A much better month for training! The first half of January was a write-off because of Covid, and the second half was fairly tentative. So February was about building fitness.
Here's January for comparison:
And here's February:
The HR graph tells the story. I was aiming to do most of my runs in the low intensity zones, trying to build up the grey and cyan sections. I ran 55% in these two zones in February; compared to just 32% in January. Average pace in both these zones fell too, which points towards me getting faster for the same level of effort = WIN
Average beats per mile fell from 1416 in Jan to 1334 in Feb, and it'd be nice to see it regularly go sub-1300 in March.
My benchmark times are virtually identical across the two months - I'm just chugging out the miles to build fitness, so I don't mind one bit that these have not improved. I might start throwing in a bit of quicker stuff in March - or I might just keep on as I am as I feel I'm still picking up efficiency improvements.
Pleased to get a longest run of 10 miles - it felt like there was more in the tank too - but it was on the very flat canal path. And overall ascent of 694m is (I think) a record for me. I should really build an ascent leaderboard
Some potential pats on the back to contemplate for March:
1) get sub-1300 average beats per mile
2) 70% of mileage in Z0 and Z1
3) maybe get to HM distance once in the month
4) introduce a little bit of quicker running. Just a little.
5) do an OWS before the end of the month
6) get the bike out too. Even if just to look at.
7) DON'T GET INJURED BECAUSE I'M ENJOYING MYSELF.
If you want to build your monthly infographics, here's the link:
fetcheveryone.com/training-summary-monthlyinfographic.php
Here's January for comparison:
And here's February:
The HR graph tells the story. I was aiming to do most of my runs in the low intensity zones, trying to build up the grey and cyan sections. I ran 55% in these two zones in February; compared to just 32% in January. Average pace in both these zones fell too, which points towards me getting faster for the same level of effort = WIN
Average beats per mile fell from 1416 in Jan to 1334 in Feb, and it'd be nice to see it regularly go sub-1300 in March. My benchmark times are virtually identical across the two months - I'm just chugging out the miles to build fitness, so I don't mind one bit that these have not improved. I might start throwing in a bit of quicker stuff in March - or I might just keep on as I am as I feel I'm still picking up efficiency improvements.
Pleased to get a longest run of 10 miles - it felt like there was more in the tank too - but it was on the very flat canal path. And overall ascent of 694m is (I think) a record for me. I should really build an ascent leaderboard
Some potential pats on the back to contemplate for March:
1) get sub-1300 average beats per mile
2) 70% of mileage in Z0 and Z1
3) maybe get to HM distance once in the month
4) introduce a little bit of quicker running. Just a little.
5) do an OWS before the end of the month
6) get the bike out too. Even if just to look at.
7) DON'T GET INJURED BECAUSE I'M ENJOYING MYSELF.
If you want to build your monthly infographics, here's the link:
fetcheveryone.com/training-summary-monthlyinfographic.php
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Last year, our annual virtual challenge ran from March 27th to October 30th, coinciding with the start and end of British Summer Time. In the original 2021 challenge, we toured castles. In 2022, runners and walkers got a 700 mile route taking in various places of worship. Cyclists got a fairly traditional Land's End to John O'Groats. And swimmers got a 40 mile trip down the Thames.
I'd like to keep the same schedule for it i.e. March 26th to October 29th this year, which gives us a nice seven month window to make this a challenge for those who want to take part. That means the clock is ticking - we've got a month to get organised.
It would be great to:
1) get your suggestions for themes this year. I've already had a suggestion for a potential largely off-road route, which does sound good - although I also know that in previous years you've all enjoyed being able to check the StreetView image wherever you land each day - and that tends to be restricted to places where you can get a car. Perhaps the off-road parts could connect on-road parts, as you battle through the wilderness to find the next settlement? Or maybe you've got a completely different suggestion, like a coastal path (again, there'll be blank spots for StreetView) or Monopoly streets, or football grounds, or county tops, or branches of Greggs. What do you think?
2) get help plotting the route. Synge has very kindly plotted our routes for the last couple of years, and whilst he's happy to help out at a push, he's not unreasonably got other stuff on his plate. Offering to help doesn't necessarily mean doing the whole thing. Once we've established a theme, and picked some checkpoints, we could potentially divide these up. Thinking about it, the theme could even be 'mystery tour', where each volunteer has 50 miles to play with, and a start point.
3) a memento. I do like my coaster, but I've got two of them now, and can only drink one mug of tea at a time. Your suggestions for something to commemorate the challenge would be great. It generates a bit of very welcome cash for the Fetch hamsters.
Now *you* say something
I'd like to keep the same schedule for it i.e. March 26th to October 29th this year, which gives us a nice seven month window to make this a challenge for those who want to take part. That means the clock is ticking - we've got a month to get organised.
It would be great to:
1) get your suggestions for themes this year. I've already had a suggestion for a potential largely off-road route, which does sound good - although I also know that in previous years you've all enjoyed being able to check the StreetView image wherever you land each day - and that tends to be restricted to places where you can get a car. Perhaps the off-road parts could connect on-road parts, as you battle through the wilderness to find the next settlement? Or maybe you've got a completely different suggestion, like a coastal path (again, there'll be blank spots for StreetView) or Monopoly streets, or football grounds, or county tops, or branches of Greggs. What do you think?
2) get help plotting the route. Synge has very kindly plotted our routes for the last couple of years, and whilst he's happy to help out at a push, he's not unreasonably got other stuff on his plate. Offering to help doesn't necessarily mean doing the whole thing. Once we've established a theme, and picked some checkpoints, we could potentially divide these up. Thinking about it, the theme could even be 'mystery tour', where each volunteer has 50 miles to play with, and a start point.
3) a memento. I do like my coaster, but I've got two of them now, and can only drink one mug of tea at a time. Your suggestions for something to commemorate the challenge would be great. It generates a bit of very welcome cash for the Fetch hamsters.
Now *you* say something
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A mug to drink that tea out of.Ocelot Spleens
I confess to not noticing the churches or castles.
Football and/or Rugby and/or Cricket grounds.10:40am, 28th Feb 2023 -
Great Run venues.Ocelot Spleens10:42am, 28th Feb 2023
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Pub crawl ? 😳fraggle10:42am, 28th Feb 2023
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Happy to help with plotting a route.Fragile Do Not Bend10:49am, 28th Feb 2023
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There are some trails that have been streetview-ed by people carrying a camera but I don’t know how to find out which ones and whether there would be enough.Fragile Do Not Bend10:51am, 28th Feb 2023
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Sign me up! First year in the challenge and i'd be more than happy to help plot.ptr_runner
As for suggestions:
There's 46 AONB in the UK. We could try to circumnavigate 4 to 6 of them?
Furthest North place that starts with an A (Ackergill in Scotland I think), to the furthest South place that starts with a Z (Zennor in Cornwall).
A tour of rude place names, like Cockermouth, Shitterton, Wetwang, Fingeringhoe etc etc.
I'm sure I can come up with some more.10:52am, 28th Feb 2023 -
Can we swim somewhere tropical so it feel warmer than in the UK?GimmeMedals11:02am, 28th Feb 2023
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Are there enough hill figures to make a route (things like the Cerne Abbas giant and the Uffington horse)? They don’t have to be ancient one. There’s three in Kent but I don’t know how widespread they are.Fragile Do Not Bend11:02am, 28th Feb 2023
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For swimming last year, I used the Thames for the route because the not-entirely-coincidentally-adjacent Thames Path offered Streetview. Idk whether that’s important for swimmers, but you may be interested to know that the waters around Venice (including the Grand Canal) are replete with Streetview tracks!♪♫ Synge ♪♫11:14am, 28th Feb 2023
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British seaside towns, run one coast this year and the other coast next year.Fenland Flier
Cycle both east and west coasts this year and do in reverse next year.
Swim the width of Britain.11:15am, 28th Feb 2023 -
FDNB I'm plotting a challenge route using neolithic/medieval etc sites - basically old stuff - Starts at the Rude man of Cerne I'll make it public? lot of it is off road on paths/trails so little streetview. Up to Sandbach with 410 miles so farrichmac11:28am, 28th Feb 2023
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Coastal paths sounds good! Or "virtual Wainrights"?3M
Happy to help plot if I can be useful.11:37am, 28th Feb 2023 -
Like the off road routes but other ideas could be Roman roads (about 2000 miles) or visiting stone circles (about 1000 apparently??)Snoot
Like the AONB idea too or silly / rude names which you can get maps off.
