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Update on Monthly Training Infographic

5:41pm, 31 Jul 2020
Here's where I got to today - this is generated from the data. The 'Top Performances' are sorted so that the best distances show first (so my 5k was considered my best performance, based on a rough approximation of WAVA). And I scrapped the yellow colouring for the calendar dots, in favour of another representation of which runs contained a bit of speed. Let me know what you think.

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Comments

  • Nice!I like the coloured calendar entries but maybe they could take a solid colour based on the zone you spent the longest time in (or even how the run is labelled ie red for intervals/ race, orange for tempo etc - that should match the zones 'm guessing). Just thinking out loud! The other thing that would be nice (if it can be achieved without making things messy) would be to have WAVA showing with the trophies. For me I could then judge how good the effort is. I think I would take less trophies if they could have WAVA.
    chunkyblizzard
    5:57pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • I think all my entries would be blue if I went with the majority colour - which would remove some useful detail IMO. Plus as per comments on previous blog, about 87% of training entries are General. WAVA should be ok though. Somewhere:-)
    fetcheveryone
    6:00pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Looks good, I like the improvements.
    Festive Flier
    6:07pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • WAVA ranking seems sensible. In terms of displaying the actual WAVA though, that only makes sense for races. Sharing WAVA scores for training training seems odd.

    Is there anyway where a (non-benchmark) race distance can automatically become a benchmark on this? Or put another way, take race times first, then benchmarks?

    I know you kind of have this on your list for the annual infographic so maybe you just haven't figured out a way yet?
    SPR
    6:13pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like the pie chart on each run showing the amount of speed in it. Average isn't very useful for understanding a run by itself.
    SPR
    6:14pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Good improvements
    Diogenes
    6:22pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • It's looking good.
    Bright Strider
    6:44pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Like it. Pie charts are really useful to see the pace breakdowns by days.
    Rrunner
    6:45pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Looks good, like the little pie charts and I think you were right about keeping the amount of information down to stop it looking too cluttered. Draws the eye to all of the key stuff.
    Gooner
    7:13pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • I think it looks very good, well done!
    As someone who is walking not running right now, it makes me really really want the option to tweak the colour bands for walking. But I am sure the last thing you want is another job to do!
    Jenelopy
    9:57pm, 31st Jul 2020


New Infographic

9:41am, 31 Jul 2020
Yesterday I spent a bit of time in Photoshop working up a shareable graphic for the monthly summary. Here's where I got to:



The graphic for individual runs/rides etc have proven popular - so I thought this'd be another opportunity to give you something cool to share with people you know. It highlights some of the analysis that Fetch does with your data, and hopefully is reasonably pretty.

It's not in any way ready to use yet - it's just an image; but hopefully I'll be able to get it sorted within the next couple of working days.

This also means you've got the opportunity to steer my thinking with the way that it looks, and what is included. Nothing is ever finalised, so whatever I produce is not set in stone for ever - and it'd be good to get some other thoughts into my head :)
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Comments

  • I like it :)
    Month Rank - it was your 60th highest month (I think that means) but would that phrase imply something different to people from the orange site?
    Rosehip
    9:44am, 31st Jul 2020
  • That's what I meant by it - but I genuinely don't know what the orange site does, so I'm not sure what you're saying. Guessing they give a ranking compared to others, like we do on the main Train page?
    fetcheveryone
    9:48am, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like it too, it shows almost everything I'd want to see at a glance in quite a user friendly view. Could you fit in the rank for best specific month too somehow? e.g.3rd best July.
    Gooner
    9:54am, 31st Jul 2020
  • CAn we please have a file to share on WhatsApp etc? I don't do Twitter or FB.
    LindsD
    9:59am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Why are some of the number cells yellow, what does that signify?
    Diogenes
    10:04am, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like. A lot. Can we squeeze average HR on there too without cluttering it? I think it strikes a good balance between data and readability now. There is enough on there that people will read it when I share it - which I will!
    Rrunner
    10:05am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Dio - I was playing about with trying to indicate where the 'trophy' times were recorded. Would be nice to have the trophies somehow have a connecting line through to the relevant date.

    Linds - when I paste the URL to Whatsapp, I get a cropped version of the graphic. It's a bit tricky because they want a square 256x256 image, whereas everywhere else seems to work best with a landscape format.

    Gooner - not technically difficult, it's more about space. But I will know more when I get coding and can see how it looks with real data.
    fetcheveryone
    10:07am, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like it. Agree about month rank, June and July have been higher than normal for me as there haven't been any races

    Personally, I'd replacement benchmarks with something like longest run, number of races at different distances, and month best.

    Or given races aren't happening and if the focus is training, how about a training category summary (a small version of what's on the log) so category, number of runs and pace.

