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Good to know, they are one of the brands I've seen. Want to try a couple out before I'm stuck eating something I can't stand!

Vegan expedition (freeze dried) food, what's good folks?
I have a week long trip and need to keep the weight down. Access to hot water isn't an issue.

On the HR chat... Recently I've been running a bit more "just running" without trying to keep HR in low (Z1 or 2) on what are supposed to be easier runs. I'm finding my breathing is still easy - can still nose breathe and generally do 4 steps on the in breath and 4 steps on the out breath. But my HR is creeping into easier tempo range (lower Z4) despite the easy breathing, and only a small increase in perceived effort. Don't know what the point of this post is really, just an observation.

This is the invite to our Idealisation Session next Tuesday.

:(

On my run earlier and a bird flies along the path in front of me with a dead something in its claws. I was a bit tired so was like "oh look that bird has caught some prey that's cool I wonder what it could b- sparrowhawk!".
Got a close up but incredibly brief view a bit further down the path when I disturbed it again and it shot out of the hedge next to me then straight up and pirouetted off through the branches. So fast and agile.

Could well be. Found a few new leaves discarded on the ground so something that takes the whole leaf off. Older leaves are nibbled too but not as bad. Don't think I'll be getting many more harvests at this rate.

Something's eaten all of the new leaves on my cavalo nero :(

This is a good idea, I should do this to set some benchmarks.

(Probably won't get around to it for ages now)

And yours!

All these calculators assume you have raced recently too :(

We're both fucked

All the parents I know with primary age or younger kids feel like this. It's a marathon with no drink stops and no finish line :(

The problem I find with a lot of training stuff is they assume you are familiar with all your track times so you get things like "30 secs at 400m pace". Wtf is that to someone who has NEVER run on a track?

I'm a bit baffled by how busy the roads are. We go out every other day or so in the car to drive to some woods for a walk and change of scene

How many people does it take doing this to make the roads "normally busy"?
I have had similar thoughts when on the motorway but then... I'm on the motorway too thus part of the problem. Doesn't matter that I'm driving for work that can't be done from home. I'm driving when ideally I wouldn't be.

My goal is to train as if Deadwater is happening. Last year I set loads of goals and didn't really achieve any apart from new 5k pb on new year's day, partly because everything was cancelled but I also didn't enter events that would have let me try to achieve those goals. I also kept thinking about setting out and following a training plan but that hasn't happened.

So this year I'll focus on one big goal in the summer and then maybe think about something for the autumn/winter after that. Still got an EfM entry for this year so there's an obvious one. Just depends on recovery after DW.

Oh possibly it wasn't a lesser spotted then seeing as it was on the Berks/Wilts border but looked smaller than the other non-green ones I've seen about here. It was in a tree though so could just be a case of "far away".

I guess I'll never get to wear my trail shoes....

I ordered myself some new trail shoes the other day but stupidly didn't change the delivery address so now they are at my office 😭

Has anyone read the lost art of running?

Got given two copies for Xmas, haven't read it yet but I know a couple of people who liked it, and have a mate who has trained with the author and really rates his techniques.

Woodpecker

Ooh you just reminded me I saw a lesser spotted on my run yesterday!

app

Couch to 5k app gets a lot of use. Not done it myself but downloads rocketed this year with lockdown.

Top mincer this year has to be my partner's puff pastry, frangipane topped, booze and nut laced, mincers. I know, it's a little out there with puff and frangipane but the shop bought offerings we have sampled this year have just basically been disappointing brown sugar sludge pies is comparison.

The mice are getting my broad beans. Going to have to bring some on in pots at home I think. Once the plants are established and the bean isn't a tasty snack for mice they should be ok I think. I hope!

Both great pics. I love the way kingfishers can look totally different colours depending on the light. Sometimes you see a brown/grey shape skimming over the water that looks kingfisher-like but is the wrong colour and it confuses your brain, you can't really make sense of what you're seeing until you remember kingfishers aren't actually blue.

They won't be thinking "I gave Grandma covid" it will just be "Grandma got covid".

Goes back to the language discussion earlier in the thread. One takes responsibility the other is just something happened, no one could have done anything about it.

What actually happens it people cook and eat WAY too much food, drink too much, spoil kids and spend too much money all because "it's Christmas isn't it?"

Christmas.