Happy to help with a bit of route planning, definitey don't need another coaster though as I can't fit more than 2 on my home office desk...11:38am, 28th Feb 2023 -
Top 10 National Trust Properties.Ocelot Spleens11:45am, 28th Feb 2023
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Ocelot Spleens
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richmac
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For a memento : my first thought was a mug to put on the coasters, a nice big one for morning coffee.JustCommando!
For the cycling route - the first Tour de France was apparently just over 1500 miles. If not too long we could approximate it? en.wikipedia.org12:04pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
Athletics tracks and stadiumsStevce12:09pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Parkruns?PK12:22pm, 28th Feb 2023
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I'm happy to help plot too.theOtherRichard
I'm not very imaginative, so sought inspiration from anniversaries...
* It is 75 years since the Empire Windrush arrived in the UK - but I can't think of any route based theme for that. Tilbury to where..? Anyone?
* It is also 75 years since the NHS Act 1946 actually came into effect. A tour of A&E departments round the country?12:22pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
The handle fell off my mug. Just sayingLindsD1:24pm, 28th Feb 2023
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not parkuns ;-0Ocelot Spleens1:24pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Like the idea of a mystery tour. So each segment could be chosen by the route plotter for that segment. If the segments are independent then they could be in various countries. Hmm. Maybe even a country for each letter of the alphabet?JCB1:40pm, 28th Feb 2023
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No suggestions but looking forward to the challenge.........and finishing off last yearsbigleggy2:00pm, 28th Feb 2023
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I’d love another coaster tbh. The mug cupboard is way too full and I only ever use the old favourite.Pegg2:00pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Visiting the various counties or county tops ?Snail2:12pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Happy to helpi with plotting if neededSnail2:14pm, 28th Feb 2023
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A small towel - the size they have on pub bars - ideal for putting in a gym or race bag. Or a 5 litre rucksack for putting stuff in on race day.GimmeMedals2:14pm, 28th Feb 2023
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GM has a point - “A towel, it (HHGG) says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”Snoot2:47pm, 28th Feb 2023
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i urgently need a new fetch mug so I would have to complete the challenge really quickly to earn oneDingDocMerrily3:20pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Neolithic Sites. Avebury. Stonehenge. Silbury. Castlerigg. Swinside. Rollright. Maiden Castle......Ocelot Spleens3:26pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Beer GlassOcelot Spleens3:27pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Lejog or Jogel? Maybe part 1 this year, part 2 next year? For runners and walkers, I guess cyclicts did that last year.um
3 (or more) Peaks challenge?
Old house to new house ... via quite a circuitous route?
A lakeland round, or Peaks or ...
Or any ...
Yes to more mugs, beer glasses/chalices (pints, halves, 33cl etc)
Happy to help with anything you want.3:42pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
Neolithic Sites. Avebury. Stonehenge. Silbury. Castlerigg. Swinside. Rollright. Maiden Castle......richmac
Ocelot Spleens
fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=18475524:16pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
Happy to help if I can - like the idea of a small towel, I have one which is very useful. Always like a cuddly mugMandymoo4:35pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Home towns (or near enough anyway) of a selection of Fetchies?Mushroom
Examples could include:
- First 50 Fetch ID user numbers
- Top 50 all time runners / cyclists / swimmers
- Top 50 all time forum users
- All Fetchies with a user name beginning with 'C', or 'M' (etc..!)
- or a random section of any of the above..?4:56pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
5G radio masts!Ocelot Spleens5:05pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Famous film & TV locations..Mushroom5:12pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Alien abduction sites ?richmac5:20pm, 28th Feb 2023
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All 92 football grounds? Around the coast of Britain- although that might be a bit long.Eawoman455:20pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Coast 2 CoastLizzie W5:23pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Places referenced in Songs ie waterloo (sunset) to Penny lanerichmac5:28pm, 28th Feb 2023
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"can only drink one mug of tea at a time"AndyS
2/10 - Must try harder.6:08pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
Jarrow March to London...Ocelot Spleens
nationalarchives.gov.uk7:37pm, 28th Feb 2023 -
I like the international theme. Venice swim, Tour de France bike, and the run/walk could be the Sydney to Melbourne Ultra - en.wikipedia.org . Cliff Young won it the first year, have a read about him, legend!!FunkyPOM9:26pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Exciting! I'm still enjoying finishing off last years oneTotoro Love richmac's suggestion of neolithic sites.10:50pm, 28th Feb 2023
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Bridges? Could be a virtual TBC.Going Commando!8:08am, 1st Mar 2023
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All the Wainwrights?cathrobinson
An off-road coast to coast? For MTB routes, ‘hikes’, or trail runs.
Jogle in place of Lejog?1:43pm, 1st Mar 2023 -
How long is the coastline of Britain? Hmmm. 7723 miles. That's probably a bit long, innit.McGoohan2:57pm, 1st Mar 2023
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I'm a bit late.Night-owl
But visiting all the parkruns in Britain. Though I imagine that would be a bit much #notdonethemaths2:23pm, 12th Mar 2023
I've made some updates to our hills and trig point collector since I launched it last Thursday. If you've not spotted this previously, you just sign up, and check the map for collectible stuff:
fetcheveryone.com/points.php
Here are the updates:
1) Visited and unvisited points now use different colours (red and grey respectively).
2) Trig points and hills now have different icons (trig symbols and hill symbols respectively).
3) On each of the items you've collected, there's a 'Show location' button next to each thing you've collected, which will zoom the map to it.
4) There's also a whole page for each item now. It shows the height (for hills only); a small map; a list of people who have visited this point; and the collections this item appears in. Click the titles in your list of collected items, or look for the link in the popup when you click one on the map.
5) The hills and trigs are now available as a layer to the route plotter, and on your training entries. The layer is currently called 'Points'.
6) The lists under the map now show all available collections, not just the ones you've begun - so you can have a good nosey round.
7) The collection headers now include a progress indicator e.g. (1/2160 collected)
8) Each collection now has a short description to explain its criteria.
9) I've added the Ethels as a collection.
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The answer to the blog title is "A shit name for a fun game". Happy to take your suggestions for a better name for this challenge
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If you use our route plotter, you'll have seen that the 'Follow roads' option was not acknowledging bridleways (the green dotted lines on the map). This was a bug with the routing service we use. Some countries do not allow foot traffic on bridleways (unless those feet belong to a horse), so they were being rejected as an option. Anyway... that looks like it's fixed now.
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Finished my swimming for the month, with a new record for me of 12.3mi, and a longest swim of 3.1mi in two hours I think the top 9 layers of skin have been burned off by the chlorine, but otherwise all good. I only need to double the distance of my longest swim now to complete my event in July
fetcheveryone.com/points.php
Here are the updates:
1) Visited and unvisited points now use different colours (red and grey respectively).
2) Trig points and hills now have different icons (trig symbols and hill symbols respectively).
3) On each of the items you've collected, there's a 'Show location' button next to each thing you've collected, which will zoom the map to it.
4) There's also a whole page for each item now. It shows the height (for hills only); a small map; a list of people who have visited this point; and the collections this item appears in. Click the titles in your list of collected items, or look for the link in the popup when you click one on the map.
5) The hills and trigs are now available as a layer to the route plotter, and on your training entries. The layer is currently called 'Points'.
6) The lists under the map now show all available collections, not just the ones you've begun - so you can have a good nosey round.
7) The collection headers now include a progress indicator e.g. (1/2160 collected)
8) Each collection now has a short description to explain its criteria.
9) I've added the Ethels as a collection.
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The answer to the blog title is "A shit name for a fun game". Happy to take your suggestions for a better name for this challenge
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If you use our route plotter, you'll have seen that the 'Follow roads' option was not acknowledging bridleways (the green dotted lines on the map). This was a bug with the routing service we use. Some countries do not allow foot traffic on bridleways (unless those feet belong to a horse), so they were being rejected as an option. Anyway... that looks like it's fixed now.
