I had an idea the other day whilst walking with Katie. A lot of Fetch games rely on randomly-placed markers to encourage you to vary your routes - but what if you could design your own virtual orienteering course? Drop a dozen or so virtual flags on the map, and then you've got a challenge for yourself and anyone else who is passing through the area.
I've built some pages that allow you to construct a course:
fetcheveryone.com/ori
In real-life orienteering, the goal is to navigate your way around a series of fixed 'flags'. There is (sometimes) no set order, and no fixed route. Goals vary between: visiting as many flags as you can within a fixed time; ticking them all off as quickly as you can; or finding the shortest path. All the while you are using your navigational skills whilst on the move.
The new tool lets you build a course in your local area and make it public. At the moment, all you can do is build your course, but I hope to make it actually playable in the next few days.
Once the whole system is up and running, all you'll need to do is start a run from within 20 metres of the start flag. Start running and chase down some flags. It will all work via your GPS trace - you just have to pass within 20 metres of a flag to collect it. Complete your run by heading back to the start flag. Fetch will tell you how many flags you hit - and there'll be a variety of leaderboards to compete on.
Tips for designing your course
1) Because there are no real flags to find, it's a good idea to design your course around landmarks such as postboxes, trees, pubs etc.
2) The best courses give the runner various conundrums on routes e.g. whether to take a shorter tougher path, or a longer easier route. But unlike real-world orienteering, you at least get the chance to study the map in advance!
Badge!
Would you do it for a Scooby snack? There's a brand new badge to collect
NB this is in no way connected to my previous blog
I've built some pages that allow you to construct a course:
fetcheveryone.com/ori
In real-life orienteering, the goal is to navigate your way around a series of fixed 'flags'. There is (sometimes) no set order, and no fixed route. Goals vary between: visiting as many flags as you can within a fixed time; ticking them all off as quickly as you can; or finding the shortest path. All the while you are using your navigational skills whilst on the move.
The new tool lets you build a course in your local area and make it public. At the moment, all you can do is build your course, but I hope to make it actually playable in the next few days.
Once the whole system is up and running, all you'll need to do is start a run from within 20 metres of the start flag. Start running and chase down some flags. It will all work via your GPS trace - you just have to pass within 20 metres of a flag to collect it. Complete your run by heading back to the start flag. Fetch will tell you how many flags you hit - and there'll be a variety of leaderboards to compete on.
Tips for designing your course
1) Because there are no real flags to find, it's a good idea to design your course around landmarks such as postboxes, trees, pubs etc.
2) The best courses give the runner various conundrums on routes e.g. whether to take a shorter tougher path, or a longer easier route. But unlike real-world orienteering, you at least get the chance to study the map in advance!
Badge!
Would you do it for a Scooby snack? There's a brand new badge to collect
NB this is in no way connected to my previous blog
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
My parents have a dartboard in the garage. The boy and I had a few sessions throwing darts in amongst (a) the wood that my older nephew brings home from building sites; and (b) the scrap metal that my younger nephew brings home from plumbing jobs.
Dad came in to watch us, and to have a few throws. And over the course of an hour, as we came to terms with the fact that none of us would trouble Luke Littler, Dad did one of the things he does best.
All my life I remember the games he would invent to entertain me. Generally, these always involve household items, like a pair of socks, or whatever is lying around. Listening to him talk about his upbringing, it's clear that "making your own fun" was an essential part of growing up. He told me that him and his friends had a single roller skate. So they'd take turns strapping it on, going to the top of the street, and seeing who could glide the furthest / fastest / retaining most skin, downhill on one foot.
Not wanting to over-egg this, but I thought about Dad's ability to turn any situation into a game in the context of how I coped with the flood last October. It's hard to get stressed when you're just playing "see how many items you can rescue from the water" or "can I still make the jump from the fourth step of the stairs onto the partly-submerged sofa" It's a philosophy that can come to the rescue no matter what the situation, and almost entirely irrespective of your capabilities.
Our games began with 'no-look' darts, which we were all equally bad at - although I discovered that my ability to see the dart board plays only a small part in my scoring ability. We tried all manner of ways of throwing them - immediately taking away the frustration of not being able to hit treble twenties, and cheering with delight any time we managed to hit the board; or laughing like drains at the terrible shots. It culminated in an over-the-shoulder competition, which Dad is illustrating here:
I don't think any of us hit the board this way, but thankfully we did not hit each other either.
So I thought of Dad this morning, as I timed the dog to see how quickly he could eat two tins of food.
He (the dog) was a bit poorly at the start of July. He'd eaten something that disagreed with him (he's a canine dustbin), and got into a bit of a state. We thought he was on the mend, but came down in the morning to find him floppy and bordering on unresponsive. He ended up spending 24 hours at the vets. We thought we were going to lose him, but they put him on a drip to help him rehydrate (he doesn't like drinking water, and was off his food, which is where he gets most of his liquids from).
He'd lost 10% of his bodyweight since his last trip to the vets earlier in the year. I guess a fair amount of it was down to dehydration, but we also figured he might benefit from more food. He's lost the majority of his teeth now, so he's on tinned food, and we're still trying to get the balance right. Two tins doesn't seem like enough. Three tins felt like maybe too much. 2.5 tins is a bit awkward because there's always a half tin lurking around getting stinky.
He's back in the game. And an unwitting participant in mine. The timer begins the moment the bowl touches the floor -
and ends the moment he steps away from the bowl. The final licking phase when all the chunks have gone but the gravy remains is quite stressful.
I wondered the other day whether he would break the elusive ten minute barrier. It's been a long-standing goal of dogs in the "nearly 12 years old with 8 or fewer teeth" category in our house since at least Friday. And out of nowhere, the big blond fool pulled a 9:07 out of the bag yesterday. He even had the temerity to turn and stare at me for a few seconds midway through his attempt with a look that said "I've got this, bro". I had to fight the urge to encourage him, as I know it would only have confused him.
I would *love* to hear more about your pet gaming exploits. You can track their eating PBs; or make your own challenges up. If you have no pets, you can surreptitiously time a family member to see how long they take to eat two rounds of toast. Be clear and consistent with your rules, and report back here
Dad came in to watch us, and to have a few throws. And over the course of an hour, as we came to terms with the fact that none of us would trouble Luke Littler, Dad did one of the things he does best.
All my life I remember the games he would invent to entertain me. Generally, these always involve household items, like a pair of socks, or whatever is lying around. Listening to him talk about his upbringing, it's clear that "making your own fun" was an essential part of growing up. He told me that him and his friends had a single roller skate. So they'd take turns strapping it on, going to the top of the street, and seeing who could glide the furthest / fastest / retaining most skin, downhill on one foot.
Not wanting to over-egg this, but I thought about Dad's ability to turn any situation into a game in the context of how I coped with the flood last October. It's hard to get stressed when you're just playing "see how many items you can rescue from the water" or "can I still make the jump from the fourth step of the stairs onto the partly-submerged sofa"
It's a philosophy that can come to the rescue no matter what the situation, and almost entirely irrespective of your capabilities. Our games began with 'no-look' darts, which we were all equally bad at - although I discovered that my ability to see the dart board plays only a small part in my scoring ability. We tried all manner of ways of throwing them - immediately taking away the frustration of not being able to hit treble twenties, and cheering with delight any time we managed to hit the board; or laughing like drains at the terrible shots. It culminated in an over-the-shoulder competition, which Dad is illustrating here:
I don't think any of us hit the board this way, but thankfully we did not hit each other either.
So I thought of Dad this morning, as I timed the dog to see how quickly he could eat two tins of food.
He (the dog) was a bit poorly at the start of July. He'd eaten something that disagreed with him (he's a canine dustbin), and got into a bit of a state. We thought he was on the mend, but came down in the morning to find him floppy and bordering on unresponsive. He ended up spending 24 hours at the vets. We thought we were going to lose him, but they put him on a drip to help him rehydrate (he doesn't like drinking water, and was off his food, which is where he gets most of his liquids from).
He'd lost 10% of his bodyweight since his last trip to the vets earlier in the year. I guess a fair amount of it was down to dehydration, but we also figured he might benefit from more food. He's lost the majority of his teeth now, so he's on tinned food, and we're still trying to get the balance right. Two tins doesn't seem like enough. Three tins felt like maybe too much. 2.5 tins is a bit awkward because there's always a half tin lurking around getting stinky.
He's back in the game. And an unwitting participant in mine. The timer begins the moment the bowl touches the floor -
and ends the moment he steps away from the bowl. The final licking phase when all the chunks have gone but the gravy remains is quite stressful.
I wondered the other day whether he would break the elusive ten minute barrier. It's been a long-standing goal of dogs in the "nearly 12 years old with 8 or fewer teeth" category in our house since at least Friday. And out of nowhere, the big blond fool pulled a 9:07 out of the bag yesterday. He even had the temerity to turn and stare at me for a few seconds midway through his attempt with a look that said "I've got this, bro". I had to fight the urge to encourage him, as I know it would only have confused him.
I would *love* to hear more about your pet gaming exploits. You can track their eating PBs; or make your own challenges up. If you have no pets, you can surreptitiously time a family member to see how long they take to eat two rounds of toast. Be clear and consistent with your rules, and report back here
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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How is Stephen 12 already? *wonders where time is going*minardi11:36am, 30th Jul 2024
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Not until Novemberfetcheveryone11:36am, 30th Jul 2024
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If only there was a website of some sort where people could log their stats for this kind of Thing.Fitz11:56am, 30th Jul 2024
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I used to play a indoor footgolf game at my parents house, counting how many shots it took to get my ball from the corner by the back door and the fridge through the L-shaped kitchen, into the hall, then into the lounge-diner and into the corner of the dining room behind the speaker. In theory it was possible to do in 4 if you got all the angles right off the walls, doors and skirting boards, but 6 was par and 5 was a good score.Diogenes12:04pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Yeah like Fetcheverydog.kev-eats-owt12:08pm, 30th Jul 2024
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When I was at Uni I had a friend who had a pool table and dart board in her basement, and so we invented Dartpool, where you throw a dart when you pot a ball and score what you hit - winning at pool was no guarantee to win the game. It helped that we were equally useless at both games.JamieKai *chameleon*12:20pm, 30th Jul 2024
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We have a timing system with squeaky toys for Stevie, I think his record for destroying the toy and extracting the squeaker is around 2 mins 30 seconds.Winniefree12:25pm, 30th Jul 2024
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I love this blog, although sad to hear Stephen has been poorly.cackleberry
We used to play the game with the old dog of how quietly could I put a piece of food in her dish so she didn't her me... I had to be VERY quiet!
