If you view one of your training entries, it should now show the OpenStreetMap map, rather than the Google map. This change should make a decent dent in the bill we receive from Google Maps in June.
Here's a training entry to take a look at, in case you haven't got any of your own:
fetcheveryone.com/t-15024792
Shout out if you spot any howlers - but I think it mostly works ok.
Here's a training entry to take a look at, in case you haven't got any of your own:
fetcheveryone.com/t-15024792
Shout out if you spot any howlers - but I think it mostly works ok.
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The project to release the site from the stranglehold of the new Google Maps pricing structure continues. The deadline for me is June 11th, which is when their new plan comes into force. Here are a few updates you might be interested in:
Follow Roads
I've turned off 'Follow Roads' by default, and even if you turn it on to plot a route, the site will have turned it back off again when you next come to plot a route. When it's turned on, each time you click on the map whilst plotting, it asks Google "how do I get to this point from where we currently are". It does this whether you click 1cm away, or 100 miles away. And each request is logged by Google. There are typically around 68,000 such clicks every 30 days, which means that button alone costs the site about £250 per month. I thought about the possibility of only making it available to subscribers, but in my view, it breaks the promise that everything on the site is free for everyone. I've also considered looking at how much of the usage is done by non-signed-in users - and making it something that's only available when you're logged in. This would at least have the benefit of encouraging people to sign up, and to be signed in - but it is a shame not to have it freely available. The other options include: finding an alternative way of generating directions from one spot to the next; and disabling the button for everyone, which would be a shame. But perhaps that latter option would work as a temporary measure whilst I develop an alternative strategy.
Routes converted
If you view one of your saved routes, it now shows up on an OpenStreetMap. Here's an example: fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=1781637 If you look at that same area on Google Maps, it tells you exactly why so many commenters on my recent blogs are looking forward to this. I'll let you guess which is which
Checkpoint pairs maps converted
This isn't a big saving, but only took ten minutes to recode.
Elevation fallback option
When you import a training run, we use the Google Elevation API to get the profile of your route (because ordinary GPS watches aren't really good at accurate elevation - and even a snazzy barometric one that I was sent also seems to struggle). This will now cost us £95 per month. I've found an alternative open source option that's reasonably decent - the data it provides is rounded to the nearest metre though, which is a bit blocky compared to the Google data, which is relatively smooth. It makes a bit of a mess of the nice colour scheme I introduced recently on the elevation graph. I'll use it if I have to, but will continue to seek better options.
The Double Dip
When you import a run or ride, you might notice the page will reload itself. This is related to the elevation lookup. When the page loads initially, it realises there is no suitable elevation data, calls the Google Elevation API to retrieve it, and then says "right, let's try that again", reloading the page. This process was resulting in one map load, followed by one elevation call, followed by a second map load. Following? I've just nudged the code around a bit, so it doesn't try to display the map the first time round. Fingers crossed this is resulting in a reduction in calls to the basic maps API.
Things are coming along, a bit at a time. The big update will be changing the training log entries from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap - there's a lot of functionality, what with the different coloured lines, linkage to the graphs, and Conquercise and Fetchpoint overlays. You may have noticed that there's already a button to display your entry with OpenStreetMap - but that's not something that reduces our costs. The button effectively shows OpenStreetMap maps over the top of Google ones - so Google is still supplying the mechanics. But not for long.
Follow Roads
I've turned off 'Follow Roads' by default, and even if you turn it on to plot a route, the site will have turned it back off again when you next come to plot a route. When it's turned on, each time you click on the map whilst plotting, it asks Google "how do I get to this point from where we currently are". It does this whether you click 1cm away, or 100 miles away. And each request is logged by Google. There are typically around 68,000 such clicks every 30 days, which means that button alone costs the site about £250 per month. I thought about the possibility of only making it available to subscribers, but in my view, it breaks the promise that everything on the site is free for everyone. I've also considered looking at how much of the usage is done by non-signed-in users - and making it something that's only available when you're logged in. This would at least have the benefit of encouraging people to sign up, and to be signed in - but it is a shame not to have it freely available. The other options include: finding an alternative way of generating directions from one spot to the next; and disabling the button for everyone, which would be a shame. But perhaps that latter option would work as a temporary measure whilst I develop an alternative strategy.
Routes converted
If you view one of your saved routes, it now shows up on an OpenStreetMap. Here's an example: fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=1781637 If you look at that same area on Google Maps, it tells you exactly why so many commenters on my recent blogs are looking forward to this. I'll let you guess which is which
Checkpoint pairs maps converted
This isn't a big saving, but only took ten minutes to recode.
Elevation fallback option
When you import a training run, we use the Google Elevation API to get the profile of your route (because ordinary GPS watches aren't really good at accurate elevation - and even a snazzy barometric one that I was sent also seems to struggle). This will now cost us £95 per month. I've found an alternative open source option that's reasonably decent - the data it provides is rounded to the nearest metre though, which is a bit blocky compared to the Google data, which is relatively smooth. It makes a bit of a mess of the nice colour scheme I introduced recently on the elevation graph. I'll use it if I have to, but will continue to seek better options.
The Double Dip
When you import a run or ride, you might notice the page will reload itself. This is related to the elevation lookup. When the page loads initially, it realises there is no suitable elevation data, calls the Google Elevation API to retrieve it, and then says "right, let's try that again", reloading the page. This process was resulting in one map load, followed by one elevation call, followed by a second map load. Following? I've just nudged the code around a bit, so it doesn't try to display the map the first time round. Fingers crossed this is resulting in a reduction in calls to the basic maps API.
Things are coming along, a bit at a time. The big update will be changing the training log entries from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap - there's a lot of functionality, what with the different coloured lines, linkage to the graphs, and Conquercise and Fetchpoint overlays. You may have noticed that there's already a button to display your entry with OpenStreetMap - but that's not something that reduces our costs. The button effectively shows OpenStreetMap maps over the top of Google ones - so Google is still supplying the mechanics. But not for long.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Good work. There's nothing like an impending bill for focussing the mind! (Witness GDPR scrabbling by everyone who has ever sent a marketing email!)HappyG(rrr) G2:13pm, 21st May 2018
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I think expensive features only being available to signed in users is perfectly reasonable. I agree nothing should be subscriber only, but folk could at least go to the bother of signing up if they want to playHellsBells2:19pm, 21st May 2018
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Good work. How do things go with Street View? I noticed that from a few weeks back, it was only possible to rotate the view 90 degrees within FE. The elevation thing might be worth the cost (easy to say when it's not my dinner money which is paying for it) although I do think it tends to overestimate elevation by about 25% on "normal" routes.Dvorak
I tend to use the maps quite casually (although not just as much since I bought a gps watch) so I am possibly responsible for a disproportionate amount of use :-o: I will try to ration myself and not do quite so much "whatiffery" on site after the date.