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Finished my swimming for the month, with a new record for me of 12.3mi, and a longest swim of 3.1mi in two hours
I think the top 9 layers of skin have been burned off by the chlorine, but otherwise all good. I only need to double the distance of my longest swim now to complete my event in July
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Impressive! 🏆🏆🏆JCB3:58pm, 27th Feb 2023
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PRIZES!!!McGoohan4:04pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Points make... punctures?3M4:08pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Nice additions thanks 👍. Bridleways thing explains why I was getting strange jumps in routes too.Snoot4:09pm, 27th Feb 2023
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I do hope that sorts out my problems with routes.ChrisHB4:22pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Points make badges?Fragile Do Not Bend4:38pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Very nice. Both the Points and swimmage.GimmeMedals4:43pm, 27th Feb 2023
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This is all amazing! Thank you.♪♫ Synge ♪♫5:20pm, 27th Feb 2023
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And I never knew I walked past one each day on the way to work! (TP11513, Boots factory flagstaff). Either the position is 'off' or the flagstaff is not obvious (the marker is outside d6 and I know there are 3 flagpoles outside d10.)Jen HB
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Great news on bridleways - I was battling with them for a new route last week!♪♫ Synge ♪♫5:42pm, 27th Feb 2023
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The simple "Baggers" is hard to improve on, but did you use "Peaky Baggers" earlier?♪♫ Synge ♪♫5:44pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Dodds and Marilyns seem to have the same definitioncerid6:07pm, 27th Feb 2023
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parkswim?NDWDave6:16pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Thanks Fetch - Looks goodSnail6:16pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Love the new addition! Hadn’t realised how many TPs I’ve already collected without trying. Looking forward to getting more!Pothunter6:37pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Fancy a Point?ishep 🇪🇺7:54pm, 27th Feb 2023
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Unexpected items (in the bagging area)um
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"What do points make?" surely? That's the point a pedant might make.Diogenes8:43am, 28th Feb 2023
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“Not if you read the blog” another would say.fetcheveryone8:45am, 28th Feb 2023
Off the back of yesterday's fun with Wainwright collecting, and all your fabulous suggestions, I've expanded my horizons!
Today I've grabbed a list of 21,000 British hills from the British Hill Index website. They are from various collections e.g. Munros, Simms, Dodds, Furths, Cuthberts, and even Synges They don't appear to include the Ethels unfortunately - but hopefully I can revisit that when I have the data. And some hills appear in multiple collections as you probably already know.
I also found a database of over 14,000 trig points - so I've added those as a collection too.
I've created an updated more generalised version of the Wainwright code that will check you against all the 'things' now in the database.
fetcheveryone.com/points.php
I've temporarily removed the Manual Claim option from this page at present, because I need a better way of letting you search the options, rather than giving you a dropdown with 35,579 options in it Some sort of "type the first few letters" system will work - I just haven't done it yet.
To avoid overcluttering the page, I've also moved the leaderboards for each collection onto a separate page - look for the 'See leaders' link on each category.
The good news is that the whole of the country is covered (largely thanks to the trig points) - so everyone can play. Just follow the link above, click the button to join the challenge, and your whole training log will get dumped into the queue for checking. I've signed up everyone who joined the Wainwrights page, so there's currently about a quarter of a million training entries in the queue - so please be patient. The server is doing about a thousand entries every five mins, so it might take a day or so for everyone to get their finds listed.
Today I've grabbed a list of 21,000 British hills from the British Hill Index website. They are from various collections e.g. Munros, Simms, Dodds, Furths, Cuthberts, and even Synges
They don't appear to include the Ethels unfortunately - but hopefully I can revisit that when I have the data. And some hills appear in multiple collections as you probably already know. I also found a database of over 14,000 trig points - so I've added those as a collection too.
I've created an updated more generalised version of the Wainwright code that will check you against all the 'things' now in the database.
fetcheveryone.com/points.php
I've temporarily removed the Manual Claim option from this page at present, because I need a better way of letting you search the options, rather than giving you a dropdown with 35,579 options in it
Some sort of "type the first few letters" system will work - I just haven't done it yet. To avoid overcluttering the page, I've also moved the leaderboards for each collection onto a separate page - look for the 'See leaders' link on each category.
The good news is that the whole of the country is covered (largely thanks to the trig points) - so everyone can play. Just follow the link above, click the button to join the challenge, and your whole training log will get dumped into the queue for checking. I've signed up everyone who joined the Wainwrights page, so there's currently about a quarter of a million training entries in the queue - so please be patient. The server is doing about a thousand entries every five mins, so it might take a day or so for everyone to get their finds listed.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Excellent.Mushroom
Nothing on Camra pubs though?4:53pm, 23rd Feb 2023 -
Excellent!Ness4:56pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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😀😀😀phal5:01pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Oh yes. Pubs. Mind you I don't GPS Pubs.Ocelot Spleens5:02pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Oh. My. God. This is already my new favourite thing and I haven't even started on it yet.McGoohan5:04pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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The ethels lat/long data is in ethels.uk but it is listed in behind each individual hill link.Ocelot Spleens5:05pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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I know it’s going to take a while to process my data but shouldn’t I be seeing some headings or something?Fragile Do Not Bend5:10pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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I've just e-mailed ethels, from 6 digit grid refs. if y ou really need 10 digit, then I can update manually from the individual list. If REALLY needed.um5:12pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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I think I've got all the Ethels, because the hill database includes all the hills - it's a case of creating the collection.fetcheveryone5:21pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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I bet I've got none of them. I possibly haven't in real life, but surely not with a GPS active.ChrisHB5:26pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Same as Fragile for me - no headings or anything. Is that right?HellsBells6:21pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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They should pop up as soon as you've collected anything. Still a quarter of million entries in the queue, as folks have signed up this afternoon.fetcheveryone6:23pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Wow! Fantastic!Sigh6:59pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Amazing!CBN7:00pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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This sings to my inner nerd!LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺7:13pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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BrilliantVelociraptor A whole new section of the site 7:18pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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It is. It's like a whole new ConquerciseMcGoohan7:43pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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I love this. I’m sure I’ll have collected none of them but the mere possibility for others is brilliant.sallykate8:12pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Looks good - looking forward to see my local Tring points. Can see this spawning all sorts of requests - like "My 10 nearest Trig points not yet visited" etc etcSnail9:02pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Like Snail's ideaLindsD9:21pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Second that!Heinzster9:27pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Yes, that too!McGoohan9:44pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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And yet still no pay wall : )NDWDave10:09pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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This is excellent. Have signed up though I doubt I will have actually collected any points yetCheeky’s Dad12:18am, 24th Feb 2023
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It's looking very good indeed. Thanks very much. Not do many Ethels as I thought!Ocelot Spleens7:01am, 24th Feb 2023
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I wonder how many will have the lowest trig in the country, TP4449? Yes it is near meMsG8:14am, 24th Feb 2023
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Yay, I’ve been updated!Fragile Do Not Bend
A couple of suggestions - if you click on the dot on the map can that bring up some information about what category it falls under? Obvious for trig points as the TP number is there but I don’t have a clue what some of the others are.
Could you make it so that clicking on an item in the list zooms into its location on the map?
Also, how close do you have to get to a point to collect it?
Looking great so far, thanks! 😀8:37am, 24th Feb 2023 -
Following on from Fragile's comments ideas aboveSnail
Could the the red dots on the map be in a different colour if you have visited them?
Is it possible for the County tops - to also say what county they are
Can put these on the usual "request" list if you would prefer them there
Thanks Fetch - This will enable plenty of new route planning and dragging friends/family to "tick things off".
Still, they will prefer that to multiple laps of my local WSW square!!8:51am, 24th Feb 2023 -
It appears visiting lots of churches is also good for bagging trig points, as many are spires or towersMsG9:00am, 24th Feb 2023
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I like the way that, as soon as I make an improvement, there’s a request to improve it 😀fetcheveryone9:04am, 24th Feb 2023
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^^^ Hahaha!Sigh11:17am, 24th Feb 2023
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Snail11:54am, 24th Feb 2023
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Take it as a complimentFragile Do Not Bend11:55am, 24th Feb 2023
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Already trying to figure out how to collect a few more of the local-ish spots - there's one that I appear to have ajnin'd about a bazillion times, so I'll have to see if I can figure how to get inside the blast radius (without trespassing!)AndyS3:00pm, 24th Feb 2023
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Does the grey circle round each point mean that you only need to be within that grey radius to claim the point?Dave W5:33pm, 25th Feb 2023
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I also would like to know how close you need to be to claim as there are going to be some trig points behind fences etcdobbers1:50pm, 3rd Mar 2023
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80mfetcheveryone2:05pm, 3rd Mar 2023
The folks on the FE Lake District Lovers have a thing where they keep a tally of all the Lake District summits they have claimed. Collectively the summits are referred to as Wainwrights - after Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright. Or the famous fellwalker Arthur Wainwright. I forget which.
