Hopefully people like seeing and hearing who is up to what. This weekend may be the new record for number of combatants ( 21) out daein stuff. We have: GTC Bishpbriggs Tri - Finlay, Catriona, David and Vicky with Sean as RD and Alan as MC for the day Etape Loch Ness - Sean, Mark B, Zoe, Beppo, Fiona G, Felix, Gerard and Darren Dirty reiver - Chris, Jo and Julian with Stevo and Dunc from LTC Kinross Sportive - Alan K, Mark C and Paul Davies 10 under the Ben - Dieter and Coops ( may not start but going up anyway) Hidden Glen 10k - Jill Holyrood 10k - Craig T Hope the sun shines for us all - lets be having it.

Hi all, I’ve been trying to figure out some good snacks to have whilst out training or for race day, to supplement gels. I’ve tried out rice krispie bars, rice cakes, Stryker rice bar, Waf-fuls, and god knows what else. They all have drawbacks for me ao looking for advice from the athletes in here 🙂 Currently trying some banana lunchbox loaves, which are really easy to eat, have 19g carbs but I’m a bit worried about fibre. Any recommendations?

I’ve been using PF90 gels successfully for the past few months and have managed to reverse engineer their formula (not difficult) into a home made equivalent that costs pennies to make and works just as well. Can share if anyone wants it.

Dog walk musings. Today there are a plethora of races and formats to play with. Back in the early 90s there were much fewer opportunities to have organised fun. The race brochure for the first M dot race in the UK profiled all 5 IM races on the go. Yes 5. No Challenge, No PT100..no social media nada. So what's your favourite race format?

We have been conducting tests on athletes in the last month - both remote and in person using lactate. The results have been very informative and allow us to guide training with more detail in the science. Historically this was super expensive and lab based. Now we can get the insights relatively easily. Dorian works with Norwegian coach Arild Tveiten and Corey fed in some info from Jumbo Visma so combining this insight will give us a little edge. If you are interested, I have attached Dorians test details