    I'm assuming the run colour coding is based on pace? Not sure how useful that is on its own given a reps session or progressive run could have the same average pace as a steady run.
    SPR
    10:08am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Rrunner - I thought about that, plus also cadence analysis (e.g. avge cadence in each pace band; avge HR for each pace band). Like I said to Gooner, it might become clearer as to what I can fit, when I've got a code version working.
    fetcheveryone
    10:09am, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like it a lot. I think the stuff on the right is especially good 👍
    I agree month rank might be taken to mean "you did the 60th most of anyone this month". Rather than think of a way to name it differently, I'd be happy to drop that, I think this graphic is fine with just info about the month without any comparisons (well, unless it was best ever!)
    roberton
    10:09am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Will there be one each for running, biking, swimming or can they be combined into an Uber-boast?
    Angus Clydesdale
    10:11am, 31st Jul 2020
  • SPR - regarding the categorisation, about 87% of the runs in the log during July are 'General', so a breakdown by category might not be useful for the majority. Do you mean the run colour coding on the calendar? If so, that's tied to the benchmarks (see my response to Dio).
    fetcheveryone
    10:13am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Roberton - I'll see where I get to with wording :-)
    Angus - I've got as far as planning three red-, green- and blue-background ones for run, bike and swim. Haven't begun to imagine the tri version yet, but I imagine it'll be pretty colourful :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:16am, 31st Jul 2020
  • This is great. I'm not sure how cycling might fit in with this. Could there be an option to look at your month in cycling/swimming/walking separately?
    Ground HogFather
    10:22am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Fair enough Fetch, yes saw your reply to Dio after I posted.

    I think the needs to be a option to decide what is shown as a 'trophy'. I'm racing two 800m races in August but at the end of August my infographic will highlight my 5k, 5 mile, 10k and 10 mile training pace. Same applies when I run 1500m.
    SPR
    10:26am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Also a fair point SPR - I slung those trophies in because they fitted with my data, but in theory a wider range could be available. And perhaps the choice could still be auto-generated, by using age grading to work out which of your trophies were comparatively most impressive. Worth noting though, that because they're benchmarks and not race data, it might not pick up an 800m track race all that accurately.
    fetcheveryone
    10:31am, 31st Jul 2020
  • G'hog - I'm planning on separate ones for run, bike and swim for now.
    fetcheveryone
    10:31am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Fetch - I the previous annual infographic did override with race data if you deleted the benchmark and corrected distance? My 5k was always race time there (I delete all track benchmark times). What I was missing there was 1500m times as a race benchmark.
    SPR
    10:41am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Yeah, the annual one does pull in race data. I'm working upwards from what I currently have in the monthly summary, but I think including race times would be very achievable.
    fetcheveryone
    10:47am, 31st Jul 2020
  • I like it but also got confused by the yellow circles. Maybe put a trophy image in those circles that matches the trophy image above to make it more obvious?
    Elsie Too
    11:13am, 31st Jul 2020
  • looks good, and I like the suggestion of showing the best performance based on age-grade to work out the trophies to show. One thing another site does is to show the amount of distance done on each day on th calendar by either using a darker shade of a certain colour for the circles for longer distances or by increasing the size of the circle as the distances go up so you can look at the calendar and no only see when you can but which were your most active days. That would be nice.
    chunkyblizzard
    11:52am, 31st Jul 2020
  • Nice :-)
    Would there be room to squeeze weekly mileage total at the end of each full week ? Or would it look weird when nothing there for partial weeks ?
    K5 Gus
    12:02pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Like it. What percentage of people on the site measure cadence? Presumably those who don't will just get a 0 there. I've never looked at it as my watch doesn't record it. Or do you do some magic based on total steps and total time/distance?
    Will look forward to posting on social media soon
    MisterTea
    12:09pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • I really like it!
    TBR (TheBeardRunner)
    12:51pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Like this 👍
    Stevewjj
    2:40pm, 31st Jul 2020
  • Thanks, Fetch :)
    LindsD
    6:17pm, 31st Jul 2020


Monthly Summary (with a little tweak)

10:40am, 30 Jul 2020
I've had a really pleasing month of running. I was initially tempted to go out again tomorrow for three miles, just so I could have my third-best-ever-July, instead of my fifth-best-ever-July. But I'm going to be sensible and stick to having a rest day. And the alternative headline instead of 'man runs fifth-best-ever-July' can be 'man runs highest mileage month for over a year'. I reckon in most circumstances, there's a good headline, if you're willing to find it :-)

I've been chucking in a bit of faster stuff as well. Because, is why. And it led me to peer at my monthly summary page (the code for which is now a couple of years old).