There are 214 in total - including ones called Barf and Great Cockup And there are some folks who have been to the top of every single one!
I figured that it would be fairly straightforward to automatically collect these - so yesterday I built some code that would automatically check your entire training log. Today I also added the ability to manually claim peaks - just in case you did it without GPS. Sign up to track your Wainwrights here:
fetcheveryone.com/wainwright.php
It's been suggested that I could extend this to include other collectibles - like trig points, or a wider range of peaks, or gold postboxes - anything that is fun to collect really. Leave a comment to say what collectible sets you'd like me to include.
There are 214 in total - including ones called Barf and Great Cockup
And there are some folks who have been to the top of every single one! I figured that it would be fairly straightforward to automatically collect these - so yesterday I built some code that would automatically check your entire training log. Today I also added the ability to manually claim peaks - just in case you did it without GPS. Sign up to track your Wainwrights here:
fetcheveryone.com/wainwright.php
It's been suggested that I could extend this to include other collectibles - like trig points, or a wider range of peaks, or gold postboxes - anything that is fun to collect really. Leave a comment to say what collectible sets you'd like me to include.
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Oh goodie! Right, bear with me. I'll be back shortly with a listMcGoohan2:55pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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The obvious thing to ask for has to be: Munros, Furths, Marilyns - I guess these should be a similar sort of thing to the Wainwrights - peaks over/at a certain heightMcGoohan2:58pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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It's a fabulous (and unique) addition to the site! Sadly, the only thing I could collect around here are potholesSigh3:01pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Well done FetchMushroom
No doubt someone will suggest the Munros of Scotland, or the Nuttals of Wales.
I'd also like to add, my long term goal is to visit the highest point in each county of the UK - so please can I request those?3:03pm, 22nd Feb 2023 -
Pokemon.jacdaw3:04pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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The relative hills of Britain rhb.org.ukDiogenes3:06pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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County tops en.wikipedia.orgDrell3:34pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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County Tops.Ocelot Spleens3:59pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Not to self. Read comments.Ocelot Spleens3:59pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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The Peak District has a list of Ethels....Ocelot Spleens
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How about the Peak District Ethels ethels.ukolde english4:05pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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The Munros pleaseHomer4:26pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Love the Wainright oneHomer4:27pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Camra pubs of Britain?Mushroom4:56pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Gotta love a collectionLindsD5:13pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Dartmoor tors - I'll find a list!♪♫ Synge ♪♫5:28pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Thats great!Ness5:57pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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Birketts pleaseNorthern Exile6:44pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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I'd like trig points please, and another vote here for Ethels.Winniefree10:27pm, 22nd Feb 2023
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mmmm lists *rubs thighs*cackleberry8:54am, 23rd Feb 2023
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McG's post was my thought - Scotland's Munros (3000ft) and Corbetts (2000ft) would seem popular additions?HappyG(rrr) G10:05am, 23rd Feb 2023
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Sorry 2500 for CorbettsHappyG(rrr)10:06am, 23rd Feb 2023
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Cats. Everyone loves cats.RichHL10:20am, 23rd Feb 2023
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Am also interested ina Pokemon finder. I can't find my Snorlax nor my JigglyPuff at the minuteMcGoohan10:56am, 23rd Feb 2023
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The Tors on DarmoorStevce4:10pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Dartmoor as well !!!Stevce4:11pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Another vote for County Tops!LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺7:15pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Great! Manually added my other Wainwrights (easily done since I have them all on WalkHighlands). Would love to have this for all the Scottish ones - Munros, Corbetts, Donalds, Grahams... maybe even Marylin's too. Thanks!_andy9:31am, 24th Feb 2023
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Did you read the most recent blog _andy?fetcheveryone9:36am, 24th Feb 2023
There seems to be an intermittent problem at the Fitbit end of our importer.
Normally when you visit this page, you'll see a list of activities (assuming you have a Fitbit!):
fetcheveryone.com/fitbit.php
but it seems that some users are seeing an empty list.
When that page loads, Fetch makes a request to Fitbit to retrieve your recent training data. For some users, the Fitbit server is timing out, and not returning anything useful.
I've reported it on the Fitbit Developer forum, so I'll hopefully get them to get to the bottom of it soon:
community.fitbit.com
If there's anything useful to report, I'll update you all
Normally when you visit this page, you'll see a list of activities (assuming you have a Fitbit!):
fetcheveryone.com/fitbit.php
but it seems that some users are seeing an empty list.
When that page loads, Fetch makes a request to Fitbit to retrieve your recent training data. For some users, the Fitbit server is timing out, and not returning anything useful.
I've reported it on the Fitbit Developer forum, so I'll hopefully get them to get to the bottom of it soon:
community.fitbit.com
If there's anything useful to report, I'll update you all
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The post-Covid comeback is going pretty well. I've managed three consecutive 20+ mileage weeks (alongside swim training), and enjoyed tackling my new local routes which pretty much all involve a hill at some point.
This isn't a 'slap me on the back' blog - I wanted to share what is probably my favourite graph on the entire site, and explain why I find it so useful. It has helped save me from doing every run "as fast as I comfortably can", and meant that I can see improvements in my fitness without needing to push my effort levels. And when you're coming back from illness or injury, that's invaluable. It also goes a fair way towards answering the question "when should I do speed work?".
If you go to the 'Train > Overview' page, you'll see a graph on the right (on desktop) or just under your recent training (on mobile). You can page through the ones you've chosen, or you can click 'Settings' and you can pick from 80 different variants.
My favourite graph is the 'Run Heartbeats/Mile (Rolling)' one.
What's heartbeats per mile please? And thanks.
In about 2010, I realised that heart rate was measured in beats per minute; and pace was measured in minutes per mile. So if you multiply the two together, you get a number measured in beats per mile. If you can run a mile in 10 minutes, with an average heart rate of 130, that's 130 x 10 = 1300 beats per mile.
Very cute. But why should I care?
Let's assume that you get fitter. You run a ten minute mile, and your heart rate is now a bit lower at 125. That lowers your beats per mile figure to 1250. If you *always* run the same pace, you could just ascertain this from your lower heart rate. But the reality is that your pace might get a bit quicker too. You might run that mile in 9m45s, with a HR of 131. How can you tell if you've made an improvement? Beats per mile is at hand. 9.75 x 131 = 1277.25 = nice work! What if you decide to go eyeballs out one day, and run the mile in 8.5 minutes with a HR of 145? Beats per mile gives you 8.5 x 145 = 1232.5 = well done
Be cautious
Heart rate is a *reasonable* indicator of effort, but it's not infallible. In my experience, it's worth comparing like with like. The comparison between an all-guns-blazing 5k, and a long steady run is *reasonable* but you might be better off looking for improvements the next time you do either of those, rather than comparing them to each other. If you're going out and doing the same-ish runs and routes each week, beats per mile figures give you a great way of tracking fitness that combines pace and effort.
Here's what my graph looks like at present. The x-axis shows time, and the y-axis shows my beats per mile using a rolling four week total.
There's a peak in early April on the left. I pulled my hammie at the start of March, so most of March was ruled out, and what there was was all run-walk, which tends to produce higher beats per mile figures. As I slowly dropped the walks, the beats per mile figure dropped to the low 1400s.
To avoid a recurrence of my injury, I ran mostly easy miles, with only four of the 114 miles at quicker than 8:53/mile. My beats per mile figure drops nicely throughout April. I did a bit more speedy stuff during May, and brought the figure down to a low of 1234 - but then lost a bit of focus as the summer came. Then things went to shit, because I fell off a paddle board in July and twisted my knee ligaments
I bimbled along with no goals other than nursing my knee for a couple of months. Then we moved house in November, I got a bladder infection in December, and Covid for Christmas so I didn't exercise (or do much at all) for a month. That big spike over on the right is my first couple of trial two mile runs in mid-January, still coughing a bit. Mercifully that's settled, but I've kept the intensity down, with a fastest mile of 8:50 since the restart. The beats per mile figure is falling nicely again
As for when to do speed work - or any kind of amendment to your training schedule to improve your performance - I'd personally look to see what direction my graph is heading. If the figure is coming down, then what you're doing is already helping you. If it's flat or heading upwards - then maybe it's time to shake things up. One bad run shouldn't discourage you, but this graph shows a four week trend. I say all this with the obvious caveat: my highest relevant qualification for advising you on training regimes is a B in GCSE Biology.
