Yes. I find the extra chunky ones great for this.
I have ergons as well and get numb hands from them.

What about that wolf stalking the rabbit a few metres away? “Hey guys” says the committee, let’s make it growl! “More scary that way”.
“But the wolf would be flat to the ground and slient” says the expert. We could build suspense and confusion into the storyline, laying the seeds of fear in the viewers minds.
“Nah! Growling’s more scary” Committee wins.

Sorry! But I do like to rant about this genre.

Seriously though. The key element of great sci fi is that it’s believable. You should be immersed in the world it creates.
If you thought this was believable then I don’t know what to say to you.

I mean, basic stuff at the beginning. Bears don’t behave like that, they just don’t. Snap! The whole construct collapses.
Decent scriptwriter would have been way more subtle.

I know, it amazes me too!

30 mins left and I pronounced it a bag of shite. If I was given millions of dollars to make a film, the first thing I’d do would be to find a decent script writer. There are so many amazingly talented people out there yet the money so often seems to go to the mediocre.

I’m trying and failing to place it on my all time scale of Sci fi movies. Let’s just say Chronicles of Riddick is looking down on it from a great height.

Ha ha! My wife’s saved the day; “That’s Tommawang!” She exclaimed.

I’m watching it now. What an utter pile of cack!
I hate how that pratt of a director has wasted this opportunity. He doesn’t understand the genre.

I think we’ve got covid to thank for teaching us about post viral stuff and that training through these things is just plain dumb.
Play the long game sums it up nicely.

I like Elliot in commentary. His manic giggling when the riders get wild is joyous.
I’m really, really hoping that GCN/Discovery aren’t thinking of using Marty Mcrossen (sp?) for their commentator. His style of droning on, just repeating the riders names over and over again, completely missing any action, has turned me off from watching cx and women’s road racing. He’d kill xco for me.

And Dr Phill Maffetone surely? I was using his training principles whilst still riding, long before I started running.

Chatting with a few people, I don’t think this group will work for me. It’s not got the flow I’m looking for.
Did the local parkrun today. It’s been a while. It’s a good event as there are always around 500 runners with the front group around 17-17.30min.
I started slowly as it was my first proper effort since beginning of June (effing covid!) chatting as I ran, then gradually ramped it up to a faster pace. Love how these things make you run harder than you’d choose to normally, taking you out of your comfort zone.
Was very enjoyable passing lots of people and I snuck in just under 20mins.
Really loving the journey into becoming a proper runner. I’ve been bike focused for so long that this feels fresh and new.

I work in Parkruns as I’m belligerently avoiding recording data on my training runs.
Using an online calculator I see that 8min miles = 25min Parkrun. That’s definitely within my easy running zone and how I run pretty well all the time. After 15 years of bike racing I know the power of easy!

Turboferret. How should I change my stride when running slower than my natural easy pace. Shorten my stride length or reduce my cadence? The former has me jogging along on my toes like I’m running on the spot as much as moving forward. The latter would be awfully thuddy I suspect.

Lad came past me this morning at decent clip. I accelerated up to his speed and felt such joy at finally opening up my stride after a long few weeks of taking it very gently after covid. Need people like this to run with really.

I don’t think this is an option. I was with the fastest group.
They meet up in a very convenient spot for me and are there twice a week without fail. Would be good to be a part of.

Can you help me with this dilemma? There’s a local running group that I’d like to run with, they do around 5miles in a session. However I find the pace very slow despite being a relative newby to this. My natural gait gives me a time of about 21.30 for a 5k (I have done 18.11 full gas). Slower than this I feel like I’m running on the spot so kinda bounce along with the others. Feels like it’s putting extra strain on my calves.
I see it as I have two options: find a way to run slow and enjoy their company, which I’d like to do, or run on my own, which I also enjoy but can do anytime. I tend to run further than 5 miles when on my own too, with less stop starting which is nice.
Is there a technique to running slower than feels natural?

Marketing department has got you now 🤣 Prepare to gladly open your wallets as you’re swept up by the excitement.

Well that was mega! Never felt heat like that! Thank God it’s cooling down by the second now. Have every window wide open to flush the hot air out of the house.

So. This is what global warming feels like? Scary enough for us? At any point are we willing to forgoe a whole load of our luxuries to avert disaster?
Thought not. Carry on.
(I’m as bad as any of us btw, despite being a right environmentalist in concept. In reality, I’m as bad as the rest of you).

Yep, if heat is bad tomorrow night and Tues I’ll use my bikepacking gear and sleep in the garden.
Frankly I’ve loved today; 7hr mtb ride with mates, pouring water over my back by the end, snooze in front of the WC xco, then beer in the back garden. It’s a dry heat tonight. Lovely.
What’s not mentioned in the forecast is that whilst tomorrow has very little wind, Tuesday has lots. That wind will make the extreme heat bearable I reckon.
Tomorrow’s the worst day I think.

I work outside. Will freeze a 2 litre bottle of water to take, start at 6am, then regularly soak my hat and shirt with water. Can usually keep going pretty well using these techniques.

I’ve found when doing multi day rides I eat a lot of chocolate bars. They’re easy to obtain and very calorific.
Normal mtb rides, cliff bars are great.
Racing; gels, drinks and bananas.