A bit like Winniefree, I time the current dog with any new toy she gets - from handing it over to going on the bin.12:55pm, 30th Jul 2024 -
Love this. We have a fastest blood donation thing going on the blood thread but we only play against ourselves.LindsD1:16pm, 30th Jul 2024
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... checks blood thread for new, possibly unwise, game ...roberton1:20pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Frying pan tennis...Lizzie W1:22pm, 30th Jul 2024
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You'd struggle to start your stopwatch in the time it takes my Goldie to clear her bowl!stilldreaming
Re: darts. Have you played on a traditional Yorkshire board? No trebles!1:27pm, 30th Jul 2024 -
We used to play underarm darts. Just getting it to hit the board and stick was success! That was probably my dad’s idea too - he sounds a lot like yours. We were always playing games as I grew up.cathrobinson2:00pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Work. I have recently found a way to hate work less is to imagine that "getting our dev team to understand what I want them to build and our testers to understand what constitutes a working build" is a task in a game. So if it takes 3 goes but then we get it right, woohoo! Rather than feeling bad bout it or worse complaining to someone's boss, we all just muddle through like a wee D & D adventure game crew, defeating monsters (project managers), avoiding demons (bugs or defects) etc to get the golden chalice (production implementation). It's amazing how it changes the mindset! I just need to make sure not to accidentally call any of our PMs a Project Monster instead of project manager! Top darting!HappyG(rrr) G2:08pm, 30th Jul 2024
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We did have indoor mountaineering as per Monty Python until we broke a desk. Unlimited bouncer wars on the concrete path/cricket pitch. Christmas balloon keepie-uppie. Darts was killer...very good that.Ocelot Spleens2:57pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Stephen takes *how long*? Flossie says 'Hold my beer :-)' Admittedly she's in the '12 years old but still with all her own teeth' category but I will time her tomorrow - I'm guessing maybe 5 minutes?LazyDaisy3:23pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Please include the volume of food consumed in your workingsfetcheveryone3:24pm, 30th Jul 2024
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My friends had a pool table and I had a remote control dalek and we replaced the cues with the dalek. 🤣1step2far3:26pm, 30th Jul 2024
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Growing up me and my brothers had 'House Championships' which involved all kinds of 'sports'. Pillow fights were the most brutal, chess the more intellectual and everything inbetweenbigleggy4:29pm, 30th Jul 2024
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I just love this! We did similar things as kids always playing games with non games stuff and seeing who could cross the stream in the fewest steps or driest feet. Great fun.geordiegirl5:19pm, 30th Jul 2024
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For the dog eating contest, my old dog (right up until she was 16 and had all her own teeth) would polish off a 400g tin in approx 1 minute.cackleberry
New dog is not food driven and will often wait hours before even starting to eat her tea.5:26pm, 30th Jul 2024 -
Fencing with brooms with friends, outdoor explorer adventures as we lived next to a large greenbelt with lots of trees.Garfield7:04pm, 30th Jul 2024
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I approve very much of this blogfleecy My boys used to time how fast they could descend the staircase on a duvet...9:37pm, 30th Jul 2024
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We are the unwilling participants in the cat's game of "see how close I can get to nearly-but-not-quite-trip up a human descending the stairs by choosing to walk across the hallway in front of the stairs as a human descends". I think she's been timing how long it takes us to walk downstairs for optimum close call.MsG1:55pm, 31st Jul 2024
The Boy and I went to see my folks in Wales last week. They are doing well. Mam co-opted us into her gardening plans - we moved a 12ft poly tunnel from the centre of the garden to a less obtrusive spot. You can see where it *was* in this photo (at the back, on the left):
The boy and I went to the pub I used to go to when I was an underage drinker. It's been about 30 years since I was last there. It was quite a lot less dingy, bordering on soulless. Admittedly it was a Thursday, and it could have been a different story on the weekend. But gone were the crowd of underage drinkers gathered around the pool table; gone the dark wallpaper and questionable wall art; and gone was the sticky carpet. The Boy (all 6ft4 of him) got ID'd for his pint. My sister joined us and we managed second place (and won a tenner) in a fairly lowbrow quiz.
The following morning (with a bit of a whining noise coming from my head - I think the pub is still cutting its lager with something), I set out to do a run I've been thinking about pretty much since forever. When I was a kid back in 1983, I sat on the step of my dad's big grey van at the back of our house and watched the runners from the Rhymney Valley Half Marathon come past. I can't think of an earlier memory involving running.
Back then, running was still a pretty niche thing. The race was won by former world-record holder Steve Jones, with future Olympian Steve Brace finishing in sixth place. 70 runners went sub-1:20 (caveat: it's a net downhill route). Only 6% of the finishers were female. How things have changed!
I didn't know who was who or what was what. I was just captivated by these people charging along a road I was too young to even cross on my own. I think this is one of the reasons I prefer running on roads to the perfectly good pavements next to them. I am doing the thing that inspired me.
So I drove myself up to Rhymney train station, with the goal of following my best guess at the route. Getting to an appropriate point in Caerphilly (also the train station) would be about 16 miles, but I've no way of knowing where the original race started or ended. But the route largely follows the valley, and there were numerous stations to bail out at. I parked up in Rhymney and set off. Pretty soon I found myself trapped in an industrial estate, so I had to do a circle of their car park looking for the footpath. There were three workers sitting on some steps smoking/vaping, watching my progress.
"Are you lost, but? Where're you looking for?" one said.
"Caerphilly" I said.
"Caerphilly???" said another one. "There's a train station back there that will take you all the way".
After a bit of laughter, they pointed me at the path I'd missed, and I continued on my merry way. I stopped to take a pic of some old pit wheels. This sort of thing is dotted around the valleys as a little nod to our coal mining past.
It was a pretty dismal day, with a fair bit of drizzle in the air, so my attempts at taking a few pictures on my way down the valley were limited. Here's a view across the valley to the little town of Abertysswg:
and this is overlooking Brithdir:
What the picture (very poorly) attempts to convey is the way that many of the houses around here are simply shoehorned into the available space. Every one identical, a template you see all across the valleys to provide accommodation for mining families. In the background you can see some larger houses that were potentially owned by pit bosses and the like. We moved from a miner's house back in '84 to a pit boss house. Both were in a shocking state when we moved in (the former had jarred pickled blackberries under the stairs dating back to the second world war; and the latter had curtains that were nailed to the window frame). But my dad juggled working on the buildings and working every hour to renovate them. There are pictures in the family album of us surrounded by bare brickwork, with no ceilings from top to bottom of the house.
I took a pee at roughly the spot where LS Lowry did his painting of Bargoed: amazon.co.uk although there were a few too many ferns and it was too tight a bend for me to fancy taking a picture. Plus I mainly wanted a pee.
But I did run under Bargoed viaduct, which features in the picture.
There's a bit of an incline once through the viaduct, which forced me to take a walk - and I took stock of how I was doing. The previous night's beer was not sitting well, so I decided on a new secondary target - to reach the back of my old house, and *be* the runner going past. Feeling a bit better at this prospect, I chugged out the next mile and half, through Bargoed, Gilfach and into Glan-y-nant.
Here's the back of the house we lived in from about 1978 to 1984. It's the one with the black garage door. My dad built that
Just seconds later, I got tooted at by two chaps working a bright yellow digger in the garden of a house just out of shot (thankfully). The chap came bouncing out of the cab and made a bee line for me. He was pretty angry because he was under the impression that I was taking a photo of him. Some things in the valleys never change
fetcheveryone.com/t-23400448
Mission accomplished (I'll do the whole thing one day too), I headed over to Pengam station (confusingly, in Glan-y-nant), and had a quick look at the cottage next to the railway line where I was born, before jumping on the train back up the valley to retrieve the car.
Home for a bit of lounging about, and a nice takeaway in the evening followed by an "uncomfortably full" stretch out on the mat
The boy and I went to the pub I used to go to when I was an underage drinker. It's been about 30 years since I was last there. It was quite a lot less dingy, bordering on soulless. Admittedly it was a Thursday, and it could have been a different story on the weekend. But gone were the crowd of underage drinkers gathered around the pool table; gone the dark wallpaper and questionable wall art; and gone was the sticky carpet. The Boy (all 6ft4 of him) got ID'd for his pint. My sister joined us and we managed second place (and won a tenner) in a fairly lowbrow quiz.
The following morning (with a bit of a whining noise coming from my head - I think the pub is still cutting its lager with something), I set out to do a run I've been thinking about pretty much since forever. When I was a kid back in 1983, I sat on the step of my dad's big grey van at the back of our house and watched the runners from the Rhymney Valley Half Marathon come past. I can't think of an earlier memory involving running.
Back then, running was still a pretty niche thing. The race was won by former world-record holder Steve Jones, with future Olympian Steve Brace finishing in sixth place. 70 runners went sub-1:20 (caveat: it's a net downhill route). Only 6% of the finishers were female. How things have changed!
I didn't know who was who or what was what. I was just captivated by these people charging along a road I was too young to even cross on my own. I think this is one of the reasons I prefer running on roads to the perfectly good pavements next to them. I am doing the thing that inspired me.
So I drove myself up to Rhymney train station, with the goal of following my best guess at the route. Getting to an appropriate point in Caerphilly (also the train station) would be about 16 miles, but I've no way of knowing where the original race started or ended. But the route largely follows the valley, and there were numerous stations to bail out at. I parked up in Rhymney and set off. Pretty soon I found myself trapped in an industrial estate, so I had to do a circle of their car park looking for the footpath. There were three workers sitting on some steps smoking/vaping, watching my progress.
"Are you lost, but? Where're you looking for?" one said.
"Caerphilly" I said.
"Caerphilly???" said another one. "There's a train station back there that will take you all the way".
After a bit of laughter, they pointed me at the path I'd missed, and I continued on my merry way. I stopped to take a pic of some old pit wheels. This sort of thing is dotted around the valleys as a little nod to our coal mining past.