My overall pace for July is a little bit slower than June (9:41/mi vs 9:39/mi). But the average for the month hides lots of stuff. Like scratching my head whilst orienteering, and having a few nice social runs with Katie. Or stopping to let people by so that they don't get you all virusy. Or needing a wee.

The little multi-coloured bar at the bottom of that first screenshot is a useful way to see past all the variation. But I felt like it deserved more detail. As well as a quick visual, I wanted to know how many miles I'd run in each zone too. So I've broadened it out into a table:



From this, I can see that I've totalled 10.5 miles at quicker than 8:30/mi pace this month, compared with 3.9 miles in June, and 1.1 miles in May. A nice pat on the back. Double figures speedy :-)

This isn't about me willy-waving. Everyone's got their own average, and their own quick and slow. I reckon I'm at 'somewhere in the middle' at best. But it feels good to be able to see those little bits of quicker stuff add up. I hope you find it helpful too.

You can find your own monthly summary by going to:
Train > Summary & Analysis > Monthly Summary
fetcheveryone.com/training-month.php

I hope you've had a good July :-) I'd like to give this page a lovely infographic, like the ones I've done for individual training entries - so that you can share it to show all those orange people what they're missing. But I'd like a lot of things, and right now, I need coffee.

Pip pip.
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Comments

  • Oh, chapeau. I like that! :)
    Angus Clydesdale
    10:45am, 30th Jul 2020
  • Very good running, and I love the tweak to the inforgraphic. I'd say 9:39 and 9:41 are near as dammit the same. I've also had my best month for a year, and 0.1 of a mile today or tomorrow will make it my best for 2 years, albeit quite a bit slower.
    Diogenes
    10:51am, 30th Jul 2020
  • top work :)
    Rosehip
    10:52am, 30th Jul 2020
  • I really like the monthly summary and this tweak has made it even better! Shows I've done 8k "in the red" this month against 1.6 last I must have been putting some effort in! :-)
    Rrunner
    10:55am, 30th Jul 2020
  • Well done for both!
    LindsD
    11:02am, 30th Jul 2020
  • I'd forgotten about this page, thanks for the reminder. How about linking to it from the month total on the main training page? At the moment that link goes through to the training log, which isn't really month-specific.

    And well done for the running, and the tweak to the page :-)
    Drell
    11:09am, 30th Jul 2020
  • I likes it :-) It shows that in the past 4 months my cadence has increase each month - that's got to be good right?
    Elsie Too
    11:47am, 30th Jul 2020
  • Love it ..easier to track the pace now and great to see where the improvements are. Thanks Fetch
    runnerbean
    11:48am, 30th Jul 2020
  • That tweak is definitely very useful. Thanks fetch 😊
    TBR (TheBeardRunner)
    12:06pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Nice!
    chunkyblizzard
    1:58pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • very useful. with my current big mileage i have been concentrating on keeping my HR in Z1/2 and it is easy to see that i have seen a definate improvement in achieving this for the current month compared with the previous few.
    DingDocMerrily
    2:24pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • I like this a lot. I really like the monthly summary, use it a lot - especially the benchmarks
    Autumnleaves
    2:53pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • I guess I'm in the minority as I don't like the tweak. The original bar could have been increased slightly in height and the mileage added above/below the percentage. It would then take up less real estate but still give the information.
    westmoors
    3:21pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Wm - it would bug me to see the information squished up if the relevant bars were too narrow.
    fetcheveryone
    3:36pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Thanks Fetch.
    Ness
    3:51pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Oh, I like that. Will aim to improve the picture for August
    forest plodder
    6:00pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • I like this. It doesn’t say that my fastest splits were on downhill routes.
    Raggedy runner
    6:10pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • I like how colourful it is 😊
    BareHeadEm
    6:51pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Can you shows the zones based on HR rather than pace (it may be possible already and I just dont know how!!)
    Daz Love
    7:19pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Thank you. This is excellent. Might need to adjust my pace zones - Z0 currently for the win!
    Sorequads
    7:39pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Neat.
    3FrenchMs
    8:08pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Like it
    Keegan
    11:33pm, 30th Jul 2020
  • Seeing the development of the infographic, could the tweak be a pie chart instead of the five bars? You could then have one for pace bands and one for HR zones.
    westmoors
    9:11pm, 31st Jul 2020


A quick Garmin update

10:52am, 27 Jul 2020
It appears that the Garmin servers are pumping out data again, which is great news. You might notice Fetch being a wee bit sluggish today, as we receive and process the backlog. Am monitoring it all, and will do my best to make sure we ride the wave :-)

EDIT: Some numbers to add in...

Garmin pumping restarted at 6.32am this morning.