Looked up to see if I could find any news coverage about this, but all I turned up related to the initial introduction of charges in 2012, which would only have effected mega-users (over 25 000 calls per day, as you noted below).2:24pm, 21st May 2018 -
Agree with the signed in option - and although I hate to say it ... extra features for subscriber may turn out to be the long term. It's not a new concept in the app/SW world.um
But thanks for doing what you can - what would you have done instead of these little challenges to consume you time?2:26pm, 21st May 2018 -
I agree that you should have to sign in to use the clever bits of the site. You are destined to lose a lot of account users to GDPR so a way to build up that number again has to be good?Elsie Too2:37pm, 21st May 2018
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Or possibly you get, say, 5 shots at it, then have to sign up to use more. I'd be reluctant to sign up to a site if I had no idea what the functionality of it was. (I have no idea if this is something that's technically possible, because most of what you posted above could be written in Swahili for all the sense it makes to me :))Nessie2:57pm, 21st May 2018
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@Dvorak - here's such an article: manifesto.co.ukfetcheveryone3:29pm, 21st May 2018
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What is the point of Checkpoints? Could this be something that you ditch?alpenrose3:47pm, 21st May 2018
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The point of checkpoints is to try to run from one to another one as fast as you can, in order to prove that you're the best person in the world. And I've converted them to OSM, so there's absolutely no need to ditch themfetcheveryone4:03pm, 21st May 2018
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Agree with others signing up should be necessary for access to maps. And it doesn't break your promise of providing a free service. But you do need to build your email database back up and I don't think providing an email address for free usage is a bad deal in the scheme of things!1step2far4:10pm, 21st May 2018
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Thanks for explaining why the training page loads twice after being imported - often wondered! I use the route-planning tool 'a lot' - if I plan in OSM without follow roads is that the best way from your point of view?Autumnleaves4:11pm, 21st May 2018
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AL - switching to OSM right now won't make a difference to cost - it's just OSM images overlaid on top of the Google mechanism. But turning off Follow Roads whenever you can will help. But don't make it painful to usefetcheveryone4:18pm, 21st May 2018
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I'm so impressed with this all. Keep going, you're doing greatTeeBee4:26pm, 21st May 2018
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sounds sensible to meDocM4:30pm, 21st May 2018
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I'm sure I can plot my routes without the "follow roads" option on. Half the time it went a bit bonkers anyway.Rrunner
Agree with others that people should sign up to use, get an email address while you can but also keeping to the core value of the site that everything is free for everyone.5:04pm, 21st May 2018 -
Where would we be without you?notgivinup5:52pm, 21st May 2018
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Looking goodLisrun6:36pm, 21st May 2018
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Not having follow roads plus OSM is easier I think - better detail!Autumnleaves6:59pm, 21st May 2018
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Thanks for the hard work FetchSeratonin9:07pm, 21st May 2018
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Great work.Sigh
The chimp on my shoulder thought about plotting lots of routes on S*rav* using G**gl* after June 11th, see how long they put up with it being available for their non-subscribers like me9:15pm, 21st May 2018 -
Good work, and thank you for keeping everything available for free (I think making people sign in is a fair compromise if it helps).Jenelopy9:42pm, 21st May 2018
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I think Nessie sums up how I'd feel too if I wasn't already signed up (and I also have the same level as technical knowledge)BaronessBL10:17pm, 21st May 2018
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This is bit like cleaning out the garage, you know there is stuff that could go or be better arranged, but only when there is enormous pressure do you actually do it.Chrisity11:19pm, 21st May 2018
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Great work Ian think I’ll stick to construction🤣ck17:08am, 22nd May 2018
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Just been looking at my Conquercise. The main map is still Google but when I click on a zone it changes to OSM. Should it all be OSM?Dragon_Reborn2:04pm, 22nd May 2018
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Same on Checkpoints. Prefer the extra detail in the OSM. I do a little code (all very basic stuff) so I appreciate how much goes into this. Really want to thank you for all the hard work.Dragon_Reborn2:14pm, 22nd May 2018
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The blocky elevation data might actually be a blessing - too many of the graphs of elevation data have spurious elevation changes in them, with flat runs apparently including 15-20% gradients from time to time.larkim
Good progress, OSM is pretty damned good for a cheap option. Look forward to seeing the rest come along.2:15pm, 22nd May 2018 -
I can't see a way to view saved routes in Satellite view - is this possible?DazTheSlug1:02pm, 25th May 2018
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There is a set of satellite tiles that I can add as an option - but right now, I need to focus on bringing my costs down, so I'm converting the other maps first before I get onto that. Kthxbai.fetcheveryone1:10pm, 25th May 2018
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thanks - most of my running is off-road, so route mapping is useless to me without satellite.DazTheSlug1:15pm, 25th May 2018
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Or a map with footpaths? Have you tried the 'Switch to OSM' button?fetcheveryone1:19pm, 25th May 2018
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OSM view is Google not openlayers isn't it?DazTheSlug2:20pm, 25th May 2018
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I just noticed that if you click Edit for the route, it shows it in Google Maps so can swap to Satellite, but I guess this will go soon too...?DazTheSlug2:23pm, 25th May 2018
Not signed up for this yet? If not, and if you run with a GPS, then you really should - it's really quite exciting, even as a spectator sport.
Link: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/wsw.php
The goal of the game is to take control of as many squares as you can within your grid, which extends for a mile in every direction from your home square. Your opponent, somewhere else in the world, is also trying to do the same in their grid. In gaming parlance, it's referred to as a turf war game.
Each time you run through a square, you earn some points for that square, but each time your opponent runs through the same square, they effectively take points back from you. If you've got the most points for a particular square, you control it. Your overall score for the match is simply the number of squares that you currently own. Get it?
Matches run from midday every Monday, and last a week. If you win your match, your ranking improves, so you'll face a tougher opponent - but it can be a bit of a lottery, especially if your opponent is off grid, injured, or just forgetful.
Anyway... this week I pulled out some stats. All together, we ran through 15,000 squares, and biked through 8,200 (you earn more points for running, because it's harder to cover the same distance).
I looked at the popularity of the different squares, and generated this graph, which shows the number of visits to each square. We hit every single one of the 225 squares in the grid, with the most popular, unsurprisingly, being H7 (the home square) right in the middle. So here's a tip to get you started - the squares at the edge of your grid will be the easiest to retain control of.
Here's that sign up link again:
fetcheveryone.com/wsw.php
Link: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/wsw.php
The goal of the game is to take control of as many squares as you can within your grid, which extends for a mile in every direction from your home square. Your opponent, somewhere else in the world, is also trying to do the same in their grid. In gaming parlance, it's referred to as a turf war game.
Each time you run through a square, you earn some points for that square, but each time your opponent runs through the same square, they effectively take points back from you. If you've got the most points for a particular square, you control it. Your overall score for the match is simply the number of squares that you currently own. Get it?
Matches run from midday every Monday, and last a week. If you win your match, your ranking improves, so you'll face a tougher opponent - but it can be a bit of a lottery, especially if your opponent is off grid, injured, or just forgetful.
Anyway... this week I pulled out some stats. All together, we ran through 15,000 squares, and biked through 8,200 (you earn more points for running, because it's harder to cover the same distance).
I looked at the popularity of the different squares, and generated this graph, which shows the number of visits to each square. We hit every single one of the 225 squares in the grid, with the most popular, unsurprisingly, being H7 (the home square) right in the middle. So here's a tip to get you started - the squares at the edge of your grid will be the easiest to retain control of.
Here's that sign up link again:
fetcheveryone.com/wsw.php
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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That's a great hat - where can I get one!minardi11:17am, 21st May 2018
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If that graph is a measure of traffic, then it's a traffic cone :DJigs11:41am, 21st May 2018
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Just signed up :-/Adorescience11:50am, 21st May 2018
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> If that graph is a measure of traffic, then it's a traffic cone :Droberton
Boom!
All the funnier for being completely true.8:39am, 22nd May 2018 -
I'm enjoying this...so far! I wish I knew who I was up against!;)Garfield11:02am, 22nd May 2018
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Love that graphic! And I am kind of warming to wsw now. My 6:30am run above the cloud inversion (from home) was helped by this - so thanks. But then so was cutting across a field to get an extra couple of squares - very wet and a big graze down one leg from an unnoticed barbed wire fence, oops. But I do promise that I'll not stop exploring and running elsewhere, just because of wsw._andy2:58pm, 28th May 2018
The Race Finder has been converted to use OpenStreetMap:
fetcheveryone.com/races-map.php
Functionality should be pretty much identical. It's not the biggest consumer of map data by any means, but I'm cutting my teeth with some new code, and working up to tackling some of the more complex ones.
To answer a few more queries from yesterday:
Caching maps - it's not something that I think Google would want you to do - but I've discovered from playing around that there are a variety of tile servers out there. "Tiles" are the squares of map that load in, depending on your lat/lng, and your zoom level. From here on, I'm using something called OpenLayers, which allows you to specify any source for your map tiles, so it'll be infinitely easier to switch from one tile provider to another. OpenLayers seems to be pretty awesome - it lets you plop your routes and markers etc on top of any map image.
What counts as a map access? I've yet to find a definitive answer from Google - but I think that zooming around a map is all classed as one. It's the sort of thing that'll become clearer as I continue gardening. Will have to wait and see how much of a reduction todays change brings about.
Toodle-pip.
fetcheveryone.com/races-map.php
Functionality should be pretty much identical. It's not the biggest consumer of map data by any means, but I'm cutting my teeth with some new code, and working up to tackling some of the more complex ones.
To answer a few more queries from yesterday:
Caching maps - it's not something that I think Google would want you to do - but I've discovered from playing around that there are a variety of tile servers out there. "Tiles" are the squares of map that load in, depending on your lat/lng, and your zoom level. From here on, I'm using something called OpenLayers, which allows you to specify any source for your map tiles, so it'll be infinitely easier to switch from one tile provider to another. OpenLayers seems to be pretty awesome - it lets you plop your routes and markers etc on top of any map image.
What counts as a map access? I've yet to find a definitive answer from Google - but I think that zooming around a map is all classed as one. It's the sort of thing that'll become clearer as I continue gardening. Will have to wait and see how much of a reduction todays change brings about.
Toodle-pip.