It was a pretty dismal day, with a fair bit of drizzle in the air, so my attempts at taking a few pictures on my way down the valley were limited. Here's a view across the valley to the little town of Abertysswg:
and this is overlooking Brithdir:
What the picture (very poorly) attempts to convey is the way that many of the houses around here are simply shoehorned into the available space. Every one identical, a template you see all across the valleys to provide accommodation for mining families. In the background you can see some larger houses that were potentially owned by pit bosses and the like. We moved from a miner's house back in '84 to a pit boss house. Both were in a shocking state when we moved in (the former had jarred pickled blackberries under the stairs dating back to the second world war; and the latter had curtains that were nailed to the window frame). But my dad juggled working on the buildings and working every hour to renovate them. There are pictures in the family album of us surrounded by bare brickwork, with no ceilings from top to bottom of the house.
I took a pee at roughly the spot where LS Lowry did his painting of Bargoed: amazon.co.uk although there were a few too many ferns and it was too tight a bend for me to fancy taking a picture. Plus I mainly wanted a pee.
But I did run under Bargoed viaduct, which features in the picture.
There's a bit of an incline once through the viaduct, which forced me to take a walk - and I took stock of how I was doing. The previous night's beer was not sitting well, so I decided on a new secondary target - to reach the back of my old house, and *be* the runner going past. Feeling a bit better at this prospect, I chugged out the next mile and half, through Bargoed, Gilfach and into Glan-y-nant.
Here's the back of the house we lived in from about 1978 to 1984. It's the one with the black garage door. My dad built that
Just seconds later, I got tooted at by two chaps working a bright yellow digger in the garden of a house just out of shot (thankfully). The chap came bouncing out of the cab and made a bee line for me. He was pretty angry because he was under the impression that I was taking a photo of him. Some things in the valleys never change
fetcheveryone.com/t-23400448
Mission accomplished (I'll do the whole thing one day too), I headed over to Pengam station (confusingly, in Glan-y-nant), and had a quick look at the cottage next to the railway line where I was born, before jumping on the train back up the valley to retrieve the car.
Home for a bit of lounging about, and a nice takeaway in the evening followed by an "uncomfortably full" stretch out on the mat
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Nice trip down memory lane. The Boy is enormous! How did that happen?jennywren1:11pm, 29th Jul 2024
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A great pilgrimage.Ness1:17pm, 29th Jul 2024
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That's never the boy !!!minardi1:18pm, 29th Jul 2024
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That's a nice run to have done, completing the circle by running a point-to-point route if you will. I think I mentioned once before that I shared a room at uni with a lad from Gelligaer. His name was Jones, would you believe?Diogenes1:21pm, 29th Jul 2024
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SplendidVelociraptor
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Enjoyable read!Goofee1:36pm, 29th Jul 2024
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That's a lot of watering for your Mam but it's looking good! Those photos made me think, maybe it's time I made a similar trip back in timeLazyDaisy1:43pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Marvellous, thanks for sharing it.Sigh1:48pm, 29th Jul 2024
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We were just down the road in Cyncoed on Saturday!um2:45pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Great memories. Thanks for sharing.laterunner2:45pm, 29th Jul 2024
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That’s great. And I also can’t believe that’s the Boy.cathrobinson2:49pm, 29th Jul 2024
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This is great. And the garden looks wonderful. I love the idea of your run pilgrimage. I have similar memories of the Ribble Valley 10k going past my door. I think the race is still held, but I also think it's Boxing Day or something like that, so a bit impractical.LindsD2:53pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Great blog - thanksrichmac2:58pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Photos are pretty even given the drizzlefleecy3:00pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Nice run; nice blog; nice t-shirt, suspect I have one just like thatBadger3:28pm, 29th Jul 2024
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This made me smile, what a beautiful garden and lovely trip down memory lane.Corrah3:34pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Lovely, sounds like a great thing to do. Smashing viaductDocM3:35pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Love this! I used to visit a great-aunt not that far away when I was a kid - she was in a village called Rudry.sallykate4:28pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Nice blog.Fenland Flier6:00pm, 29th Jul 2024
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Very enjoyable read! There's something rather nice about revisiting your childhood haunts as an adult runner.3M8:49pm, 29th Jul 2024
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What a brilliant blogBaronessBL10:12pm, 29th Jul 2024
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This is lovelyD28:45am, 30th Jul 2024
We are upgrading the disks on the server, so there might be a short outage this afternoon.
Bing bong. Bleep.
EDIT: we’re talking no more than about 5 mins.
EDIT: it’s not happening until Monday afternoon now 🙃
Bing bong. Bleep.
EDIT: we’re talking no more than about 5 mins.
EDIT: it’s not happening until Monday afternoon now 🙃
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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😯 nooooooFenland Flier2:25pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Nooo, that will mean going and doing actual work :-/pedroscalls2:28pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Aaargh, how will I cope!!larkim2:31pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Thanks for warning, have quickly posted holding blog 😀Sharkie2:38pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Originally read title as ‘SIT down for a short while etc…’Sharkie2:39pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Hope you did as you thought you were told, Sharkie!Heinzster2:47pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Thanks for the update.Ness2:59pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Hope it cheers up laterDiogenes3:08pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Phewcathrobinson3:09pm, 26th Jul 2024
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Seratonin5:16pm, 26th Jul 2024
It seems that the latest version of Chrome (on mobile at least) attempts to highlight phrases like '5 miles' or '10km' in text. You'll see them underlined with a dotted line, and if you click on them, it will bring up a popup telling you the relevant conversion to imperial or metric.
Handy in some cases BUT it's actually breaking some of my graphs.
Thanks to Rosehip for being first to notice this on the 'pre-race training analysis' graph:
fetcheveryone.com/training-prerace.php
When mousing over the graph, the 'tooltip' pops up giving you the values for that part of the graph. The mileages for each line were showing up for the briefest of moments, and then disappearing. I spent about an hour yesterday peeling back all the possible things I'd done that could potentially be causing it. I removed all the other functionality on the page, at each point expecting to find something I'd done that was causing the problem behaviour. After various false leads I was left with less than 10 lines of code. But the problem was still happening.
And then eventually I figured it out. The tooltip reads something like:
"265mi: Greensand Country Ultra 2024"
but if I change it to:
"265poo: Greensand Country Ultra 2024"
the problem goes away. (Side note: 'poo' is one of my go-to words when testing problem code. I am yet to find a language or scenario where it's a built-in function or pre-set variable)
So the sweaty mitts of Chrome are interfering with the tooltips in the graph, causing them to break.
It's not the first time a browser has caused problems. A while back, another user noticed that Firefox was turning his mileages into phone numbers. In this case, there's a thing I can put in the page that says "don't be turning big numbers into phone numbers please", but Firefox was deciding to ignore it.
I figure there's virtually no point in reporting this new error to Google, as I suspect they will either tell me it's my fault, or will just delete me from the internet. But I've reported it to the people who make the graphing software I use: highcharts.com and hopefully there'll be a workaround.
As things stand, I think this is only happening on the iOS version Chrome, but I guess it's likely that they'll roll it out on Android, desktop etc in time. I just wanted to make you aware, and to let you know that I'm on the case
EDIT: Thanks to some helpful comments from JCB, I've been able to figure out a solution. All is well. There is a good service operating on all lines. Calm blue ocean. Calm blue ocean.
Handy in some cases BUT it's actually breaking some of my graphs.
Thanks to Rosehip for being first to notice this on the 'pre-race training analysis' graph:
fetcheveryone.com/training-prerace.php
When mousing over the graph, the 'tooltip' pops up giving you the values for that part of the graph. The mileages for each line were showing up for the briefest of moments, and then disappearing. I spent about an hour yesterday peeling back all the possible things I'd done that could potentially be causing it. I removed all the other functionality on the page, at each point expecting to find something I'd done that was causing the problem behaviour. After various false leads I was left with less than 10 lines of code. But the problem was still happening.
And then eventually I figured it out. The tooltip reads something like:
"265mi: Greensand Country Ultra 2024"
but if I change it to:
"265poo: Greensand Country Ultra 2024"
the problem goes away. (Side note: 'poo' is one of my go-to words when testing problem code. I am yet to find a language or scenario where it's a built-in function or pre-set variable)
So the sweaty mitts of Chrome are interfering with the tooltips in the graph, causing them to break.
It's not the first time a browser has caused problems. A while back, another user noticed that Firefox was turning his mileages into phone numbers. In this case, there's a thing I can put in the page that says "don't be turning big numbers into phone numbers please", but Firefox was deciding to ignore it.
I figure there's virtually no point in reporting this new error to Google, as I suspect they will either tell me it's my fault, or will just delete me from the internet. But I've reported it to the people who make the graphing software I use: highcharts.com and hopefully there'll be a workaround.
As things stand, I think this is only happening on the iOS version Chrome, but I guess it's likely that they'll roll it out on Android, desktop etc in time. I just wanted to make you aware, and to let you know that I'm on the case
EDIT: Thanks to some helpful comments from JCB, I've been able to figure out a solution. All is well. There is a good service operating on all lines. Calm blue ocean. Calm blue ocean.
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🕵️♂️jennywren10:13am, 17th Jul 2024
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📊✅Gooner10:23am, 17th Jul 2024
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If only those idiots tested *everything* properly. Don't they know who you are?Diogenes10:30am, 17th Jul 2024
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thank youLindsD10:35am, 17th Jul 2024
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I'm sharpening my pitchfork now and gathering up the rest of the villagers. We march on Google HQ at dawn.McGoohan11:15am, 17th Jul 2024
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Once again my loyalty to the brutish simplicity of Safari is vindicated. Thanks for looking into this.GlennR11:24am, 17th Jul 2024
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Another reason to stay away from chrome. I was a fan but have shifted over a while ago. Will try a test though.JCB12:14pm, 17th Jul 2024
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I had not updated chrome for a while and the graph was fine (Chrome 120.0.6099.119).JCB
Updated it to the latest (126.0.6478.190) and the graph now initially displays the distance and then the distance disappears.12:21pm, 17th Jul 2024 -
Oh joy!3M12:28pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Workaround found...JCB12:30pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Do share...fetcheveryone12:31pm, 17th Jul 2024
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JCBTurn this off and the graph works again12:32pm, 17th Jul 2024
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It is under '...' then 'settings' then 'content settings'JCB12:34pm, 17th Jul 2024
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That's a great help JCB. Knowing what Chrome calls it helped me find a solution here: stackoverflow.com - so all the graphs should be working again now. Boomfetcheveryone12:42pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Glad to help. Well done on finding a solution 🏆🏆🏆JCB1:19pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Thanks FetchRosehip1:27pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Woohoo, team work!roberton1:37pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Well done super sleuths.Rascal11:12pm, 17th Jul 2024
Here's one you might like.