Right. I've bored myself into a corner now, so goodness knows how you must be feeling. Toodles.
This isn't a 'slap me on the back' blog - I wanted to share what is probably my favourite graph on the entire site, and explain why I find it so useful. It has helped save me from doing every run "as fast as I comfortably can", and meant that I can see improvements in my fitness without needing to push my effort levels. And when you're coming back from illness or injury, that's invaluable. It also goes a fair way towards answering the question "when should I do speed work?".
If you go to the 'Train > Overview' page, you'll see a graph on the right (on desktop) or just under your recent training (on mobile). You can page through the ones you've chosen, or you can click 'Settings' and you can pick from 80 different variants.
My favourite graph is the 'Run Heartbeats/Mile (Rolling)' one.
What's heartbeats per mile please? And thanks.
In about 2010, I realised that heart rate was measured in beats per minute; and pace was measured in minutes per mile. So if you multiply the two together, you get a number measured in beats per mile. If you can run a mile in 10 minutes, with an average heart rate of 130, that's 130 x 10 = 1300 beats per mile.
Very cute. But why should I care?
Let's assume that you get fitter. You run a ten minute mile, and your heart rate is now a bit lower at 125. That lowers your beats per mile figure to 1250. If you *always* run the same pace, you could just ascertain this from your lower heart rate. But the reality is that your pace might get a bit quicker too. You might run that mile in 9m45s, with a HR of 131. How can you tell if you've made an improvement? Beats per mile is at hand. 9.75 x 131 = 1277.25 = nice work! What if you decide to go eyeballs out one day, and run the mile in 8.5 minutes with a HR of 145? Beats per mile gives you 8.5 x 145 = 1232.5 = well done
Be cautious
Heart rate is a *reasonable* indicator of effort, but it's not infallible. In my experience, it's worth comparing like with like. The comparison between an all-guns-blazing 5k, and a long steady run is *reasonable* but you might be better off looking for improvements the next time you do either of those, rather than comparing them to each other. If you're going out and doing the same-ish runs and routes each week, beats per mile figures give you a great way of tracking fitness that combines pace and effort.
Here's what my graph looks like at present. The x-axis shows time, and the y-axis shows my beats per mile using a rolling four week total.
There's a peak in early April on the left. I pulled my hammie at the start of March, so most of March was ruled out, and what there was was all run-walk, which tends to produce higher beats per mile figures. As I slowly dropped the walks, the beats per mile figure dropped to the low 1400s.
To avoid a recurrence of my injury, I ran mostly easy miles, with only four of the 114 miles at quicker than 8:53/mile. My beats per mile figure drops nicely throughout April. I did a bit more speedy stuff during May, and brought the figure down to a low of 1234 - but then lost a bit of focus as the summer came. Then things went to shit, because I fell off a paddle board in July and twisted my knee ligaments
I bimbled along with no goals other than nursing my knee for a couple of months. Then we moved house in November, I got a bladder infection in December, and Covid for Christmas so I didn't exercise (or do much at all) for a month. That big spike over on the right is my first couple of trial two mile runs in mid-January, still coughing a bit. Mercifully that's settled, but I've kept the intensity down, with a fastest mile of 8:50 since the restart. The beats per mile figure is falling nicely again
As for when to do speed work - or any kind of amendment to your training schedule to improve your performance - I'd personally look to see what direction my graph is heading. If the figure is coming down, then what you're doing is already helping you. If it's flat or heading upwards - then maybe it's time to shake things up. One bad run shouldn't discourage you, but this graph shows a four week trend. I say all this with the obvious caveat: my highest relevant qualification for advising you on training regimes is a B in GCSE Biology.
Right. I've bored myself into a corner now, so goodness knows how you must be feeling. Toodles.
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That is an interesting graph. Mine has been a lot lower since around mid-November, I realised it must be due to getting the London Marathon place and focusing more on road running than trail running.Fragile Do Not Bend4:14pm, 20th Feb 2023
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I'd love to see my beats per mile but on walking - any chance?Elsie Too4:32pm, 20th Feb 2023
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Stick it in the feature requests, and I’ll see what I can do when I’m next in that area.fetcheveryone4:40pm, 20th Feb 2023
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Interesting. I ought to take a look...3M5:05pm, 20th Feb 2023
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Thanks. Nice explainerDingDocMerrily5:11pm, 20th Feb 2023
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Beats per mile is a great measure of fitness, or efficiency, I suppose. Mine used to be much lower (better) than today!HappyG(rrr) But it also goes up with more general, long, slow and hilly miles esp. It is inherently lower when doing flat, faster running. Does that not skew things somewhat? It does for me! So I can really only compare it on similar routes, with similar attempts at pace, like races, for instance. Anyhoo, I've def bored me now! G5:14pm, 20th Feb 2023
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I like it too, it's a great measure of progress (or otherwise). On a display point - the graph heading is HB/mile, but when I hover over the line, it's showing HB/Km (which is what I prefer as I work in metric).Llamadance5:37pm, 20th Feb 2023
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Interesting, I haven't had this one added to my graphs before (just added it). Mine follows the same pattern as my average pace per mile (rolling) graph does - at the beginning of marathon cycle both avg pace per mile gets slower and beats per mile increases, I guess this must be showing the effect of cumulative fatigue as in the second half of the cycle both drop down again? Hearteningly my beats per mile seems to be on an overall downward trend despite these fluctuations.auburnette5:46pm, 20th Feb 2023
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I would add though, I'm probably doing more flatter running at the moment because of it being winter and the trails being less appealing, so HappyG's observation above might apply!auburnette5:47pm, 20th Feb 2023
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I believe I requested that graph 😃SPR
In regards to the observations others have made, I agree that beats per mile is lower for faster runs but the graph is an average over multiple weeks so if training is fairly consistent it will show improvements. A change in training style for a while can sway things but you eventually have a baseline and if you keep training in that manner it's a good measure IMO.8:29pm, 20th Feb 2023 -
I like that graph. One thing I would like to see though on the site is the VO2Max (from file) entry that is in Garmin .fit files as I think that that is similar to this *but better* because the algorithm in the garmin watches is just that bit smarter at removing spurious or dodgy data. It's a bit "garmin centric" though, but what is great about it is that it displays that value even though lots of people's watches don't show it because Garmin in their infinite wisdom suppress the data. Runalyze allows it to be shown, and for me at least it has been the single best indicator of gradual fitness improvements over time, even better than beats per mile.larkim3:39pm, 21st Feb 2023
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Thanks, I didn't know I could add it to my graphs - I've just done that both for walking and running. In walking, there is a clear trend downwards but in running, it's more dependent on what kind of training I do each week. When I do sprints and intervals, the walk recoveries mess it up a bit.tipsku4:51pm, 21st Feb 2023
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I remember hearing Steve Way talking about Beats/Mile as a metric years ago, and thinking "Well, if it's good enough for him it's certainly good enough for me". And then promptly forgot all about it.AndyS
Well, I've just been and added this graph - and I don't like what it's telling me (It's monotonically increasing, which I don't think is a good thing).
Is there a way to see what it was like historically? It would be really interesting* to compare it with the last few months of 2019
*For some value of 'interesting'.3:47pm, 23rd Feb 2023 -
In theory you can also view all graphs in your log for the chosen period. It used to be slow to load but I haven't tried it in a while.SPR3:58pm, 23rd Feb 2023
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Thanks SPR - I hadn't spotted that feature before, despite the fact that it was Right There In Front Of Me All This Time™️!AndyS4:36pm, 23rd Feb 2023
Yesterday I ran past a big floor-to-ceiling shop window at the end of the street, and got a good look at my profile.
For reasons I don't need anyone but me to help me overcome (but which I imagine most of us can understand when applied to ourselves) I thought "holy heck, you could be looking better".
Then I carried on and had a lovely five mile run.
The message is simple, but I wanted to share it, incase it helps you today.
Don't let how you feel about how you look hold you back.
Now, where are my Speedos?
