There were a few comments about the names for the houses in the House Cup - some people found them a bit icky! So I thought I'd give you all the chance to vote on whether they get changed or not. I guess if you want them changed, there are a couple of options - either I pick a new set of names, or each house can hold its own discussion and let me know when they've made their minds up. For my 2p, I like the existing names - they are intended to be simple, running-themed, and self-deprecating. But I would say all that because I picked them.
So here's a poll where you can vote for what you want to happen:
There were also a few comments asking for a bit of separation between the development of our House Cup as a thing, and that of a certain fictional story about magic (or more relevantly, its author and her views). Ultimately, our House Cup is meant to be fun, encouraging, and something that everyone and anyone can be part of. It is also intended to be a level playing field (as far as random chance and a few sorting algorithms can be), far from the real world with its intractable problems and hard-to-reconcile standpoints. And copyright is a thing. 😀 As I've said before, I would welcome your contributions to the lore of our House Cup. It'd be great to read the backstories of our four esteemed houses, and we can take it wherever you'd like.
Also... some people have asked about the option to withdraw, for whatever reason. I will implement that soon, so if you're injured, not interested, or got too much going on in your life, you can duck out. But don't be thinking you can leave and rejoin to get yourself into the best house (Toenails, obvs) - once you've been put in a house, you'll go back to it any time you rejoin.
Right, I'm going to go hit my new bat with a ball a couple of hundred times.
So here's a poll where you can vote for what you want to happen:
There were also a few comments asking for a bit of separation between the development of our House Cup as a thing, and that of a certain fictional story about magic (or more relevantly, its author and her views). Ultimately, our House Cup is meant to be fun, encouraging, and something that everyone and anyone can be part of. It is also intended to be a level playing field (as far as random chance and a few sorting algorithms can be), far from the real world with its intractable problems and hard-to-reconcile standpoints. And copyright is a thing. 😀 As I've said before, I would welcome your contributions to the lore of our House Cup. It'd be great to read the backstories of our four esteemed houses, and we can take it wherever you'd like.
Also... some people have asked about the option to withdraw, for whatever reason. I will implement that soon, so if you're injured, not interested, or got too much going on in your life, you can duck out. But don't be thinking you can leave and rejoin to get yourself into the best house (Toenails, obvs) - once you've been put in a house, you'll go back to it any time you rejoin.
Right, I'm going to go hit my new bat with a ball a couple of hundred times.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the inaugural House Cup*. I've had quite a few comments that have made me smile over the last couple of weeks. It's been nice to see some friendly competition, and it's brought a bit of spice to everyday running 
*yes, I did do a competition based around 4 houses back in 2015, but this feels like a much better format.
I thought I'd have a look at some numbers, because that's always fun
Looking back at the data now, it's clear that some folks need to tidy up their benchmark list Naming no names, but the fastest qualifying time for the 400m was 16.48 seconds All this did was disadvantage the player, and the house they belonged to - because this would put them up against the fastest players from the other three houses.
But luckily for that player, they were not alone! Some 20 players qualified with 400m times of under 40 seconds
During the competition, I've done what I can to try to stop this sort of thing happening in future. Any run that results in a 400m benchmark time of under 40 seconds is now temporarily quarantined in a category called 'Cross Training > GPS Error'. It's then down to the user to tidy it up (or ask for my help). And it clears out all the folks who are not paying too much attention to their training logs. For pity's sake
418 players were entered into the 400m run.
Of these 397 recorded times. And 102 players ran faster during the cup than they'd done during the last six months!
I know you could say that if your regular weekly runs are all fairly relaxed affairs, then bettering such times might not be such an achievement. And you might also point out that people were free to choose their own courses, and people (including me) openly spoke about finding gentle downhills on which to flay themselves for 400m But I say what if it's the spark that leads these folks on to some great training? That sounds good I reckon.
It's a similar story for the mile (92 of 418 bettered their time), 5k (90 of 408), and 10k (72 of 356). That last one is pretty cool. 20% of entrants ran a faster 10k than they'd done for six months. That's a win right there
Despite the random allocation of players to houses, there are some disparities. But not the ones you might expect from seeing the result. Fungus House had the most players in games, with 547, followed by Roughskin on 535, Bunion on 514 and Toenails on 507. So Fungus had a bit of an advantage from the start because of their superior squad size, but despite this, they were a fairly distant third. And Toenails might have felt disadvantaged seeing this, but made the most of what they had. NB All you need to do to be in a match is to have recorded a benchmark at one of the House Cup distances during the six months prior to the start of the competition.
In terms of people getting involved, Bunion House actually managed to be the team with the most players to register points - scoring in 88.3% of their matches. And Fungus let themselves down, with only an 81.2% mobilisation. Roughskin got 87.3% and Toenails got 85.8%.
So there's work for all teams to do, and stuff to do before we reconvene for the next House Cup. A few people have already realised that the effort they put in this time may well see them up against tougher opponents next time - but that's just the way it goes. You all have threads to discuss your tactics:
Roughskin: fetcheveryone.com/forum/team-roughskin-supporters-club-58454
Toenails: fetcheveryone.com/forum/where-are-all-the-toenails-58457
Fungus: fetcheveryone.com/forum/fungus-fungi-all-the-way-58455
Bunion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/come-on-team-bunion-58453/
and I'd strongly recommend making sure you hoover out your benchmarks, if you'd like to stand the best chance of being in a fair match next time:
fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php
If you've got any suggestions about ways in which we could expand or improve the competition, shout out. I would definitely like to include walkers, and a few more challenges to add a bit of extra spice.
The houses will NOT be redrawn - time to own your house identity But I'll wash the sorting socks, and get them ready to accept new pupils to Fetchwarts in the coming months, so if you missed out last time, keep an eye on my blog for updates.
The House Cup: Back To School will return on September 8th 2025!
*yes, I did do a competition based around 4 houses back in 2015, but this feels like a much better format.
I thought I'd have a look at some numbers, because that's always fun
Looking back at the data now, it's clear that some folks need to tidy up their benchmark list
Naming no names, but the fastest qualifying time for the 400m was 16.48 seconds All this did was disadvantage the player, and the house they belonged to - because this would put them up against the fastest players from the other three houses. But luckily for that player, they were not alone! Some 20 players qualified with 400m times of under 40 seconds
During the competition, I've done what I can to try to stop this sort of thing happening in future. Any run that results in a 400m benchmark time of under 40 seconds is now temporarily quarantined in a category called 'Cross Training > GPS Error'. It's then down to the user to tidy it up (or ask for my help). And it clears out all the folks who are not paying too much attention to their training logs. For pity's sake
418 players were entered into the 400m run.
Of these 397 recorded times. And 102 players ran faster during the cup than they'd done during the last six months!
I know you could say that if your regular weekly runs are all fairly relaxed affairs, then bettering such times might not be such an achievement. And you might also point out that people were free to choose their own courses, and people (including me) openly spoke about finding gentle downhills on which to flay themselves for 400m
But I say what if it's the spark that leads these folks on to some great training? That sounds good I reckon. It's a similar story for the mile (92 of 418 bettered their time), 5k (90 of 408), and 10k (72 of 356). That last one is pretty cool. 20% of entrants ran a faster 10k than they'd done for six months. That's a win right there
Despite the random allocation of players to houses, there are some disparities. But not the ones you might expect from seeing the result. Fungus House had the most players in games, with 547, followed by Roughskin on 535, Bunion on 514 and Toenails on 507. So Fungus had a bit of an advantage from the start because of their superior squad size, but despite this, they were a fairly distant third. And Toenails might have felt disadvantaged seeing this, but made the most of what they had. NB All you need to do to be in a match is to have recorded a benchmark at one of the House Cup distances during the six months prior to the start of the competition.
In terms of people getting involved, Bunion House actually managed to be the team with the most players to register points - scoring in 88.3% of their matches. And Fungus let themselves down, with only an 81.2% mobilisation. Roughskin got 87.3% and Toenails got 85.8%.
So there's work for all teams to do, and stuff to do before we reconvene for the next House Cup. A few people have already realised that the effort they put in this time may well see them up against tougher opponents next time - but that's just the way it goes. You all have threads to discuss your tactics:
Roughskin: fetcheveryone.com/forum/team-roughskin-supporters-club-58454
Toenails: fetcheveryone.com/forum/where-are-all-the-toenails-58457
Fungus: fetcheveryone.com/forum/fungus-fungi-all-the-way-58455
Bunion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/come-on-team-bunion-58453/
and I'd strongly recommend making sure you hoover out your benchmarks, if you'd like to stand the best chance of being in a fair match next time:
fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php
If you've got any suggestions about ways in which we could expand or improve the competition, shout out. I would definitely like to include walkers, and a few more challenges to add a bit of extra spice.
The houses will NOT be redrawn - time to own your house identity
But I'll wash the sorting socks, and get them ready to accept new pupils to Fetchwarts in the coming months, so if you missed out last time, keep an eye on my blog for updates. The House Cup: Back To School will return on September 8th 2025!