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Exciting!!D22:37pm, 17th May 2018
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I'm finding this really interesting! Good luck Fetch!1step2far2:53pm, 17th May 2018
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OpenStreetMap looks lovely and has footpaths on itNDWDave3:14pm, 17th May 2018
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Well done Fetch. OSM is absolutely fine with meLazyDaisy3:59pm, 17th May 2018
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I much prefer OSM to google.flanker4:07pm, 17th May 2018
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OSM is much better, more detail and easier on the eye. Not only a money saving change for the site but an improvement in functionality.Rrunner
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I imagine your biggest consumer of map requests (but I might be way off) will be the routing. Every click on the map while "Follow Roads" is on is a call to Google's directions service, n'est-ce pas? And us Fetchies clicking around trying to build a route, dithering, undoing, redoing etc will be racking up a lot of requests each. There are alternative APIs out there, but I don't know if any are free :-/ishep 🇪🇺5:45pm, 17th May 2018
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Ooh... I see MapQuest's Open Directions API lets you do on-the-fly route dragging :D Still not free, though... business.mapquest.comishep 🇪🇺5:50pm, 17th May 2018
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Impressed as always with your work. Just listened to Marigold's interview on the mist recent Marathontalk episode and he mentioned how great Fetch was for training, lots of graphs etc..B.7:39pm, 17th May 2018
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Thank you for your amazing work!Jenelopy
I'm a huge OSM fan and glad you are using it more. It didn't have many local tracks when we first moved here, I loved the fact we could go out with our GPS and map them to make OSM better for everyone.10:26pm, 17th May 2018 -
Looks like checkpoints has too *snip*NDWDave3:10pm, 20th May 2018
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I much prefer OSM. Keep going 😀👍Adorescience7:22am, 21st May 2018
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Me too. I love the added detail of footpaths etc.NDWDave7:39am, 21st May 2018
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With the route planner, is there a way to make it switch to OSM and stay there? Every route it flicks me back to google which I am assuming costs more money.Adorescience11:53am, 21st May 2018
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One thing about OSM - can it have a full-screen button? It's really handy on mobile to be able to make the map full screen and scroll around with one finger rather than two, especially when on the bike (in a handlebar mount!)ishep 🇪🇺12:28pm, 21st May 2018
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@ishep - yep, probably. I'll get control of the costs first, and work on improving the experience ASAP.fetcheveryone
@adorescience - switching to OSM by clicking the button doesn't reduce the usage cost just now. The button effectively puts OSM tiles over a Google-controlled map - so they are still providing all the mechanics of it. Aiming to produce a fully-fledged OSM replacement soon (deffo before June 11th )12:35pm, 21st May 2018
This Google Maps price increase... firstly, you folks have been amazing. Thank you to everyone who has either set up a contribution, increased their contribution, or promised to do something. You are all very nice people
It used to be that a developer could make 750,000 free requests per month to the maps server. The new charging model effectively reduces the free quota to about 28,000 per month - and beyond that, the charges are anything up to $14 per 1000 requests.
As a website, our typical usage is currently just under 200,000 requests per month - so if you take off our free allowance, and assume the worst-case cost, the cost per month rises from a very manageable zero, to just over $2400 per month. So much for the internet being free. If you've not donated to support Fetcheveryone purely for ideological reasons, I'd urge you to bear this in mind.
But that's based on our current usage - and so my job over the next three weeks is to reduce that usage by as much as possible. It's fascinating to think about how these tendrils have been wrapped around the internet, ready to apply the squeeze - and very satisfying to be able to prune them back. And hey, nice to get plenty of notice to deliver a major development project, right?
Today I've been looking at the geocoding aspect of our map usage. Geocoding is the process of turning a place name or postcode into a latitude or longitude. In other words, if you type 'Bristol' into our Race Finder, a bit of code works out the coordinates of Bristol, and shows you the relevant listings. We make about 9000 monthly requests to look up this sort of information. I've been looking at minimising this usage, by cobbling together some data of our own. If you search the listings, or use any of the "Jump to location" boxes on Fetchpoint, Conquercise, Routes etc, you shouldn't notice any difference in the way things work.
Do let me know if you spot any oddities, but today's work has hopefully sliced about $126 off our monthly bill
*raises shears into the air*
It used to be that a developer could make 750,000 free requests per month to the maps server. The new charging model effectively reduces the free quota to about 28,000 per month - and beyond that, the charges are anything up to $14 per 1000 requests.
As a website, our typical usage is currently just under 200,000 requests per month - so if you take off our free allowance, and assume the worst-case cost, the cost per month rises from a very manageable zero, to just over $2400 per month. So much for the internet being free. If you've not donated to support Fetcheveryone purely for ideological reasons, I'd urge you to bear this in mind.
But that's based on our current usage - and so my job over the next three weeks is to reduce that usage by as much as possible. It's fascinating to think about how these tendrils have been wrapped around the internet, ready to apply the squeeze - and very satisfying to be able to prune them back. And hey, nice to get plenty of notice to deliver a major development project, right?
Today I've been looking at the geocoding aspect of our map usage. Geocoding is the process of turning a place name or postcode into a latitude or longitude. In other words, if you type 'Bristol' into our Race Finder, a bit of code works out the coordinates of Bristol, and shows you the relevant listings. We make about 9000 monthly requests to look up this sort of information. I've been looking at minimising this usage, by cobbling together some data of our own. If you search the listings, or use any of the "Jump to location" boxes on Fetchpoint, Conquercise, Routes etc, you shouldn't notice any difference in the way things work.
Do let me know if you spot any oddities, but today's work has hopefully sliced about $126 off our monthly bill
*raises shears into the air*
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Wow around £100 a month saved, goodness this internet lark is expensive!D24:44pm, 16th May 2018
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Well done. That makes me a bit cross (the charging thing)LindsD5:08pm, 16th May 2018
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Ian - I'm sure you know, but SW and app costs are sure to rise. Before I retired last year (from a fairly big SW co) the main drivers were moving customers (or all new customers) to a subscription basis and promoting freeware as a sales tool ... as per Gmap, free for a time (till you depend on it), then $$$ or £££ or whatever.um
Is there any feasible way of caching the key maps - eg conquersize UK first level ?
Or delay the inevitable with switch to other map providers?
Or if we do succumb to Google pressure, make sure all of us know how much our use is really costing - and accepting that the days of a 'few ads covering the costs' may be over?
Or (devious mind at work) - if individually we register with Gmap, can you call with our name, and we each get 28k per month free? Or some variation?5:12pm, 16th May 2018 -
Wow, I hope your shears are very sharp and you manage a lot more pruning.Elsie Too5:33pm, 16th May 2018
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oh, um's idea seems good, is that workable? I don't mind.Ocelot Spleens6:05pm, 16th May 2018
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Thanks Fetch for working so hard to keep our costs down, and for keeping us informed when changes are made. .... it’s part of what makes the site feel so personal.DocM6:05pm, 16th May 2018
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I'm not sure what counts as one map access but I'm sure i use twice as much as i want. Plot a route - show home area map, then type in the place i really want to start. If that place shares a name with somewhere bigger or in the USA try to guess the right name for the place i want.ChrisHB
Moving the cq map around i only have to breathe for laptop or phone to decide i want to zoom to one zone.
When i do want to look at one zone on my phone i can move the map up but not down. To get it back down i have to search for the zone again.
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Thanks Fetch - this blog certainly is food for thought on how we use the mapping features around the site.Seratonin8:13pm, 16th May 2018
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Good work! Is making the default map OSM an option? Then users could toggle to google maps if desired, kind of the opposite to what we currently have. I regularly "waste" a fair few google maps calls because every map I load is in google maps, but I often switch to OSM anyway.Jenelopy11:20pm, 16th May 2018
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Agree with what Doc says. (And with Seratonin too)BaronessBL9:53am, 17th May 2018
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Top pruning!HappyG(rrr)
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Very interesting to hear how some of the free Google things aren't free for users of sites like this. Well done on the pruning.Garfield1:57pm, 17th May 2018
Yesterday I did a little blog that said I was going to this race, but portraying it as more of a hurdle to be overcome so I could continue festering over my Abingdon training. But it turned out to be a really enjoyable race.
I picked up Elsie Too (running) and Silver Shadow (supporting), and after a few traffic nerves, we got there with about half an hour to go before the race. A trip to the loo, then off to collect numbers. We had no safety pins at all, but managed to blag four from some other runners, and managed to find four more by looking around the floor near where everyone had been pinning them on Talk about under-prepared
It's a nice race for catching up with people, and we bumped into quite a few Fetchies as we shuffled our way to the track for the start. There were pacing balloons every five minutes, which hopefully helped with starting position for a lot of new runners (I was told a story as we waited, about someone who started right at the front in a previous year, with headphones on, didn't hear the hooter, and got flattened!). I stood between the 50 and 55 minute pacers, with a view (made up on the spot) to stay between the two, and then gradually try to reel in the 50 minute guy.
We're off! And the first few hundred metres feel quite congested, and I'm just behind the 50 minute man. It looks like he's already collecting a throng of interested runners, who are fanning out across the course like geese flying south for the winter. I feel like I'm penned in a bit, and having to do quite short strides in order to avoid bumping into the geese. New plan - get round this guy, and try to stay ahead of him - so I do that by veering off the racing line where it's a bit quieter.
Things open up a bit now. I see at least three people retying shoe laces in the first kilometre. There's a tribe of kids all looking for high fives, and I make a note to remember to do that on the second lap.
I've settled into a bit of a rhythm now, through 2k in a pace that will get me the sub-50 I would be very happy with. I'm passed by stotty, who says a quick hello. A lady who is having stitch problems decides to take a walk right in front of me, but I manage to swerve and swear quietly at the same time (sorry, hope your race went well). There are some very fast chair athletes who whizz past, and some very impressive 'upright' chairs (by which I mean, they look like normal wheelchairs, not the aerodynamic racing ones) who are giving it the full-strength-beans treatment. Awesome.