Since then, we've imported 5576 pieces of training, at a rate of about 1100 per hour.
The Fetchpoint queue currently has 1125 pieces of training waiting for processing
The 'Fetch Miles' queue currently has 1735 pieces of training waiting.

I will update as and when the incoming tide slows :-)

EDIT: I've paused the Fetch Miles queue, as there's nothing relying on these - more of a 'nice to have' when the time comes. Hopefully that'll give the Fetchpoint queue some extra processing power.

EDIT: 11.20am, and the signs are that we've received the bulk of the backlog. 200 bits of training from 11am to 11.10am, and then 83 bits from 11.10am to 11.20am - so the rate of receipt looks like it's halved.

EDIT: Midday. Received 591 bits of training from 11am to midday, so things are starting to cool off. The Fetchpoint queue still has over 1000 entries, but they're getting processed as fast as they're arriving now :-)
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Comments

  • 🚣🏻‍♀️
    _Suze_
    10:55am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Looking good here, all activities present and accounted for :-)
    chunkyblizzard
    10:59am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Thanks for the update.

    All my training had imported by about 7:30 this morning.
    Rrunner
    11:15am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Intriguing - my activities have loaded up to Fetch but Garminge Connect says it's still down for maintenance.
    McGoohan
    11:15am, 27th Jul 2020
  • McG - I suspect they want to process the backlog first before allowing more stuff in.
    fetcheveryone
    11:18am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Nothing happening Garmin wise for me
    colindglen
    11:24am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Wait until later when I update mine .... It’ll crash the site 😂
    runnerbean
    11:31am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Thanks for the update Fetch :-) Can you tell us what FetchEveryone does to protect our data, and how you can protect this fab community from the kind of 'attack'/downtime that Garmin has experienced? I appreciate I may not understand all the technical jiggery pokery, but you normally have a way of making stuff like that very clear to us mere mortals. Is there anything we can be more sensible/cautious about when importing our data. Thank you, please :-)
    TheScribbler
    11:34am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Everything accounted for from my backlog. I had to delete the manually loaded entries which created duplicates.
    Garfield
    11:56am, 27th Jul 2020
  • Scribs - it's a massive field, but here are some rules I try to play by:

    1) minimise what gets stored. Back in the day, sign up used to include first name and last name. No use for it, so get rid. If the server is ever compromised, the attacker would find as little as possible.

    2) one way encryption. For example, only a mashed up version of your password is stored. When you log in, the mashing process is applied to the password you use - and it just needs to match the stored one. But "fluffykittens123" is not stored anywhere in plain text form, so if you use the same password elsewhere, it helps to mitigate the risk of further problems.

    3) server-level security. One area where I bow to our hosting provider. They keep the server up to date with the necessary software patches and security certificates. It's something they take pride in, and one of the reasons why I have used them for 13 years.

    4) never trust user input. Every place where you get the chance to enter some data, it has to be checked to make sure it matches what is expected.

    5) take backups. Each day the database is backed up, and these backups are kept for a set number of days. If we've ever had a problem, the most to lose is 24 hours of data.

    6) don't ever stop monitoring. It's a 'mice and mousetraps' situation - so every day is a school day.
    fetcheveryone
    12:00pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Thank you muchly Fetch :-)
    TheScribbler
    12:05pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • I think I must be bottom of the list
    merry minardi *hic*
    12:07pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Just been on garmin connect, has message “looks like we’ve crashed” 😤
    snogard
    12:26pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • It's back now :)
    snogard
    12:32pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Thanks for the update.
    Ness
    12:47pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • ah Fetch, why have you told Scribbles my password? ;) Thanks for all you do to keep our data safe.
    _Suze_
    12:53pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Thanks Fetch 😀
    christmasmental
    9:27pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Now I am wondering if anyone in fetch has "fluffykittens123" as their password (or if anyone will now!)
    Jenelopy
    11:33pm, 27th Jul 2020
  • Not me, I changed to keep it secure. fluffykittens124 now.
    um
    8:59am, 28th Jul 2020
  • No Jenelopy, Ive changed it to fluffykittens321. No one will ever guess
    _Suze_
    7:45pm, 28th Jul 2020
  • :)
    Jenelopy
    10:39pm, 28th Jul 2020


Open Water / Wild Swimming Database

3:45pm, 24 Jul 2020
I've been trying to create a database of open water / wild swimming locations. There's a map now, and you can add locations to it. Here it is:

fetcheveryone.com/ows-map.php

To add a location, you can just click the map. There are 80 locations so far, but my research into the training log data suggests a heck of a lot more places where people swim. The biggest database of swimming locations that I know of online has about 500 locations - it'd be great to get more than that, and a nice way to bring people to the site.
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Comments