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-pace.php
This is a very simple bit of analysis. It shows how much time you spent in each of your pace bands over the last 30 days; and how that compares to the previous 30 days. So if you've sped up a bit, you might expect to see that reflected here.
You can adjust the time period if you like; and you can flip between run, bike, swim or walk. I *think* I've made sure it works well for metric users, but give me a shout if not.
Here's an example graph:
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-pace.php
This is a very simple bit of analysis. It shows how much time you spent in each of your pace bands over the last 30 days; and how that compares to the previous 30 days. So if you've sped up a bit, you might expect to see that reflected here.
You can adjust the time period if you like; and you can flip between run, bike, swim or walk. I *think* I've made sure it works well for metric users, but give me a shout if not.
Here's an example graph:
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That's going to help the 80/20ers!Ocelot Spleens2:21pm, 15th Jul 2024
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This is awesome, I don't really understand pace bands, or their use, but I can see an improvement over the last 30 days, which is a big boost! Thanks FetchBareHeadEm2:47pm, 15th Jul 2024
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There's not much to understand really - it's just a way of visualising how much fast/medium/slow stuff you've done. You can set them up any way that suits you, but personally I set my quickest up to be my 5k racing pace; and the slowest up to be my long run pace; and then subdivide the rest.fetcheveryone3:08pm, 15th Jul 2024
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It’s just that I can’t wrap my head around how to set the thresholds I don’t get where it starts and ends..Bowman 🇸🇪6:32pm, 15th Jul 2024
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I like it, especially as I had recently altered my pace bands. Thanking you muchly.Gooner10:45pm, 16th Jul 2024
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I know what you mean @bowman. And with the < signs it feels like the graph should go from fastest on the left to slowest on the right. Or is that my mathematical pedantry?JCB12:40pm, 17th Jul 2024
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Yes! @JCB, ( I also think faster and faster times in a graph should be shorter and short and not longer and longerBowman 🇸🇪 )1:47pm, 17th Jul 2024
Today I've been working on providing a bit more linkage between the photos in the gallery and the places where they get used. As an example, here's the oldest pic on the site:
If you click the image above, it'll take you to the image page. And there, just above the picture you'll see a bunch of green buttons. These show you the places where it's been used. In this case I've:
1) attached it to the race that it came from (my first ever);
2) used it in a blog titled 'Gallery upload options';
3) used it in a blog titled 'Happy 19th Birthday';
4) used it in a thread titled 'First Race'.
The blog and thread links should take you to the relevant entry/page.
I think this will be very useful for following up on interesting pictures that turn up in the gallery. I often see gallery images uploaded by Nicholls595 and wonder "where the heck is he posting that?" Now it's easy
And all those pics that say "For my blog" or somesuch - now you have an easy way to go and read that blog.
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I've also made another change today - but some people are reporting that it's not working for them. So I'd appreciate some feedback on how you're getting on with it. Basically, when you click one of the notifications that tell you there are new posts on a thread, it *should* scroll down the page to the relevant new post. Is that working for you? Sometimes? Never? Share your device/browser so I can see if there's any trend relating to that.
Cheerio.
If you click the image above, it'll take you to the image page. And there, just above the picture you'll see a bunch of green buttons. These show you the places where it's been used. In this case I've:
1) attached it to the race that it came from (my first ever);
2) used it in a blog titled 'Gallery upload options';
3) used it in a blog titled 'Happy 19th Birthday';
4) used it in a thread titled 'First Race'.
The blog and thread links should take you to the relevant entry/page.
I think this will be very useful for following up on interesting pictures that turn up in the gallery. I often see gallery images uploaded by Nicholls595 and wonder "where the heck is he posting that?"
Now it's easy And all those pics that say "For my blog" or somesuch - now you have an easy way to go and read that blog.
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I've also made another change today - but some people are reporting that it's not working for them. So I'd appreciate some feedback on how you're getting on with it. Basically, when you click one of the notifications that tell you there are new posts on a thread, it *should* scroll down the page to the relevant new post. Is that working for you? Sometimes? Never? Share your device/browser so I can see if there's any trend relating to that.
Cheerio.
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Looks like you've been busy on a few features. Thanks!um
One question, re pics, and not a request yet, do you store, or could you easily, the original photo filename (eg IMG_1234.jpg) ?
Forum notifications? Sorry, don't use that, just the watch list notifications to the right of the threads (on a Windows 10 pc), which always takes me to the top of the page with the first new/unread post.4:45pm, 11th Jul 2024 -
I don't store the original filenames at all.fetcheveryone4:54pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Not working for me. Chrome on a a laptop running Windows 11LindsD4:59pm, 11th Jul 2024
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working for me - firefox on windows 11GetOutTheDoor5:14pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Great about the picture usage. That is going to be very useful.Flatlander
Regards to the forum notifications - earlier today I was still being taken to the top of the relevant page, but I've tried again just now and it is scrolling to the first unread post.5:27pm, 11th Jul 2024 -
Working nowLindsD thanks5:33pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Ah no. I'm stupid. It's working on my phone #oldpersonLindsD5:33pm, 11th Jul 2024
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I didn't work for a few days ( last weekend?). It's been fine the last few days. ( Google pixel 6a)DocM5:49pm, 11th Jul 2024
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the scrolling down to new posts thingy worked (and confused me!) on my windows laptop.GordonG6:04pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Seems to be working fine for me thanks.Dave W6:35pm, 11th Jul 2024
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You've been very busy on the updates and I really thank you for the saving posts so we dont lose them when we get distracted by life. Love the idea of seeing the context to pics thanks!geordiegirl7:34pm, 11th Jul 2024
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scrolling works on Mac/Safari, although not a v smooth animation.flanker7:37pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Forum thingy working on my iPhone 8SE using ChromeMark J 🇳🇿8:16pm, 11th Jul 2024
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IOranj this. I often browse the gallery and wonder where a particular interesting photo got used (if I can't work it out, sometimes I just comment on the photo itself, which I guess is OK enough). Now I'll know!
The scrolling thread thing just about works, although it goes slightly too far down the page and hides the very top of the last post box. (I didn't have a problem with the way it worked before thobut.)8:20pm, 11th Jul 2024 -
thank you.ChrisHB8:54pm, 11th Jul 2024
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Thread scrolling works well for me on.Bob!
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Thread scrolling working nicely for me! Chrome on Android.3M12:04am, 12th Jul 2024
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Scrolling on the laptop now to the first unread post.um
But I typically need to scroll back a bit to remind me of the context of the posts. I assume I'll soon get used to it.8:09am, 12th Jul 2024 -
Ooh, this was one of my wishes. Awesome. Thanks Fetch!HappyG(rrr) G8:22am, 12th Jul 2024
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Did old pictures have their links or IDs changed? Looking at some older onesHappyG(rrr)
fetcheveryone.com/gallery-showphoto.php?id=71955 No green buttons
But used in this blog
fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=324760
Want me to put it in a Bug Report? Cheers, G8:31am, 12th Jul 2024 -
I wonder if I used a shorter version of the tag at the time eg IMG instead of IMAGE. If you edit the blog it’ll show you.fetcheveryone8:37am, 12th Jul 2024
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Tracked them down now - yep, was an older code, but it checked outfetcheveryone9:34am, 12th Jul 2024
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Thread scrolling works on Safari on iPadOS 17.5.1Pothunter10:17am, 12th Jul 2024
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If anyone *doesn't like* the forum scrolling, there's an option to turn it off here: fetcheveryone.com/user-settings-forum.php (untick the final option)fetcheveryone10:18am, 12th Jul 2024
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Scrolling seems to be working on Pixel 8 pro - Android 14Gooner10:41am, 12th Jul 2024
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Working for me now on laptop Chrome and Windows 11. Thank you.LindsD11:11am, 12th Jul 2024
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Thread scrolling works for me on iPhone. I noticed it before reading your blog (hence the late comment) and very handy it is too. Nice to know it can be switched off too, if I ever feel the needCheeky’s Dad10:51am, 15th Jul 2024
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With the pictures, it doesn't appear blog comments are included. Granted this may be time consuming, but thought it would be worth a mention. I do like the improvements. A lot!JCB2:54pm, 17th Jul 2024
I've made some amendments to the *final graph* on this page (Training > Summary & Analysis > Heart Rate Analysis):
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-heartrate.php
Warning - it's a bit of a slow loader (typically 7-10s), because the page has to comb through a lot of data to produce the summary.
Beats per mile is a simplified way of measuring your running efficiency.
Think of it like fuel economy in your car. It's the number of times your heart has to beat to propel you for a mile. You can run that mile very fast, but your heart rate will be very quick. Or you can run it slowly, and your heart rate will be much lower. Beats per mile aims to provide an overall measure that can cope with both.
Over months and years, your car may become less fuel efficient as the tyres wear, the nuts and bolts loosen, or your engine bloody eats itself just outside Wolverhampton leaving you stranded in the M6 services for hours on end, before getting towed home by a tow-truck driver who is multi-tasking by BUYING THINGS ON SODDING EBAY AS HE DRIVES.
But for you, this happens over the course of a run, as your muscles get tired and you get a bit dehydrated, hungry etc.
The beats per mile graph shows this drop in efficiency for the later miles in your runs. The theory is that as you get fitter, the whole red line drops downwards.
The old graph used to be a mess of 12 lines, each one representing the beats per mile graph for a given month. To make that more readable, I've changed it to provide an overall average - which (for me at least) produces a nice smooth red line. My first 8 miles are all in the low 1300's, gently creeping up, but by the time I get into double digit runs, my efficiency has worsened and I'm getting closer to 1400.
Beyond 17 miles, mine goes a bit bananas. This is partly down to me maybe doing a bit more walking at longer distances, but also because there's not as much data for me at this distance. To help illustrate the lack of data aspect, the green area on the map shows the amount of times I've run a given distance. There's a lot of green down below 5 miles, because I pretty much always run at least 5 miles, but this tapers away as the runs get longer.
I hope you like it, and that you have a nice day.
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-heartrate.php
Warning - it's a bit of a slow loader (typically 7-10s), because the page has to comb through a lot of data to produce the summary.
Beats per mile is a simplified way of measuring your running efficiency.