At some point, I catch up with stotty, and I grunt something at him, and we fall into a bit of an unspoken alliance. Mrs Jigs is trackside, and gives me a nice shout
Through the 5k marker, and all the crowds, in about 24 minutes. I spot Silver Shadow, Lakes and Mrs Lycra Hurricane, who all give me a boost. Blimey, 24 minutes - can I hold on to this?
Stotty and me are still in a road train, and we keep pushing on. The kids all get a high five this time - about ten in a row The course has some undulations - but really quite gentle - and the downhills seem to come just at the right moment. At 7k, the sums are starting to get reassuring for a sub-50, and with one mile to go, I could happily have slowed down, but I try to keep pushing. There are some narrower gated bits to go through in this part of the race, and they do take away a bit of the rhythm, but things are still feeling good.
In the last mile of most races, I usually end up screaming at myself and anyone else who will listen. It's my thing. There's a bloke who has had a few walk breaks up ahead, and I yell at him that there's only a quarter of a mile left. I see Mrs Jigs, and share some primordial roars with her (she's surprisingly good at it!). The finish looms, and suddenly I'm yelling like a thing possessed. Walking man is showing signs of slowing up, so I bark at him again, and he sprints off like a stunned horse. Some poor bloke in a Wolf Runner top also gets the treatment, and I chase him to the line. I finish with a big grin on my face, and a lot of giggling to myself There are handshakes at the finish line I am really, really pleased with my splits: fetcheveryone.com/training/14946307/metres/1000
Shortly after, Elsie Too gets to the finish (I'll let her tell her story), and we all reunite, and I say hello to a bunch more Fetchies - Tony W, Welshie Maverick, wshippin, stotty again, Clare1976, Lycra Hurricane, Mrs Jigs, and a new Fetchie who Mrs Jigs has assimilated... - I'm doing that list thing that always results in accidentally forgetting someone :-/ But it was lovely to see everyone!
It's a bit on the chilly side, so we make our way to the car for chocolate milk (thanks to my lovely Katie for reminding me to take that) from my would-be sponsor Frijj. It's about an hour to drive home, and the euphoria is slowly taken over by tiredness, but still with a nice dose of happy at its core. A thoroughly recommendable race, and a bargain at about £12 for club runners.
Right then... back to that marathon training plan
I picked up Elsie Too (running) and Silver Shadow (supporting), and after a few traffic nerves, we got there with about half an hour to go before the race. A trip to the loo, then off to collect numbers. We had no safety pins at all, but managed to blag four from some other runners, and managed to find four more by looking around the floor near where everyone had been pinning them on
Talk about under-prepared It's a nice race for catching up with people, and we bumped into quite a few Fetchies as we shuffled our way to the track for the start. There were pacing balloons every five minutes, which hopefully helped with starting position for a lot of new runners (I was told a story as we waited, about someone who started right at the front in a previous year, with headphones on, didn't hear the hooter, and got flattened!). I stood between the 50 and 55 minute pacers, with a view (made up on the spot) to stay between the two, and then gradually try to reel in the 50 minute guy.
We're off! And the first few hundred metres feel quite congested, and I'm just behind the 50 minute man. It looks like he's already collecting a throng of interested runners, who are fanning out across the course like geese flying south for the winter. I feel like I'm penned in a bit, and having to do quite short strides in order to avoid bumping into the geese. New plan - get round this guy, and try to stay ahead of him - so I do that by veering off the racing line where it's a bit quieter.
Things open up a bit now. I see at least three people retying shoe laces in the first kilometre. There's a tribe of kids all looking for high fives, and I make a note to remember to do that on the second lap.
I've settled into a bit of a rhythm now, through 2k in a pace that will get me the sub-50 I would be very happy with. I'm passed by stotty, who says a quick hello. A lady who is having stitch problems decides to take a walk right in front of me, but I manage to swerve and swear quietly at the same time (sorry, hope your race went well). There are some very fast chair athletes who whizz past, and some very impressive 'upright' chairs (by which I mean, they look like normal wheelchairs, not the aerodynamic racing ones) who are giving it the full-strength-beans treatment. Awesome.
At some point, I catch up with stotty, and I grunt something at him, and we fall into a bit of an unspoken alliance. Mrs Jigs is trackside, and gives me a nice shout
Through the 5k marker, and all the crowds, in about 24 minutes. I spot Silver Shadow, Lakes and Mrs Lycra Hurricane, who all give me a boost. Blimey, 24 minutes - can I hold on to this?
Stotty and me are still in a road train, and we keep pushing on. The kids all get a high five this time - about ten in a row
The course has some undulations - but really quite gentle - and the downhills seem to come just at the right moment. At 7k, the sums are starting to get reassuring for a sub-50, and with one mile to go, I could happily have slowed down, but I try to keep pushing. There are some narrower gated bits to go through in this part of the race, and they do take away a bit of the rhythm, but things are still feeling good. In the last mile of most races, I usually end up screaming at myself and anyone else who will listen. It's my thing. There's a bloke who has had a few walk breaks up ahead, and I yell at him that there's only a quarter of a mile left. I see Mrs Jigs, and share some primordial roars with her (she's surprisingly good at it!). The finish looms, and suddenly I'm yelling like a thing possessed. Walking man is showing signs of slowing up, so I bark at him again, and he sprints off like a stunned horse. Some poor bloke in a Wolf Runner top also gets the treatment, and I chase him to the line. I finish with a big grin on my face, and a lot of giggling to myself
There are handshakes at the finish line I am really, really pleased with my splits: fetcheveryone.com/training/14946307/metres/1000 Shortly after, Elsie Too gets to the finish (I'll let her tell her story), and we all reunite, and I say hello to a bunch more Fetchies - Tony W, Welshie Maverick, wshippin, stotty again, Clare1976, Lycra Hurricane, Mrs Jigs, and a new Fetchie who Mrs Jigs has assimilated... - I'm doing that list thing that always results in accidentally forgetting someone :-/ But it was lovely to see everyone!
It's a bit on the chilly side, so we make our way to the car for chocolate milk (thanks to my lovely Katie for reminding me to take that) from my would-be sponsor Frijj. It's about an hour to drive home, and the euphoria is slowly taken over by tiredness, but still with a nice dose of happy at its core. A thoroughly recommendable race, and a bargain at about £12 for club runners.
Right then... back to that marathon training plan
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Awesome! You're on fire, this marathon plan is clearly suiting you.Velociraptor
I'd love to get down for a Silverstone race. I really enjoyed running there the year I paced the half in your place.10:40am, 10th May 2018 -
Yessss, fantastic racing, pacing and roaring! Great to see you. Perfect solid foundations for marathon training... xclare197610:52am, 10th May 2018
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You're not on the results list? Or do you have a special race day name? Nice pacing, good signs for Abingdon!larkim10:54am, 10th May 2018
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Boom 😄😄😄DocM10:58am, 10th May 2018
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I can't get into the results pageElsie Too All I get is "Forbidden You do not have permission to access this document"
Thanks so much for the lift - it was a great evening.11:23am, 10th May 2018 -
This is working for me - results.sporthive.comlarkim11:39am, 10th May 2018
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Edit - found you on the list!larkim11:43am, 10th May 2018
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Great stuff - well done! This actually came up on my FB memories yesterday, from 2012 when I ran what is still my 10k PB and will almost certainly always remain so now. Great course for fast times - these days it always seem to clash with my club's Midweek League season, so I haven't done it for quite a while.Schnecke12:06pm, 10th May 2018
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great grouping on the mile splits, would have been even faster if you had managed to keep to the racing line!iaincr12:09pm, 10th May 2018
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Nicely done, sir.Wine Legs12:54pm, 10th May 2018
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Superb! Great result and impressive splits!Sigh1:16pm, 10th May 2018
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Well run!LindsD1:19pm, 10th May 2018
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Great running and loving the roaring encouragement/abuse later on!;)Garfield1:22pm, 10th May 2018
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Excellent! You remind me that I could do with a good 10k in my plan.CogNoscensme AHA1:37pm, 10th May 2018
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You were still buzzing after, I think I surprised myself with the roaringMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)1:51pm, 10th May 2018
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Good effort mate. Shouting makes you faster by the way. Well known elite athletes race psychology thing. Fo shu.:-) GHappyG(rrr)2:56pm, 10th May 2018
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Awesome running and roaringCorrah9:45pm, 10th May 2018
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Glad you enjoyed the 10k...but wot no cake from our refreshments stall...chocolate milk!!!!??? We were baking vegan flapjack for days to feed you all!!!c-mac11:17pm, 10th May 2018
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I didn't have any money with me, and didn't know there was a Fetchie at the stall, otherwise I would have been straight over. Soz.fetcheveryone11:19pm, 10th May 2018
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Awesome stuff, well done!StuH
But, it's a bit early to start training for Abo isn't it?? Please tell me it is! I've got a 24hr race to train for, complete, recover from and a family holiday to squeeze in first!11:35pm, 10th May 2018 -
Good stuff, and a nice race to do. It has really expanded since I did it last. I don't mean that the 10k had got further, but it if feel like that to my body haha!Lycra Hurricane7:00am, 11th May 2018
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Well doneLisrun11:33am, 11th May 2018
Just stumbled on my old videos from when I was training for VMLM 2015 Here's the link, in case anyone would like to see:
fetcheveryone.com/vlog.php
I'm off to run Silverstone 10k now - which a few months back was gonna be a real test of where my 10k pace was. And now it's just something to get done before I carry on Abingdon training
Here's the link, in case anyone would like to see: fetcheveryone.com/vlog.php
I'm off to run Silverstone 10k now - which a few months back was gonna be a real test of where my 10k pace was. And now it's just something to get done before I carry on Abingdon training
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Good luck!Sigh4:55pm, 9th May 2018
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See you soonElsie Too5:12pm, 9th May 2018
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Have a great raceVelociraptor Hug everyone 5:20pm, 9th May 2018
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Enjoy being a racing car 🏎Diogenes5:34pm, 9th May 2018
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I hope you did the mandatory Vroom noises round the bends?flanker12:24am, 10th May 2018
Last week I received an email from Google, stating that they were updating their charging model for Google Maps, and that there was every likelihood that Fetcheveryone's current usage level would incur charges when that change takes place in June.