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Once a bunion, always a bunionDiogenes1:36pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Loved it. I stunk at scoring points but there in lies the fun.Spanners991:40pm, 28th Apr 2025
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it was fun cheering on everyone from the sidelines. will be unable to compete properly until I decide to get myself a garmin and decent phone.LanaD1:43pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Happy to stick with the WINNING houseVelociraptor
The challenge definitely made me put a bit of welly into getting a fast 400m split.1:47pm, 28th Apr 2025 -
I didn’t take part this time, despite being a fungus in 2015, but I’ll be in the next one. It looked like fun!jennywren1:49pm, 28th Apr 2025
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I absolutely loved it and the more I got beaten the harder I tried! I started out thinking there was no way I could win the 5k or the 10k and I only flipping went and did it! It proved to be excellent motivation for me so thanks Fetch 😊Runningbauble211:57pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Unfortunately this coincided with an episode of injury so I did nothing (and got a badge for that!) - next time, I hope, I'll be a better participant.sallykate2:03pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Thanks for the prompt to update our benchmarks. Other than the 400m one, mine didn't seem to be too far out, but there were a couple recorded on a run where I noted a user Garmin error, so I've wiped them from my records for next time. This certainly pushed me to put some effort into a recent 5k and 10k.TheScribbler2:12pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Glad you're thinking of something for the walkers - difficult one as pace I imagine doesn't vary all that much. Maybe something like the biggest area within a walked loop (similar to an old TaskMaster task to spread clothes far and wide).JamieKai *chameleon*
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It was brilliant, thanks Fetch. Can we have a think about how it works with swimming though? It’s impossible to get an accurate GPS record swimming breaststrokeHellsBells2:27pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Ah, this explains the GPS error I got during a run/walk to Parkrun on Saturday. Told Garmin I was walking then run for large chunks of itbigleggy2:34pm, 28th Apr 2025
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This coincided with my return to riding on real roads, rather than on Zwift, so I was able to score points for the Terrific Toenails 😀Reiver2:50pm, 28th Apr 2025
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It was great thanks, though next time it won’t clash with marathon tapering so I will try to be more competitiveAndyJ573:01pm, 28th Apr 2025
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It motivated me more than I expected. At first I was a bit meh to it all, but twice I ended up putting in more effort in runs just to get more HC points!GordonG3:16pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Loved it! Roll on September! I also have issues getting what feel like realistic swimming benchmark times. Not sure there’s much to be done however, except for paying a bit more attention & logging splits.Cheeky’s Dad3:21pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Loved it!EvilPixie
What categories are there? I felt a little disappointed I only had 4 to compete in!3:27pm, 28th Apr 2025 -
Is said in our House chat and in my training log, it got me out to do a faster mile, 5K and 10K than in a long while and that can only be good. Thanks Fetchledore!HappyG(rrr) G3:42pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Enjoyed it more than expected. Maybe for the walking could use the WSW game mechanics for 1 person in each team in a 4-way competition? Certainly got me doing some faster cycling and some running sprints.Snail3:47pm, 28th Apr 2025
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It's interesting, and weirdly, my watch didn't record wildly inaccurate swimming distances like usual during the Cup. To my disadvantage. And on my e-bike, I was far from beating proper cyclists.Dvorak
One thing I REALLY don't like though, is the House names. I feel kind of icky whenever I see them.4:09pm, 28th Apr 2025 -
I think the bike times need a look, also downhill, fair? I won't screw my own benchmarks like that. It did make help me have another go over the mile, perhaps Sept I shall have a pop at 5 and 10k which are gettable when you check my WAVA.Ocelot Spleens4:18pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Can I be removed? Being almost a minute behind over 400m, and over 2mins in the mile has been *incredibly* demoralising.AndyS4:25pm, 28th Apr 2025
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I can most definitely do that for you Andy if you are sure - but the issue in your case was that you have a qualifying time of 45 seconds for the 400m. I can see that this is down to GPS signal, but if you were able to remove this and other benchmarks that are affected by GPS, then next time you would get an appropriate matching. Let me know what you'd like to do.fetcheveryone4:36pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Loved it thanks Fetch, not sure I've done a 400m since school!Meeps4:36pm, 28th Apr 2025
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To the extent the extreme 400m times didn't cancel each other out by being evenly distributed, they probably helped the team with the most of them by giving 100 or so teammates a small advantage in their matches.Evan
I was among the people to improve in all 4 of the running distances Fetch mentioned. My apologies to my match opponents because my benchmarks were artificially low due to my first COVID in September suppressing the quicker period I typically have in October, followed a cold, icy winter with a couple of non-COVID sicknesses.5:08pm, 28th Apr 2025 -
Maybe if "hoovering out your benchmarks" was less painful? I've just looked - my first 20 400m benchmarks are almost certainly quicker than I've *ever* run. 2 clicks and a (slow by Fetch standards) page refresh for each of those is an awful lot of clicking and waiting - and that's *just* 400m.AndyS
(As a plodder, I don't habitually check benchmarks for anything less that a mile or over 5k because they don't really mean much to me - but there are so many that are complete nonsense because I happen to live near a GPS wormhole that I rarely prune them)
Maybe if there was a way to say "kill all the benchmarks for this distance less that 2:00" or something?5:23pm, 28th Apr 2025 -
If you want to send me a feedback with some times for each distance, I can have a clear out for you, if that helps.fetcheveryone5:26pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Going forward, the system should be better at identifying rogue benchmarks, so hopefully it'll be less of an issue.fetcheveryone5:26pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Thanks fetch.DocM5:29pm, 28th Apr 2025
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It's been great fun and an excellent motivator. So Bunion scored in the most matches but still came last 😂 Hopefully next time, the results we got this time will help to level the playing field a bit.GimmeMedals5:48pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Agree with Dvorak about the house names. Would it be better/worse for the houses to be named for eminent Fetchies - or eminent Fetch-pets?JamieKai *chameleon*5:58pm, 28th Apr 2025
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The cup definitely made me up my game with some fast (for me) runs that I wouldn't have done otherwise and it's given me extra motivation going forwards so wins all round on a personal basis. It will definitely be tougher for me next time round having those benchmarks in the system now but that just means that I'll have to keep trying to progress I suppose!Gooner6:13pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Oh, and I agree with Snail about the idea for walking, despite that affecting people like me somewhat negatively as I'm surrounded by quite large zones of inaccessibility. Seems the fairest way.Gooner6:14pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Is there a way to have a minimum number of qualifying activities before we are put in matches? It forced me out on a 10mile bike ride though (it put me in a 10 mile bike ride and the last time I had done that distance was October [then it was just over 20miles but with a pub lunch so 2 activities]Jen HB6:40pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Thank you for the stats of this spring's house cup. I really enjoyed this despite having a marathon in the middle of it so I was in recovery mode for a while. My bike matches inspired me to hop on the rollers and ride as hard as I could for 10 miles and I surprised myself there. I didn't think I could be that fast but then again, my running has really improved over the past 5 months so some of that fitness translated onto the bike.tipsku7:15pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Enjoyed it! - would be better without the JK/HP overtonesOne Thousand Odd Spiders7:44pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Ooh it comes back on my birthday. Which is also a new age category 😃IdrisTheDragon8:56pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Thanks for this. I've been investigating odd benchmarks - it transpires that I have a lot of dodgy ones. Some were due to me hopping into a car before stopping my watch and I've fixed those, but many others just seem to have uncorrectably wonky data (some due to GPS errors, others just glitches). An "exclude this run from your benchmarks" option in a run might be the best way to address this? I could submit a improvement request for that.Grid9:36pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Of course now that I've posted that, I've seen the trash icon you've provided on the benchmarks page which is the perfect solution. Sorted!Grid9:39pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Actually, I'd agree with Dvorak and others, that while I get the names are funny, might be good to name them something to actually be a bit nicer!HappyG(rrr) G10:30pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Loved this, made me run further and faster than I otherwise would have 😊Qwerty10:34pm, 28th Apr 2025
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Suggestion: There should be an "Opt Out" button that can be used for a certain period of time to allow those who entered without knowing what they were getting into, to leave without prejudice. Similarly for people who have unavoidable life events etc. This will potentially save a House being disadvantaged by a player's inability to participate or their desire to drop out, for whatever reason.Mark J 🇳🇿10:45pm, 28th Apr 2025
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I also really enjoyed this!roberton
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I like the house names, very fitting😂SteveBelfast11:45am, 29th Apr 2025
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My dodgy benchmarks are ancient GPS but the times in the House Cup seem correct. No change needed.Ocelot Spleens12:55pm, 29th Apr 2025
With apologies to everyone who I encouraged to follow my blog for site updates, I'm going to obsess about cricket for a bit
There are just four sleeps left until the first club game of the year!
Last Saturday morning I went to a working party at the ground, the goal of which is to finish getting everything ready for the new season. It was my first visit to the ground (indoor nets are held at a nearby school), and it was a lovely sunny day. Here's our cute little pavilion:
For a small building, there's a lot going on. There are two changing rooms, a storage area, and a bar. Last year they added an electronic scoreboard, which is the black rectangle next to the clock. This year they've resurfaced the practice nets and repainted all the interior spaces. It's great that they are continually investing in improving and maintaining the facilities.
Here's how the bar is looking at the moment - lots of furniture and paint tins everywhere right now - but it's coming together nicely. Note the nice selection of taps at the bar
My job on Saturday largely involved cable ties - securing the practice netting to the framework. And I also helped assemble our sight screens. These are the big white things that you see at either end of a cricket ground. The idea is that they provide a nice white background so the batter can see the ball when it's coming out of the bowler's hand. It's useful for all bowlers, but particularly the ones that steam in at you. And here's a public service announcement: if you're about to walk past a sight screen, have a little look at the match. If the bowler is about to run in, just hold back for a few seconds. It means the batter won't get distracted by you, or a field full of players won't start waving madly at you Thank you
The 'square' (which more often than not is not square) is coming along nicely too:
If you're walking across a cricket field when there's no match on, please don't walk on the bit in the middle The grounds team spend a long time trying to make it nice and flat so that it's safe to play on. Dents and divots can make the bounce unpredictable, which puts noggins at risk.
I've also been and picked up my playing kit - so I have whites again for the first time in 20 years But things are a little bit jazzier since then - all the players have their initials on their kit (which is a really good idea to stop them getting mixed up in the changing room). And there's 'training kit' as well - so I'm currently living in my new OTCC hoodie, which I totally love! I am still waiting on the tracksuit bottoms - they are not in stock until June. The man in the sports shop insists on referring to them as 'training pants', which makes me think of Huggies
So the first two games of the season are this Saturday. Normally there are two Sunday games too, but the Sunday league doesn't start until next weekend. This means that there are just 22 opportunities to be picked this Saturday (1st XI and 2nd XI). The club has a poll for indicating availability, and so far I am a little bit up against it (with another 40 players still to vote):
27 into 22 does not go But that's ok. Next week there will be 44 playing spots. If I'm being realistic, my best chance to get my feet under the table is with the Sunday 2nd XI - so I just have to be patient - it's not got to the point where I have to tie anyone's shoelaces together yet And there's another training session tonight, one more chance to audition. Time to pull up my training pants and get stuck in
There are just four sleeps left until the first club game of the year!
Last Saturday morning I went to a working party at the ground, the goal of which is to finish getting everything ready for the new season. It was my first visit to the ground (indoor nets are held at a nearby school), and it was a lovely sunny day. Here's our cute little pavilion:
For a small building, there's a lot going on. There are two changing rooms, a storage area, and a bar. Last year they added an electronic scoreboard, which is the black rectangle next to the clock. This year they've resurfaced the practice nets and repainted all the interior spaces. It's great that they are continually investing in improving and maintaining the facilities.