Think of it like fuel economy in your car. It's the number of times your heart has to beat to propel you for a mile. You can run that mile very fast, but your heart rate will be very quick. Or you can run it slowly, and your heart rate will be much lower. Beats per mile aims to provide an overall measure that can cope with both.
Over months and years, your car may become less fuel efficient as the tyres wear, the nuts and bolts loosen, or your engine bloody eats itself just outside Wolverhampton leaving you stranded in the M6 services for hours on end, before getting towed home by a tow-truck driver who is multi-tasking by BUYING THINGS ON SODDING EBAY AS HE DRIVES.
But for you, this happens over the course of a run, as your muscles get tired and you get a bit dehydrated, hungry etc.
The beats per mile graph shows this drop in efficiency for the later miles in your runs. The theory is that as you get fitter, the whole red line drops downwards.
The old graph used to be a mess of 12 lines, each one representing the beats per mile graph for a given month. To make that more readable, I've changed it to provide an overall average - which (for me at least) produces a nice smooth red line. My first 8 miles are all in the low 1300's, gently creeping up, but by the time I get into double digit runs, my efficiency has worsened and I'm getting closer to 1400.
Beyond 17 miles, mine goes a bit bananas. This is partly down to me maybe doing a bit more walking at longer distances, but also because there's not as much data for me at this distance. To help illustrate the lack of data aspect, the green area on the map shows the amount of times I've run a given distance. There's a lot of green down below 5 miles, because I pretty much always run at least 5 miles, but this tapers away as the runs get longer.
I hope you like it, and that you have a nice day.
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very interesting... thank you for this new feature!usc2151:13pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Great. Very useful.GlennR1:22pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Interesting. My graph may be paradoxical. Sharp rise 1 > 2, nearly level 2 > 5, jump up at 6 ... then a steady drop until 10, which is lower than anything bar 1. 1102 per KM at 6, 1012 at 10.Dvorak2:56pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Do you do much walking/stopping on your longer ones?fetcheveryone3:01pm, 9th Jul 2024
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The longer runs are split between run-walks and 10K races. As most of the rest apart from parkruns (which are (checks) 22% of distance) are also run-walk, I think it is the running at race pace brings the numbers down. More speed = more efficiency.Dvorak3:12pm, 9th Jul 2024
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I loved this graph the way it was, I used to try and get my monthly line lower than the previous month, and it was a way of seeing which months my longer runs were in over the last year. Any chance of an option to keep the old one?Podkin3:43pm, 9th Jul 2024
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I do like a good graph, and this is one 😁Gooner4:00pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Podkin - I've added an extra line that shows your average over the last 60 days. Keeping that below the red line should give you a more-or-less equivalent challenge.fetcheveryone4:01pm, 9th Jul 2024
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This is what my life has been lacking. Thanks FetchDocM4:14pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Thanks FetchPodkin5:55pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Very good work, FetchRosehip
but I think mine shows either very little movement at checkpoints or the position of the hills in the Lakeland 50 9:15pm, 9th Jul 2024 -
do images work in comments?Rosehip
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Mine is sensible up to 20 miles, then goes mad! But it is the dealing with single data sets.cackleberry
Cool graph.9:27pm, 9th Jul 2024 -
I once asked an uber driver to not message people on WhatsApp whilst driving at 70 miles an hour on the freeway. He gave me a shit customer review in return.cathrobinson10:38pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Have we lost HR graph with new training, for indoor (non GPS, no miles/distance ) activities like gym/strength ? Used to a graph of HR by time (not distance) you could toggle. Can't see that now. Shall I put in as bug or feature request? Nice beats per mile work there.HappyG(rrr) G7:22am, 10th Jul 2024
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That graph is there now - you just need to click the HR button to turn it on.fetcheveryone3:28pm, 10th Jul 2024
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Fandabbydosy.HappyG(rrr) G9:52am, 11th Jul 2024
A couple of months ago, a bunch of you were kind enough to sign up to 30 day free trials for Audible, Kindle Unlimited, and Amazon Wedding Lists (!). Each one you signed up to earned some cash for Fetcheveryone through Amazon's 'Associate' scheme.
I've spotted another one today - it's the Amazon Music Unlimited service. It is (I guess) like other streaming music services - but if it's not of interest, you can sign up and then cancel it straight away (or within 30 days). Each person who signs up earns £4.50 for Fetcheveryone. How very public spirited of Mr Bezos. Here's the music link:
amazon.co.uk
and if you missed the chance to sign up for the others, and have nothing better to do, here's the full list of links along with the bounties they command. Yaaaarrrr
Audible Free Trial (£5)
amazon.co.uk
Kindle Unlimited (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Wedding List (£3.50)
amazon.co.uk
(it seems there is no requirement to be getting married, to have a partner, or even to like other people)
Amazon Prime (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Video (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Video Channels (£3)
(I've no idea what the difference is between this and the last one)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Kids+ (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Baby Wishlist (£1.50)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Student (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Try Before You Buy (£1.50)
amazon.co.uk
Cheers Jeff
I've spotted another one today - it's the Amazon Music Unlimited service. It is (I guess) like other streaming music services - but if it's not of interest, you can sign up and then cancel it straight away (or within 30 days). Each person who signs up earns £4.50 for Fetcheveryone. How very public spirited of Mr Bezos. Here's the music link:
amazon.co.uk
and if you missed the chance to sign up for the others, and have nothing better to do, here's the full list of links along with the bounties they command. Yaaaarrrr
Audible Free Trial (£5)
amazon.co.uk
Kindle Unlimited (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Wedding List (£3.50)
amazon.co.uk
(it seems there is no requirement to be getting married, to have a partner, or even to like other people)
Amazon Prime (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Video (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Video Channels (£3)
(I've no idea what the difference is between this and the last one)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Kids+ (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Baby Wishlist (£1.50)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Prime Student (£3)
amazon.co.uk
Amazon Try Before You Buy (£1.50)
amazon.co.uk
Cheers Jeff
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See! Amazon isn’t all badcathrobinson1:12pm, 8th Jul 2024
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They even be Trades Union representation at their warehouse, sorry dream fulfilment center, Coventry.Ocelot Spleens1:32pm, 8th Jul 2024
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Done - somehow I got 5 months freeminardi2:05pm, 8th Jul 2024
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What’s the catch? Seems too good to be true!Alice the Camel4:19pm, 8th Jul 2024
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I guess they figure that enough people will either (a) like the thing enough to keep using it or (b) forget to cancel. Bounties probably priced accordingly.fetcheveryone4:21pm, 8th Jul 2024
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I'm getting an error with the music link.RunnyBunny5:28pm, 8th Jul 2024
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There is possibly an issue with this folks, having used the link it automatically upgraded me to a Family plan and charger me, I'm talking to amazon regards it now........Velo_Dirtbag
Kedi
Customer Service
My goodness I'm sorry to hear this. Let me look into that for you.
I see what you mean. I will cancel and refund it for you at once.
Upon checking, it looks like this error is an emerging issue which is widespread and has been brought to our attention, our technicians have been deployed to look into and resolve the issue. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Please allow me a moment to add your account to the ticket as well
K19:45
Thank you, that would be very kind of you
19:45
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Customer Service
I've cancelled and refunded the charge back to your card. I have also included you in the resolution ticket, here's the ticket number for your reference: ***********7:49pm, 8th Jul 2024 -
Blimey, which link was that?fetcheveryone7:50pm, 8th Jul 2024
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I've sent you a message FetchVelo_Dirtbag7:56pm, 8th Jul 2024
Or nearly. As I write, I'm refreshing the F'laps page every so often to see if Goofee will run one more mile to claim the Mile Division title outright, or whether it'll end with a tie with honestmackem.
About six months ago, I thought this was a great idea.
Then about a month ago, I thought "what the f**k have I let myself in for".
I guess my feelings mirrored those of Fetchies, because initially we had about 160+ people signed up, but for various reasons, there was a whittling of numbers. Holidays abroad were booked, dogs needed grooming, sheds needed tidying, gonk collections needed cataloguing
Fearing anger and reprisal from our neighbours, we restricted ourselves to only inviting the local Fetchies to join us at Fetch HQ aka our house We ended up with a small-but-perfectly-formed group of 8 taking on the challenge, and they turned up just before 9am in the pouring rain, but with spirits undampened. Loggerhead and Leatherback (they come as a pair; I'm trying to make Leatherhead happen) arrived on the stroke of 9, just as we were all shuffling out of the door - so there was no opportunity for a 'before' shot.
Everyone had a different goal. Rosehip wanted to start with the full 4.167, with the intention of dropping down the divisions later. I wanted to run 5k's. Leatherback was aiming for 2 milers. Loggerhead and Elsie Too wanted to run miles. Katie set out with the intention of walking each mile. And EdJ said he was just there for the bantz I know that's only seven people, but more on that in a bit.
My first F'laps went pretty well. Because it was raining pretty heavy, I wore my stretchy base layer - this is excellent for making sure I don't get chafing on my nips. I tried really hard to take it easy, but fell into my regular running pace like a needle in a groove. I'd plotted a route round the village that gave me almost exactly 5k, but each time I had to run just a dozen yards or so past the house. I know I could have stopped when my watch showed 3.11, but I didn't want to risk falling slightly short, so my distances were all 3.13-3.15 to be on the safe side.
Finishing F'lap 1, I had to be reminded to check in And it left me with 26 minutes to faff about. Given that most of my runs these days are over 10k, I was mainly *shrugs shoulders*. But with wet kit on, I pretty soon got a bit cold and dug out a hoodie. I'd already gotten a bit cold - so that was a learning point for next time.
F'lap 2 was much of the same. Same route, same pace (just a smidge quicker). But I got my hoodie on quickly, and had some crisps and a drink. In hindsight, I should have taken on more carbs throughout the day - but the crisps were nice. Elsie Too had also brought a melon, which was nectar-like. I retrieved my mock-crocs from the office, to insulate my feet from the coldness of the kitchen floor.
On F'lap 3, the rain had lessened (or should that be fewered?) but I stuck with the same plan. I also ran a few yards with Katie, who'd been encouraged to run for the first time in ages A flaps win right there! And on returning, we had a brief moment where we were all together for an ussy. Can you see how much I struggled to get everyone in shot here? Katie had to bob and weave like a young George Foreman.
