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  1. Vampire

    Use the Sidewalk!

    What an awesome video! :)
  2. Vampire

    GPS Heart Rate Monitor Recommendations?

    Don't worry it won't start a brawl, the people on this forum are too nice. :) I use a Suunto Ambit, these are probably more popular in Europe than the US where I get the impression most people use Garmin. I'm happy with mine, it's just about compact enough to wear as an everyday watch, and you...
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    Headlamps?

    I have a cheap Nathan flashing strobe clipped on the back of my Nao too. :) Maybe they should do an optional battery pack with red LEDs built into it as standard...
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    Paleo dieters - you need to see this...

    The series Ray Mears Wild Food was pretty interesting, he travelled around looking at ancient hunting methods and food gathering/prep methods from ancient times, some of the episodes he had a Professor of Archaeobotany with him and they tried out ancient food prep methods, eating what they'd...
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    Paleo dieters - you need to see this...

    Well one thing I know for sure, my old diet of mainly carbs (breads, pastas, cereals) a) left me hungry all the time no matter how much I ate, and b) ended up with me being 50Kg overweight. So that clearly didn't suit me. I've been eating low carb high fat for 8 days and have lost 3Kg, and...
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    New Yorker Article on Barefoot Running & Paleo Lifestyle

    I started following the Paleo diet recently, I need to lose a heap of weight and have had a lot of difficulty in the past. I'd watched a few Youtube videos by Prof Tim Noakes so did a bit of Googling and ended up going to http://thepaleodiet.co.za/ where I paid Andrew to do me a paleo diet plan...
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    Headlamps?

    Well the Tikka RXP is ~30% less powerful than the Nao, so I don't know if I'd ever replace my Nao with one if I ever broke/lost it. The RXP looks good for the money though. :)
  8. Vampire

    Headlamps?

    ^^^ Yeah that looks pretty awesome actually, I'm happy with my Nao but if I was in the market for a lamp again that Tikka RXP looks good!
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    Headlamps?

    Yeah the reactive lighting really works. If you look at a photo of the light head, what looks like x3 LEDs, one of these is actually a sensor which picks up ambient/reflected light. If you're in a house with the lights on and you turn on the Nao, it'll be really dim as the ambient light is...
  10. Vampire

    Headlamps?

    I guess you just get used to it, my Nao seems to balance ok with the lamp on the front and battery on the back. The Black Diamond you got sounds pretty good for the money. :)
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    Plantar Faciitis

    Thanks all. Yes the shoes I bought were Salomon Sense Mantra which are 6mm drop, the Salomon Sense (original - red and white) is 4mm drop and padded even less but I'm a bit heavier than Kilian Jornet. I was running in Brooks Cascadia 6 and Brooks Puredrift when I hurt my foot, so I decided a...
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    Plantar Faciitis

    It's just over a month since I had the steroid shot so a quick update is in order. I went for the shot, despite hearing bad things about it and being pretty worried, the shot was no more painful than an immunisation - I was laughing with the doctor about it afterwards. My heel got...
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    Headlamps?

    I have a Petzl Tikka 2+ which I used for pavement/street running for about a year, it was inexpensive and was just about powerful enough. I upgraded mine with a rechargeable module, which made it a little thicker, but I didn't have to buy any more batteries. When I started trail running, I...
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    Register UK chapter with Park Run as a club?

    I registered my office once as a club, as we had a triathlon club which was registered with the UK triathlon governing body. Parkrun emailed me back and asked for the email of the club secretary, and also the ref number from UK athletics etc. guess you could give it a try. I wouldn't run my...
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    People's reactions when you run

    I wasn't running barefoot but when I was out for a run last night there was a kid coming the other way riding a BMX. He was sort of smirking and trying to stare me out as he rode past, until he clipped a light pole and had a spectacular crash. :) He wasn't hurt, much. :)
  16. Vampire

    Anyone else use Fitbit?

    I think there was a feature on these this morning on BBC Breakfast News, they mentioned they had a feature coming up but I missed it as I had to go to work. Might be worth checking on BBC iPlayer to see if its there.
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    Plantar Faciitis

    Well, I'm planning an experiment in that area. My girlfriend was born with cerebral palsy so has a weaker left side, her left leg and arm are smaller and weaker than the right. If I can talk her into it, I want to see if it can help her build strength/size on that side when she lacks the nerve...
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    Plantar Faciitis

    Well the Compex is mostly an EMS machine, but the model I bought has a TENS program built in. I'll be honest in that part of my reason for buying it was that Compex machines are used by Kilian Jornet, Anna Frost etc in running, and Mark Cavendish and many Tour de France cyclists (though I'm...
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    Plantar Faciitis

    Bit of an update. So I was taking Naproxen twice daily for two weeks on the advice of the doctor, this started to reduce the pain I was feeling, but around the same time I bought a night splint which I started using. After a few days (nights) of using the night splint the pain had lessened a...
  20. Vampire

    New here and new to this..

    Great blog, and you're in great shape! How is that possible with a Pizza company as a sponsor?! :p Welcome to the forum. :)
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