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@tokesurf76 @UKMTB_Chat @Absolutemtb1 Cyclopaedia’ on Crwys Road, Cardiff

Evening 'ol...@Absolutemtb1 @UKMTB_Chat Recommendations please for front suspension service and Travel change in South Wales/M4 corridor...🤔

@100Climbs How the hell has that lasted until March!!! Did you cook 4 cakes? Mine doesn’t last past 2nd Jan if lucky! It’s my favourite thing

Last of this year’s Christmas cake signals the end of winter.

@DSS123 @EMA_Airport Agree but £5 seems cheap! I once drove into the wrong carpark at Luton and had to pay £10 just to get out!!!

Is there any more blatant of a rip off than having to pay £5 simply to drop somebody off from a car at @EMA_Airport ? Something that can be completed within about 30 seconds of entering the drop off zone. £5 is outrageous

@bbculp @RodMurrow @RunnerBliss Oh interesting!

@Munqechick @RodMurrow @RunnerBliss I believe so

Wish I could go back and tell my 20-year-old self—who was running in Newtons—that everything will be OK and these shoe designers will figure it out.

@bbculp Newtons for Ironman Wales!

@RodMurrow @bbculp @RunnerBliss I loved my Newtons only pair of shoes to never give blisters or foot issues! Are they still made?

@bbculp @RunnerBliss I think you’re the first person I’ve ever seen who actually ran (or at least admits to running) in Newtons. The most bizarre concept in shoe design I’ve ever seen.

@chesterbells1 @Lawton_Times @cleans_letsrun They are but all of this is a lot more relative AND recent!

@Munqechick @Lawton_Times @cleans_letsrun As are many other riders. It reads like pure clickbait headline writing to me anyway.

Mystery of Armstrong drug-runner, Pogacar’s team-mate Soler … and his dad thetimes.com/article/799c0d…

@liltriprincess @thebricksession @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI Everyone has access to eating healthily and making good life style choices.

@thebricksession @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI That’s a superficial comment to a very complex problem. Start with food industry, then the big socio economics. Not everyone has the same access to positive choices.

GLP-1 meds (Ozempic, Wegovy, etc.) are transforming weight management and health, but what’s happening under the hood according to real-world wearable data? A fascinating analysis by Rocio at @TerraAPI Research looked at 538 users tracking daily steps, heart rate, and HRV around their GLP-1 doses: • Activity drops noticeably, fewer steps on dosing days, with the effect persisting up to 7+ days (and sometimes longer). Effect sizes grow over time windows. • Resting heart rate rises slightly but consistently, peaking 2–7 days post-dose. • HRV drops (a marker of autonomic recovery/stress resilience) and stays suppressed for weeks. These are within-person trends, each user compared to their own baseline, so not just noise. Likely tied to side effects like fatigue, reduced appetite, or autonomic shifts, though causality isn’t proven. If you’re on a GLP-1 and your wearable shows lower steps or weirder HR/HRV patterns around injection days… you’re not alone. The big takeaway? These drugs deliver powerful benefits, but tracking wearables helps spot the full picture, including trade-offs we don’t always hear about. Time to consider prescribing them with an exercise routine? Very interested to hear if anyone had noticed these kinds of changes? Drop your experience below. Curious to read more? Check the full Terra Research post in the comments below. #GLP1 #Ozempic #Wegovy #Wearables #HealthTech #WeightLoss #DataDrivenHealth

@thebricksession @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI Everyone wants to “buy” fitness and quickly. So let’s spend £££££ on an Oura ring or a whoop. Why? I don’t need some wearable to tell me I had a bad nights sleep and rest more. Consistency is key as you know so stop relying on data too much. Move and listen to your body more

@AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI The popularity of drugs like Ozempic highlights how deeply we want quick fixes. Obesity isn’t fundamentally a pharmaceutical problem it’s a lifestyle problem. A drug that suppresses appetite doesn’t build healthier habits.

@chesterbells1 @Lawton_Times @cleans_letsrun Because they’re in the same team working under a renowned ex doper.