Here's how the bar is looking at the moment - lots of furniture and paint tins everywhere right now - but it's coming together nicely. Note the nice selection of taps at the bar
My job on Saturday largely involved cable ties - securing the practice netting to the framework. And I also helped assemble our sight screens. These are the big white things that you see at either end of a cricket ground. The idea is that they provide a nice white background so the batter can see the ball when it's coming out of the bowler's hand. It's useful for all bowlers, but particularly the ones that steam in at you. And here's a public service announcement: if you're about to walk past a sight screen, have a little look at the match. If the bowler is about to run in, just hold back for a few seconds. It means the batter won't get distracted by you, or a field full of players won't start waving madly at you
Thank you The 'square' (which more often than not is not square) is coming along nicely too:
If you're walking across a cricket field when there's no match on, please don't walk on the bit in the middle
The grounds team spend a long time trying to make it nice and flat so that it's safe to play on. Dents and divots can make the bounce unpredictable, which puts noggins at risk. I've also been and picked up my playing kit - so I have whites again for the first time in 20 years
But things are a little bit jazzier since then - all the players have their initials on their kit (which is a really good idea to stop them getting mixed up in the changing room). And there's 'training kit' as well - so I'm currently living in my new OTCC hoodie, which I totally love! I am still waiting on the tracksuit bottoms - they are not in stock until June. The man in the sports shop insists on referring to them as 'training pants', which makes me think of Huggies So the first two games of the season are this Saturday. Normally there are two Sunday games too, but the Sunday league doesn't start until next weekend. This means that there are just 22 opportunities to be picked this Saturday (1st XI and 2nd XI). The club has a poll for indicating availability, and so far I am a little bit up against it (with another 40 players still to vote):
27 into 22 does not go
But that's ok. Next week there will be 44 playing spots. If I'm being realistic, my best chance to get my feet under the table is with the Sunday 2nd XI - so I just have to be patient - it's not got to the point where I have to tie anyone's shoelaces together yet And there's another training session tonight, one more chance to audition. Time to pull up my training pants and get stuck in
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Good luck with the selectors (and with your training pants)Diogenes10:58am, 22nd Apr 2025
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That's a great looking club house. Good luck!minardi11:00am, 22nd Apr 2025
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Exciting!LindsD11:02am, 22nd Apr 2025
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Best wishes for the weekend and I'm sure your turn will come around. Enjoy the process.Fenland Flier11:02am, 22nd Apr 2025
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I hope you have a much fun playing as you've been having in the preseason build up!3M11:08am, 22nd Apr 2025
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Good luck!1step2far11:14am, 22nd Apr 2025
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This is all very exciting 😀phal11:51am, 22nd Apr 2025
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Good luck. Sounds exciting.HappyG(rrr) G11:55am, 22nd Apr 2025
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"is it Saturday yet?"D211:56am, 22nd Apr 2025
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This is excitingcathrobinson12:02pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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Good luckNess12:06pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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To enhance your chances of being picked, inform the selectors that you know why a cricket pitch is 22 yards long.Flatlander12:50pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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I think there's part of me playing this season with you, I got a momentary pang of excitement when I saw I was available this Saturday then remembered it didn't actually relate to me! 😂Goofee12:54pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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Start at the bottom. Always turn up. Take catches. Don't run out the captain. Umpire if asked.Ocelot Spleens2:18pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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Nice PavilionOcelot Spleens2:18pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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I don't like cricketGrid
Oh no
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Good luck with the selectors. The cricket squares in Bushy Park are fenced off and people keep out. The deer don’t follow the rules. It needs a lot of work from the groundsmen.laterunner4:14pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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I did giggle at training pants,Corrah4:30pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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We have a cricket field near me and always conscious of walking across. Especially the middle bit. I should go and watch a match one dayNight-owl5:54pm, 22nd Apr 2025
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Hope the training tonight went well and that Freddy and Lily Pargetter are not part of the selection panelBaronessBL
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Good luck!RichHL11:38am, 23rd Apr 2025
I did an actual proper race! Aside from my adventures in the ultraworld, and parkruns, and virtual shenanigans, and swims, and a social run I did with a mate I hadn't seen for years... this was my first actual proper race since Abingdon Marathon in (*checks notes*... oh blimey!!) 2018!!
I got cajoled into doing it at the pub one Sunday a couple of months back. My main goal for this year is the cricket season (did I mention that?), but I've been trying to do some speed training because I reckon it'll be pretty useful to help me when I'm darting about a cricket field
I car shared with @Silvershadow and @Elsie Too with @Nightjar as our excellent chauffeur for the morning.
I'd somewhat forgotten what a race feels like - both the standing around at the start, and the actual thing itself. We got there with over an hour to spare, so we did a lot of standing around and people watching. A very nervous golden retriever called Luna was being led through the crowd by its owner, but it wasn't having any of it. When it reached me, it pressed its head up against my knee and wouldn't move. I gave it a big scruddle around the ears, but it didn't want to budge.
I also got to meet @Snail who was lovely. He apologised for reporting multiple bugs to me, but I told him I was grateful, because I actively encourage you all to do that. And we had a little chat about our favourite site games. Nice chap. Would recommend
The race was "powered by" a local company that seems to have bought up all the gyms in the area, *rolls eyes*, but if the sponsorship money makes it possible for the race to go ahead, then I guess it's serving a purpose. There was some sort of aerobic warm up / satanic ritual, which I skipped - and did a bit of running about instead.
We lined up, and the hooter went (or at least, everyone in front of me started shuffling forward, whilst the mayor of somewhere said stuff none of us could hear. I heard her getting a briefing from one of the organisers. He actually said "no-one will be able to hear you" ). Just after the start line, there was a hefty speedbump, and I could hear various feet scuffing on it as people misjudged it. @Elsie Too said that someone had fallen over within splatting distance of her. Luckily our crew all survived.
I knew very little about the course, but had run a 50:58 benchmark on flat ground last weekend. I'd heard various permutations of 'undulating', so I wasn't sure what I was in for. I would have been happy to get inside or near my benchmark, given that. But I set the pacing tool on my watch to 8:05/mile, which would give me just outside 50 minutes, and then leave it to fate.
The excitement of the first mile or so meant I was inside my target pretty much straight away, so I tried to focus on running relaxed, and squinted ahead for signs of undulation. And they came. Nothing huge, or long lasting. But regular and relentless. I varied from as much as 20 seconds ahead of pace, down to moments when I was about 3 seconds ahead of pace. The latter worried me that I was starting to flag - but after each uphill, the downs were great for harvesting a few seconds.
The chat in the car on the way had said that it was 'net downhill' from about 7k. I didn't want to say at the time, but I reckon it's net downhill from about 4.7k onwards That 'net' is doing a lot of heavy lifting. And yet I clung on to it, with the goal of getting to 7k, and then just trying to hang on. At each kilometre (I like them, they arrive quicker than miles!), I was still clinging to the right side of my pacer.
The hills kept coming (this must be the last one surely!) until the last one at 9k. The 'good news marshal' at the top was enjoying telling runners that they had no more in front of them. It really helped, and the last 900 metres is a lovely gentle downhill (aside from the killer speed bump). I pushed as hard as I could, then saw @Nightjar covered in our hoodies like a glorious hat rack on the corner that led into the finish field. From there I found a burst, and the crowds grew thicker as the finish line came into view. A guy sprinted past me, and I thought "I'm having a bit of that". Eyeballs out, I pushed it as much as I could, overtaking one poor chap who started walking at a bogus timing mat that was about 5 metres shy of the finish line I got a chip time of 49:56, and a Fetch benchmark of 49:38 - plenty of good House Cup fodder
Walking back up the course, I had another little scruddle with Luna, and did a lot of yelling at the other runners - which is a really fun part of racing that I forgot how much I enjoy.
Thanks to Nightjar for the pic - I don't look too bad for the effort
I got cajoled into doing it at the pub one Sunday a couple of months back. My main goal for this year is the cricket season (did I mention that?), but I've been trying to do some speed training because I reckon it'll be pretty useful to help me when I'm darting about a cricket field
I car shared with @Silvershadow and @Elsie Too with @Nightjar as our excellent chauffeur for the morning.
I'd somewhat forgotten what a race feels like - both the standing around at the start, and the actual thing itself. We got there with over an hour to spare, so we did a lot of standing around and people watching. A very nervous golden retriever called Luna was being led through the crowd by its owner, but it wasn't having any of it. When it reached me, it pressed its head up against my knee and wouldn't move. I gave it a big scruddle around the ears, but it didn't want to budge.
I also got to meet @Snail who was lovely. He apologised for reporting multiple bugs to me, but I told him I was grateful, because I actively encourage you all to do that. And we had a little chat about our favourite site games. Nice chap. Would recommend
The race was "powered by" a local company that seems to have bought up all the gyms in the area, *rolls eyes*, but if the sponsorship money makes it possible for the race to go ahead, then I guess it's serving a purpose. There was some sort of aerobic warm up / satanic ritual, which I skipped - and did a bit of running about instead.
We lined up, and the hooter went (or at least, everyone in front of me started shuffling forward, whilst the mayor of somewhere said stuff none of us could hear. I heard her getting a briefing from one of the organisers. He actually said "no-one will be able to hear you"
). Just after the start line, there was a hefty speedbump, and I could hear various feet scuffing on it as people misjudged it. @Elsie Too said that someone had fallen over within splatting distance of her. Luckily our crew all survived. I knew very little about the course, but had run a 50:58 benchmark on flat ground last weekend. I'd heard various permutations of 'undulating', so I wasn't sure what I was in for. I would have been happy to get inside or near my benchmark, given that. But I set the pacing tool on my watch to 8:05/mile, which would give me just outside 50 minutes, and then leave it to fate.
The excitement of the first mile or so meant I was inside my target pretty much straight away, so I tried to focus on running relaxed, and squinted ahead for signs of undulation. And they came. Nothing huge, or long lasting. But regular and relentless. I varied from as much as 20 seconds ahead of pace, down to moments when I was about 3 seconds ahead of pace. The latter worried me that I was starting to flag - but after each uphill, the downs were great for harvesting a few seconds.
The chat in the car on the way had said that it was 'net downhill' from about 7k. I didn't want to say at the time, but I reckon it's net downhill from about 4.7k onwards
That 'net' is doing a lot of heavy lifting. And yet I clung on to it, with the goal of getting to 7k, and then just trying to hang on. At each kilometre (I like them, they arrive quicker than miles!), I was still clinging to the right side of my pacer. The hills kept coming (this must be the last one surely!) until the last one at 9k. The 'good news marshal' at the top was enjoying telling runners that they had no more in front of them. It really helped, and the last 900 metres is a lovely gentle downhill (aside from the killer speed bump). I pushed as hard as I could, then saw @Nightjar covered in our hoodies like a glorious hat rack on the corner that led into the finish field. From there I found a burst, and the crowds grew thicker as the finish line came into view. A guy sprinted past me, and I thought "I'm having a bit of that". Eyeballs out, I pushed it as much as I could, overtaking one poor chap who started walking at a bogus timing mat that was about 5 metres shy of the finish line
I got a chip time of 49:56, and a Fetch benchmark of 49:38 - plenty of good House Cup fodder Walking back up the course, I had another little scruddle with Luna, and did a lot of yelling at the other runners - which is a really fun part of racing that I forgot how much I enjoy.