Definitely bodyboards. Nothing more frustrating than taking it in turns when the waves are up, plus even inexperienced people on rubbish waves can get great rides on a bodyboard. A 2 ft peak looks like a monster when you’re down at water level.
Have a great trip.

The Greensand way is always a good bet. I know the section from Ightham to Oxted very well from my mtb riding. It’d all run very nicely too I expect.

I hung out at the final feed station for the Hever festival of endurance 50mile race today. Was just cruising home on my bike after helping out at the Pippingford mtb marathon (God I love being active), when I came across it. Was just in time to see the first two runners. Very different animals.
I love this stuff.

I thought those were pockets for gels! 10/10 to the Internet today 😄
Edit; just checked my Ron Hill shorts, no those pockets are tiny, definitely for gels. Boo!

Just had a thought. Is shoving a soft flask of water down the waistband of your shorts a thing or is it a stupid idea? Only occurred to me after watching the film Unbreakable and seeing some of the runners stashing presumably empty hard bottles down the back of their shorts.

I’m driving a Ford ka 09. Love it! It’s so narrow you can squeeze through the stupid small gaps that the SUV drivers leave you, without flinching.
Pity the poor losers in their gas guzzling, status symbol tanks, lumbering around getting in each others way.
Apparently the ka is actually a Fiat 500 with slightly different bodywork. Produced in the Fiat factory in Poland. You can see the similarities when you know.

As said above. Glyphosate applied as a spray is 100% effective. If the browned off plants bother you then going over the area with a strimmer 4 weeks after application will quickly solve that.
Other option for block paving is pathclear applied by watering can. Works faster and stays in the ground reducing re-infeststion. Do not use it on beds!
Flame guns are slow, expensive and won’t kill the roots so many of the weeds will be back within a month.

Yep! Feeling low today so though sod it and sank a couple of cold ones in the sun as dinner was cooking.

Thanks.
That thread title put a great big smile on my face.
Back to the nuts and bolts of mtb and a million miles away from all the worries of the world.

I’ve had it again this week. Despite triple jab it’s still a beast of a bug. Woke up last night after dreaming I was caught in an avalanche, coughing wildly and soaked in sweat.

Can you guys point me in the direction of some YouTube videos about how to run downhill off-road. I feel, like xc mtb, it’s the secret weapon that not everyone practices.

Hey guys. Need to tell someone!
I’ve been wondering what comes next after my sole focus Alps Epic mtb race in June. Want to focus on running for the rest of the summer after a nice break. Have done a half marathon so was looking at a marathon, but nothing was quite ticking a box for me. Then the Beachy Head marathon appeared in my Facebook feed. Hmmmm…
On today’s clubride, I got chatting to a lady who’s a very capable runner (3hr12m marathon, 3.45 marathon at the end of an Ironman!). She described the Beachy head marathon to me. “I know those hills!” I exclaimed. I spend a lot of time on the eastern end of the Downs. I love that area. Hell I even go down just to sleep; have bivied at Itford Hill, Long man hill, Friston and Cuckmere Haven in the last year.
Got home from the ride and signed up.
It’s in mid October. Perfect. Love that time of year.

BPW and ride up? I had a smashing day doing that a few weeks back. 2000m climbing gives a lot of descending.

Don’t be too offended by the roadies. When riding in a group, 1 foot between handlebars when riding two abrest is a nice relaxing spacing whilst you chat. Giving 2-3 feet of room as you pass another cyclist would then feel very generous. It’s just a question of perception not malice.

STR. Extinction of humans, not everything.
That leaves plenty of intelligent life on the planet rather than one species that thinks its intelligent but is in fact incredibly stupid.

Since I was a kid I’ve always thought that people should have to sit a detailed exam on how economies/societies worked and the policies/manifestos/history of the political parties before they can cast a vote.
I wouldn’t have considered myself eligible btw. Maybe by my current age I would have decided to swot up on it.

I also believe that humans are a scourge on the earth though and that it’d be better if we faced a 100% extinction event. Sadly, I believe we will, but we’ll rape and destroy the planet as we go down fighting. If I’ve learnt one thing over the last ten years, it’s that it doesn’t matter what people say, they’ll remain self centered to the very end. (Me included. It’s just the nature of species)

Know what you mean mate.
I can’t even begin to understand a lot of people. I found/find the support for Trump inconceivable, but concluded that all Americans were mad (contrary to every American that I’ve met who seemed really nice). Turns out that all English are mad too (and probably quite nice in person generally).
Humans are effing mad! That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn with certainty.

My local MP is Tom Tugendhat so I’ve just emailed him to say (I paraphrase); Go on then Sunshine! Today would be a great day to make your mark in history.

Shudder!
I just made the mistake of looking on Facebook to see if there were plans for a protest. My God! There are so many people on his side! Many calling ‘Sir Beer Starmer’ the problem.
Weirdly makes me feel better somehow. I couldn’t understand how Boris was continuing to survive, I just couldn’t conceive how anyone could support him. Of course there are millions of people who don’t think like me. I guess their opinions are as valid as mine.
Yuk!