@Lawton_Times @cleans_letsrun Not sure of the relevance of Pog at this point, but let’s throw his name in the headline before Soler anyway, just so he’s there alongside Armstrong to insinuate.

@DM_No5 @UKRunChat Just keep following the plan. It’s normally to feel sick of it and constant fatigue right now but they payback will be worth it when you’re running towards Big Ben and everyone else is walking 💪

@UKRunChat I’m running London this year, my first marathon. I’ve been following my training plan but with about 6 weeks to go I’m having my doubts whether I’ll be able to do it or not. Is this normal for first timers?

@Cyclingbottle Too true! Bakker should be DQ

🇫🇷 Amandine Fouquenet on her race (on Manon Bakker) I really felt it was disrespectful to push and pull so hard and then make me crash. I understand you have to earn your spot and command respect, but not to the point of pushing your opponents so hard. #Hulst2026

@Cyclingbottle @crothjackson Both of them known to be dirty riders that wasn’t their first rodeo either!!

@crothjackson As I argued before, you can be aggressive even when you keep your hands off. Riders have been DSQ'ed already for deviating, elbowing, shouldering or other dangerous/aggressive behaviour. If Fouquenet would have been injured after Bakker's manoeuvre, you would find that ok?

Ok, Marion Norbert Riberolle gets disqualified, but this behaviour is acceptable? This could have ended up very badly. But Manon Bakker can just race on like nothing happened. Special UCI juries... #cycling #Hulst2026

@crothjackson @Cyclingbottle No it didn’t as she was using her bike instead of”pretending” it was a racing incident knowing she would likely get away with it. It’s straight where she has no requirement to take that like other than to shoulder barge Fouquiene out the way!!

@Cyclingbottle again, false equivalency. neither involved putting hands on another rider (unless I missed something in that race)

@BelleBleubelle @richaontweet @marksandspencer I mean it’s not that shitty! Just read your receipt or ask. It’s why so many companies go out of business because of stupid returns policy take some responsibility as the purchaser

@richaontweet @marksandspencer Imagine a company like M&S having a shittier return policy than Sports Direct, unbelievable!

Unacceptable standards from @marksandspencer Wanted to return some items but they won’t take it as it’s past 14 days. But hey M&S you forgot to mention different return policy for sale items neither while ordering nor on the receipt. Even the link for “return policy” did not work

@hubermanlab @stevemagness Even run every day is dumb!

Most of the “no days off” guys are runners or hybrid. The guys into muscle building rarely train more than 3-4 days a week because those rest days are when hypertrophy occurs. I get heaps of outreach from runners about TRT, peptides. Very large scale PED use (outside of competitive bodybuilding) in track, tennis, golf and basketball. Not all of it banned either. Some leagues allow for 200 mg per week of T. That’s a LOT!

Reality: Many of the jacked health influencers telling you to always grind, no days off, always go hard... are on steroids. It's easy to ignore recovery and "grind" when supplemental testosterone is doing the work.

@stevemagness Surely run and recovery are oxymorons?? Do something else for recovery swim or cycle.

How slow should you go on your recovery runs? Here's a tip from coach Mihali Igloi: "Run so slowly that the pace almost hurts. Fatigue should not be produced, it should be resolved."

@Cyclingbottle I’m guessing focusing on world tour races now they’ve been snaffled onto the road. Sad times!

Any people who know where Cat Ferguson & Imogen Wolff are? Last season they had a nice cyclocross schedule with good results. This Winter there seems to be no news at all 🧐 #cycling

Christmas tree down already. Not into this 12 days of Christmas shite. Get it down and move on. Who wants a manky old tree and decorations up in early January? Plus don’t have time to take it down in January as I will be #reborn like Jesus himself

@bbculp @danielcberk Piece of cake without a coach if you do some reading and commit to training. I did one off Fink book and completed Ironman Wales one of the hardest in the world 💪

@danielcberk Piece of cake with right coach.

How hard is it to complete a full Iron Man? Thinking of doing one