Thanks to Nightjar for the pic - I don't look too bad for the effort
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Nice oneDocM5:34pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Well doneHellsBells5:37pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Well raced!!cathrobinson5:45pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Well done! 🏅Ness5:56pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Excellent, well done!Sigh6:01pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Well done on the time ( I forgot to ask yesterday!) - and thanks for my recommendation tooSnail6:04pm, 14th Apr 2025
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I *think* the 'mayor of somewhere' was Heather - a local politician. (I think) she is (in training to be?) RD at Flitwick Juniors. It feels as if almost every runner I know locally was at that event and they all had fun. Glad you did too.Helegant6:10pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Excellentminardi6:23pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Are you going to garmin the cricket ? Benchmarks for a quick single etc !! Well done on an actual race.Bazoaxe7:16pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Very niceAutumnleaves7:23pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Fabjennywren7:44pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Well doneDvorak Sounds good, especially the retriever. I went down on a speedbump in a 10K once - splat!7:56pm, 14th Apr 2025
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😍KatieB8:00pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Jolly splendid! 👏🏼ishep8:16pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Nicely done!3M8:45pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Excellent, well done 👏Runningbauble219:16pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Bloody well doneLindsD9:16pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Sub 50, da iawn Fetch.Rascal9:26pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Sub-50 - well done!♪♫ Synge ♪♫10:18pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Excellent. Nice write up.Mark J 🇳🇿10:48pm, 14th Apr 2025
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Highly respectable and, as a House Cup team mate, very much appreciatedTeeBee6:16am, 15th Apr 2025
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I hadn’t realised you were cajoled into it. It was great to have your company before and after and especially your support just before the end.Elsie Too6:52am, 15th Apr 2025
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Good work 🏅Blotts Mate7:14am, 15th Apr 2025
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Excellent!RichHL9:30am, 15th Apr 2025
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Great work!Gooner10:56am, 15th Apr 2025
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great result - congratulations!LanaD11:15am, 15th Apr 2025
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Excellent - and a great pic!sallykate11:38am, 15th Apr 2025
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Great run!Neil_E_There12:38pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Excellent racing, and report.HappyG(rrr) G2:06pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Well done Fetch, nice job sneaking under 50. Great to see you back racingBlister More to come hopefully!3:58pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Well doneMeeps4:33pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Well done!LazyDaisy5:11pm, 15th Apr 2025
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😳Hills of Death (HOD)7:03pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Excellent and well donegeordiegirl11:48am, 16th Apr 2025
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Nice one 😀Reiver12:16am, 18th Apr 2025
The House Cup is now well underway, with Roughskin and Fungus vying for the early lead. Toenails are clinging on by their... toenails, and poor old Bunion is currently bringing up the rear.
fetcheveryone.com/housecup.php
Each player in the cup is in a number of matchups against players from other houses. Your goal, over the three week tournament, is to record faster times than the people you have been matched against. If you come top in your match, you earn 4 house points. If you come fourth, you still earn a house point - so even if you're not in a position to push your pace, completing the distances will help your house.
Overall, there are 488 matchups, which means that there are 488*(4+3+2+1) = 4880 points up for grabs. The total of all points on the leaderboard is 3123, which means there are still 1757 unclaimed points out there. Easy pickings!
The first couple of days have maybe led us to believe that it will be a two horse race between Roughskin and Fungus. But it comes down to early mobilisation!
All the houses have 116 members, apart from Fungus which has 115 (sorry Fungans). The plucky Fungans have mobilised 84 of their team, with Roughskin on 82. Then there's a bit of a gap down to Bunion on 72 and Toenails on 71. So the gap in the leaderboard between the top two and bottom two would reduce significantly if Bunion and Toenails get out there and record some times.
But those are the two laziest houses, everyone knows that I know that first hand, because I'm in Toenails, and I haven't run yet. But I've got plans, I tell ya.
Hopefully we'll see all the teams putting on a show throughout the week, and I hope that T and B will close that gap.
There are a few questions that have come up regularly:
Why am I in a division of more than four?
It's because of the way the matchups work. The quickest in each house face each other, then the second quickest face each other, and so on. If (say) there are 100 bunions with a 10k time, but only 90 roughskins, 95 toenails and 89 fungus, we can only have 89 such divisions. We're left with (100-89) + (90-89) + (95-89) + (89-89) players. To keep things simple I put all these players in one big division. If you're in a larger division, only the top four will score points, sorry.
Does pause time count?
Our benchmark tool includes pause time. So you can't go out and do 16 x 100m sprints to get a really fast mile time.
Do e-bike times count?
At the moment, yes. If the general feeling is that this is unfair, I can look at excluding them for future cups. But as things stand, you're matched up against people who are of a similar standard, so it's an otherwise roughly fair fight.
Can I find a nice downhill to run a fast 400m?
Yes if you like. Please don't put yourself or others in danger though. Don't be a dick basically.
What if I see a time that is clearly dodgy?
For now, please report it to me using the help button at the top and bottom of any page.
I've run a mile but it's not given me a mile time
It's the age old problem unfortunately - always best to wait until your watch shows 1.01, rather than 1.00 (which could be anything from 0.995 up to 1.0049999 miles). Fetch benchmarks are totally unforgiving!
I've done a little poll to see if you're enjoying the House Cup:
If it goes down well, we could maybe do it a couple of times a year or something. I would love to read some creative insights into house lore
fetcheveryone.com/housecup.php
Each player in the cup is in a number of matchups against players from other houses. Your goal, over the three week tournament, is to record faster times than the people you have been matched against. If you come top in your match, you earn 4 house points. If you come fourth, you still earn a house point - so even if you're not in a position to push your pace, completing the distances will help your house.
Overall, there are 488 matchups, which means that there are 488*(4+3+2+1) = 4880 points up for grabs. The total of all points on the leaderboard is 3123, which means there are still 1757 unclaimed points out there. Easy pickings!
The first couple of days have maybe led us to believe that it will be a two horse race between Roughskin and Fungus. But it comes down to early mobilisation!
All the houses have 116 members, apart from Fungus which has 115 (sorry Fungans). The plucky Fungans have mobilised 84 of their team, with Roughskin on 82. Then there's a bit of a gap down to Bunion on 72 and Toenails on 71. So the gap in the leaderboard between the top two and bottom two would reduce significantly if Bunion and Toenails get out there and record some times.
But those are the two laziest houses, everyone knows that
I know that first hand, because I'm in Toenails, and I haven't run yet. But I've got plans, I tell ya. Hopefully we'll see all the teams putting on a show throughout the week, and I hope that T and B will close that gap.
There are a few questions that have come up regularly:
Why am I in a division of more than four?
It's because of the way the matchups work. The quickest in each house face each other, then the second quickest face each other, and so on. If (say) there are 100 bunions with a 10k time, but only 90 roughskins, 95 toenails and 89 fungus, we can only have 89 such divisions. We're left with (100-89) + (90-89) + (95-89) + (89-89) players. To keep things simple I put all these players in one big division. If you're in a larger division, only the top four will score points, sorry.
Does pause time count?
Our benchmark tool includes pause time. So you can't go out and do 16 x 100m sprints to get a really fast mile time.
Do e-bike times count?
At the moment, yes. If the general feeling is that this is unfair, I can look at excluding them for future cups. But as things stand, you're matched up against people who are of a similar standard, so it's an otherwise roughly fair fight.
Can I find a nice downhill to run a fast 400m?
Yes if you like. Please don't put yourself or others in danger though. Don't be a dick basically.
What if I see a time that is clearly dodgy?
For now, please report it to me using the help button at the top and bottom of any page.
I've run a mile but it's not given me a mile time
It's the age old problem unfortunately - always best to wait until your watch shows 1.01, rather than 1.00 (which could be anything from 0.995 up to 1.0049999 miles). Fetch benchmarks are totally unforgiving!
I've done a little poll to see if you're enjoying the House Cup:
If it goes down well, we could maybe do it a couple of times a year or something. I would love to read some creative insights into house lore
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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I don’t quite understand how the points work - at the moment l have 4 points for the 400m match. If one of the others then runs a quicker time l will move down to 3, but how does that affect the total, does the house then lose a point?HellsBells11:10am, 9th Apr 2025
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Yes, it's your final position that matters.fetcheveryone11:10am, 9th Apr 2025
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Thank you!HellsBells11:12am, 9th Apr 2025
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You don't want a bunion up the rear.Ocelot Spleens11:30am, 9th Apr 2025
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I don't think I'm contributing at all because I don't have GPS and can't see any matches.Grast_girl11:39am, 9th Apr 2025
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Yes, unfortunately it's GPS only :-/fetcheveryone11:39am, 9th Apr 2025
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I still don't understand what is going on, so I'm just gonna run about a bit... Try and do it quickly.cackleberry11:52am, 9th Apr 2025
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@cackleberry Which bit needs explaining more clearly?fetcheveryone11:56am, 9th Apr 2025
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My watch records swim times and distance but it's not GPS in the indoor pool. Does that count?CogNoscensme AHA12:33pm, 9th Apr 2025
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Does walking count? Might not top the leaderboard but will at least get scores on the board!Pothunter12:39pm, 9th Apr 2025
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@CogNoscensme AHA it's GPS only unfortunately. @Pothunter walking is not included this time. If we do this again, I will have a look at bringing something in.fetcheveryone12:44pm, 9th Apr 2025
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My pool swim session did count. I did a lido session, so was outdoors but had watch set to pool swim which does not (I believe use GPS). I swam 0.63 miles - I thought I had done 1 km but apparently not quite. But my 400m time did get included.Elsie Too2:01pm, 9th Apr 2025
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cmon fellow toenailer, get out there and smash some runs :)!iaincr2:16pm, 9th Apr 2025
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@Fetcheveryone - no it's ok, only joking! I am just generally confused...cackleberry2:43pm, 9th Apr 2025
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Checks out... I am a Bunionian who is yet to run 🥱ishep3:41pm, 9th Apr 2025
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Come on ye bunions COYBNight-owl7:46pm, 9th Apr 2025
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Thanks for clarifying! How does your GPS benchmark thing work? As it appears to include times done on a treadmill (so no GPS) and doesn't include some times definitely done with a GPS even when it says to include everything?Boycie7:52pm, 9th Apr 2025
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Sorry, I’ve realised it’s not ‘GPS only’ but ‘non-manual only’ ie only files generated by your watches. Share an example that has not been included and I’ll look at it.fetcheveryone7:02am, 10th Apr 2025
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thanks for the commentary, think im a bit more invested now. I like the idea of something that lasts a few weeks then repeats after a break of several monthsDocM9:09am, 10th Apr 2025
Last month, Garmin announced a new paywalled area of their offering called Garmin Connect+, corralling several features for those willing to shell out. In fairness, they've promised that the stuff you already get for free is "not going away". But that doesn't mean that anything new that they develop won't end up in the paid-for tier.
That's up to them, of course.
But it gives me another opportunity to re-state my pledge to all Fetchies. That even if Fetcheveryone is a bit creaky around the edges; even if it lacks the polish of marketing and art departments; and even if every site in the bloody world goes behind a paywall, FETCHEVERYONE WILL NOT. It is here for you whether you donate or not, and you will always be able to access the best that I can provide.
That said, if you don't donate to FE, it would be nice if you'd give it real consideration next time the request box pops up. My other two rules are that (1) if you donate, I will never ever ask you to increase that amount; and that (2) there is no fixed amount for monthly donations. The average is about £4-£5 these days. Some people are willing and able to give more. Others donate what they can and I am grateful. The choice is always yours, and I turn off the Google ads for all donations.
Today I will go about my business, trying to make little gains here and there to improve the experience for you all. There are hundreds of feature requests to figure out: fetcheveryone.com/featurevoting and dozens of bug reports to investigate and fix: fetcheveryone.com/feedback.php - each one leading hopefully to a better place. Let's call it Fetch+.
That's up to them, of course.
But it gives me another opportunity to re-state my pledge to all Fetchies. That even if Fetcheveryone is a bit creaky around the edges; even if it lacks the polish of marketing and art departments; and even if every site in the bloody world goes behind a paywall, FETCHEVERYONE WILL NOT. It is here for you whether you donate or not, and you will always be able to access the best that I can provide.
That said, if you don't donate to FE, it would be nice if you'd give it real consideration next time the request box pops up. My other two rules are that (1) if you donate, I will never ever ask you to increase that amount; and that (2) there is no fixed amount for monthly donations. The average is about £4-£5 these days. Some people are willing and able to give more. Others donate what they can and I am grateful. The choice is always yours, and I turn off the Google ads for all donations.
