that's what you need.
Symptom Tour
Hello FBI
Dazed day
Why I'm an optimist
Mobius birds
Snotty knuckles
In this house...
Retch Everyone
Carrots
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Ultrahalfmarathoner
Angry Birds
Belching
Clarkson averse
Good day :-)
January (31)
*bunting* *cake*
Bigger Boys
Zombies!
Pretending to be Saga Norén
Waiting for the AA
Ship shape
Readthrough
Technology takes you further
Love Garden
Cushions
High Heel Striker
Bit of a rubbish one
Ta
Hot Re-fills
Coding Grinch
An august prediction
Some Running Goals for Q1
Wipe-clean dog
Breaking it down
Snakes and Ladders
Bigger Ponds
Drink Your Weak Lemon Drink
All in All
Panning the pancake
Does JK Rowling own a dog?
Back to the kitchen table
Steve Davis shoes
Pigs on a water slide
Sloshing
Protocol
19 books :-)
2013 (29)
December (3)
Oh...
Engine Management Light
Hannibal Vector
November (3)
Speed skating
Stew-pendous
Cool Hand Grandpa
October (3)
Bookish
Minecraft Cake
Random dump
September (2)
Blog by Email!
Catchup blah
August (3)
Big Green Caterpillar
Questions answered - final CLS blog
Last Days at Club La Santa
July (10)
A nice morning of swimming and tennis
Please Read: Questions for a sports coach
Snorkeltastic
Hitting the straps
First Impressions at Club La Santa
Mile High Blog
Clocking off
For the second week running...
Another Club La Santa catchup
The Floor In The Plan
June (3)
Club La Santa
Bulk Uploading, and win a book
FERC Charities 2011-2012
March (1)
Bath Weekend
January (1)
Meet Steve
2012 (39)
December (2)
Tired Now Boss
Bath - Week 14 + Foodbank
November (3)
White Level Reading
Bath - Week 15
Bath - Week 16
October (2)
Onwards!
C'mon Dave
July (1)
RIP Arnie
June (2)
Rub some bacon on it
18 weeks
May (9)
Techy not tetchy
Time for a techy blog
Time to walk the dog
Stevington 12k
Properly coldy
Still a bit coldy
New blog design live
A bit coldy
Blogs Redesign
April (2)
Easter
SERIOUSLY LORD FETCH, SORT IT OUT
March (8)
A long run up
Running Tick
Weekend
Sport Relief Mile
Back once again
Swimming sweetcorn and other vegetables
Joy Rides, Sticks and Medals
Training Tip
February (9)
And...
Katie, ICT, and some more MySQL
May The Ground Force Be With You
Functions
Well done Batman.
Optimisation Crossword
Snow Days
Gallery, and parkrun
Pleased
January (1)
There Are Some Really Sexy Girls On Fetch








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