For reasons I don't need anyone but me to help me overcome (but which I imagine most of us can understand when applied to ourselves) I thought "holy heck, you could be looking better".
Then I carried on and had a lovely five mile run.
The message is simple, but I wanted to share it, incase it helps you today.
Don't let how you feel about how you look hold you back.
Now, where are my Speedos?
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This ♥️Pikelet11:56am, 14th Feb 2023
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Ness11:58am, 14th Feb 2023
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Yes!! I need to remind myself of thisMrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)11:58am, 14th Feb 2023
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great blogEvilPixie12:04pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Yes. Thank you.LindsD12:05pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Oh yeah.3M Life becomes so much easier when you stop worrying about appearance!12:10pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I actively avoid such opportunities. Life's tough enough without those kind of reminders.Angus Clydesdale12:17pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Spot on.Sigh12:25pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I manage to forget what I look like most of the time. Then a few months back I saw a family picture and thought, now who's the old grey bloke standing next to my brother... who's wearing a shirt like mine... oh...Badger12:29pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Some wise person once said people love you for who you are not how you look, so you may think you could look better but don’t let that affect how you feel now.geordiegirl1:04pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Thank you ❤️Corrah1:08pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I often how much happier we'd all be if mirrors/cameras didn't exist.TeeBee1:16pm, 14th Feb 2023
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(I often wonder)TeeBee1:17pm, 14th Feb 2023
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This.ThorntonRunner1:18pm, 14th Feb 2023
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❤️Fragile Do Not Bend1:23pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I often feel like I’m having a good run and then turn a corner and see the shadow of a staggering old man emanating from my feet. I tend to make my posture a bit more upright and then carry on regardless.Eynsham Red1:51pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I needed to hear this today. Thank youBattlecat2:06pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Definitely this.jennywren2:16pm, 14th Feb 2023
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I’ve never seen a picture of me that wasn’t clearly faked. Somehow they’ve even managed to make my mirrors show false reflections.Silent Runner2:37pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Of course, I employ a body double on such occasions...swittle2:50pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Don't need to go far in the customer lift at work they have mirrors I did a long time back was shocked at how I looked .Night-owl
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😃Seratonin4:35pm, 14th Feb 2023
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great adviceDingDocMerrily4:56pm, 14th Feb 2023
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The skylight in my bathroom provides the most unflattering lighting so every time I go for a wee I think ‘bloody hell, I look awful’. I find looking in a mirror with better lighting changes my perspective significantly.halfpint5:13pm, 14th Feb 2023
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indeed good advise. i often see myself in reflections and crikey. heavy boned. dont care. its liberatingSpanners995:28pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Bloddy right! Thank you.sallykate5:45pm, 14th Feb 2023
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MabelMoonface7:23pm, 14th Feb 2023
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Oh_Suze_7:51pm, 14th Feb 2023
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@halfpint, nobody looks good having a wee! - - - Thanks Fetch, and FWIW you look great!MazH9:45am, 15th Feb 2023
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Is it wrong that the first thing I thought of when I read this was Tanya in The White Lotus?!?Little Nemo10:44am, 15th Feb 2023
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It's not how I feel about the way I look (I gave up caring about that loooooong ago), it's how I feel about the way I feel.AndyS1:24pm, 15th Feb 2023
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I must be a freak for thinking I look quite good.ChrisHB1:43pm, 15th Feb 2023
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You’re so right but I’m rubbish at applying it. I will keep reminding myself.SarahWoo2:26pm, 15th Feb 2023
My stepson has a university project going on, and needs some responses to a survey on coffee drinkers. It takes about two minutes to fill in if you’re feeling legendary:
forms.gle
Thank you 😀
forms.gle
Thank you 😀
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I don't drink coffee but answered with husbands answers!EvilPixie11:38am, 13th Feb 2023
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Tafetcheveryone11:39am, 13th Feb 2023
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Will do.Ness11:41am, 13th Feb 2023
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👍phal11:43am, 13th Feb 2023
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doneStuH11:47am, 13th Feb 2023
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DoneBob!11:48am, 13th Feb 2023
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Right up my street - off to answer now...larkim11:50am, 13th Feb 2023
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done, but I thought the questions could be improved. How many coffees in a day? It depends...chunkywizard11:54am, 13th Feb 2023
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Done!Sweetie12:06pm, 13th Feb 2023
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All done.Welshpoppy12:16pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done!♪♫ Synge ♪♫12:24pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done but one of the questions was poorly worded and difficult to answer (sorry!)Sharkie12:32pm, 13th Feb 2023
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A bit blunt about age thereOcelot Spleens12:38pm, 13th Feb 2023
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done (FYI I usually stick to decaff, surprised that wasn't asked about)Dibble12:54pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done. Some slightly strange questions!HappyG(rrr) G12:54pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Donepedroscalls1:17pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done.westmoors1:18pm, 13th Feb 2023
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✅Angus Clydesdale1:30pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Donelaterunner1:30pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done. As others have said wording isn't greatLorraine1:44pm, 13th Feb 2023
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DoneRosehip2:06pm, 13th Feb 2023
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What guidance does uni give on questionnaire/survey design?swittle2:13pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Not sure tbh. Thanks to everyone who has responded.fetcheveryone2:25pm, 13th Feb 2023
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DoneFields3:23pm, 13th Feb 2023
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✅Eynsham Red3:37pm, 13th Feb 2023
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better than many undergraduate questionnaires we've seenChrisHB3:53pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done, I thought the questions were ok.D24:15pm, 13th Feb 2023
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doneoldbiddy5:00pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done, interested to see where this goes...BareHeadEm5:07pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done, it could have been improved with some don’t know/no preference type options on some questions.Fragile Do Not Bend5:31pm, 13th Feb 2023
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*isalegend*.B.5:33pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done. With respect to the young man a discussion with his stepfather on the subject of usability would have improved the survey, nevertheless good luck to him.TheGreatIWas6:16pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done. I've seen worse surveys. One of the questions might have been a bit tricky for some people but was OK for me.Velociraptor6:32pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done, love coffee!Eawoman458:42pm, 13th Feb 2023
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DoneSnoot8:53pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done. May have confused the issue for him - we tend to just drink coffee at home, having roasted the green beans on the stove ourselves. Anything else tends to be viewed as 'coffee flavoured drink' rather than actual coffee.LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺8:58pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done, I know from experience that surveys are tough to word well and that one was quite good I thought! I’m currently away on holiday so it put all the answer sections in Spanish which entertained me!WayOfTheDodo10:01pm, 13th Feb 2023
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👍Stevewjj10:14pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Just added my tupenny worthWezza11:18pm, 13th Feb 2023
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Done.roberton9:29am, 14th Feb 2023
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I've just spilled the beans re my coffee preferencesReiver10:32am, 14th Feb 2023
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DoneTBR (TheBeardRunner)11:56am, 14th Feb 2023
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DoneGus1:33pm, 15th Feb 2023
If you've turned off the Fetch tips, but still want to access them, I've added them to the main Help page:
fetcheveryone.com/feedback.php
There are 119 of them now, and they've generated 1096 clicks since I started counting - which suggests that they are guiding people to parts of the site that they weren't aware of, or had forgotten about
fetcheveryone.com/feedback.php
There are 119 of them now, and they've generated 1096 clicks since I started counting - which suggests that they are guiding people to parts of the site that they weren't aware of, or had forgotten about
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Thanks Fetch. I turned them off as they were annoying me then immediately wondered which bit of the abyss they'd been thrown in so I could look for them later.leaguefreak10:31am, 10th Feb 2023
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Excellent, this is just what I wanted. Now I just need to bookmark the tips page and I’m all set.Angus Clydesdale10:33am, 10th Feb 2023
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And now my phone display is back to how I liked it.Angus Clydesdale Thanks!10:35am, 10th Feb 2023
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ThanksNess10:42am, 10th Feb 2023
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Thanks Fetch - not sure if there is an issue with the links via the Help page, or if it’s just my phone, but when I’ve tried clicking on the ‘let’s go’ link for any of the tips I get an error message saying the page can’t be foundjennyh11:24am, 10th Feb 2023
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jennyh beat me to it! The buttons on the feedback page are pointing to tip-click.php instead of tips-click.phpishep 🇪🇺11:28am, 10th Feb 2023
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Yeah, so great ones.HappyG(rrr) G11:45am, 10th Feb 2023
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Another great feature!Bowman 🇸🇪11:56am, 10th Feb 2023
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Link fixed now, ta.fetcheveryone11:57am, 10th Feb 2023
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Excellent - good to know 😀phal12:01pm, 10th Feb 2023
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As it were to find them 😀 (and that the link works!)phal12:02pm, 10th Feb 2023
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That’s good to know. I quite enjoyed reading them but they annoyed me by staying there once I’d read it.Jaks12:33pm, 10th Feb 2023
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They don't annoy me at all on the desktop site but on a phone they're a bit distracting. Does clicking No Tips turn them off on both platforms?Fitz1:02pm, 10th Feb 2023
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How do you switch the glowy notification off please?MsG1:34pm, 10th Feb 2023
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Fitz - yes, it turns them off on both platforms.fetcheveryone
MsG - there's no user-controlled option, but I've coded around it for you.3:32pm, 10th Feb 2023 -
Ooh thank you, I was finding a bit distracting 🥳MsG4:56pm, 10th Feb 2023
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Can I have the glowy notification turned off too pls?LindsD8:35pm, 10th Feb 2023
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It made me want to ask for a feature but I’m waiting for the tip to remind me how to request a featurecathrobinson8:41pm, 10th Feb 2023
I love them. Little moments where a penny drops. Wouldn't it make more sense if...?