This in itself is not an insurmountable hurdle - I'll do what I can to minimise the cost to us by making more use of other mapping software like OpenStreetMap, and looking at ways in which I can reduce any unnecessary map usage on our part.
But it's a useful example of one of the increasing costs (and time consuming tasks for that matter) involved in operating a website. And even if there were absolutely no other expenses, I would still have to pay for a web server, software, company fees, taxes and earn enough money to look after my family.
The new GDPR laws have provided an additional squeeze, reducing the size of email lists we've collected over the past 15 years, making it harder to generate advertising revenue from organisations that want to speak to people like Fetchies.
GDPR make a lot of sense, even to me as someone who has benefited from sending email on behalf of events, products etc. It's all very well having a huge email list, but if the people on that list either get frustrated by, ignore or simply don't see the things we send out, then what's the point?
Asking people to tick a box to receive messages, rather than sending them *unless* they have unticked one might seem like a small difference, but it means that those who *do* are genuinely interested in what Fetcheveryone has to offer. So although in some ways it's made things tougher, it's also brought more focus.
We're also up against companies that have invested millions of dollars of venture capital to capture the focus of runners. For their long term survival, they need to make good on that investment at some point, just as Google are perhaps doing after a decade of offering Google Maps for free (until it's become something that the internet relies on). If independent websites start to disappear through lack of funding whilst the big bucks make all the noise, the long-term picture sees those bigger companies gain control of that market, just as energy companies and broadband suppliers seem able to increase their prices year after year. I can see that asking you for your donations is essentially asking you to provide that same return for Fetcheveryone - but not enough to repay millions of dollars - just enough to keep the site running, my Marmite jar full, and to help us secure our corner of the internet for many years to come.
Since we regained our independence, I've always been clear in my mind that the ideal situation is a symbiotic relationship between me and you, Fetchies without any reliance on external support or influence. Minimising our reliance on advertising and ensuring we cover our costs really does mean that I can devote all my time to making the website as useful as possible. Its success has come about because of your feedback, helping me to refine rough edges, inspiring new features and tools, and sometimes just reassuring me that what we have here is of enormous value to a lot of people. So if you think we could or should be better, tell me, and I'll do my best to make it happen. Big or small, an improvement for you is an improvement for everyone.
It is still entirely your choice whether to support the site or not. The average donation from the people who do support the site is about £3.50 per month, or about £42 per year. Most supporters do this with a standing order (which, unlike a direct debit, is entirely within your control - I can't increase it, or change it at all), but you can also make a one-off or regular contribution via Paypal.
Here's some information on how you can donate if you don't already do so:
fetcheveryone.com/invite.php
Thank you
This in itself is not an insurmountable hurdle - I'll do what I can to minimise the cost to us by making more use of other mapping software like OpenStreetMap, and looking at ways in which I can reduce any unnecessary map usage on our part.
But it's a useful example of one of the increasing costs (and time consuming tasks for that matter) involved in operating a website. And even if there were absolutely no other expenses, I would still have to pay for a web server, software, company fees, taxes and earn enough money to look after my family.
The new GDPR laws have provided an additional squeeze, reducing the size of email lists we've collected over the past 15 years, making it harder to generate advertising revenue from organisations that want to speak to people like Fetchies.
GDPR make a lot of sense, even to me as someone who has benefited from sending email on behalf of events, products etc. It's all very well having a huge email list, but if the people on that list either get frustrated by, ignore or simply don't see the things we send out, then what's the point?
Asking people to tick a box to receive messages, rather than sending them *unless* they have unticked one might seem like a small difference, but it means that those who *do* are genuinely interested in what Fetcheveryone has to offer. So although in some ways it's made things tougher, it's also brought more focus.
We're also up against companies that have invested millions of dollars of venture capital to capture the focus of runners. For their long term survival, they need to make good on that investment at some point, just as Google are perhaps doing after a decade of offering Google Maps for free (until it's become something that the internet relies on). If independent websites start to disappear through lack of funding whilst the big bucks make all the noise, the long-term picture sees those bigger companies gain control of that market, just as energy companies and broadband suppliers seem able to increase their prices year after year. I can see that asking you for your donations is essentially asking you to provide that same return for Fetcheveryone - but not enough to repay millions of dollars - just enough to keep the site running, my Marmite jar full, and to help us secure our corner of the internet for many years to come.
Since we regained our independence, I've always been clear in my mind that the ideal situation is a symbiotic relationship between me and you, Fetchies without any reliance on external support or influence. Minimising our reliance on advertising and ensuring we cover our costs really does mean that I can devote all my time to making the website as useful as possible. Its success has come about because of your feedback, helping me to refine rough edges, inspiring new features and tools, and sometimes just reassuring me that what we have here is of enormous value to a lot of people. So if you think we could or should be better, tell me, and I'll do my best to make it happen. Big or small, an improvement for you is an improvement for everyone.
It is still entirely your choice whether to support the site or not. The average donation from the people who do support the site is about £3.50 per month, or about £42 per year. Most supporters do this with a standing order (which, unlike a direct debit, is entirely within your control - I can't increase it, or change it at all), but you can also make a one-off or regular contribution via Paypal.
Here's some information on how you can donate if you don't already do so:
fetcheveryone.com/invite.php
Thank you
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Happy to pay a (very) minimal contribution per month for a (very) fabulous corner of the internet to continue to exist, flourish and keep winning gongs!HappyG(rrr) G12:41pm, 8th May 2018
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My actual favourite corner of the internetsmoke free1:00pm, 8th May 2018
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I much prefer OSM and would be happy if that were the only map option available on Fetch.Sigh
Also - as someone in the fortunate position to be able to donate - I also increased my standing order this year, not by much, as Fetch must feel the same inflationary pressures as everyone else, but cannot just increase the amount as other, bigger companies do.
Just a thought.1:42pm, 8th May 2018 -
Money well spentLindsD
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"I would willingly sell my house and all its contents to fund Fetcheveryone" - but I can't make the cat homeless. This site is definitely worth an increase to the very small contribution I currently makeSchnecke2:08pm, 8th May 2018
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^^^What Linds said, and standing order upped a little!LazyDaisy2:14pm, 8th May 2018
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I didn't realise Paypal took a cut - will do change to SO now!DoricQuine2:16pm, 8th May 2018
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Senior moment!!! I don't pay by Paypal!DoricQuine2:23pm, 8th May 2018
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I have to admit that when I got my yearly payrise at work I did think that I should up my fetch contribution but haven't done it yet. Will do now.Elsie Too2:37pm, 8th May 2018
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Running or not Fetch is my go to web site. My contribution is worth it for Fellrunning's blog alone!ThorntonRunner3:11pm, 8th May 2018
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Ah, go on then. On one condition. You do not use my money to buy Marmite. Ok?Nessie3:28pm, 8th May 2018
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I love fetch and have done since the moment I joined 10 years ago. Have increased my subs a little. Still less than a running magazine and far more diverse.1step2far3:31pm, 8th May 2018
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Keep on keeping on.mikep3:33pm, 8th May 2018
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There are many things that I pay a lot more for but get a lot less return. And where else can you feel that your feedback is genuinely wanted and considered.DocM
Thanks Fetch and may your marmite jar be filled to overflowing ( though that could get messy)3:48pm, 8th May 2018 -
Worth every penny. Thanks FetchTeeBee6:16pm, 8th May 2018
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Aaahhh, we allalpenrose Fetch. 8:14pm, 8th May 2018
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After pressing "remind me in a month" for ages I've finally set up a monthly contribution 😃 Cheers Fetch!mattglen_9:11pm, 8th May 2018
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Fetch is great value for money and doesn't feel like Facebook for runners/cyclists/swimmers like "other" sites.Rrunner10:07pm, 8th May 2018
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It's a brilliant website.Columba10:42pm, 8th May 2018
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I'm glad I finally got round to setting up a standing order. I owe this site a lot and is the least I can do.MaT.T12:55pm, 9th May 2018
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I judge according to what I'd have to pay to get the same level of analysis from the like ofVelociraptor
stravaPremium, but it's really so much more than that.5:23pm, 9th May 2018 -
A bit late, but I've upped the SO so you don't have to live on gruel every day.Helegant10:39pm, 29th May 2018
Just had a look at some numbers:
119 Fetchies have logged over 20,000 miles.
813 have logged over 10,000 miles.