  • Maybe add a badge for those who add a location...backdated please :-)
    Sigh
    3:56pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • one of my flagged locations was an open air swimming pool. By the look of the options you are not after these, is that right? The other was off a boat in Italy so I am not sure that is much use either!
    chunkyblizzard
    3:56pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Sigh, it he does that then the Italy one is going in the database! ;-)
    chunkyblizzard
    3:56pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • lol
    Sigh
    3:58pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • And if you put the dot in the wrong place - can you edit it? asking for a friend!!!
    Elsie Too
    4:10pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • In fact a general edit facility would be good even if you get the dot in the right place to start with. I added a location that I know of but have never used so it would be good if others can come along later and add more details.
    Elsie Too
    4:24pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Have been talking about edit stuff on the OWS thread.
    fetcheveryone
    4:36pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Cool, I’ll keep an eye out for edit capability and correct it then. It’s close at the moment and I’ve given it a website link to find details so shouldn’t miss lead too much
    Elsie Too
    4:47pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • I've added some that weren't in the sea on holiday. One I have kept because it's secret and I don't want 50 people finding it ;)
    Carpathius
    6:18pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Lovin the notification updates. :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    9:56pm, 24th Jul 2020


Avoid Everyone - spares

10:02am, 24 Jul 2020
I currently have a very limited number of Avoid Everyone spares. If you want one, leave a comment and I will fmail you to explain how to pay, and to get your delivery address.

AS OF 25th JUL THIS IS ALL I HAVE LEFT :-)

Vests £26
Mens Large = 1

Not to sound all pushy, but I won't be doing another batch of these now - so this really is it.
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Comments

  • Women's size 14 vest please :)
    Rosehip
    10:10am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Fmail incoming, Rosehip :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:12am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Woman's size 14 vest if still available please
    Merrymoo
    10:34am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Fmail coming your way Mandy :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:39am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Woman shirt 12 please
    Ultra Sparkly Bridget (USB)
    10:40am, 24th Jul 2020
  • And fmail coming your way USB :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:42am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Men’s vest large please!
    Goughy
    10:46am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Fmail on its way Goughy :-)
    fetcheveryone
    10:48am, 24th Jul 2020
  • wow, good estimation skills Fetch, looks like you gauged your order just right! They are great vests :-)
    chunkyblizzard
    10:51am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Thanks CW, but by taking preorders, and just adding 1-2 here and there, it's usually like this.
    fetcheveryone
    10:53am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Size 12 vest please if still available
    JEB
    11:14am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Incoming fmail JEBbers :-)
    fetcheveryone
    11:16am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Could I get the Men's XL please?
    Kanajlo
    11:42am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Sure - fmail coming to you, Coggers :-)
    fetcheveryone
    11:43am, 24th Jul 2020
  • Fmail on its way DeaJay :-)
    fetcheveryone
    11:52am, 24th Jul 2020
  • With face coverings even more of a 'thing' now I don't suppose there's a chance of Avoid Everyone Buffs is there?
    BaronessBL
    2:11pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • I am investigating. Ron Hill Specials sent me one, but it wasn't the seamless sort. I've sent them one of our existing buffs to see if they can do the same thing.
    fetcheveryone
    2:12pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • I was wondering if we could get their off cuts to make masks!
    Lizzie W
    2:16pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Don't suppose you have any swimming hats left do you? I've looked everywhere for mine this morning :(
    Rosehip
    2:28pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Yeah, I reckon I do. £6.50? I still have your address from this morning :-)
    fetcheveryone
    2:33pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • sorted :)
    Rosehip
    2:37pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Can I request a women's shirt size 12 please?
    Little Nemo
    3:21pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Fmail on its way Nemo :-)
    fetcheveryone
    3:23pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Ooh there’s a 14 reappeared! Please can I take the women’s T-shirt 14 😃
    _Suze_
    6:46pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • I’ll put it aside for you Sue.
    fetcheveryone
    7:24pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • Is the size 10 ladies still up for grabs please? :0)
    AngeM
    2:34pm, 25th Jul 2020
  • Hi Ange - yep, I’ll save it for you. Fmail coming your way.
    fetcheveryone
    2:45pm, 25th Jul 2020


OWS Locations

5:32pm, 20 Jul 2020
Listeners of the podcast might know that I'm hoping to build a database of open water swimming locations.

My plan is to get this started by using training log GPS data to build a list of locations where OWS has taken place. Because I don't want to get myself or any swimmers into trouble, my starting point will be to build this list, but *only* make each location public when someone who has used that location gives their 'approval'. So if you've got a spot that you'd rather not share, that's cool. On the other hand, if it's a common spot, why not share?