Everywhere that you can change the category of a training entry, there used to be a little hanger-on - a little link underneath the category dropdown box, titled 'Edit your category list'. It leads to a page where you can choose from (currently) 241 different subcategories of training.
I thought that was fine as it was. It's right next to the dropdown, so surely it's visible. But I've seen so many users asking me and each other: "why is there no XYZ category?" that I figure it may not be as optimal a solution as I'd hoped for.
Here's what I think happens. The user has opened the dropdown box because they want to find the category they want. The little hanger-on link is probably obscured by the dropdown, so it's not visible. And all the user focus is on the contents of the dropdown, because that's where they want to find their answer. And if the user can't find what they want in the dropdown, they are already thinking "this is crap, it doesn't have XYZ category".
The solution I've come up with is to have 'Add more categories...' as an option in the category chooser dropdown.
Like I said, it really is a tiny change. But usability changes often are.
If you've got a usability suggestion, I am always happy to hear them.
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8.6 miles today Happy with that. Getting better at The Hill too
Everywhere that you can change the category of a training entry, there used to be a little hanger-on - a little link underneath the category dropdown box, titled 'Edit your category list'. It leads to a page where you can choose from (currently) 241 different subcategories of training.
I thought that was fine as it was. It's right next to the dropdown, so surely it's visible. But I've seen so many users asking me and each other: "why is there no XYZ category?" that I figure it may not be as optimal a solution as I'd hoped for.
Here's what I think happens. The user has opened the dropdown box because they want to find the category they want. The little hanger-on link is probably obscured by the dropdown, so it's not visible. And all the user focus is on the contents of the dropdown, because that's where they want to find their answer. And if the user can't find what they want in the dropdown, they are already thinking "this is crap, it doesn't have XYZ category".
The solution I've come up with is to have 'Add more categories...' as an option in the category chooser dropdown.
Like I said, it really is a tiny change. But usability changes often are.
If you've got a usability suggestion, I am always happy to hear them.
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8.6 miles today
Happy with that. Getting better at The Hill too
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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LindsD5:46pm, 9th Feb 2023
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Is there a way to change the order of the categories in my drop down list? I’ve just added a run category but it appears at the bottom of the list under the walking and cross training categories.Fragile Do Not Bend6:00pm, 9th Feb 2023
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Ness6:03pm, 9th Feb 2023
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FDNB - that’s a feature request, can’t remember which one.fetcheveryone6:22pm, 9th Feb 2023
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I think this will be useful for those that didn't know about it. Would be useful to either sort by run, bike, swim again or allow sorting as well.SPR6:24pm, 9th Feb 2023
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Well done on The Hill.Silvershadow7:22pm, 9th Feb 2023
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I put in a request ages ago for trail runs to categorize as trail as the surface primarily rather than road... (track sessions could say track etc)Oscar the Grouch10:57pm, 9th Feb 2023
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Great idea!Bright Strider8:33am, 10th Feb 2023
In July I'm hoping to do a 9km swim in Llyn Padarn in North Wales.
Right now, that means ploughing up and down the local 25m pool for an hour at a time, until the weather warms up enough for me to brave some outdoor venues. I'm hoping to get some longer pool swims done in the next month or so as well, and have been eyeing up some two hour swim slots.
It's going pretty well. In the last couple of weeks I've managed to cram a couple of 2.5km swims into 1:00:20 and 1:00:37. It'd be nice (just psychologically) to get that under the hour, but my pace does fade away a little bit in the last 20 minutes of the hour.
It still feels like I'm working hard in that last 20 minutes, and my arm turnover is good - but I've had a longstanding theory that quicker arm movements do not necessarily translate into quicker pace. I knocked up this graph, which shows the number of lengths I've done at each speed over the last 12 months:
My most favoured length time looks to be 37 seconds just now, which is just outside the magic 36 that I'd need to get my '2.5km in an hour' goal. I am hopeful that as I build up my swimming, I can shift that big blue distribution to the left.
But the graph also shows my stroke rate [aside: based on some counting I've done whilst swimming, I think it represents the number of 'left-rights', rather than the number of times my hand enters the water]. It looks pretty clear to me that I am quicker when my stroke rate is lower.
This makes sense to me, with my cod coaching hat on. My arms move more slowly through the water when they are pulling the most water backwards - and the more water I pull backwards, the quicker I move forwards. As my arms tire, they get into bad positions, and don't pull as much water - so they go round quicker, but with less efficient progress.
NB as the lovely Katie will confirm, I am hopeless at being coached - so if it's on the tip of your tongue to offer up some drills, please bear in mind that I won't do them
If you're a regular pool swimmer, come and have a look at your graph:
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-poolswims.php
In my case, I am hopeful that the last month or so would offer a better picture than this whole twelve month view - so that's the next place I hope to go with this graph - adding a second set of bars and lines that represent very recent training.
Anyway... it's my turn to cook - so I will smell you all later.
Right now, that means ploughing up and down the local 25m pool for an hour at a time, until the weather warms up enough for me to brave some outdoor venues. I'm hoping to get some longer pool swims done in the next month or so as well, and have been eyeing up some two hour swim slots.
It's going pretty well. In the last couple of weeks I've managed to cram a couple of 2.5km swims into 1:00:20 and 1:00:37. It'd be nice (just psychologically) to get that under the hour, but my pace does fade away a little bit in the last 20 minutes of the hour.
It still feels like I'm working hard in that last 20 minutes, and my arm turnover is good - but I've had a longstanding theory that quicker arm movements do not necessarily translate into quicker pace. I knocked up this graph, which shows the number of lengths I've done at each speed over the last 12 months:
My most favoured length time looks to be 37 seconds just now, which is just outside the magic 36 that I'd need to get my '2.5km in an hour' goal. I am hopeful that as I build up my swimming, I can shift that big blue distribution to the left.
But the graph also shows my stroke rate [aside: based on some counting I've done whilst swimming, I think it represents the number of 'left-rights', rather than the number of times my hand enters the water]. It looks pretty clear to me that I am quicker when my stroke rate is lower.
This makes sense to me, with my cod coaching hat on. My arms move more slowly through the water when they are pulling the most water backwards - and the more water I pull backwards, the quicker I move forwards. As my arms tire, they get into bad positions, and don't pull as much water - so they go round quicker, but with less efficient progress.
NB as the lovely Katie will confirm, I am hopeless at being coached - so if it's on the tip of your tongue to offer up some drills, please bear in mind that I won't do them
If you're a regular pool swimmer, come and have a look at your graph:
fetcheveryone.com/training-analysis-poolswims.php
In my case, I am hopeful that the last month or so would offer a better picture than this whole twelve month view - so that's the next place I hope to go with this graph - adding a second set of bars and lines that represent very recent training.