2375 have reached 5,000 miles
My evil corporate head wonders if folks would shell out for some sort of momento. My normal head is pleased that my corporate head doesn’t extend far beyond the phrase “shelling out”, and just likes looking at the table
Any thoughts? It implies more effort on your part than any “virtual event” medal I’ve ever seen.
119 Fetchies have logged over 20,000 miles.
813 have logged over 10,000 miles.
2375 have reached 5,000 miles
My evil corporate head wonders if folks would shell out for some sort of momento. My normal head is pleased that my corporate head doesn’t extend far beyond the phrase “shelling out”, and just likes looking at the table
Any thoughts? It implies more effort on your part than any “virtual event” medal I’ve ever seen.
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I'm happy with an unlockable badgeVelociraptor5:40pm, 4th May 2018
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Unlockable badge does it for me too.DocM5:51pm, 4th May 2018
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Virtual badges are fun and cost effectiveFenland Flier6:41pm, 4th May 2018
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I'm perfectly happy with the virtual badges too.jabberknit6:44pm, 4th May 2018
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I want a mahoosive medalstuart little
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As above...^Ness6:52pm, 4th May 2018
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I think the suggestion is for folks to have the option to purchase a Fetch-themed memento for reaching the milestones - similar to the 'virtual runner' challenges where you pay £12 for some tacky bling, then provide evidence that you've run around the block, then said bling gets sent to you.Sigh
If this is the incorrect conclusion, please ignore!
If it is the right one; well then, it would have to be something more special than bling; one of those perspex blocks (like the Running Awards, only lighter/cheaper) only Fetch themed, stating the Fetch person's name and the achievement, would be cool (and would look great on a mantelpiece / windowledge / shelf / NDW Dave's drawer of awards ) runningimp.co.uk
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Happy with virtual badges!westmoors7:26pm, 4th May 2018
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I'd like virtual badges to come a bit more often: AIUI I'm likely to die before I get my next one, and it's years since the last.ChrisHB7:33pm, 4th May 2018
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Just checked; on 2,918 miles, next badge is Chicago (3,950 miles), so *only* another 1,032 miles to goSigh7:43pm, 4th May 2018
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Just joined the 10,000 mile club this week.mole-thing
Already got various mementos to go with my huge pile of worn out running shoes, but could be tempted if it were something a bit unusual.8:38pm, 4th May 2018 -
mug ?fraggle9:34pm, 4th May 2018
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Makes me think that perhaps I should log some legacy kilometres, from before I joined the wonderful world of Fetch 8-)Oranj9:44pm, 4th May 2018
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Actually, where does it say how many miles we've recorded on Fetch? I added mine up on a spreadsheet.ChrisHB10:00pm, 4th May 2018
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On your user profile Chris.fetcheveryone10:22pm, 4th May 2018
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I would go for a fetch themed momento.Ocelot Spleens10:29pm, 4th May 2018
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I'm not bothered about anything physical thanks. I don't know if you were thinking like Sigh said about about selling something as a revenue thing (though given the low numberss that wouldn't make much sense?) but if it's genuinely to recognise / celebrate the achievements of those who have reached it, what about a wee article? Your writings on this site are one of the best things (I often think would be great if you did more "articles"). So just do a "piece" on the person reaching the milestone (with their permission). A bit of a story about how they got there, why, is mileage good etc. a pic (possibly mashed up virtual hand shake pic wth your good self etc.) And or a video or audio interview etc.HappyG(rrr)
You could then post that wider (with permission) to promote the site. Basically, use the mileage (and other achievements logged via this site) to promote FE to the world via good journalism? G9:51am, 5th May 2018 -
I like Happy G's suggestion. I am a sucker for a memento though - I wouldn't mind a hoodie or shirt with the badge onAutumnleaves10:47am, 5th May 2018
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I'm with AL - that's a really good suggestion from the Happy oneRosehip but I'd also be proud to wear a "I've logged 5000 miles on Fetcheveryone.com" T-shirt.11:15am, 5th May 2018
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Or a cloak that flies behind you in the wind like BatmanSerendippily12:07pm, 5th May 2018
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A car would be nice. Don’t mind what colour.iPLOD4:34pm, 5th May 2018
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You know what? I would have loved a Fetch medal when I passed 5000 miles. I would have loved a Fetch medal when I passed 10000 miles. And I would have paid.Watford Wobble
I don't like virtual. I want Fetch friends I can talk to and look in the eyes. Cayke (not virtual) I can share with them. I would cherish a Fetch medal. And I got two of those three today when we passed our 200th parkrun.10:09pm, 5th May 2018 -
Late to this - but no thanks; PBs are the 'reward' for all the mileage (for me, anyway).paul the builder1:20pm, 7th May 2018
I was talking to Katie after our swim on Wednesday, and she was wondering when I was going to pick a winner for our dryrobe competition. I asked her who she thought would be a good winner (despite the fact that it's picked at random), and she suggested Elsie Too. I agreed that would be nice, because we know how hard Elsie has been working on getting stuck in to regular swimming (she goes to the same pool as us on Wednesdays). I pointed out that she'd recently won a book, and that it might look suspicious if she went on to win the dryrobe. But then I recalled a previous competition where someone won something twice in a row, and actually receiving a compliment for adhering to the random process.
That must have been at least five, possibly ten years ago.
It couldn't happen again, right? There are 115 entrants, which means one chance in 115.
Yes it could. Here's a screenshot (I've blurred out the database table name, because I don't want anyone knowing those):
*The circled bit is the user ID
Congratulations Elsie, and a big thank you to everyone else for joining in. I hope that seeing the swimming times for your fellow Fetchies give you something to aim at.
That must have been at least five, possibly ten years ago.
It couldn't happen again, right? There are 115 entrants, which means one chance in 115.
Yes it could. Here's a screenshot (I've blurred out the database table name, because I don't want anyone knowing those):
*The circled bit is the user ID
Congratulations Elsie, and a big thank you to everyone else for joining in. I hope that seeing the swimming times for your fellow Fetchies give you something to aim at.
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WOWElsie Too That's it - decision made - I will be at the lake at 7am tomorrow morning
I am so happy about this, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.9:31am, 4th May 2018 -
Excellent outcome! I'm only a little tiny bit disappointed. A worthy winner.LindsD9:34am, 4th May 2018
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FIX! 😀Diogenes9:35am, 4th May 2018
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I also approve of the true randomness (as a statistician!). The story of 'Apple random' is famous - people complaining of on random occasionally getting the same song twice (as can happen randomly) meaning they had to change it it 'looks random' by imposing some rules to make it less random!boyband66669:36am, 4th May 2018
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"order by rand()" - That's how I do campaign selections!Binks9:38am, 4th May 2018
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I really must remember to do that book review - then I'm going to pass the book to another Fetchie. I don't think I'll be doing the same with the dry robe!Elsie Too9:40am, 4th May 2018
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kismet!MazH9:41am, 4th May 2018
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Well deserved. Even if it was randomVelociraptor9:50am, 4th May 2018
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well done - love my dryrobeOld Croc10:24am, 4th May 2018
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I was pleased to find out about the dryrobe as it gave me an excellent idea for a birthday present!D210:24am, 4th May 2018
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The all powerful gods of randomness are awesomeDocM10:42am, 4th May 2018
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Fab. Random means that coincidences will happen. I kinda love this Universe we happen to live in!HappyG(rrr) G10:51am, 4th May 2018
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Excellent resultHellsBells11:33am, 4th May 2018
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Excellent result, keep warm Elsie Tooferret11:56am, 4th May 2018
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(That was a smiley face on my comment that didn't render properly - I was jokingDiogenes )12:37pm, 4th May 2018
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Excellent newsFizz :-)12:52pm, 4th May 2018
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I was wondering where I'd come in this competition - and then I remembered - I haven't done any swimming! Good result Elsie.McGoohan1:55pm, 4th May 2018
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Fix !!!bigleggy I didn't enter the competition so , for clarification, this comment is a joke 2:03pm, 4th May 2018
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Congrats Elsie:-) I am happy to win another CLS trip.. just saying.B.4:16pm, 4th May 2018
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An excellent result.Helegant4:17pm, 4th May 2018
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October (16)
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Triathlon Loitering
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Bat renovation
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My dear old things...