Once I've got a list of locations, my plan would be to put these on a map - and to allow each of you to add some sort of review. For example - what are the facilities like (if any), what safety stuff is on hand, how easy to get in/out, etc.

Not sure when I'll get this sorted - it's all still a paper pipe dream at the moment. I hope that makes sense :-)
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Comments

  • Ooh. We'll be on Dartmoor on Sunday exploring a recommended location. I'll be watching this development with interest. 😀
    ♪♫ Synge ♪♫
    6:31pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • Yes please!
    LindsD
    6:37pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • you can use mine with a note that it's tiny and popular, having a nice shady and sandy beach.
    ChrisHB
    7:25pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • If you find any for Knockburn Loch, Monikie reservoir or St Cyrus beach I’d be happy to vouch for them.
    Angus Clydesdale
    7:47pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • I love this idea :)
    Carpathius
    9:33pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • Ellerton lake, N.Yorks is legit. You even have to pay!
    ellertonpark.com
    154 Rob
    10:32pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • This sounds superb.
    smash
    4:43pm, 21st Jul 2020
  • Fab 👍👍
    fraggle
    9:35pm, 21st Jul 2020
  • Where I swim behind the pub in Wakefield has been called Bob on the Facebook group and while not exactly official, everyone knows about it.
    Cyclops
    8:21pm, 22nd Jul 2020
  • I've just received an OWS notification. I guess you're not looking for beaches?
    StuH
    12:52pm, 24th Jul 2020
  • I have added swims from beaches as well as the local reservoir swim. There are two locations where I can remember swimming which didn't come up. I can send training log entries for both if that would help. One a beach swim and the other a river in France.
    njosmith
    1:14pm, 24th Jul 2020


Thread-level search

5:46pm, 17 Jul 2020
Today I've been building a search facility for threads.

Some early caveats: I know some of you would like the search to be as good as Google. That's not going to happen :-) And there have also been some suggestions of embedding Google's search. I would rather not. The charging structure they introduced for Google Maps means that I'd rather not be at anyone's mercy.

Anyway... here's how you do it.

1) Go to a thread that you want to search.
2) Click the Search link in the thread topper
3) Search for what you want
4) Report back here to share your experiences :-)

I am expecting some examples of how it can be broken - but that's how I do my testing, innit? :-) I am interested to see how it gets used, because I can only ever build stuff in the way that makes sense to *me*, and you are *you*.

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Comments

  • Ocelot Spleens
    5:49pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Brilliant
    Serendippily
    5:50pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • WS - funnily enough, David Gower was one of the terms I tested with :-) I'm not even joking.

    Seren - at least you can now re-read all those Sea Bear posts :-)
    fetcheveryone
    5:53pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Great minds and all that, well great players anyway.

    Works with combinations of words too!
    fetcheveryone.com/forum-thread-search.php?id=53787&search=Rhubarb+Boycott
    Ocelot Spleens
    6:00pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Oh, am I suddenly famous?! :)
    Angus Clydesdale
    6:06pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Ooh interesting! In searching my own name in the TYWTSBC thread (I don’t recommend it...) it takes me to more or less where people reference my name rather than the posts I make.
    _Suze_
    6:35pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • So, I asked on Smell for a search on IBS (weel-kent acronym for I’ve Been Swimming) and it also brought up items including *bibs* and *Scribs*



    I don’t think I have an opinion, I just bring it as an observation. I like the search facility.
    Angus Clydesdale
    6:35pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Amazing, I was looking for something recently from years ago and now I've found it! Thank you.
    sallykate
    7:05pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Max 40 results? In order of posting except when that goes wonky?

    OTDIFH returns 3 results for "grouper", 18 for "pollack" and 40 for "sild" - although most of the last named are for "Basildon".
    Dvorak
    7:50pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • Maybe add more keywords?
    fetcheveryone
    7:53pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • PS, if you only use one keyword, what makes one post any more relevant than another? So it defaults to date order in that case. But if you add more keywords it attempts to work it all out.
    fetcheveryone
    7:54pm, 17th Jul 2020
  • You are fab
    LindsD
    8:11am, 18th Jul 2020
  • Likey! Great work, thanks!!
    larkim
    8:49am, 18th Jul 2020
  • Has worked well on my searches (single term) - very good, thanks !

    Can I suggest the output contains the poster name and date?
    um
    8:59am, 18th Jul 2020
  • Liking the search capability thanks and is working well for my searches :-)
    Snoot
    12:11pm, 18th Jul 2020
  • Two more suggestions - given that the search is working well.

    - could it be extended to search 'all my watched threads'
    - but maybe with an optional date range so new hamsters aren't needed.
    um
    1:18pm, 18th Jul 2020
  • 1. Returning results in date order - doesn't seem to be working quite right.
    As an extreme silly example I searched the Coronavirus thread for the word "the" - first result on page 1 ( and the first post as you'd expect ), second result on page 858, and every subsequent one up to the 40th in the 850's, but jumping up and down a bit.

