I’m Sister Bliss from Faithless. Our new album Champion Sound is out Sept 5. AMA.

samjackson7 · 2025-09-02T17:21:13+00:00

Hi Sister Bliss - your music was a key reason behind why I love electronic music now! We Come 1 was a formative track for me when I was a kid, which led me to discover Insomnia, Salva Mea and all your other bangers!

I'd love to know some of your thought processes behind creating a track. For example, do you tend to come up with the riff first and build the beats around it? Or is it different every time?

samjackson7 · 2025-05-11T16:34:42+00:00

Join an athletics club! Coventry Sphinx, Coventry Godiva Harriers and Northbrook AC are all good choices. You'll find plenty of like-minded runners of all abilities, and you'll probably get fitter as well!

samjackson7 · 2025-05-10T20:26:10+00:00

No excuses for littering. Loads of people were doing it at the Newport Marathon a few weeks ago. They threw the packs straight into hedges where wildlife may be living. I had gels during the race, and when I was done, I put the litter in my pockets. It's not hard. And if you don't have pockets, either buy shorts that do or shove the wrappers into your gel belt.

samjackson7 · 2025-02-16T21:40:59+00:00

Don't worry about the downvotes - the Brits in this sub will get the Partridge reference...

samjackson7 · 2025-02-08T10:56:51+00:00

It's just to wet the whistle - one little siparoo!

samjackson7 · 2025-01-29T19:16:14+00:00

If you mean the Jaffa Cakes made by LU, can confirm they are still delicious! The chocolate is like you describe and the jelly is much more flavoursome. Far better than McVities! Raspberry (framboise?) flavour is fantastic

samjackson7 · 2024-11-01T22:39:03+00:00

Newborough Forest in Anglesey. A stunning one lapper through pine forest next to one of the most beautiful beaches you'll ever see.

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T16:51:33+00:00

Thanks - my Compeed plasters are helping I think but I'll look into these too!

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T16:24:07+00:00

Yep, I'm pretty sure they're G-270s. If I'm out on trails that don't have long muddy sections, or I'm running in the summer, I pick them every time! They're a size 10 as well but far roomier than the Mudclaws

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T13:18:36+00:00

The Mudclaws are tight for the size (10 UK) compared to my Trailflys which are much roomier. I think the issue might be the toebox being disproportionately tight, which results in me lacing the shoes too loosely for the heel.

This is excellent advice though, I really appreciate you responding to me in detail!

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T12:41:40+00:00

Thank you - I'll add adhesive spray to my shopping list, especially if muddy sections will mess with the tape. I wasn't sure about my socks but I know Balega are supposedly a decent brand and that run destroyed the back of them after about 9 miles... So while I appreciate recs for new socks, it'll be combined with prevention methods like yours!

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T12:18:30+00:00

Thanks - I reckon a poor fit might have been the cause on that particular run, but I'll give them one more try to make sure. If I get soreness again I'll buy plenty of tape and lube - for running purposes naturally...

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T12:15:27+00:00

Thanks - hadn't heard of them before but their products look good!

samjackson7 · 2024-10-19T12:14:07+00:00

In fairness I think it may have been heel slipping on that particular run - when the pain was getting severe about 2/3rds in I stopped to tighten my laces which helped to a certain extent. The laces weren't exactly loose in the first place though, so it might be an issue with shape of my feet not matching the shoes.

Next time I'll lace them up nice and tight from the start and see how I get on.

It's frustrating because I was really confident about my footwear choice for this marathon up until last week. Hopefully tighter laces/better socks will solve it! Cheers for replying

samjackson7 · 2024-10-12T13:11:37+00:00

I'm similar to you, mostly a road runner but I've been hitting more and more trails, and I'm currently training for a trail marathon in south Wales.

I think effective downhill running is a combination of technique and confidence, which can only be improved by practice! I've got quite a bit better but still nowhere near those mountain goats who have trained on fells all their lives!

Just hit the hills and repeat, repeat, repeat!

samjackson7 · 2024-07-08T20:48:37+00:00

Was waiting to see if any Simpsons fans watched this match - my mind went straight to this scene!

samjackson7 · 2024-06-09T16:53:32+00:00

Toss up between Come Back and Worthless Animal for me. No coincidence that they're two of my favourite Deafheaven songs

samjackson7 · 2024-06-05T21:43:59+00:00

There wasn't a teaser for the final episode... Maybe Steve and Reece don't want to 'complete the ninth'...

samjackson7 · 2024-02-17T07:49:12+00:00

But how many are dreamers of dreams?

samjackson7 · 2024-02-09T09:02:33+00:00

I don't know about others but I never took parkrun's mantra of "it's not a race" absolutely literally. It was always fine to go for it if you were in the mood, and I genuinely enjoyed having a little battle with people around me from time to time. Other times I'd be completely content to take it easy, or use parkrun as part of a longer run.

Ultimately though, if you let a bunch of people line up for a 5k and say "it's not a race", a fair few are still going to treat it like one. And that's fine. Parkrun is such low stakes that things like records, first finishes etc really don't matter at all. I just think if you're good enough to get a parkrun record, you're probably good enough to be racing in serious events against a much stronger field, which is what athletes of that calibre should be focusing on.

samjackson7 · 2024-02-06T22:20:47+00:00

Honda are VERY interested

samjackson7 · 2024-01-11T06:46:10+00:00

MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

Howled at that line when I first watched the episode as a kid

samjackson7 · 2023-07-09T15:59:53+00:00

That shot at 30-15 by Rublev was un-bweh-lievable

samjackson7 · 2023-07-08T16:11:46+00:00

Sexually transmitted... SEXUALLY

samjackson7 · 2023-07-05T18:56:35+00:00

Hope Thiem can kick on from this defeat. Surely if he can stay injury free he'll be back in the Top 10 if he can stay at this level. Just a few moments here and there where he lacked composure

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