Copernican Revolution
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The Doctor K Cup - 19th October
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Please excuse the lag
I'm back :-)
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Schrödinger's Holiday
Look what I've got!
Finally, a bit of progress
May UCAS be fruitful
Get your pre-orders in :-)
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20th anniversary commemorative tea towel :-) GET IN QUICK :-)
Morienteering Badges :-)
Wheat Intolerance and Barr's Strawberryade
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Would you do it for a Scooby snack?
Play Along
Pilgrimage
Site down for a short while this afternoon
Attention Chrome users
Pace Analysis
Picture Usage tracking
Nice beats per mile graph
Thanks for the donation Jeff Bezos :-)
F'laps 2024 is done!
F'laps - three laps in
Me in Women's Running magazine :-)
Add A Race - Usability followup
#dogsandwivesatpollingstations
Cadence Filter - a little tweak
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June (11)
Today’s Task
Here's something cool
F'Laps - get togethers
Forum tagging
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F'Laps - your opportunity to withdraw gracefully :-)
Usability - look what's changed
RW Refugees welcomed
Oscar's Everyone Day
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Snap Poll :-)
May (7)
Easy Street
Track me on Sunday
V2 Training Beta
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Five Noahs
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Marmite Excalibur
April (13)
In case you haven't cancelled it yet...
Weasels and spiders
Blog Listings Change (nowt major)
Six New Badges! Adding pics to Conquercise zones.
Night Races - Can you help?
Sifting Chunks: Gradient versus Pace
Audible Free Trial - You get free audiobooks, I get five quid!
A donation from JH
Andy Townsend :-)
GCU50: Citizen on Patrol
Fetchpoint: The Game - Where I'm Headed
Fetchpoint: The Game - a consultation
Heavy Roller please
March (11)
I can eat fifty eggs
Oscar the Grouch :-(
If a Fetch fails in a forest...
Trialling a new weekly update email
Lasting Power of Suspicion
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2024 *bunting*
Swittle's Funeral
Cadence
Tea & Trails Podcast
Down to my last pen
A bench for swittle
February (8)
The Lightning Struck Tower
Swittle
Cholesterol
This year so far in pictures
Three Noahs
Fetch is as strong as you make it.
100k - what do I need?
Paywalls are BS: I'm on a podcast!
January (11)
Chasing Round Numbers - A Cautionary Tale!
MOTM - Decision Made (and a competition for EVERYONE!)
MOTM - a chance to rethink
Training Home Page updates
How much walking will I do?
Training Plans - Further Updates
Training Plan List
Butter Police
Why no app?
Useful Chat!
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2023 (136)
December (6)
Nearly forgot...
Jam today
Removing another bit of Google's invasiveness
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Chewie, we're home!
Two tips for today's advent challenge
November (13)
Spammy McSpamface
40 days and 40 nights
EfM confirmed!
New Training Log Beta! 😲 (aka Change Is Not Good)
Escape from Meriden
Waiting for your training?
Route of the Century?
I didn't know I owned a nutcracker
Design our anniversary shirts/vests!
Holiday Reading - plenty of fiction :-)
Swimming in a metaphor
Hello
Off World
October (11)
Fl'update
To think I tried to mop it up!
Vote Please: How many F'Laps will you try to do?
F'Laps 2024
Long Run
So it still needs a name...
Front Garden Ultra?
The Boy is a man!
Festive Fetch Calendar
Creative K's
Signs
September (7)
Training Edit Screen - time to ditch it...
Stock check
The Doctor K Cup - October 7th!!!!
Removing the training edit screen
A Happy Applecart
Happy 19th Birthday!
Forgotten pictures
August (14)
Just in case
Weekly Total Hours
Dim Brys Dim Chwys
All hail our robot overlords!
Your local parkrun
Fool on the hill
Survey Follow Up
A survey?
Did you know?
I made a thing
VC Day
FBI Agent
What keeps you going?
Be careful what's in your paste buffer (and July training update)
July (13)
Delight
Respecting your eyeballs since 2004
Hot Stuff, coming through
Ocean Colour Scheme
18 years, 10 months, 13 days and counting...
Ooof #fail
Our listings need you!
Pics from the end of the swim
A whispered, half-remembered dream
Try the Heatmap!!!
Teaser
100 Running Words (and my June summary)
July Virtual Mile
June (8)
Last Big Swim
I can't be the only one...
Which is the real me?
#EveryoneDay
The legendary sixth samosa!
WSW Main Page Layout Changes
May Summary (contains swimming!)
Hoodies pre-order closes at 10am
May (17)
A new WSW challenge
Tagging images
Hoooooooooooooodies!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Sweatshop Competition
Did you get an email?
Fifty Years Ago - Part VIII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VI
Help on a slippery slope
Fifty Years Ago - Part V
Fifty Years Ago - Part IV
Fifty Years Ago - Part III
Chuck-off: Round 2
Not my king?
Fifty Years Ago - Part II
Fifty Years Ago
And that was April
April (10)
Centurion Safari!
Sheep treats (and a routes feature)
And I’ll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns.
15,746 places to 💩
Track Your Blood Pressure
A couple of quick fmail updates
Rusty Metal and a Cycling Grudge Match
Please help me kick the fmail tyres!
Onset of Summer Watch. Have you got Onset of Summer? +fmail!
Premium?
March (10)
And that was March
Try the new fmail system
Can you help my boy?
Tell A Friend?
Some Sweatshop Competitions
Sign up to our 2023 Virtual Challenge
Review: FORM Smart Goggles
UTMOST vs Treadmills
33,258
Embranglement!
February (13)
And that was February
This year's Virtual Challenge
What does Points make?
Automatic Everything Collector
Peaky Finders
FAO Fitbit users
My favourite training graph
You've got this.
Coffee Survey (for my stepson)
Access all the tips
Tiny Usability Changes
Cod science
Hot Tips
January (14)
Monthly Infographic Bug Fixes
No, but really...
Have a play with the monthly infographic
It's not ready yet, but...
Introducing Fetch Premium
Help me design a new Monthly Infographic...
Still following?
Fettle
Definitely Not Betting
Do you follow? (plus burp chat)
Advance warning for stalkers!
I'm back (and the Fetch LS, SS and NS shirts preorder is open)
Attention Fitbit Users
Review 50 albums in 2023 (badge!)
2022 (144)
December (8)
Treasure Hunt Day 1 - the best gift
Important updates to the Fetch Relay
Introducing the Fetch Relay 2023
Who Am I? (Solved, thanks) And How Am I?
Confessions :-)
12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt
Chewie, we’re home!
A few pics from the Foffice :-)
November (24)
Yesvember - Day #30 (and Festive Fetch Calendar Eve!)
The Fetch Festive 160.934 :-) [Yesvember #Day 29]
You'd better watch out... (plus Yesvember Day #28)
Brace Yourself (and there's one spare bobble hat!) and Yesvember - Day #26
Hats in the post! Plus Yesvember Day #25
Look what arrived!
Yesvember - Day #24
Training Graph Manager - usability update (Yesvember Day #23)
Yesvember - Day #22 - Cheating?
Last chance to enter the Advance Performance comp
Yesvember - Days #11 thru #14 (plus Jumpy Boy)
Weather on the training home page watch. Have you got weather on the training home page? (Yesvember - Day #10)
Oh, and... it's Yesvember - Day #9
Another bit of the internet fenced off
Yesvember - Day #8 - taking steps
Yesvember - Day #7
Yesvember - Day #6
Yesvember - Day #5
The curse of swimming GPS
Yesvember - Day #4
The Les Mis effect
Yesvember - Day #3
Yesvember - Day #2
Yesvember - Day #1
October (15)
October gives way to Yesvember!
Anyone fancy a threeway?
More thoughts on races
Racing, post-pandemic
Contracts exchanged!
Competition Time!
Last call for Flobble Hats
A record year for swimming?
Woburn Lido
Order your Bobble Hat! If you like.
I appear to have entered a race! (plus new Garmin import queueing system)
Eric the Eel
Get your hobbit on
The Doctor K Cup: Saturday 8th October!
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
September (16)
Take This Bus To Cuba
Fetch Bobble Hats
Trumpeting
Training View tweaks (switch maps, game overlays, mile markers)
Training View tweaks (and a play button bug fix)
A long ride and a cold swim.
Play Button
UTMOST Wava & Bike Division Rebuilds
New UTMOST leagues for cyclists and WAVA fans
The Doctor K Cup
Chance encounters
Do I ditch our Facebook stuff?
A keeper, from my feedback inbox...
Ultra distances - update
Adding ultra distances to Fastest Fetchies league.
Try the new Training Groups pages
August (11)
Training Groups Update - Coming Soon
Garmin Queue Issues
Donations without reference numbers :-)
New Elbow Laws
No longer the 3398th fastest Fetchie over 10k!
Pulling counties into league tables
What was I thinking?
County Champion?