Today I will go about my business, trying to make little gains here and there to improve the experience for you all. There are hundreds of feature requests to figure out: fetcheveryone.com/featurevoting and dozens of bug reports to investigate and fix: fetcheveryone.com/feedback.php - each one leading hopefully to a better place. Let's call it Fetch+.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Fetch+ for the win ❤️jennywren10:35am, 8th Apr 2025
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Keep up the good work fella. I’d never pay for Garmin + or for StravaingDerby Tup10:41am, 8th Apr 2025
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❤️Mark J 🇳🇿10:57am, 8th Apr 2025
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BaronessBL10:58am, 8th Apr 2025
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❤️EvilPixie11:03am, 8th Apr 2025
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Big loveLindsD11:13am, 8th Apr 2025
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Garmin isn't bloody working for me today so they can get in the bin anyhowLindsD11:13am, 8th Apr 2025
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Nowhere will ever feel as good as Fetcheveryone.TeeBee11:14am, 8th Apr 2025
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I had an invite to 'try Garmin+ for free' - which rang alarm bells, so I didn't! There's not much I use it for that Fetch doesn't doAutumnleaves11:34am, 8th Apr 2025
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I like it. Although a Fetch plus badge for donors would be nice. But paid enhancement perhaps not in spirit of FetchSpanners9911:42am, 8th Apr 2025
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❤️Ness11:46am, 8th Apr 2025
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🤩usc215 🇩🇪11:52am, 8th Apr 2025
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Love it! Thank you.1step2far11:53am, 8th Apr 2025
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❤️ Fetch always!Eawoman4512:02pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Thank you for my favourite corner of the internetHellsBells2:42pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Garfield4:02pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Echo what HellsBells said.Red Squirrel4:33pm, 8th Apr 2025
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I just went into Garmin Connect and saw the blurb for Connect+ pop up and thought to myself, who needs that when we have Fetch!WtnMel5:19pm, 8th Apr 2025
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This is the only site I ever pay for, and am happy to continue to for everything I get out of it.GordonG5:38pm, 8th Apr 2025
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🙌🏼Angus Clydesdale5:39pm, 8th Apr 2025
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It's already plus! +++ × 1,000,000HappyG(rrr) G7:13pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Thanks Fetch 😊Meeps8:45pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Thanks Fetch!!!! One of your long time admirers!controversial9:22pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Thank you again for your mindset, your humour, and Fetcheveryone.com . 👏🏻👏🏼3M11:14pm, 8th Apr 2025
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Fetcheveryone is the finest thing on the Internet! Well done.PeteFastFeet6:35am, 9th Apr 2025
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I can’t add anything to what others have said ^^^ so have another ♥️Cheeky’s Dad7:51am, 9th Apr 2025
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Of all the tech billionaires you are undoubtedly the bestMcGoohan9:11am, 9th Apr 2025
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Fab! Thank you for all you doAndyJ579:12am, 9th Apr 2025
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RichHL9:29am, 9th Apr 2025
Hello everyone
I've been wondering how you folks feel about the training home page - that's this one:
fetcheveryone.com/training-home.php
The idea behind the page is that it acts as a quick view of where your training is at the moment. Sort of like a control panel that summarises various aspects of your training.
Recently, I added the ability to import your step count, floors climbed, resting heart rate, metres travelled, active calories and weight - from Garmin watches at least (I will see if the other manufacturers offer similar). So I've been wondering how I might incorporate those stats into the page, for those that import them.
But before I go mad moving stuff around, or faffing about with stuff, I thought it'd be good to get your thoughts on the page as is. What other summary data could I look at displaying there? What would you like to see? What would you hate to lose? What do you not give a fig about? That sort of thing.
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In other news, I've just paid my annual subs to Olney Town CC - I'm official And I've ordered my playing kit, with my initials on it and everything Saturday games start on the 26th April, Sunday games start on May 4th. The season is nearly here!
I've been wondering how you folks feel about the training home page - that's this one:
fetcheveryone.com/training-home.php
The idea behind the page is that it acts as a quick view of where your training is at the moment. Sort of like a control panel that summarises various aspects of your training.
Recently, I added the ability to import your step count, floors climbed, resting heart rate, metres travelled, active calories and weight - from Garmin watches at least (I will see if the other manufacturers offer similar). So I've been wondering how I might incorporate those stats into the page, for those that import them.
But before I go mad moving stuff around, or faffing about with stuff, I thought it'd be good to get your thoughts on the page as is. What other summary data could I look at displaying there? What would you like to see? What would you hate to lose? What do you not give a fig about? That sort of thing.
--
In other news, I've just paid my annual subs to Olney Town CC - I'm official
And I've ordered my playing kit, with my initials on it and everything Saturday games start on the 26th April, Sunday games start on May 4th. The season is nearly here!
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I never look at that page so don’t have any comments to add. Good luck for the season. Going to be a bit of competition between you and Nico.Diogenes6:04pm, 7th Apr 2025
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The 3 things I access from the training page areum
- my log (from the menu bar)
- targets ((and then to the graphs and leagues)
- heat map (mainly to find when I've run/walked a particular place and make sure my SWCP coverage is complete, so heat map to specific activity map)
The rest is inconsequential for me (running for fun these days, not really worried about pace, improvements or otherwise) other than random perusals on the annual comparisons when I see the menu.
What intials did you go for? FE or IW ?
We've seen the cricket grounds here being prepped for use. That means the newest member (I assume) clears the pony and cow poo.6:26pm, 7th Apr 2025 -
I've taken a screenshot and put a star by the things I access from the training home screen...Ness
I think I'd find step count, floors climbed, resting heart rate, and active calories data useful if it was available. Thanks.6:39pm, 7th Apr 2025 -
The 12 month benchmarks is empty for cycling and I don't record body metrics so they could be used for something for my training view home.MsG7:12pm, 7th Apr 2025
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I don't tend to use it - except when training seems to take a long time to upload and (I think...) this is where the training queue is.Jen HB7:58pm, 7th Apr 2025
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The log for me should be personal to my training. So the league could be got rid of and would mean plenty of space for the other personal measures. The training groups thing I would never use and the benchmark could go for me. Never use the heatmap either.Dave W
Graphs and log access must stay.
Cheers.8:32pm, 7th Apr 2025 -
Graphs and where I am with my annual target are my top hits from the overview pageDocM8:51pm, 7th Apr 2025
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Enjoy the season! I don't really use itLindsD9:07pm, 7th Apr 2025
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I use the page a lot to look at the weekly mileage graph, readily access recent training entries and look at my progress against my annual training targets. I find it a very useful page as it is.TeeBee9:21pm, 7th Apr 2025
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Same as TeeBeeOranj6:41am, 8th Apr 2025
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I have my training log as a shortcut. Same as Jen, I only look at the home page to see if there’s a queue.Fizz :-)9:25am, 8th Apr 2025
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I look at the top bar (annual/month mileage), the graph which I have defaulted to weekly run distance, and the training targets.westmoors11:22am, 8th Apr 2025
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same as TeeBee, and the 12 month benchmarks are very motivating to meusc215 🇩🇪11:56am, 8th Apr 2025
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I love it as it is. I can see it would be nice to add the new stuff but I wouldn’t want to lose anything currently on the page to accommodate it (except perhaps that I don’t look at the12 month benchmarks very often). I know I’m awkwardCheeky’s Dad7:50am, 9th Apr 2025
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I wouldn't like to lose a HR %ages bar chart as I use that to keep an eye on whether I am roughly meeting an 80/20 split.NordRunner10:04am, 15th Apr 2025
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Not specifically on the page linked here - but on the training log itself the ability to sort the other columns (rather than just the first few) would be usefulSnail3:44pm, 15th Apr 2025
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Snail3:51pm, 15th Apr 2025
Ok, so first of all, if you're not, then why not? It should be a bit of fun, and you might be all "oh no, I wish I'd given that a go", because you can't sign up once it's started. There are 265 entrants already. Here's the link:
fetcheveryone.com/housecup.php
Anyway... for those of you that ARE signed up, now would be a *really* good time to clean up your Fetch benchmarks from the last six months:
fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?startdate=2024-10-03
When the cup begins, you'll be assigned matches based on your quickest times here, so if you've got a rogue unattainable time in your benchmarks, you'll be facing some very stiff competition when the cup starts, and you might not enjoy that.
So have a look through your recent ones (including your swim and bike times if that's your thing), and have a tidy up.
Brought to you by the swimmer with a ten minute kilometre
The toodliest of pips to you!
It should be a bit of fun, and you might be all "oh no, I wish I'd given that a go", because you can't sign up once it's started. There are 265 entrants already. Here's the link: fetcheveryone.com/housecup.php
Anyway... for those of you that ARE signed up, now would be a *really* good time to clean up your Fetch benchmarks from the last six months:
fetcheveryone.com/benchmark.php?startdate=2024-10-03
When the cup begins, you'll be assigned matches based on your quickest times here, so if you've got a rogue unattainable time in your benchmarks, you'll be facing some very stiff competition when the cup starts, and you might not enjoy that.
So have a look through your recent ones (including your swim and bike times if that's your thing), and have a tidy up.
Brought to you by the swimmer with a ten minute kilometre
The toodliest of pips to you!
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We have swimming benchmarks? 😳Cheeky’s Dad1:42pm, 3rd Apr 2025
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mmmm as I am returning from surgery maybe I am better not joining this one as I wont be able to run at all...geordiegirl1:56pm, 3rd Apr 2025
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I came out of race retirement, and did one fast race which has my benchmarks skewed. I'll give it my best, anyone running faster than me deserves the win. Hoping for a bit of magic🪄SteveBelfast2:13pm, 3rd Apr 2025
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Do we actually have to delete things? I've got at least one treddy session where my Garmin had a bit of a blip part way through and thinks I did a km over a minute faster than I actually did, but I don't really want to get rid of the whole session. Should I just see the House Cup as a Perhaps-Bigger-Than-Ideal Challenge?RunnyBunny2:47pm, 3rd Apr 2025
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You don’t have to delete an activity, just the associated rogue benchmark 🙂fetcheveryone3:31pm, 3rd Apr 2025
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All my times are "rogue & unattainable" post covid & flu. 😅🤣rhb
No worries though it'll give me a good workout challenge 💪7:49pm, 3rd Apr 2025
I think I've managed to make the slow 4G problem go away - if you get a chance to test it out, that'd be great.
Here's the empty page:
fetcheveryone.com/empty.php
It was finally diagnosed as some sort of routing problem connected to the O2 network. This was a heart sink moment, as it meant I'd have to battle through a few layers of virtual assistants, and customer service reps who would want to get me to reboot my phone and confirm whether I was a pay monthly or pay as you go customer. That kind of b*ll*cks.
It took several attempts to explain the problem in a way that made them stop suggesting irrelevant fixes. They even told me that there was a phone mast near me that needed fixing. But after finally getting it through that various people around the UK were experiencing the same problem, an issue was logged. And it seems that about half an hour later, the connection suddenly got nice and snappy again.
