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FFS. While they're at it, they should also prosecute him for failing to report his fellow cyclist RLJ'ers! "You lot!..." etc. etc.

I second suggestions of joining a club, which is just as good for adding a bit of variety of running opportunities as it is for getting fitter/faster/whatever. And I'll obviously push Kent AC at Ladywell as a recommendation! PM me if you want any details.

I brought forward plans to start sub-3 pacing practise last night, mainly cos I was a bit pushed for time anyway so I thought I might as well get a wriggle on. 10 windy miles @ 6:46/m, felt pleasingly comfortable. (Apart from pressing on for the uphill bits, stubbornly keeping inside target pace!)

Oh, has anyone got experience of Adidas Solar Drive Boost? I saw them reasonably priced online and went for it. Reviews suggest they're closer in feel to my old favourite Glide Boost, compared to the softer Supernova/Solar Glide models that are supposed to have replaced them.

"However,..."

Holy shit.

"...each to his own." Indeed. ;)

The chances of me turning out in Brighton to be a sanctimonious, balloon-clad irritant are looking up. 45 miles last week, longest run 12 miles off-road, should be on for 55 - 60 this week with 16 planned for Sunday, and the foot is really feeling quite all right.

Sorry, totally hypothetical scenario. The correct answer is Special, obviously. (Or the odd Winter Warmer, especially on Xmas Eve.)

Best of luck everyone doing the Big Half tomorrow. Find some wide shoulders to follow. :-)

Early days, but my foot's behaving itself through a decent week of mileage rebuilding: 6, 0, 5, 6, 6, 10, 0, 5 since last Saturday with 12 planned tomorrow. So I should be on 45 miles for the week; planning something like 60 next week, then ~70 for three weeks, which hopefully will involve a couple of 20s and plenty of mid-week runs into double figures. Then we just need a non-windy day in Brighton. Simples!

Any saddle ID on the first one? (And does it come in white?!)

"Mixed race is a misleading term since it implies that a 'pure race' exists."

Does it? When I go into a Young's pub and ask for a pint of "mixed", which is the purer ingredient, Best or Special?

Venn diagram in the comments. Faith in twitter partially restored.

Or stay in a bit more.

Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him

And a history lesson thrown in for good measure. Apparently human trafficking has been going on for five times longer than Homo sapiens have been walking the earth. Why hasn't anything been done about this before now?!

I've not used a HR monitor since I left my chest strap in a pub many years ago, but I think the thing I miss the most was the "beats per mile" metric on fetcheveryone.com. It showed a pretty useful correlation between my hear rate efficiency at various paces, and my race times. And if you were trying to monitor improvements in fitness it prevented you being tempted to increase the pace of your easy runs whilst trying to kid yourself you weren't working any harder.

Foot after last night's 6.5 mile run: all good.

@juanito - Noooo! I might've been up for Big Half spectating/post-race drinks but not around. Shame about London, your XC form was looking very good. All the best getting back to things.

It's shit-or-bust time for me. Week 1 of a 6-week fast-track plan to get in sub-3 pacing shape for Brighton Marathon, with 25 miles of running in my legs for the year to date up till last Saturday. Friday I had a physio session where we analysed my running form (via a video uploaded to Hudl Technique ) and the results of my recent MRI scan.

Upshot is that tendon inflammation is being caused by my right inside heel collapsing slightly, so after having a good go on loosening things up, she gave me heel inserts and some strengthening exercises with bands. Since then I've managed runs of 7 and 5 miles with a day's easy cycle in between. Jogged to the gym and back this morning (45 mins rowing in between) and another 7 miles planned this evening. I'm not sure whether I can feel the difference of a 4-degree wedge in the right heel, but the foot genuinely feels way less niggly than it has done for a while, so I'm tentatively getting back to daily running to give the marathon a chance.

It's not as good as the book.

Custom 953 stainless... less likely to strip?

The alu seat stays on my Planet X London Road seem a bit cheesy, and I've stripped a thread after remounting my rear rack, probably one time too many.

What's the best fix? Is it a standard LBS fix to tap it out to the next size up? p-clips? New bike? :-)

Allez les bleus (passports)!

Ooh, ooh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cc12dU1u0Y

This has gone down well with some of my social media friends today. Someone's even retorted with a "custardy" pun.

Much chuckle.