Just bear in mind that you asked for this.
Wahoo and Coros users
How to make half a million quid (batteries not included)
July (6)
Club Listings
Book giveaway :-)
Updated Race Portfolio
Updated Targets Page
Exactly ***1*** Spare Ladies L Cycling Jersey
Search All Blogs :-)
June (10)
Imagine you could search all the public blogs...
Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!
7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday
#EveryoneDay - Sunday 26th June 2022
Spare Challenge Coasters
The North West Passage
Feature Request Voting - Know Your Limits!
UTMOST Division 8: YIKES!
Shepperton Weight Gain Programme
UTMOST Division 9! Sub-50 10k :-)
May (16)
Four hours left :-)
Division 10: No hope of escape?
Book giveaway :-)
Division 11: No place left to hide
New HR Analysis
They're here! Well, not exactly *here*, but...
A quick Darth Mode update
Darth Mode! And a few biscuits for the hyperdrive.
Division 12: Two hours of pushing broom
Dark Mode: Beta
PB Potential? Fancy a quickie? ;-)
Division 12: Running Out Of Road?
Thank you everyone!
Making UTMOST moves :-)
Do you want a Fetch shirt?
I did my UTMOST :-) (plus new sharing infographic)
April (7)
Today's plan
NEW UTMOST BADGES!!!!!
A plug for some races
Raspberry Pavlov
Win a book :-)
United Colours of Cross Training
A little Streetview adventure
March (11)
The lockers are a pound.
Advice for Gym Noobs!
Feedback made easier
#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈
Thanks Chunky: parkrun routes!
Sniffer Dogs
Yikes!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update
Route Plotting tweak
The Crow: A Pipedream!
February (7)
Fetch Kit Spares
Updated Race Listing Pages
Introducing Rundle!
I appear to be training for an OWS event!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys!!!
Does you wantz free shoez?
Post Office tomorrow - kit spares
January (13)
Updated Flanci Design (now with more Fetchness)
Badge Collection Graphic!
Updated elevation trace
Book Lists :-)
Updated sharing infographic - do you like it?
Spare Fetch Kit
Badge page refresh / feature requests
Flanci / Fetch Leggings
New Badge Pages
New hill badges
Join me on my fitness journey!
Are you the farmer?
Blog every day challenge - finishers
2021 (187)
December (14)
Book List
Ten years ago today...
A big slobbery elephant snog.
If you don't like hills, this must be getting tiring :-)
When does a hill end?
Hill finder - prototype v2
Hill Finder - prototype
2022 Targets
Chewie, We’re Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day!
Embed badges, plus a new badge :-)
Updated people page
Seeking map
Streak Watch
The new Fetch buffs are here…
November (23)
Almost there...
The Fetch Library
Update your thread titles
Ascent dissent
Mute a thread
Shortcuts
Training Import Queue
I fell off (but not really!)
Croeso i Fetcheveryone. Ydych chi'n siarad Almaeneg, Swedish neu Eidaleg?
New mobile nav
Last call for shirts
@
Just a trim please
Brought to you by wind power
300 miles later
Golden Ticket Shocker!
Banjobax (aka KOG)
Home and Away kit preorder - with long sleeve option
A little competition - win a copy of Daniels' Running Formula
Garmin testers - thanks
Add your grub stops!
Points Of Interest: Grub Stops
Garmin-owning testers wanted
October (19)
New home and away shirts and vests
Benchmark league - a few more updates
Benchmark league table
Hill areas
Preorder is now open!
'b'uffs then
Necktube design #1 & #2
Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
An apology for people who follow my training
New cycling and swimming badges
New Conquercise Feature: Grids
Sprouting a tiny biking antler :-)
Have a try of the cycling gradient analysis
Struggling with my big ring
Cycling: gradient vs pace
A question for cyclists
For Doctor K
Shan't.
September (14)
New comments (FID 1212)
Forum post previews
Garmin imports with a snippet more info
Gallery upload options
Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
Forum Quotes
Spoiler Alert!
20th of March and all that.
Have you signed up yet?
This bit of crappy Upminister nearly cost me my f***ing life.
A guide with no pages
To steal a catchphrase from a wise lady...
Multiple choice polls
August (11)
Pre-Race Training - Updated
A connection!
New Member of the Month sponsor
Best Weeks - bug fixes
Your Best Week Ever
Rainbow Kit - preorder is open
Age Bests - filtering out the mistakes :-)
Sign up, sign up, for the Doctor K cup
A message from my lovely wife ❤️
Another batch of rainbow kit?
Spares: Event Clips, Swim Hats and a few rainbow tops
July (10)
A bunch of site goodies :-)
Hello kitty
Holy Simmering Mercury Batman!
Settings
A heart rate question
Sleepy Shuffle?
365 graph
Slipping on ma noob shoes
Meatronomes
World's Sexiest Bridges
June (11)
Benchmarks - a *tiny* little improvement
Race Leaderboards - some small improvements
Race Finder - Update
Up there ^
Routes - more updates
Last call for FE Event Clips
Server update
Minor code problem
Some little updates to your route list
Feature requests - two years on!
More than just a rainbow
May (8)
Rainbow Kit - update on delivery time...
Fetch Ron Hill Cycling Jerseys
Pre-order your rainbow kit now :-)
Jimi Hendrix vs Run DMC
The return of parkrun - a poll
Something in the woodshed...
Default to walk
A tour of the Fetch Office
April (11)
Instabanned :-)
I has Instagram
Fetch Event Clips
FERC
Castle Challenge Coaster!
My chess rating
Jab - symptom watch
This just in...
REVIEW: XMiles selection box
Let FE pay for your coaching qualifications :-)
Castle Challenge - A Quick Blog
March (18)
The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge
Running vs Cycling Cadence
Fetch vests and shirts (and swim caps)
Elevation vs Follow Roads
£500 of England Athletics courses up for grabs!
TomTom users
Music by year: 1993
10k Analysis: Part 7 - Length of Training Runs
Music by year: 1992 (plus some 1991 additions)
Bot sniffing win :-) plus daily blogger count!
User profiles
10k Analysis: Part 6 - Training Pace Again
Time to update your injuries :-)
User profile - sticker button.. EDIT and race standard
More user profile adjustments
User Profile tweaking
Cute story of the week*
10k Analysis: Part 5 - Training Pace
February (17)
Year on Year mileage comparison
Elevation graphs
It's all kicking off in chess club!
Music By year: 1991
10k Analysis: Part 4 - Weekly Training Habits
Tagging virtual races
Chasing rainbows
Rainbow Shirts
Lance!
Blog writing improvements
10k Analysis: Part 3 - Accuracy of human predictions
Music by year: 1990
Smacking bots
29 slices - my seven days of dinner
10k Analysis: Part 2 - Age and Performance
Pass it on
10k Analysis: Part 1 - Distribution of best 10k times
January (31)
January
Mobile Usability Team Helping All Fetchies...
Salmon Ramen Recipe :-)
Salmon Ramen (for TBR)
Backup dog
The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
Obscure bugs
Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
FIT file import - temporary issue
Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
Dirty data
Mobile Usability
Oops
Readership!
Stay sticky
It's Hip To Buy Squares
Related Threads - Exposé :-)
The Batshit Association
Jobs
Tag Team
Feed the monster!
An ad for Fetch Chess Club :-)
Estimating VO2Max
Three little birds
A not uncommon swelling
Church Mouse January
Honey, where's my super suit?
Not here.
2020 (128)
December (6)
Blog A Day 2021?
9 years ago today
Chewie, We're Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day :-)
Be Prepared
Becoming an effluencer
A few Fetch Mugs left
November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
Mugs!
Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
Annual Infographic... updating now.
In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
Mini plans with the training plan
5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
Thank you
Become tradeable!
Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
Last orders
Advice for a friend
Trader Makeover
September (6)
The shop is open!
Hoodie Colour!
New Fetch Hoodies
A big up/holler!
VO2max
A benchmark derailed by GPS data *nerd*
August (8)
10k analysis
Officially a Sheepy Shuffler!
Pi Watering
Pre-order Avoid Everyone Face Masks
I got sent these...
Other sites? :-O
Benchmarks - an infinitely configurable set of ladders.
Try the monthly infographic :-)
July (10)
Update on Monthly Training Infographic
New Infographic
Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)
A quick Garmin update
Open Water / Wild Swimming Database
Avoid Everyone - spares
OWS Locations
Thread-level search
New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures
My first lamp post
June (16)
Replacing the Who's Training page
Combining some pages
In pursuit of the Gridmaster Ultra
15th Anniversary Kit - Spares
Shoelaces
A new How To video
Training Plan Updated
Black Lives Matter
Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
Another How To video - this time, Conquercise
Fantastisches Tweeten
May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
[Untitled]
Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
Gis a job!
Bedford Half
REMEMBER!!!
Vote for Fetch
Now you've hopefully got the idea...
November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[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
Comments
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I appreciate this is only really a problem for idiot long distance cyclists (or maybe ultra ultra runners)