Fingers crossed that's the end of that
Here's the empty page:
fetcheveryone.com/empty.php
It was finally diagnosed as some sort of routing problem connected to the O2 network. This was a heart sink moment, as it meant I'd have to battle through a few layers of virtual assistants, and customer service reps who would want to get me to reboot my phone and confirm whether I was a pay monthly or pay as you go customer. That kind of b*ll*cks.
It took several attempts to explain the problem in a way that made them stop suggesting irrelevant fixes. They even told me that there was a phone mast near me that needed fixing. But after finally getting it through that various people around the UK were experiencing the same problem, an issue was logged. And it seems that about half an hour later, the connection suddenly got nice and snappy again.
Fingers crossed that's the end of that
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Yay? I thinkMark J 🇳🇿10:50am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Works fine here. But I never go a problem with it (Vodafone 4G both for home wifi and for mobile phone). Glad you got it sorted though.HappyG(rrr) G10:52am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Thank youLindsD10:55am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Much better - thank you 🤩northernslowcoach11:05am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Working ok still on Threejohnsy11:14am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Ditto, working fine on Three 4g.Muttley11:42am, 2nd Apr 2025
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Well done, great patience demonstrated.D212:10pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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well done!GetOutTheDoor12:43pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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Seems good to me on giffgaff (O2). "This page intentionally left blank"ishep1:45pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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Very snappylaterunner3:54pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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Lookin' good! (Funny how if you report something it often suddenly works even though "they" haven't changed anything!)3M4:25pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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Yes it’s fixed. Thank you 🙏GimmeMedals4:53pm, 2nd Apr 2025
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I wonder what they changed. And was it specific to your hosting company?roberton8:34am, 3rd Apr 2025
EDIT: Thanks all. Have established that the problem lies on the network - hopefully I can track down someone responsible for sorting it.
Morning folks - I hope you had a lovely weekend
It's been reported to me that the site has been very sluggish when accessed over 4G.
To rule out anything within my code, I've made an empty page (it just contains the word 'Empty'):
fetcheveryone.com/empty.php
I then disabled the Wifi on my phone and tried to access the link.
The page will *sometimes* load immediately, but can sometimes take 30 seconds to load :-/
I've ruled out the Fetch server as the cause of the problem - so it's somewhere in the air between the phone and the server.
I normally hand problems of this type across to my server provider - but I want to give them as much info as I can.
Could you please try the link above over 4G and leave a comment to let me know whether the page is sluggish or snappy.
If you get snappy first time, maybe try reloading it a few times to see if it's consistently good. There's no need to time anything, but if the page takes longer to load than it takes you to say "oh Jeebers, this is taking a long time", then that's not good.
And if you *are* getting sluggish loads, could you please let me know what phone network you're on. I'm on O2.
Fankyoupeeps!
Morning folks - I hope you had a lovely weekend
It's been reported to me that the site has been very sluggish when accessed over 4G.
To rule out anything within my code, I've made an empty page (it just contains the word 'Empty'):
fetcheveryone.com/empty.php
I then disabled the Wifi on my phone and tried to access the link.
The page will *sometimes* load immediately, but can sometimes take 30 seconds to load :-/
I've ruled out the Fetch server as the cause of the problem - so it's somewhere in the air between the phone and the server.
I normally hand problems of this type across to my server provider - but I want to give them as much info as I can.
Could you please try the link above over 4G and leave a comment to let me know whether the page is sluggish or snappy.
If you get snappy first time, maybe try reloading it a few times to see if it's consistently good. There's no need to time anything, but if the page takes longer to load than it takes you to say "oh Jeebers, this is taking a long time", then that's not good.
And if you *are* getting sluggish loads, could you please let me know what phone network you're on. I'm on O2.
Fankyoupeeps!
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I have 3 pages open on Fetch all the time and the main one I use has been very slow or 'locked' and I've used another page but it's been ok. When I've gone back to the first page it's been ok but once I did delete the page and start again. That's been over the last week.Fenland Flier10:09am, 31st Mar 2025
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No issues with turning off wifi and connecting to the empty page 4 times.Fenland Flier10:10am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy👍 (in Tenerife)SailorSteve10:10am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy on O2HellsBells10:11am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy on Three.johnsy10:13am, 31st Mar 2025
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Very sluggish here on O2laterunner10:14am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy x 4 in Ciutadella de Menorca on LlamayaBob!10:14am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy on Three 4g home internet, in Cornwall.Muttley10:18am, 31st Mar 2025
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Nice and snappy here 👍Fragile Do Not Bend10:18am, 31st Mar 2025
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I have noticed a little stickiness at times in past days but nothing too terrible.Muttley10:19am, 31st Mar 2025
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I’m on Talkmobile BTW which I think is vodaphone?Fragile Do Not Bend10:20am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy now, but I did notice some quite severe sluggishness a few times last week (assumed it was my phone!)ThorntonRunner10:26am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappier than a crocodile (on Vodafone)NDWDave10:26am, 31st Mar 2025
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Like a crushed slug. O2.GlennR10:28am, 31st Mar 2025
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Probably unhelpful, but I can confirm it's fine here over 5G. Not about to drive somewhere just to find 4GSigh10:39am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy - Vodafone 4G on a Samsung phone. No delay that I could detect. And rest of Fetch working fine on 4G and Wifi. I use 4G all the time on my phone, even at home (our entire Wifi / home internet is 4G!)HappyG(rrr) G10:43am, 31st Mar 2025
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I've spammed it a bunch of times. 80% to 90% it loads instantly. The other times it takes at least 30s.roberton
This is giffgaff, which uses the O2 network.10:44am, 31st Mar 2025 -
Snappy on EE / Samsung Galaxy 4GJamieKai *chameleon*10:56am, 31st Mar 2025
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Also snappy on EE 4Gpaul the builder11:05am, 31st Mar 2025
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Nothing on 3 here. Waited about 2 mins white screen onlyrunnerbean11:05am, 31st Mar 2025
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Will try to remember to check later at work as if I turn WiFi off at home, I can't even load the blank Google search page 🙈Gooner11:29am, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy, 4g, 4 times giffgaffferret11:30am, 31st Mar 2025
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o2 - very slow on initial loading but immediate once in local cachePeterFay11:35am, 31st Mar 2025
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Instant load, EE *5*G here.larkim11:37am, 31st Mar 2025
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Several refreshes all snappy on both giffgaff (O2) 5G and SMARTY (Three) 5G... Ironically, however, when I came back to this page, it timed out and I had to refresh (back on giffgaff at that point)ishep2:47pm, 31st Mar 2025
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EE instantly.WayOfTheDodo4:10pm, 31st Mar 2025
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Snappy on Smartyauburnette6:07pm, 31st Mar 2025
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Thank you for exploring this, Ian 😊 It’s been so frustrating as I’ve lost comments I’ve posted on blogs and threads so many times in the past few days. My heart sank when we arrived at this caravan site and found there’s no site WiFi - it’s going to be a challenging few days!GimmeMedals7:36pm, 31st Mar 2025
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Under 1s load on 4G smarty network London area (tested 10 times on Firefox, 5 times Firefox in private browsing). No issues!controversial9:01pm, 31st Mar 2025
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Very sluggish (02 network/Giffgaff) - this is on 5G as that’s what I’ve got here (S. Wales) when I turn off the WiFi, though have been in N. Wales on 4G the past few days and it was so slow to load I could really only use Fetch when we were in the hotel and had WiFi access)jennyh11:40pm, 31st Mar 2025
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Gooner
On O2 4/5G3:34pm, 1st Apr 2025 -
02 agesOcelot Spleens3:46pm, 1st Apr 2025
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I am doing what I can to resolve this, but relying on O2. Trying to get past the first line of customer service at present.fetcheveryone4:09pm, 1st Apr 2025
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I think it’s fixed 🤞 It’s been loading pages quickly for the past few minutes. Thank you 😊GimmeMedals7:16pm, 1st Apr 2025
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April (9)
Renaming
The House Cup will return...
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I did a race!
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Introducing Fetch+ (coming soon, relentlessly)
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March (14)
Trouble over 4G?
About the cycle route on this year’s Virtual Challenge
The House Cup
Misspelled stuff is available in the shop
Steps League :-)
A quick poll - the misspelt shirts and vests
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Guess what I’ve just seen…
A big difference between running and cricket
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Approve your followers :-) (and a Report button)
Response to your comments re: online safety
Online Safety Act
I have entered a race!
February (9)
An amalgamation
WAVA tables update
Salad days are over
Streetview on route plotting
Rundle Guesses
In case you missed it
The boy has a new hobby
This year's virtual challenges
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January (8)
Stay on target
Please fill in my poll (it's just one question) :-)
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Help me construct a poll
93 problems...
Big head and rosy cheeks
In case you missed it...
Road to Glory starts here!
2024 (130)
December (9)
Review of the Year + Post Office Run
In The Bug Leagues
Language, Timothy!
New shoes
Denzil Deadman
Chewie, we’re home!
Pics for 2024 :-)
Counterintuitivityness
Progress at the flood house
November (10)
Spam Audit
Granville... fetch your cloth
Orange is not the only fruit
Saddle Up
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On the train
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Swittle's Bench!
Escape to Meriden
Secret Santa
October (16)
New KML export button
Triathlon Loitering
Tagging in blog comments
New blog buttons
Disaster Strikes!
New badges!
Bat renovation
HQ
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It's not magic, it's you!
Join us for the Doctor K Cup
The sun was shining...
My dear old things...
Copernican Revolution
A polite no
Pass the spanner
September (6)
The Doctor K Cup - 19th October
Big Scary Project! :-)
Tea towels on their way
Please excuse the lag
I'm back :-)
It was 20 years ago today…
August (12)
DESIGNS REVEALED: Fetch 20th anniversary shirts and vests
Schrödinger's Holiday
Look what I've got!
Finally, a bit of progress
May UCAS be fruitful
Get your pre-orders in :-)
13 spots left...
26 spots left...
Filling up nicely :-)
20th anniversary commemorative tea towel :-) GET IN QUICK :-)
Morienteering Badges :-)
Wheat Intolerance and Barr's Strawberryade
July (16)
Would you do it for a Scooby snack?
Play Along
Pilgrimage
Site down for a short while this afternoon
Attention Chrome users
Pace Analysis
Picture Usage tracking
Nice beats per mile graph
Thanks for the donation Jeff Bezos :-)
F'laps 2024 is done!
F'laps - three laps in
Me in Women's Running magazine :-)
Add A Race - Usability followup
#dogsandwivesatpollingstations
Cadence Filter - a little tweak
F'Laps Leaderboard - help me kick the tyres
June (11)
Today’s Task
Here's something cool
F'Laps - get togethers
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F'Laps - broken delete link :-/
F'Laps - your opportunity to withdraw gracefully :-)
Usability - look what's changed
RW Refugees welcomed
Oscar's Everyone Day
New training entry view is live
Snap Poll :-)
May (7)
Easy Street
Track me on Sunday
V2 Training Beta
New Training Log Beta
Five Noahs
Diamanté Celebration Spatula Kit
Marmite Excalibur
April (13)
In case you haven't cancelled it yet...