On F'lap 4, it stopped raining. I was still pretty wet from the previous outings, so this helped me overheating from the double layers. Got back to the house to see we'd been joined by Silvershadow and Nightjar. The former admitted to some FOMO, so as a group we cajoled her into getting involved (the flexible start time working wonders here). Her house is about half a mile from us, so she did her first F'lap going to get her kit
On F'lap 5 it got quite a bit warmer, the wind picked up, my chest got a bit wheezy, and my legs complained. I have a bit of (maybe) bruising on the bottom of my left foot which I'm keeping an eye on - and it made itself known, as did my left hamstring. I got back to the house, and perhaps for the first time, I felt like I had a fair bit to do. I changed my kit entirely, opting for a vest this time. I had a toot on my inhaler. I attempted to stretch out my hamstring a bit. And I decided on a new route to counter the wind - running straight into it for the first half, so it'd be behind me at my most tired point.
On F'lap 6, with all the irony of a scrap man, it fricking threw it down just as we were leaving the house. My base layer was under two inches of water in the bath (to try to stop my stink filling the whole house), so I just got on with the run, and hoped that somehow my chest had developed chafe-resistance since the last 100 times I've chafed in the rain. The route worked reasonably well, although getting used to a different elevation profile at this late stage was a bit challenging. Back to the house for more stretching and poor fuelling. When the time came to go, I really REALLY didn't want to get off my chair.
On F'lap 7, I reverted to my usual route. The starts and stops (and the running bit in between) had taken their toll, and I was increasingly having to be careful for the first few hundred yards to give my leg muscles a chance to stretch back out to running. Weirdly, each of my first six laps were all slightly quicker than their predecessor. This was really NOT by design. I'd been trying to take it easy. I'd gone from 29:49 for the first down to 28:30 for the sixth. But this was definitely the end of that trend. My legs felt pretty dead the whole way round. The slight downhill of the third mile of the route did not bring the joy that it had previously. And I got home just absolutely ready to stop.
It was time to sit on the kitchen floor, and I made my mind up very quickly that I was done. I'd covered 22 miles, and I was really pleased with my efforts. I need to add an "I'm tapping out" button for next time.
Highlights from my route include:
1) the mysterious pink scooter
2) the unusable portaloo, strapped to a lamp post. I wonder if it had been on a stag night.
I think just about everybody in our group got something out of the experience. Katie ran for the first time in ages (having been focused on her swim of course). Leatherback ran further than he'd run for a long time. Elsie ran 7 miles which was a great achievement on her return to form after long Covid. Silvershadow ran miles she didn't expect to run. Loggerhead was so keen to continue that they were discussing scheduling a run on their car journey home in order to keep going. Rosehip left with plans to continue. And EdJ (who can probably outrun us all) seemed to enjoy his jaffa cakes
Looking at the challenge as a whole, we had 49 participants. There have been some amazing performances. Various people reporting that they've gone further than they expected. Lots of people saying they're in for next year already. I am so pleased that it's been fun, albeit somewhat sadomasochistic
I'll get on with making some badges when I am back at my desk tomorrow. But there are some winners to announce.
4.167 mile division
The distance is such that if you continue for 24 hours you get 100 miles. The hardest challenge due to the short recovery time. As such, there were only five competitors here, but theOtherRichard takes the division with an impressive 9 F'laps. Well done!
5k division
With 12 participants, there was quite a fight going on midway through the day. But CumbriAndy squashed the others by some way, starting at 8am and continuing until gone 3 in the morning! 20x5k! Amazing effort sir!
2 mile division
A much tighter finish amongst the 8 participants, and it went right down to the wire. Cheeky's Dad pushed on into the early hours to fend off the challenge from Gromit and win the division with 17x2 miles. Brilliant!
1 mile division
A very busy division with 24 competitors. There were four or five still going when I crawled into bed last night at about 9pm. So imagine my surprise when I looked at my phone this morning to discover that two of them were STILL BLOODY GOING. I thought it would end in a tie between Goofee and honestmackem, both of whom had completed 24x1 mile. But I got an fmail from Goofee to say that my code had been broken by his incredible efforts recording his 25th F'lap! And guess what, he's STILL AT IT!
If you want to cheer him on or congratulate him on his efforts, you can call into the F'Laps thread here: fetcheveryone.com/forum/f-laps-2024-62820 - although I'm tempted to say it's borderline irresponsible of us to encourage him now
I am so pleased with how the day went. I hope it's a kernel of interest that will encourage more of you to get involved next year. Some folks asked about doing it on a Sunday instead - but the Saturday start has enabled people to continue through the night. I've added the event for this time next year - why not enter now and get wildly optimistic. Who knows where that might lead?
fetcheveryone.com/races/f-laps-9978508
About six months ago, I thought this was a great idea.
Then about a month ago, I thought "what the f**k have I let myself in for".
I guess my feelings mirrored those of Fetchies, because initially we had about 160+ people signed up, but for various reasons, there was a whittling of numbers. Holidays abroad were booked, dogs needed grooming, sheds needed tidying, gonk collections needed cataloguing
Fearing anger and reprisal from our neighbours, we restricted ourselves to only inviting the local Fetchies to join us at Fetch HQ aka our house
We ended up with a small-but-perfectly-formed group of 8 taking on the challenge, and they turned up just before 9am in the pouring rain, but with spirits undampened. Loggerhead and Leatherback (they come as a pair; I'm trying to make Leatherhead happen) arrived on the stroke of 9, just as we were all shuffling out of the door - so there was no opportunity for a 'before' shot. Everyone had a different goal. Rosehip wanted to start with the full 4.167, with the intention of dropping down the divisions later. I wanted to run 5k's. Leatherback was aiming for 2 milers. Loggerhead and Elsie Too wanted to run miles. Katie set out with the intention of walking each mile. And EdJ said he was just there for the bantz
I know that's only seven people, but more on that in a bit. My first F'laps went pretty well. Because it was raining pretty heavy, I wore my stretchy base layer - this is excellent for making sure I don't get chafing on my nips. I tried really hard to take it easy, but fell into my regular running pace like a needle in a groove. I'd plotted a route round the village that gave me almost exactly 5k, but each time I had to run just a dozen yards or so past the house. I know I could have stopped when my watch showed 3.11, but I didn't want to risk falling slightly short, so my distances were all 3.13-3.15 to be on the safe side.
Finishing F'lap 1, I had to be reminded to check in
And it left me with 26 minutes to faff about. Given that most of my runs these days are over 10k, I was mainly *shrugs shoulders*. But with wet kit on, I pretty soon got a bit cold and dug out a hoodie. I'd already gotten a bit cold - so that was a learning point for next time. F'lap 2 was much of the same. Same route, same pace (just a smidge quicker). But I got my hoodie on quickly, and had some crisps and a drink. In hindsight, I should have taken on more carbs throughout the day - but the crisps were nice. Elsie Too had also brought a melon, which was nectar-like. I retrieved my mock-crocs from the office, to insulate my feet from the coldness of the kitchen floor.
On F'lap 3, the rain had lessened (or should that be fewered?) but I stuck with the same plan. I also ran a few yards with Katie, who'd been encouraged to run for the first time in ages
A flaps win right there! And on returning, we had a brief moment where we were all together for an ussy. Can you see how much I struggled to get everyone in shot here? Katie had to bob and weave like a young George Foreman. On F'lap 4, it stopped raining. I was still pretty wet from the previous outings, so this helped me overheating from the double layers. Got back to the house to see we'd been joined by Silvershadow and Nightjar. The former admitted to some FOMO, so as a group we cajoled her into getting involved (the flexible start time working wonders here). Her house is about half a mile from us, so she did her first F'lap going to get her kit
On F'lap 5 it got quite a bit warmer, the wind picked up, my chest got a bit wheezy, and my legs complained. I have a bit of (maybe) bruising on the bottom of my left foot which I'm keeping an eye on - and it made itself known, as did my left hamstring. I got back to the house, and perhaps for the first time, I felt like I had a fair bit to do. I changed my kit entirely, opting for a vest this time. I had a toot on my inhaler. I attempted to stretch out my hamstring a bit. And I decided on a new route to counter the wind - running straight into it for the first half, so it'd be behind me at my most tired point.
On F'lap 6, with all the irony of a scrap man, it fricking threw it down just as we were leaving the house. My base layer was under two inches of water in the bath (to try to stop my stink filling the whole house), so I just got on with the run, and hoped that somehow my chest had developed chafe-resistance since the last 100 times I've chafed in the rain. The route worked reasonably well, although getting used to a different elevation profile at this late stage was a bit challenging. Back to the house for more stretching and poor fuelling. When the time came to go, I really REALLY didn't want to get off my chair.
On F'lap 7, I reverted to my usual route. The starts and stops (and the running bit in between) had taken their toll, and I was increasingly having to be careful for the first few hundred yards to give my leg muscles a chance to stretch back out to running. Weirdly, each of my first six laps were all slightly quicker than their predecessor. This was really NOT by design. I'd been trying to take it easy. I'd gone from 29:49 for the first down to 28:30 for the sixth. But this was definitely the end of that trend. My legs felt pretty dead the whole way round. The slight downhill of the third mile of the route did not bring the joy that it had previously. And I got home just absolutely ready to stop.
It was time to sit on the kitchen floor, and I made my mind up very quickly that I was done. I'd covered 22 miles, and I was really pleased with my efforts. I need to add an "I'm tapping out" button for next time.
Highlights from my route include:
1) the mysterious pink scooter
2) the unusable portaloo, strapped to a lamp post. I wonder if it had been on a stag night.
I think just about everybody in our group got something out of the experience. Katie ran for the first time in ages (having been focused on her swim of course). Leatherback ran further than he'd run for a long time. Elsie ran 7 miles which was a great achievement on her return to form after long Covid. Silvershadow ran miles she didn't expect to run. Loggerhead was so keen to continue that they were discussing scheduling a run on their car journey home in order to keep going. Rosehip left with plans to continue. And EdJ (who can probably outrun us all) seemed to enjoy his jaffa cakes
Looking at the challenge as a whole, we had 49 participants. There have been some amazing performances. Various people reporting that they've gone further than they expected. Lots of people saying they're in for next year already. I am so pleased that it's been fun, albeit somewhat sadomasochistic
I'll get on with making some badges when I am back at my desk tomorrow. But there are some winners to announce.
4.167 mile division
The distance is such that if you continue for 24 hours you get 100 miles. The hardest challenge due to the short recovery time. As such, there were only five competitors here, but theOtherRichard takes the division with an impressive 9 F'laps. Well done!
