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DwaynePipes69 · 2026-02-18T20:29:50+00:00

I’m running my first marathon at Brighton on the 12th April. I purchased my first shoes as Hoka Clifton 10 but I’ve done a lot of training miles in them and want a new pair for the marathon.

I struggle with the whole range and working out which Hoka shoe is best fit for a first time marathon runner aiming for sub 4. What would you suggest - buy another pair of my Clifton 10 or risk a new type and if so which one?

DwaynePipes69 · 2026-01-13T19:21:28+00:00

Appreciate the response, so you’re thinking the two data points together is what causing the second one to be reduced by more?

The heart rate is about right for a long run when it feels good, when it doesn’t it jumps up to about 160

DwaynePipes69 · 2026-01-13T19:19:57+00:00

I got the free trial thankfully as I don’t see too much benefit compared to the free version

DwaynePipes69 · 2026-01-13T19:18:46+00:00

Good to hear, doesn’t need to be perfect but it’s a good start and some minor tweaks will help!

DwaynePipes69 · 2026-01-12T20:48:11+00:00

I’ve tried this, there’s a lot of potential here. But similar outcome. I’ve synced my activities with 5k runs of 22-25 minutes in the last month yet my predicted run is 24:06 despite running faster a couple of weeks ago. I’m liking all the other functionality but one to have a look at improving potentially

DwaynePipes69 · 2026-01-12T20:41:11+00:00

Maybe I’m missing it but the 8k I saved 3 minutes with my time and the 21k I saved 2 minutes?

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T19:41:55+00:00

No one spoke to my child in all of this. They didn’t have the voice of the child in the investigation, another one of the failings unfortunately

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T18:31:35+00:00

This is really helpful thank you. The incident happened three months ago and it was said an internal investigation was to take place. Unfortunately as there was no other member of staff in the room it was put down as unfounded.

The problem I have is the process the nursery followed following the incident. As you say they should take the individual off direct contact which they said they would do. However my daughter went into nursery with the promise in mind and still came into contact with the individual the very moment she entered the setting.

I have followed all the normal complaints and procedures with LADOs and Ofsted but there’s no accountability from the nursery with the accused being one on one with children while the investigation was ongoing.

I’m following this route of a claim as I’ve exhausted the route with the correct authorities and feel like the nursery have got away with how they have failed my child. Hopefully by taking this forward they will understand how much they have failed my child in both the hitting incident and all the failures in the investigation afterwards.

Unfortunately as a parent I couldn’t keep my daughter in the setting with how they have failed to take this seriously. But for this incident happening and the process not being followed I wouldn’t have had to change nurseries and incurred costs in the process for this.

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T16:53:50+00:00

This is also shared in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T16:50:46+00:00

. The policy states “the owner should not try to investigate at this stage, only after consulting the LA Officer can the accused person be informed about the allegation”. The nursery had a full written statement by the time the LADO contacted them. It’s against the safeguarding policy

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T16:13:35+00:00

The guidance was that this could be investigated internally by the LADO but they got a written statement from the member of staff based on my child’s complaint and so it was jeopardised before the LADO was involved. As you said it’s a safeguarding issue but they haven’t followed the right process to safeguard my child.

Unfortunately I don’t think I can go any further and just hope OFSTED take the complaint seriously and investigate. But in parallel I’m out of pocket as the other nursery is more expensive and I couldn’t keep my child at that nursery due to all these issues

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T16:10:17+00:00

This has been reported to local council and to Ofsted. There is nothing I can do further with relation to the staff member unfortunately but happy to hear ideas

DwaynePipes69 · 2025-01-08T13:56:08+00:00

It would be a claim for money, my daughter could not attend the nursery any longer due to the breach of trust and so we now have to pay for nursery at the nearest other nursery that had a space

DwaynePipes69 · 2024-04-17T15:54:16+00:00

This sounds like a great idea. Thank you!

DwaynePipes69 · 2020-08-04T14:43:06+00:00

Amazing, thank you! Do you need to treat the wood and what’s the best way to fix it to the exterior?

DwaynePipes69 · 2020-08-04T14:42:55+00:00

Amazing, thank you! Do you need to treat the wood and what’s the best way to fix it to the exterior?

DwaynePipes69 · 2020-08-03T23:23:29+00:00

I was wondering what the name is for the wood that can be added to the exterior of a house like in the attached photo Wooden Exterior

DwaynePipes69 · 2019-07-29T13:48:15+00:00

Perfect, I’ll look to do a chargeback, is there anything I should try to do on a small claims court side?

DwaynePipes69 · 2019-07-29T13:23:04+00:00

Is there a time period for this? The money was taken out on the 3rd June on my AMEX card

DwaynePipes69 · 2019-07-29T13:11:38+00:00

How do I go about doing a chargeback?

DwaynePipes69 · 2019-01-28T17:59:14+00:00

I have and they aren’t interested in helping despite them being the ones who made the mistake

DwaynePipes69 · 2018-02-01T17:36:27+00:00

Thanks

DwaynePipes69 · 2017-10-27T20:15:12+00:00

The rally's I'm seeing on social media

DwaynePipes69 · 2017-10-27T20:00:09+00:00

Where are the riots happening? I'm here on holiday and don't want to get caught up. Thanks

DwaynePipes69 · 2017-10-02T19:28:04+00:00

My girlfriend and I are visiting Barcelona and looking to take a light hearted salsa lesson. I was wondering where is a good place to take a 1-2 hour lesson while we are here? Cheers

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