Weasels and spiders
Blog Listings Change (nowt major)
Six New Badges! Adding pics to Conquercise zones.
Night Races - Can you help?
Sifting Chunks: Gradient versus Pace
Audible Free Trial - You get free audiobooks, I get five quid!
A donation from JH
Andy Townsend :-)
GCU50: Citizen on Patrol
Fetchpoint: The Game - Where I'm Headed
Fetchpoint: The Game - a consultation
Heavy Roller please
March (11)
I can eat fifty eggs
Oscar the Grouch :-(
If a Fetch fails in a forest...
Trialling a new weekly update email
Lasting Power of Suspicion
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2024 *bunting*
Swittle's Funeral
Cadence
Tea & Trails Podcast
Down to my last pen
A bench for swittle
February (8)
The Lightning Struck Tower
Swittle
Cholesterol
This year so far in pictures
Three Noahs
Fetch is as strong as you make it.
100k - what do I need?
Paywalls are BS: I'm on a podcast!
January (11)
Chasing Round Numbers - A Cautionary Tale!
MOTM - Decision Made (and a competition for EVERYONE!)
MOTM - a chance to rethink
Training Home Page updates
How much walking will I do?
Training Plans - Further Updates
Training Plan List
Butter Police
Why no app?
Useful Chat!
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2023 (136)
December (6)
Nearly forgot...
Jam today
Removing another bit of Google's invasiveness
Fancy an extra challenge over the next 12 days?
Chewie, we're home!
Two tips for today's advent challenge
November (13)
Spammy McSpamface
40 days and 40 nights
EfM confirmed!
New Training Log Beta! 😲 (aka Change Is Not Good)
Escape from Meriden
Waiting for your training?
Route of the Century?
I didn't know I owned a nutcracker
Design our anniversary shirts/vests!
Holiday Reading - plenty of fiction :-)
Swimming in a metaphor
Hello
Off World
October (11)
Fl'update
To think I tried to mop it up!
Vote Please: How many F'Laps will you try to do?
F'Laps 2024
Long Run
So it still needs a name...
Front Garden Ultra?
The Boy is a man!
Festive Fetch Calendar
Creative K's
Signs
September (7)
Training Edit Screen - time to ditch it...
Stock check
The Doctor K Cup - October 7th!!!!
Removing the training edit screen
A Happy Applecart
Happy 19th Birthday!
Forgotten pictures
August (14)
Just in case
Weekly Total Hours
Dim Brys Dim Chwys
All hail our robot overlords!
Your local parkrun
Fool on the hill
Survey Follow Up
A survey?
Did you know?
I made a thing
VC Day
FBI Agent
What keeps you going?
Be careful what's in your paste buffer (and July training update)
July (13)
Delight
Respecting your eyeballs since 2004
Hot Stuff, coming through
Ocean Colour Scheme
18 years, 10 months, 13 days and counting...
Ooof #fail
Our listings need you!
Pics from the end of the swim
A whispered, half-remembered dream
Try the Heatmap!!!
Teaser
100 Running Words (and my June summary)
July Virtual Mile
June (8)
Last Big Swim
I can't be the only one...
Which is the real me?
#EveryoneDay
The legendary sixth samosa!
WSW Main Page Layout Changes
May Summary (contains swimming!)
Hoodies pre-order closes at 10am
May (17)
A new WSW challenge
Tagging images
Hoooooooooooooodies!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Sweatshop Competition
Did you get an email?
Fifty Years Ago - Part VIII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VII
Fifty Years Ago - Part VI
Help on a slippery slope
Fifty Years Ago - Part V
Fifty Years Ago - Part IV
Fifty Years Ago - Part III
Chuck-off: Round 2
Not my king?
Fifty Years Ago - Part II
Fifty Years Ago
And that was April
April (10)
Centurion Safari!
Sheep treats (and a routes feature)
And I’ll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns.
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Track Your Blood Pressure
A couple of quick fmail updates
Rusty Metal and a Cycling Grudge Match
Please help me kick the fmail tyres!
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Premium?
March (10)
And that was March
Try the new fmail system
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Tell A Friend?
Some Sweatshop Competitions
Sign up to our 2023 Virtual Challenge
Review: FORM Smart Goggles
UTMOST vs Treadmills
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Embranglement!
February (13)
And that was February
This year's Virtual Challenge
What does Points make?
Automatic Everything Collector
Peaky Finders
FAO Fitbit users
My favourite training graph
You've got this.
Coffee Survey (for my stepson)
Access all the tips
Tiny Usability Changes
Cod science
Hot Tips
January (14)
Monthly Infographic Bug Fixes
No, but really...
Have a play with the monthly infographic
It's not ready yet, but...
Introducing Fetch Premium
Help me design a new Monthly Infographic...
Still following?
Fettle
Definitely Not Betting
Do you follow? (plus burp chat)
Advance warning for stalkers!
I'm back (and the Fetch LS, SS and NS shirts preorder is open)
Attention Fitbit Users
Review 50 albums in 2023 (badge!)
2022 (144)
December (8)
Treasure Hunt Day 1 - the best gift
Important updates to the Fetch Relay
Introducing the Fetch Relay 2023
Who Am I? (Solved, thanks) And How Am I?
Confessions :-)
12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt
Chewie, we’re home!
A few pics from the Foffice :-)
November (24)
Yesvember - Day #30 (and Festive Fetch Calendar Eve!)
The Fetch Festive 160.934 :-) [Yesvember #Day 29]
You'd better watch out... (plus Yesvember Day #28)
Brace Yourself (and there's one spare bobble hat!) and Yesvember - Day #26
Hats in the post! Plus Yesvember Day #25
Look what arrived!
Yesvember - Day #24
Training Graph Manager - usability update (Yesvember Day #23)
Yesvember - Day #22 - Cheating?
Last chance to enter the Advance Performance comp
Yesvember - Days #11 thru #14 (plus Jumpy Boy)
Weather on the training home page watch. Have you got weather on the training home page? (Yesvember - Day #10)
Oh, and... it's Yesvember - Day #9
Another bit of the internet fenced off
Yesvember - Day #8 - taking steps
Yesvember - Day #7
Yesvember - Day #6
Yesvember - Day #5
The curse of swimming GPS
Yesvember - Day #4
The Les Mis effect
Yesvember - Day #3
Yesvember - Day #2
Yesvember - Day #1
October (15)
October gives way to Yesvember!
Anyone fancy a threeway?
More thoughts on races
Racing, post-pandemic
Contracts exchanged!
Competition Time!
Last call for Flobble Hats
A record year for swimming?
Woburn Lido
Order your Bobble Hat! If you like.
I appear to have entered a race! (plus new Garmin import queueing system)
Eric the Eel
Get your hobbit on
The Doctor K Cup: Saturday 8th October!
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
September (16)
Take This Bus To Cuba
Fetch Bobble Hats
Trumpeting
Training View tweaks (switch maps, game overlays, mile markers)
Training View tweaks (and a play button bug fix)
A long ride and a cold swim.
Play Button
UTMOST Wava & Bike Division Rebuilds
New UTMOST leagues for cyclists and WAVA fans
The Doctor K Cup
Chance encounters
Do I ditch our Facebook stuff?
A keeper, from my feedback inbox...
Ultra distances - update
Adding ultra distances to Fastest Fetchies league.
Try the new Training Groups pages
August (11)
Training Groups Update - Coming Soon
Garmin Queue Issues
Donations without reference numbers :-)
New Elbow Laws
No longer the 3398th fastest Fetchie over 10k!
Pulling counties into league tables
What was I thinking?
County Champion?
Just bear in mind that you asked for this.
Wahoo and Coros users
How to make half a million quid (batteries not included)
July (6)
Club Listings
Book giveaway :-)
Updated Race Portfolio
Updated Targets Page
Exactly ***1*** Spare Ladies L Cycling Jersey
Search All Blogs :-)
June (10)
Imagine you could search all the public blogs...
Banking Scandal at Fetch Towers!
7pm on Baker Island #everyoneday
#EveryoneDay - Sunday 26th June 2022
Spare Challenge Coasters
The North West Passage
Feature Request Voting - Know Your Limits!
UTMOST Division 8: YIKES!
Shepperton Weight Gain Programme
UTMOST Division 9! Sub-50 10k :-)
May (16)
Four hours left :-)
Division 10: No hope of escape?
Book giveaway :-)
Division 11: No place left to hide
New HR Analysis
They're here! Well, not exactly *here*, but...
A quick Darth Mode update
Darth Mode! And a few biscuits for the hyperdrive.
Division 12: Two hours of pushing broom
Dark Mode: Beta
PB Potential? Fancy a quickie? ;-)
Division 12: Running Out Of Road?
Thank you everyone!
Making UTMOST moves :-)
Do you want a Fetch shirt?
I did my UTMOST :-) (plus new sharing infographic)
April (7)
Today's plan
NEW UTMOST BADGES!!!!!
A plug for some races
Raspberry Pavlov
Win a book :-)
United Colours of Cross Training
A little Streetview adventure
March (11)
The lockers are a pound.
Advice for Gym Noobs!
Feedback made easier
#EveryoneDay June 26th 2022
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 🎈
Thanks Chunky: parkrun routes!
Sniffer Dogs
Yikes!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys - Update
Route Plotting tweak
The Crow: A Pipedream!
February (7)
Fetch Kit Spares
Updated Race Listing Pages
Introducing Rundle!
I appear to be training for an OWS event!
Fetch Cycling Jerseys!!!
Does you wantz free shoez?
Post Office tomorrow - kit spares
January (13)
Updated Flanci Design (now with more Fetchness)
Badge Collection Graphic!
Updated elevation trace
Book Lists :-)
Updated sharing infographic - do you like it?
Spare Fetch Kit
Badge page refresh / feature requests
Flanci / Fetch Leggings
New Badge Pages
New hill badges
Join me on my fitness journey!
Are you the farmer?
Blog every day challenge - finishers
2021 (187)
December (14)
Book List
Ten years ago today...
A big slobbery elephant snog.
If you don't like hills, this must be getting tiring :-)
When does a hill end?
Hill finder - prototype v2
Hill Finder - prototype
2022 Targets
Chewie, We’re Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day!
Embed badges, plus a new badge :-)
Updated people page
Seeking map
Streak Watch
The new Fetch buffs are here…
November (23)
Almost there...
The Fetch Library
Update your thread titles
Ascent dissent
Mute a thread
Shortcuts
Training Import Queue
I fell off (but not really!)
Croeso i Fetcheveryone. Ydych chi'n siarad Almaeneg, Swedish neu Eidaleg?
New mobile nav
Last call for shirts
@
Just a trim please
Brought to you by wind power
300 miles later
Golden Ticket Shocker!
Banjobax (aka KOG)
Home and Away kit preorder - with long sleeve option
A little competition - win a copy of Daniels' Running Formula
Garmin testers - thanks
Add your grub stops!
Points Of Interest: Grub Stops
Garmin-owning testers wanted
October (19)
New home and away shirts and vests
Benchmark league - a few more updates
Benchmark league table
Hill areas
Preorder is now open!