5k division
With 12 participants, there was quite a fight going on midway through the day. But CumbriAndy squashed the others by some way, starting at 8am and continuing until gone 3 in the morning! 20x5k! Amazing effort sir!
2 mile division
A much tighter finish amongst the 8 participants, and it went right down to the wire. Cheeky's Dad pushed on into the early hours to fend off the challenge from Gromit and win the division with 17x2 miles. Brilliant!
1 mile division
A very busy division with 24 competitors. There were four or five still going when I crawled into bed last night at about 9pm. So imagine my surprise when I looked at my phone this morning to discover that two of them were STILL BLOODY GOING. I thought it would end in a tie between Goofee and honestmackem, both of whom had completed 24x1 mile. But I got an fmail from Goofee to say that my code had been broken by his incredible efforts recording his 25th F'lap! And guess what, he's STILL AT IT!
If you want to cheer him on or congratulate him on his efforts, you can call into the F'Laps thread here: fetcheveryone.com/forum/f-laps-2024-62820 - although I'm tempted to say it's borderline irresponsible of us to encourage him now
I am so pleased with how the day went. I hope it's a kernel of interest that will encourage more of you to get involved next year. Some folks asked about doing it on a Sunday instead - but the Saturday start has enabled people to continue through the night. I've added the event for this time next year - why not enter now and get wildly optimistic. Who knows where that might lead?
fetcheveryone.com/races/f-laps-9978508
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Absolutely loved it - defo count me in for next year, great work setting it up 💪Gromit9:53am, 7th Jul 2024
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I loved it too, though it now has the slightly unreal air of a heavy stag do on the morning after (without the hangover)Cheeky’s Dad10:05am, 7th Jul 2024
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That’s a great way to describe it Cheeky 😂😂Gromit10:14am, 7th Jul 2024
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Sounds like a brilliant day!cathrobinson10:17am, 7th Jul 2024
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even though i had to cancel too early, it was an absolut great event!usc215 👍
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Thank you so much for giving us this. No PBs or amazing achievements for me but it was fun and that's always a winnerDocM10:19am, 7th Jul 2024
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It's been (and continues to be) really enjoyable. Those of you who did the longer distances had a far harder time than I'm having, the effect of reduced recovery time magnifies so quickly. I'm already looking forward to the next one!Goofee10:28am, 7th Jul 2024
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Fabulous! Thanks so much. Next time (oh gods!) I might have to figure out what training and eating should look like. Was actually looking forward to doing night time laps so will have to get further. Phys booked already for hamstring!JustCommando!10:41am, 7th Jul 2024
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Thank you for organising this Fetch, such fun but my legs aren't so keen on you this morning!minardi10:43am, 7th Jul 2024
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I loved it. Next year I will start even earlier (6am this year) and may alternate between running and walking miles as next year's goal is to go from sunrise to sunset. Thanks Fetch for organising and huge well done to the winners!LazyDaisy
PS. Non-Fetchie friends all seemed to respond with the same word when I told them what I was doing 'Bonkers!' Yes, but in a good way:-)10:48am, 7th Jul 2024 -
Some outstanding performancesVelociraptor I chickened out a couple of weeks before, but I've been quite inspired. And I don't get inspired by much nowadays.11:06am, 7th Jul 2024
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it was brilliant, should have stayed longer - (I only got 1x2 and 2x1 done when I got home) Great way to get lots of time on feet and practice fuelling and the running againRosehip11:24am, 7th Jul 2024
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Thanks for coming up with this and well done on your running. Although I only did five miles, with parkrun it's my furthest day in over a year. And since I've entered my first half marathon in eight years and this is training week one, F'laps helped me get off to a flying start.Dvorak11:44am, 7th Jul 2024
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Brilliant - well done, all F’lappers!♪♫ Synge ♪♫11:46am, 7th Jul 2024
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Sounds like a brilliant day. Not my thing but I'm glad others enjoyed it.Ness11:51am, 7th Jul 2024
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You have all made it sound quite fun, but I'm not sure it's for me!Autumnleaves1:01pm, 7th Jul 2024
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Many thanks again for the idea and everything that went into pulling it all together. Really happy to have had the chance to push myself in a completely new way. I hope a way can be found to accommodate people running a few laps on Sunday tooCumbriAndy1:57pm, 7th Jul 2024
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I'd have liked to have joined in but we'd booked our holiday before you committed to a date. Maybe next year.Fenland Flier3:37pm, 7th Jul 2024
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I’ve got FOMO 😁 I need to be more organised next year. When I told Mrs C about it, she asked why I wasn’t doing it, so that’s a good start!chunkywizard6:24pm, 7th Jul 2024
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I really thought I'd only get 5 or 6 F'Laps, even with 1 mile. Got upto 14! My only issue was even though I uploaded everything straight away kept forgetting to press the button. Anyway of the code doing it for me next time Fetch? So many friends were intrigued and fancy doing the challenge!TBR (TheBeardRunner)8:56pm, 7th Jul 2024
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I really wanted to do it but the little one had an MRI appointment come through which scuppered the planned early start and then a family visit in the afternoon meant a no there too so couldn't. Also in between night shifts for next year so it needs to keep going so that I can be in with a shout for the year after!Gooner9:21pm, 7th Jul 2024
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It was the furthest I've ever run in a day 😁 - I did a 25 mile charity walk about 30 years ago but it's the most ground I've covered since then. And amazingly not too sore today - managed a swim this morning and a 3 mile walk this evening! Thanks again for organising and hosting!Leatherback9:23pm, 7th Jul 2024
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I really thought I had 8 full laps in me, but it wasn't to be and I called it a day at the marathon. Thanks for putting this on, and I'm definitely interested in going again!ptr_runner9:39pm, 7th Jul 2024
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Well done all the Flappers. Backyard ultras are... special!HappyG(rrr) G9:45pm, 7th Jul 2024
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Well done to you and all the flappers:).B.10:11pm, 7th Jul 2024
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FOMO nearly had me turning up to walk one F'lap, but common sense meant I booked myself as RD for MCPFOMVwxy instead. Well done all, it sounds like an annual event in the making.Helegant10:50pm, 7th Jul 2024
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Brilliant! 😀phal11:04pm, 7th Jul 2024
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Lots of fun, well done all and thanks for setting this up FetchFunkyPOM1:19am, 8th Jul 2024
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Sorry to have missed it. Would be keen for next year.Lizzle3:20pm, 9th Jul 2024
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Also keen for next yearLindsD9:45pm, 10th Jul 2024
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Belated thanks for organising this - both 'globally' and locally. And thank you for your and Katie's hospitality on the day. I really enjoyed it, and am already looking forward to next year!EdJ10:32am, 11th Jul 2024
Having good fun here. I've done 3x5k, and we have a mixture of distances. Nice to catch up with everyone after each effort. Stopped raining on the third one - but I kind of missed the rain.
There's an extra badge for the best F'laps picture. Post your pics on the F'Laps thread:
fetcheveryone.com/forum/f-laps-2024-62820
There's an extra badge for the best F'laps picture. Post your pics on the F'Laps thread:
fetcheveryone.com/forum/f-laps-2024-62820
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Excellent!Ness12:00pm, 6th Jul 2024
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I don’t miss the rainElsie Too12:26pm, 6th Jul 2024
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Fabulouscathrobinson1:14pm, 6th Jul 2024
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was a differently fun morning, looking forward to next yearRosehip5:25pm, 6th Jul 2024
A couple of months ago, I wrote the right-hand half of this It's on news stands now
It's on news stands now Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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But I thought if it wasn’t onNDWDave
stravait didn’t happen?5:13pm, 4th Jul 2024 -
If I don't ever go there, didfetcheveryone
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🙂JCB5:25pm, 4th Jul 2024
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I have never usedNon-runner
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You winminardi5:30pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Very well arguedRosehip5:42pm, 4th Jul 2024
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All the benefits the running coach describes are available for free on Fetch. It must’ve been difficult to write that without appearing to totally dissDiogenes
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Well said 👍northernslowcoach6:15pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Love this. Well said.LindsD6:20pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Nice bit of promotion 👏roberton6:46pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Excellent piece Ian, well said.Sigh6:48pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Well done.B.7:31pm, 4th Jul 2024
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I like the closing statement very much and fervently want to believe it. Nice bit of PRNorthern Exile7:46pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Great advice 😀Seratonin8:48pm, 4th Jul 2024
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You win hands down.GimmeMedals9:15pm, 4th Jul 2024
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👍usc2159:49pm, 4th Jul 2024
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If a runner falls in a forest, and it's not onSilent Runner
stravadid it happen?
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Can I have your autograph?Alice the Camel10:33pm, 4th Jul 2024
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I do useMark J 🇳🇿
stravaas well but only because I am part of a Coros beta testing group. I get all my data insights from either the Coros training hub or Fetch. I won't pay forstravaas when I joined it gave a free trial for full access, and it really didn't give me anything I don't already get from here and Coros. So there.11:58pm, 4th Jul 2024 -
I’m only on ‘the other site’ because a lot of my ex-clubmates use it. I accidentally selected the free trial option earlier in the year and found that it didn’t really unlock many more benefits that Fetch doesn’t already provide. What’s more, the ‘Segments’ are clearly broken in most cases, with world record paces all around, so I can’t see how they provide much motivation to people!Funky Chicken7:49am, 5th Jul 2024
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I’ve never used the orange site and the more I hear about it the less I like it.laterunner8:25am, 5th Jul 2024
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Coveted kudos my arse - I know full well that people who following me don't even look at the training they just hit the kudos button and move on, some will leave the exact same comment on every piece of training I do and on everyone else's that they follow. That's not feedback or useful. I'm onRunningbauble21
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Fetch does everything that I could wish for - I need nothing else.Albert O Balsam12:43pm, 5th Jul 2024
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Great article. Well done. Will we see new arrivals now?! (Are you able to track / identify such a thing? e.g. if they read it on shop.womensrunning.co.uk ?HappyG(rrr) G12:53pm, 5th Jul 2024
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It would be interesting to see the feedback womensrunning get in response to that feature.Diogenes2:34pm, 5th Jul 2024
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It will be interesting how many new signups/visitors it generates for you...Jen HB6:16pm, 5th Jul 2024
I've just been through your comments on my blog from Friday, where I asked you to try adding races to our database:
fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2024/6/485495
The things that seemed significant were:
1) not obvious how to add events from the race finder page
2) not obvious how to quickly add a second distance
There are basically three places where you can search for races.