Anyway... it's my turn to cook - so I will smell you all later.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Oooh that's interesting. I like the graph - thanksGimmeMedals5:37pm, 7th Feb 2023
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My favoured time is 38 seconds. It will give me something to work on.GimmeMedals5:39pm, 7th Feb 2023
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Nice one!sallykate6:47pm, 7th Feb 2023
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Interesting. It would be easy to think slower stroke is faster but the difference in stroke rate is quite small. It lends credence to technique being crucial - which I think is what you are saying.Nightjar6:59pm, 7th Feb 2023
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Defo technique. I don't see a graph. Is it because I upload as a walk then change manually to swim?LindsD7:46pm, 7th Feb 2023
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Cadence isn’t everything. Check this video of my Sister-in-law completing a 34km swim in Tasmania. She did it alongside a teammate of hers as a “duo” where both swim the whole distance and have to stay within a very small distance of each other. Her stroke rate was much lower than his but she was more efficient. It took them just over 8 hours 40 mins. fb.watchPothunter10:26pm, 7th Feb 2023
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That’s a great video Pothunter.Elsie Too
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Would you ever consider regular coached sessions where everyone does the same thing at the same time?Helegant
btw I now feel that I ought to start 'training' for my 9k swim in July. I've been concentrating on enjoying my swims over winter rather than actually looking to a target.9:33am, 8th Feb 2023 -
and... pothunter's video is brilliant. 'Mr Splashy' vs Swimsmooth.Helegant9:36am, 8th Feb 2023
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Great video - I loved the commentary, and it really shows that everyone does things their own wayfetcheveryone That's an epic swim. 34km in 8h40 - that's 15 mins per km - amazing!
There does seem to be a pattern amongst the swimmer graphs that I looked at - our lowest cadences correspond to our quicker length times, even if we all operate at different cadences. That said, I haven't factored in the length of swims e.g. one person swims 1km every day, another does a 7km swim once a week.
As Nightjar says, the difference is fairly small - my stroke length for 34s lengths is 171cm; and for 38s lengths it's 155cm - about 10% shorter. I think that's technique or tiredness.
Linds - I looked at the data behind your most recent swim. Many watches will just increment the distance by (say) 25m each time to reflect each length - but yours is jumping as follows 0, 0.81, 6.71, 8.22, 22.04, 32.8 etc. This doesn't lend itself to length detection Can you tell me the make and model of your watch, out of interest?9:50am, 8th Feb 2023 -
Helegant - I refer the honourable lady to the coaching comment in my blogfetcheveryone9:51am, 8th Feb 2023
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I looked up the Tasmania swim - I think this must be it, for anyone who wants to do itfetcheveryone derwentriverbigswim.com9:54am, 8th Feb 2023
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Is there a way of excluding some swim sessions from the graph? I've had a couple of times of using a 10m pool but Garmin doesn't let me set that as a custom length so I've left it and altered the overall distance of the swim, but the splits still show as if I've done 25m laps and are, or course, wildly inaccurate with stroke rate and pace. Or should I add those swims manually and delete the Garmin log (there's only 5 or 6 I would think)?GimmeMedals10:17am, 8th Feb 2023
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Hiya GM - not at present unfortunately :-/ I'm not sure what the solution is. Maybe the ability to amend pool length retrospectively would be good as a feature request.fetcheveryone10:21am, 8th Feb 2023
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this is great and will be really usefulD211:24am, 8th Feb 2023
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I've deleted the inaccurate logs and have re-entered them manually. They shouldn't be on the graph now.GimmeMedals10:04pm, 8th Feb 2023
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Nice feature! Apologies if I'm missing something, but I assume this only works if your swim data is entered via a smartwatch? I've got loads of pool swims logged, but all 'manually'. I do count my strokes (well, on and off)... but I couldn't see where to enter them - is there a way I can get this working? Thanks!Thinno6:24pm, 12th Feb 2023
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Interesting. I find I’m swimming better now I’ve stopped putting myself under pressure to go faster. And funnily enough my technique has improved which in turn has made me faster 😁Lana3:48pm, 14th Feb 2023
If you're viewing this on desktop, you might notice a bit of a change to the right-hand side of the site header. I would like to illustrate all the different things that you can do on Fetcheveryone, because it feels like people often don't get the scale of what's possible.
I've spent an hour or so writing tips (75 so far) that highlight different features of the site. I'm by no means done - I reckon I can knock out another 75 without too much trouble.
If you're sure that you know all there is to know about the site, you can hide the tips using the button provided.
The tips don't yet appear on mobile, because as yet I'm not quite sure where best to put them. But I'll have a think about that
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I am slowly getting used to the hillier terrain now that we're living out of the centre of Bedford. Yesterday I treated the country lanes to the united colours of Fetcheveryone:
Whatever you're doing, I hope you have a nice evening.
I've spent an hour or so writing tips (75 so far) that highlight different features of the site. I'm by no means done - I reckon I can knock out another 75 without too much trouble.
If you're sure that you know all there is to know about the site, you can hide the tips using the button provided.
The tips don't yet appear on mobile, because as yet I'm not quite sure where best to put them. But I'll have a think about that
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I am slowly getting used to the hillier terrain now that we're living out of the centre of Bedford. Yesterday I treated the country lanes to the united colours of Fetcheveryone:
Whatever you're doing, I hope you have a nice evening.
Click here to suggest fetcheveryone's blog for today's highlights.
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Thanks. I'll keep an eye on it and when I see something interesting I'll click through!3M5:29pm, 6th Feb 2023
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The tips sound very good but I rarely use my laptop to look at Fetch these days. Mainly use my phone. Will check it out later. Thanks.Ness5:30pm, 6th Feb 2023
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Just tried it ... the elevation on mapping routes tip - seems to be missing the y-axis on my laptopum
I see it does mouse over to show it, but any chance of a scale? Or did you not include it for some reason?5:51pm, 6th Feb 2023 -
Very useful. I found out how to compare weeks. In comparing my weeks running from when I started, I suspect the 36 mile run eight years ago was actually a bike ride. Corrected.Bright Strider5:59pm, 6th Feb 2023
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That's a great addition!Sigh6:49pm, 6th Feb 2023
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Sorry, but to me it's just even more visual clutter on an already v busy the home page. I've had to turn it off already despite not really wanting to. I'd find it much more useful if it was inside the notifications menu - I'd still see it regularly but it wouldn't be constantly right in my eye-line.flanker7:32pm, 6th Feb 2023
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I like it. I use the desktop version a lot, I've learnt stuff already.quimby7:50pm, 6th Feb 2023
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Liking the tips featureSeratonin8:11pm, 6th Feb 2023
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It's a great idea as there's lots of hidden gems within the website. I agree with flanker, though - the notifications list seems an appropriate location. Or could there be a mute option (which closes the current tip, but doesn't switch off the functionality)?TeeBee6:58am, 7th Feb 2023
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The problem with choosing a more subtle location is that they will not be seen. If I remember rightly, there are about half a million unread notifications in the system right now. Perhaps if I place a copy of the tips elsewhere for those who don’t like them in the header, they could check them out periodically.fetcheveryone8:07am, 7th Feb 2023
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Keep innovating! Love the rainbow kit.HappyG(rrr) G9:01am, 7th Feb 2023
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Fantastic work Fetch!Garfield Must look at the tips...9:34am, 7th Feb 2023
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That is my favourite Fetch top in my mini Fetch collectio.Spanners9910:35am, 7th Feb 2023
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I think this is a really good idea. I have been a daily user for quite a few years, and still probably only access a small amount of what is actually available. This will hopefully fill in the gaps in the "unknown unknowns".Dillthedog10:48am, 7th Feb 2023
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Thanks for all the comments - mostly positive about the idea by the looks of things. I've removed the icons from the menu that lives above the tips, which should help quiet down that corner of the page. I've been wanting to do that for ages, as they don't even match the ones you see on the mobile view of the site.fetcheveryone11:06am, 7th Feb 2023
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Say, for example, someone had turned off the tips but then realised they wanted them back. How might they go about doing that? (asking for a friend)Angus Clydesdale11:47am, 7th Feb 2023
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At present, that friend would just need to drop me a line and I'll undo it for them.fetcheveryone12:22pm, 7th Feb 2023
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Angus Clydesdale 1:38pm, 7th Feb 2023
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I don’t like the way the tips are displayed on my phone. If I turn them off on the phone will it also turn them off on the computer?Angus Clydesdale10:01pm, 8th Feb 2023
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Currently it switches them off for both - but I will see if I can split it into two options.fetcheveryone8:20am, 9th Feb 2023
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OK, I'll soldier on for the time being. Thank youAngus Clydesdale10:26am, 9th Feb 2023
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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
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