'b'uffs then
Necktube design #1 & #2
Buffs (well, neck tubes)
Report dodgy GPS stuff
An apology for people who follow my training
New cycling and swimming badges
New Conquercise Feature: Grids
Sprouting a tiny biking antler :-)
Have a try of the cycling gradient analysis
Struggling with my big ring
Cycling: gradient vs pace
A question for cyclists
For Doctor K
Shan't.
September (14)
New comments (FID 1212)
Forum post previews
Garmin imports with a snippet more info
Gallery upload options
Golden Tickets
"No need to panic donate", says Williams
Forum Quotes
Spoiler Alert!
20th of March and all that.
Have you signed up yet?
This bit of crappy Upminister nearly cost me my f***ing life.
A guide with no pages
To steal a catchphrase from a wise lady...
Multiple choice polls
August (11)
Pre-Race Training - Updated
A connection!
New Member of the Month sponsor
Best Weeks - bug fixes
Your Best Week Ever
Rainbow Kit - preorder is open
Age Bests - filtering out the mistakes :-)
Sign up, sign up, for the Doctor K cup
A message from my lovely wife ❤️
Another batch of rainbow kit?
Spares: Event Clips, Swim Hats and a few rainbow tops
July (10)
A bunch of site goodies :-)
Hello kitty
Holy Simmering Mercury Batman!
Settings
A heart rate question
Sleepy Shuffle?
365 graph
Slipping on ma noob shoes
Meatronomes
World's Sexiest Bridges
June (11)
Benchmarks - a *tiny* little improvement
Race Leaderboards - some small improvements
Race Finder - Update
Up there ^
Routes - more updates
Last call for FE Event Clips
Server update
Minor code problem
Some little updates to your route list
Feature requests - two years on!
More than just a rainbow
May (8)
Rainbow Kit - update on delivery time...
Fetch Ron Hill Cycling Jerseys
Pre-order your rainbow kit now :-)
Jimi Hendrix vs Run DMC
The return of parkrun - a poll
Something in the woodshed...
Default to walk
A tour of the Fetch Office
April (11)
Instabanned :-)
I has Instagram
Fetch Event Clips
FERC
Castle Challenge Coaster!
My chess rating
Jab - symptom watch
This just in...
REVIEW: XMiles selection box
Let FE pay for your coaching qualifications :-)
Castle Challenge - A Quick Blog
March (18)
The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge
Running vs Cycling Cadence
Fetch vests and shirts (and swim caps)
Elevation vs Follow Roads
£500 of England Athletics courses up for grabs!
TomTom users
Music by year: 1993
10k Analysis: Part 7 - Length of Training Runs
Music by year: 1992 (plus some 1991 additions)
Bot sniffing win :-) plus daily blogger count!
User profiles
10k Analysis: Part 6 - Training Pace Again
Time to update your injuries :-)
User profile - sticker button.. EDIT and race standard
More user profile adjustments
User Profile tweaking
Cute story of the week*
10k Analysis: Part 5 - Training Pace
February (17)
Year on Year mileage comparison
Elevation graphs
It's all kicking off in chess club!
Music By year: 1991
10k Analysis: Part 4 - Weekly Training Habits
Tagging virtual races
Chasing rainbows
Rainbow Shirts
Lance!
Blog writing improvements
10k Analysis: Part 3 - Accuracy of human predictions
Music by year: 1990
Smacking bots
29 slices - my seven days of dinner
10k Analysis: Part 2 - Age and Performance
Pass it on
10k Analysis: Part 1 - Distribution of best 10k times
January (31)
January
Mobile Usability Team Helping All Fetchies...
Salmon Ramen Recipe :-)
Salmon Ramen (for TBR)
Backup dog
The best GPS watches in the world... volume 1
Pick it...
People who liked...
Obscure bugs
Zen & The Art of Heart Rate Training
FIT file import - temporary issue
Keep the change, ya filthy animal
The honeymoon is over
Dirty data
Mobile Usability
Oops
Readership!
Stay sticky
It's Hip To Buy Squares
Related Threads - Exposé :-)
The Batshit Association
Jobs
Tag Team
Feed the monster!
An ad for Fetch Chess Club :-)
Estimating VO2Max
Three little birds
A not uncommon swelling
Church Mouse January
Honey, where's my super suit?
Not here.
2020 (128)
December (6)
Blog A Day 2021?
9 years ago today
Chewie, We're Home! Happy Fetch Independence Day :-)
Be Prepared
Becoming an effluencer
A few Fetch Mugs left
November (10)
The Festive Fetch Calendar is back!
FIT file import
Mugs!
Thank you, mysterious Fetchie!
Chess
UTMOST in the age of COVID-19
This'll cheer you up for sure...
Lost in translation?
Annual Infographic... updating now.
In theory...
October (11)
Training Plan Analysis
Mini plans with the training plan
5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
Thank you
Become tradeable!
Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
Last orders
Advice for a friend
Trader Makeover
September (6)
The shop is open!
Hoodie Colour!
New Fetch Hoodies
A big up/holler!
VO2max
A benchmark derailed by GPS data *nerd*
August (8)
10k analysis
Officially a Sheepy Shuffler!
Pi Watering
Pre-order Avoid Everyone Face Masks
I got sent these...
Other sites? :-O
Benchmarks - an infinitely configurable set of ladders.
Try the monthly infographic :-)
July (10)
Update on Monthly Training Infographic
New Infographic
Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)
A quick Garmin update
Open Water / Wild Swimming Database
Avoid Everyone - spares
OWS Locations
Thread-level search
New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures
My first lamp post
June (16)
Replacing the Who's Training page
Combining some pages
In pursuit of the Gridmaster Ultra
15th Anniversary Kit - Spares
Shoelaces
A new How To video
Training Plan Updated
Black Lives Matter
Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
Another How To video - this time, Conquercise
Fantastisches Tweeten
May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
[Untitled]
Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
Gis a job!
Bedford Half
REMEMBER!!!
Vote for Fetch
Now you've hopefully got the idea...
November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[Untitled]
Vorsprung Durch Lego Technic
How do I liberate my boy from his XBox?
Questions?
Life in the Woods
Lazy
MovesMissed
Intervals with a TomTom
Electioneering
[Untitled]
Tree fluff
More camping
Zen and Camping
Not eaten by bears
Bear food
Camping List
Camping Venn Diagrams
Floppy dog
Routes but not Rathbone
Illustrator wanted
Masking
Highlights
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
Silverstone 10k :-)
Quick one
[Untitled]
Superhuman snooker
Dogturdflagman
Numbers!
Whittlin'
Chapter 1
April (29)
King Bin
Quiet day on Feedback Mountain
Listing
42
Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.
A day in Wales
[Untitled]
Spanner
The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook
Falling asleep in my dinner
Egg
Sofathon
God gave rock and roll to you.
Sugar Mule
Not bad, consid'rin.
Tinkering
Can U Dig It?
A weekend in Wales
Looking forward to Oliver!
Thank you, and more App talk
RIP Nan
Blah
Appy
Pyjamas at both ends.
Thump. Saturday has started.
Sore tum :-/
Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom
TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event
Am I pregnant?
March (31)
Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes
Sandy 10
#bedfordhappy
Me on YouTube
New graphs live
Follow the dot
Only the best for the Captain's table
Mrs Diahann Wagner is GOING HORNY
Sport Relief Win
Hot dogs, quick blogs
Toton Sidings
A sign!
Owen Farrell visualisation technique
Kebabs!
Booster fails to ignite
Myton Rugby Run (5 Miler)
Rugby before rugby
Sweetcorn antidote
Custard factory
Pooped
I did some intervals :-)
Speed work?
Many things
A bit cabbagey here.
Angry Wasp
Minty
Rainbow's End
Core Dump
Bath Half (in detail)
A quick overview
Down to business in Bath
February (28)
Made it to Bath
Unexpected hugs
Slider
I like to go a-wandering
Spring cleaning
Tongue-lolling
Because We're Worth It
I don't know what!
Thanks Jim
Enough now
Clearing the pipes
Crouch, Touch, Pause...
Medication, that's what you need.
Symptom Tour
Hello FBI
Dazed day
Why I'm an optimist
Mobius birds
Snotty knuckles
In this house...
Retch Everyone
Carrots
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Ultrahalfmarathoner
Angry Birds
Belching
Clarkson averse
Good day :-)
January (31)
*bunting* *cake*
Bigger Boys
Zombies!
Pretending to be Saga Norén
Waiting for the AA
Ship shape
Readthrough
Technology takes you further
Love Garden
Cushions
High Heel Striker
Bit of a rubbish one
Ta
Hot Re-fills
Coding Grinch
An august prediction
Some Running Goals for Q1
Wipe-clean dog
Breaking it down
Snakes and Ladders
Bigger Ponds
Drink Your Weak Lemon Drink
All in All
Panning the pancake
Does JK Rowling own a dog?
Back to the kitchen table
Steve Davis shoes
Pigs on a water slide
Sloshing
Protocol
19 books :-)
2013 (29)
December (3)
Oh...
Engine Management Light
Hannibal Vector
November (3)
Speed skating
Stew-pendous
Cool Hand Grandpa
October (3)
Bookish
Minecraft Cake
Random dump
September (2)
Blog by Email!
Catchup blah
August (3)
Big Green Caterpillar
Questions answered - final CLS blog
Last Days at Club La Santa
July (10)
A nice morning of swimming and tennis
Please Read: Questions for a sports coach
Snorkeltastic
Hitting the straps
First Impressions at Club La Santa
Mile High Blog
Clocking off
For the second week running...
Another Club La Santa catchup
The Floor In The Plan
June (3)
Club La Santa
Bulk Uploading, and win a book
FERC Charities 2011-2012
March (1)
Bath Weekend
January (1)
Meet Steve
2012 (39)
December (2)
Tired Now Boss
Bath - Week 14 + Foodbank
November (3)
White Level Reading
Bath - Week 15
Bath - Week 16
October (2)
Onwards!
C'mon Dave
July (1)
RIP Arnie
June (2)
Rub some bacon on it
18 weeks
May (9)
Techy not tetchy
Time for a techy blog
Time to walk the dog
Stevington 12k
Properly coldy
Still a bit coldy
New blog design live
A bit coldy
Blogs Redesign
April (2)
Easter
SERIOUSLY LORD FETCH, SORT IT OUT
March (8)
A long run up
Running Tick
Weekend
Sport Relief Mile
Back once again
Swimming sweetcorn and other vegetables
Joy Rides, Sticks and Medals
Training Tip
February (9)
And...
Katie, ICT, and some more MySQL
May The Ground Force Be With You
Functions
Well done Batman.
Optimisation Crossword
Snow Days
Gallery, and parkrun
Pleased
January (1)
There Are Some Really Sexy Girls On Fetch
Comments
Perhaps it's comments from others in your blogs, or in the 4 house threads, as I've certainly not read all of them.
So, in my mind, nothing needs to be altered by you.
I see greater similarity to HP in using House Cup and especially Sorting Socks, I think these could/should be changed without negatively affecting the nature of the game. Personally I would prefer they are changed.
Will be good to opt out until I get a GPS.