1) the home page: fetcheveryone.com/
2) the 'Race' page: fetcheveryone.com/race
3) the 'Race Finder' page: fetcheveryone.com/race-finder.php
The first two just allow you to put a location in, and they lead to the third.
There was a big green button on (2) titled 'Click here to add an event'. But after your feedback, I've added another button on (3) titled 'Add New Events'. There was already a text link on this page, but buttons are always more eyecatching - good spotting folks.
And previously, when you added an event, you'd just be redirected to the finished listing. I've added an interstitial page now that gives you four options:
1) view your newly created listing
2) create a second distance for this event
3) create a copy of this event on another day
4) add a different event
Hopefully these take a few steps and a bit of the legwork out of adding multiples.
Another successful usability experiment! Thanks for your help everyone. If you've got any suggestions on what I should test next, give me a shout in the comments
fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2024/6/485495
The things that seemed significant were:
1) not obvious how to add events from the race finder page
2) not obvious how to quickly add a second distance
There are basically three places where you can search for races.
1) the home page: fetcheveryone.com/
2) the 'Race' page: fetcheveryone.com/race
3) the 'Race Finder' page: fetcheveryone.com/race-finder.php
The first two just allow you to put a location in, and they lead to the third.
There was a big green button on (2) titled 'Click here to add an event'. But after your feedback, I've added another button on (3) titled 'Add New Events'. There was already a text link on this page, but buttons are always more eyecatching - good spotting folks.
And previously, when you added an event, you'd just be redirected to the finished listing. I've added an interstitial page now that gives you four options:
1) view your newly created listing
2) create a second distance for this event
3) create a copy of this event on another day
4) add a different event
Hopefully these take a few steps and a bit of the legwork out of adding multiples.
Another successful usability experiment! Thanks for your help everyone. If you've got any suggestions on what I should test next, give me a shout in the comments
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Fingers crossed.
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LindsD9:55am, 4th Jul 2024
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Vote early, vote often!larkim10:16am, 4th Jul 2024
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paws crossedThe great dollop10:25am, 4th Jul 2024
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Sunny!Ocelot Spleens10:41am, 4th Jul 2024
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good work. I'm going when Mrs C is back from work.chunkywizard11:04am, 4th Jul 2024
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Done here, but taking the dog laterDocM12:49pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Posted mine first class on Monday. Fingers crossed indeed!Angus Clydesdale12:49pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Did you post the dog too Angus?fetcheveryone12:52pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Thank goodness for a dry day.cathrobinson1:34pm, 4th Jul 2024
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Hope that your dog has photo ID 😉Seratonin4:19pm, 4th Jul 2024
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That's definitely him in the picturefetcheveryone4:19pm, 4th Jul 2024
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I was expecting more than one of eachNightjar7:37am, 5th Jul 2024
Last week I introduced a new option in the Splits dropdown when viewing your training entry.
The idea was that if you do, say, an interval session or a run-walk, Fetch can automagically break the entry up into its constituent segments based on your cadence. It makes graphs like this:
And that all seemed to be well-received, aside from the folks who
their recoveries rather than walk them. I'd used a fixed value of 140 - making the assumption that everything below 140 was walking, and everything above was running. But as I hinted at the time, I recognise that this threshold could well be different for everyone.
And as promised, I've brought in some flexibility. Instead of one 'Cadence' option in the splits box, I've added a bunch of them, starting at 'Cadence 130' right up to 'Cadence 190', in increments of 10. This allows you to choose the threshold. (Side note: the threshold you choose appears in the URL - so if you want to be more precise, you can achieve this by editing the URL).
I pointed this at Bowman's entry from the comments section. He did a Strides session (for the uninformed: repeated short bursts of quicker stuff in amongst some easier-paced running). In the image below, the top graph splits the run using 140 strides per minute - and tells us nothing. The second graph uses 170str/min, and like little hamsters under a night-vision camera, you can see the efforts standing out clearly
There are still a few bugs e.g. zp reported that the cadence tool had "a bit of a meltdown" on this run: fetcheveryone.com/training/23233005/cadence/140 - I think I can do a bit of tidying here. Drops (or increases) in cadence that last less than (say 2-3 seconds) can probably be ignored. For now, it seems to be doing a decent job of pulling out efforts from otherwise faceless training entries - so I'm pretty pleased with it But do share your oddities. I know you love it
The idea was that if you do, say, an interval session or a run-walk, Fetch can automagically break the entry up into its constituent segments based on your cadence. It makes graphs like this:
And that all seemed to be well-received, aside from the folks who
their recoveries rather than walk them. I'd used a fixed value of 140 - making the assumption that everything below 140 was walking, and everything above was running. But as I hinted at the time, I recognise that this threshold could well be different for everyone. And as promised, I've brought in some flexibility. Instead of one 'Cadence' option in the splits box, I've added a bunch of them, starting at 'Cadence 130' right up to 'Cadence 190', in increments of 10. This allows you to choose the threshold. (Side note: the threshold you choose appears in the URL - so if you want to be more precise, you can achieve this by editing the URL).
I pointed this at Bowman's entry from the comments section. He did a Strides session (for the uninformed: repeated short bursts of quicker stuff in amongst some easier-paced running). In the image below, the top graph splits the run using 140 strides per minute - and tells us nothing. The second graph uses 170str/min, and like little hamsters under a night-vision camera, you can see the efforts standing out clearly
There are still a few bugs e.g. zp reported that the cadence tool had "a bit of a meltdown" on this run: fetcheveryone.com/training/23233005/cadence/140 - I think I can do a bit of tidying here. Drops (or increases) in cadence that last less than (say 2-3 seconds) can probably be ignored. For now, it seems to be doing a decent job of pulling out efforts from otherwise faceless training entries - so I'm pretty pleased with it
But do share your oddities. I know you love it
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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AwesomeBowman 🇸🇪 thanks! I’ll play around a bit and try it out!4:21pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Excellent.GlennR4:40pm, 1st Jul 2024
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ooo, ive always found it difficult to identify my strides on a run so now I can discover if I am actually doing themDocM5:10pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Do share what you find!fetcheveryone5:12pm, 1st Jul 2024
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This looks goodVelociraptor Off to have a try.6:26pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Yes, loads better, thanksVelociraptor6:30pm, 1st Jul 2024
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NoiceMark J 🇳🇿10:48pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Good idea with the 2-3s ignoring rule. Had been wondering how it would work for slowing to open a gate etc. Impressive stuff!Sorequads2:48pm, 2nd Jul 2024
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That's interesting shall have a lookNight-owl3:03pm, 2nd Jul 2024
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Working very nicely for me, when I find the right cadence value. I notice that in my recent interval session, the cadence distribution is prominently bimodal, with a valley between the two peaks – I wonder whether this valley, if auto-detectable, could be used as the default cadence value?SpartanMyth5:12pm, 2nd Jul 2024
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Def possible to use something like k-means clustering to find peaks - but I think in this case the flexibility is useful.fetcheveryone5:41pm, 2nd Jul 2024
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That's terrific! Now I'm wondering if it can pick up spots that are trips and or falls. 🙂 Not that I do that very often...JCB6:31pm, 3rd Jul 2024
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automagically is a trademarked term you knowThe great dollop10:45pm, 3rd Jul 2024
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just a thought - you number the splits in the graph - but not on the data listing ? can you put the split number on the left for easy correlation ?The great dollop10:26am, 4th Jul 2024
Hello F'Lappers,
I've built a first draft of the check in page, and I need your help to kick the tyres.
fetcheveryone.com/flaps-checkin.php
The main rule is that YOU MUST CHECK IN BEFORE THE END OF EACH HOUR.
Let's do a trial run. For the next few hours, please pretend you've just come back from your run. You go to the link, choose the distance you covered, and press the 'Check In' button.
1) If you're one second too late, you're out (sorry).
2) You can start doing the full 4.167 mile laps if you like, but if you switch down to, say 5k, you can't then go back up.
I'd mainly just like to check that it's all fairly self-explanatory, and that there are no glaring errors.
If you're signed up to F'Laps, go check in before the end of the hour
If you're *not* signed up but want to join in, you need to register here first:
fetcheveryone.com/flaps.php
I've built a first draft of the check in page, and I need your help to kick the tyres.
fetcheveryone.com/flaps-checkin.php
The main rule is that YOU MUST CHECK IN BEFORE THE END OF EACH HOUR.
Let's do a trial run. For the next few hours, please pretend you've just come back from your run. You go to the link, choose the distance you covered, and press the 'Check In' button.
1) If you're one second too late, you're out (sorry).
2) You can start doing the full 4.167 mile laps if you like, but if you switch down to, say 5k, you can't then go back up.
I'd mainly just like to check that it's all fairly self-explanatory, and that there are no glaring errors.
If you're signed up to F'Laps, go check in before the end of the hour
If you're *not* signed up but want to join in, you need to register here first:
fetcheveryone.com/flaps.php
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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so far so good!minardi2:45pm, 1st Jul 2024
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No problems so farElsie Too4:24pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Easy to use. However, after my first check in at 2:51, I forgot. But I was still able to check in at 4:58 and 5:01 (very quick mileDvorak ). As per rule 1 above, shouldn't it have: not accepted my check-ins/ told me I'm out/ blown a raspberry?5:06pm, 1st Jul 2024
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That'd just be rudefetcheveryone5:07pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Erm i was intending to do it interspersed with Park run so the 8 and 9 am laps would not be registered until i get home as was intending to end up at park run shortly before it starts and then post park run walk somewhere on way back until it's gone 10 then run that 2 mile lap then.kstuart5:25pm, 1st Jul 2024
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Have you got a phone, and 30 seconds to click the 'Completed It Mate' link at five to nine?fetcheveryone5:27pm, 1st Jul 2024
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In principle yes but dont normally take phone with me and if signal is dodgy (its a old phone) might not work, can be sorted later on if not working as the evidence will be there soon enough.kstuart5:28pm, 1st Jul 2024
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We'll figure it outfetcheveryone5:29pm, 1st Jul 2024
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April (11)
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February (17)
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January (31)
January
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The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
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Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
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Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
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It's Hip To Buy Squares
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November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
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Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
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In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
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5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
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Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
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September (6)
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Hoodie Colour!
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August (8)
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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
I am looking forward to these being playable - have you given any thought to a points system, maybe making the further afield points worth more?