    2. If there are more than 40 results, can there be an indication that not all results have been returned ? And ideally, a Next button to show the next 40, etc

    3. Like the above suggestion to be able to search all your watched threads, useful if you've read something somewhere but can't remember on which thread, but not as resource intensive as searching all threads.

    4. Could you consider a future enhancement to have a second search criteria of author, as well as search term, would help narrow down a search when you remember who posted it
    K5 Gus
    6:47pm, 18th Jul 2020
  • Love it, but I did suggest it so I have to say that. Thanks Fetch.
    If only I could remember what I was looking for when I felt the need to suggest it...
    Searching for Carrot in the baking thread, brought back plenty of Carrot Cake goodness so that’ll keep me happy whilst I ponder what I really wanted to find out. Something to do with WSW...
    Enigma
    8:03pm, 18th Jul 2020
  • Something to do with POSE running, shurely?! ;)
    Angus Clydesdale
    9:05pm, 18th Jul 2020


New Sharing Graphic & New Pastures

10:05pm, 15 Jul 2020
So anyway. What a day.

The boy and I packed and labelled all of the second batch of Avoid Everyone shirts and vests; and I donned my safety balaclava and delivered them all to the excellent Long Eaton College Street Post Office. Fingers crossed for some arrivals tomorrow. In the first batch that we did a few months ago, one item took ***32*** days to arrive. Thankfully, the vast majority were much quicker than that.

My parents have put their house on the market. We moved here in 1984, and discovered that the curtains in the front room were nailed up. Curtains aside, it was a big project. My dad knocked off every bit of rendering, pulled down every ceiling, and pulled up every floorboard; whilst my mam turned the back garden from a basic lawn into the most diverse and colourful display, year after year. They ran their business from the building at the top of the garden, and have loved every minute. I'm not sad about it - they are ready to move on. Come for a look round - and feel free to put a bid in:

zoopla.co.uk

My day also involved finishing a bit of coding to update the 'sharing graphic' that is shown when you share one of your training entries on Facebook or Twitter. Rather than just a background image with a few stats on it, I wanted to turn the graphic into something that showcased a bit of what Fetch can do with your data. If you like the look of these, do please do some sharing of your own - it all helps to get people thinking about the site. Here's a few examples of a ride and a run I've done recently:


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Comments

  • Your Mam is very proud of her garden, the pond your Dad put in is brilliant, I hope wherever they move to they can still enjoy a nice garden.
    Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
    10:09pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • I've shared one already, looks great!
    Sigh
    10:09pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • That's an incredibly fast run. Mr Kipchoge will be properly worried. I don't think much of your bike ride though.
    ZenTaoPlurp
    10:11pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • Fab garden! Sharing graphic looks good.
    LindsD
    10:12pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • I have craft room envy. And garden envy.
    Wine Legs
    11:26pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • Oh those graphics are very good. Nice work, and I completely agree about it helping to promote the site. Share ahoy!
    roberton
    11:42pm, 15th Jul 2020
  • May I suggest the cycling is adapted to show mph instead of mins per mile
    Corona
    6:52am, 16th Jul 2020
  • Info graphic is great but I agree with Corona that the cycling should be in mph/kph
    chunkyblizzard
    7:15am, 16th Jul 2020
  • Nice house
    bigleggy
    7:30am, 16th Jul 2020
  • I love the house. Bargoed is a little far to commute though.
    Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear
    8:05am, 16th Jul 2020
  • Another vote for mph on the cycling
    Hertford Tiger
    9:03am, 16th Jul 2020
  • Who nails curtains?!
    Feleecy Navidad
    12:38pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • We only realised when we tried to close them on our first evening.
    fetcheveryone
    12:45pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • Sharing graphics are good, though I would also add a logo in the bottom right for run or ride!
    boyband6666
    12:57pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • Oh my goodness, I could be seriously tempted by that house. It's even near family!
    Carpathius
    3:16pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • Love the graphics! :) I'm starting to learn about messing around with data in Python...loads of fun.
    Garfield
    3:31pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • Like the graphic. Agree on the speed units. I don't use twitter and rarely post on Facebook. Might share on WhatsApp or even on that thing that people usually print strikethrough!
    CogNoscensme AHA
    4:11pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • There's lovely! Good luck to Mam and Dad Fetch for a troublefree move. They've done a fab job on the house and garden!
    I will have to run a bit faster before I dare share anything but when I do it'll look great :-)
    LittleDonkeyDaisy
    7:11pm, 16th Jul 2020
  • Nice graphic 😀 Question though. Can it be overlayed on the route map?
    Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear
    5:27pm, 19th Jul 2020
  • I seem to only be able share on FB and Twitter. I want to share on WhatsApp. Is it me?
    LindsD
    6:38pm, 20th Jul 2020
  • The only time I really share runs on social media is when I want to share a photo I have taken. No one is interested in my mediocre pace! :) Could we have a choice between the new graphic or old one with photos?
    StuH
    10:08am, 22nd Jul 2020


My first lamp post

12:22pm, 4 Jul 2020
I wanted to address the current lamp post controversy that is sweeping through Fetch at the moment.

Here's the street where I grew up, from the age of about 2, til we moved a mile or so when I was about 8. My old house is on the left, just by that big van. Just out of sight on the right is my infant school. And centre stage, the first lamp post I was ever aware of being aware of.



As you can see, it's quite a beautiful wooden workhorse. Phone lines, potential power cables (or maybe just old Rediffusion cable - we had that in our house), signs and *crucially* a lamp. The one feature that is visible both day and night. Hence lamp post.

You're welcome.
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Comments

  • Are you sure there's not a welsh welsh word for 'telegraph pole with a street light, road sign and various assorted wiry cable things attached' ?

    I assume this one hit a nerve for you? But it's OK now you've 'proved' the pole had a lamp as well.
    um
    12:26pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • What next? Describing the position of goalkeeper as “going in goals”? It is singular to non-Welsh people... You “Go in goal”...
    NDWDave
    12:26pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • Surely more of a multipurpose pole then? ;)
    Gooner
    12:26pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • surely thats a telegraph pole with a lamp stuck on it.
    DingDocMerrily
    12:33pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • Sigh has also blogged on the subject - I've asked for clarification
    MisterTea
    12:38pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • I can't do this, I have teied, because the road I first grew up in, NW6 in that there London, no longer exists, so I am trawling websites, with old photos.
    Ocelot Spleens
    12:40pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • tried!
    Ocelot Spleens
    12:41pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • Yes, that's an 11kV overhead power cable, which is feeding both the pole mounted light and also the properties. I've just blogged in support of your statements :-)
    Sigh
    12:42pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • A lit telegraph pole?
    chunkyblizzard
    12:44pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • it's not a telegraph pole as it's not carrying any phone lines. The diameter of those cables is too big for phone lines, they're 11kV power cables.
    Sigh
    12:46pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • Well it's an old installation, probably going back to when both the GPO and Electricity boards were state owned, so it's possible it's a combined use column/pole: but phone lines won't provide electricity to a pole mounted street light.
    Sigh
    1:42pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • I’m voting for it being low voltage too. 😁 Can’t argue with it being a post with a lamp (when does a post become a pole?)
    Nightjar
    1:52pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • When it's a rod or a perch ...
    um
    2:19pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • I know not of this lamp post controversy about which you write :-p

    4 years ago I wrote a comment about lamp posts on one of GlennR's blogs fetcheveryone.com/blog/14622/2016/7#blog354616 There could have been no confusion about whether the posts I mentioned were power or lamp posts, even although they were very old installations - because they were gas lamps!

    I wrote
    "I remember when I was a young child living in London, and the lamplighter coming along at dusk to light the street gas lamps. He'd prop his ladder up against the horizontal bars at the top of the lamp post, climb up and ignite the gas. Then he'd be back at dawn to extinguish them."
    Flatlander
    3:17pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • I grew up on a very similar Welsh street - it's a lampost from me!
    Tazsedai
    4:27pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • Nowt are queer as a telegraph pole with a lamp on it ;-)
    Merry Lip Gloss
    6:56pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • *as*
    Merry Lip Gloss
    6:56pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • That’s not a lamppost, it’s a pole with a lamp on it.
    Diogenes
    7:58pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • What’s it made of? If it’s a wooden pole I’m going telegraph pole. If it’s concrete I might concede lamp post...
    _Suze_
    8:15pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • How do we know it was there in your day? Unless google is a Yorkshire signlamppole erector from the 50's.
    Chrisity
    11:30pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • *that also did business in Wales.
    Chrisity
    11:31pm, 4th Jul 2020
  • They look like ABC's to me (aerial bundled cables): en.wikipedia.org , which we had to replace around the Newcastle-under-Lyme area in 2003-04 as part of a wholesale street lighting upgrade for the county council.
    Sigh
    7:36am, 5th Jul 2020
  • It's a multi purpose pole with telephone wires and lamp. No wonder naming confusion. You can call that a lamp post. BT wooden pole with phone lines only though - that's just a telegraph pole. Imho. Oh the fun! :-) G
    Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
    9:36pm, 5th Jul 2020


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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








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