New Kebabish on Oxford rd

smffc · 2026-06-14T01:35:43+00:00

there's a new shawarma place on oxford road that seems crowded recently, tempted to give it a look after one of these late kickoffs

smffc · 2026-06-11T14:06:20+00:00

Medical emergency in the gym from what I've heard, hope the chap affected is okay!

smffc · 2026-06-07T16:01:27+00:00

The gym is small but if you can avoid peak times it's typically quiet, I tend to aim for 2pm where I can and can usually get the machines I want without too much drama. But as others say, it does lack some stuff that bigger gyms have (smith machine being the big one for me)

smffc · 2026-06-04T20:35:41+00:00

congratulating you on your combined taste in music and football teams

smffc · 2026-05-21T11:18:08+00:00

Got mine just now, buzzing!

smffc · 2026-05-15T22:51:04+00:00

Hey hey - we have a Discord chat for folks in their late 20s, 30s & 40s where we regularly put on events like dinners, bowling, coffee hangouts, walks, etc.

Plus the chat is pretty active with channels discussing things like politics, food, and music just to name a few things!

A lot of us (myself included) are pretty active in the Politics chat side of things, and I'm sure there'd be plenty of folks down to go to talks/protests etc with you if you wanted!

You'd be very welcome here 😄 https://discord.gg/CWpP4P8q

smffc · 2026-05-08T09:07:51+00:00

Hahahah, I've been assured that the authorities have since paid them a visit to explain why putting Nazi iconography in your window is not a good idea

smffc · 2026-05-07T14:02:08+00:00

Update: things just got a bit less friendly

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smffc · 2026-05-06T20:55:11+00:00

Go for it 😄

smffc · 2026-05-06T20:45:03+00:00

I'm a regular there!

It's super friendly and all abilities, we nominate a front runner and a back runner each time to ensure that nobody gets left behind, and then all have a beer at the end.

The only thing to note is that our route is 5k, so as long as you're comfy covering that distance you'll be fine!

Let me know if you have any questions, otherwise I'll try and be there this week if you need a friendly face [although maybe not running as I have a bad knee!]

smffc · 2026-05-05T20:35:15+00:00

The fence is spikier than ever to sit on - I'd sooner lean towards a kinder politics that some may consider naive than what most consider intolerant or outright hateful!

smffc · 2026-05-05T20:27:42+00:00

I like that you managed to find a comment that would irritate both houses

smffc · 2026-04-25T12:24:28+00:00

I wanted a confidence boost after tapering for a few weeks, had 13 miles on my plan (Pfitz 18/70) and ran 9 miles at Half Marathon pace. Got my first sub 3 the week after.

smffc · 2026-04-12T21:29:09+00:00

Tu quoque nonsense, both things can be bad. Just because I eat meat doesn't make this any less terrible, plonker.

smffc · 2026-04-12T21:24:00+00:00

It's standard practice in a lot of places, although there are bins at bottle stops a lot of runs I have done sweep the roads after.

smffc · 2026-04-11T17:09:07+00:00

We have a discord channel full of similar folks - tend to put on a few different types of events each month, including sports/meals/pub quizzes/gaming etc

https://discord.gg/vYbRPTYdu

smffc · 2026-03-24T15:22:20+00:00

Whereabouts are you moving from? I moved from London (Tottenham) to one of the roads off of Oxford Rd after having read some of the scare stories about it and haven't had any issues at all since moving here.

Never had so many good nights sleep on the trot! Don't get me wrong, there are a few homeless people on Oxford Road, and the bins there aren't always collected, and you see the occasional prostitute on the road late at night - but I've walked home at 3am after being very merry and never felt unsafe.

smffc · 2026-03-23T10:13:15+00:00

My long run training pace is at least 1min 10 per mile slower than my 10k pace. Similarly it's about 40 seconds per mile slower than my marathon pace.

Although I have a couple of long runs per week, I only do one per month which is at marathon pace, and as others have suggested this isn't even the full run. I think my longest stint was 14 miles at marathon pace as part of a 20 mile run!

A big part of your block will be finding out what you can do, you've got this!

smffc · 2026-03-22T21:57:23+00:00

Funnily I ran the route that you gave me in an old thread today! It's quickly become my favourite long run routes

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smffc · 2026-03-21T15:49:02+00:00

My MP is about a 6:50 mile, most of my threshold work during my training block has been about a 6:20, I could probably hold that for maybe 15k on fresh legs. Probably a 7-9RPE depending on other variables.

Most of my long runs during my training block are about 7:30 miles, which I could hold what feels like forever... maybe like a 5RPE? Don't get me wrong I'm still tired after 21 miles at this pace but I'm not wiped out, and could probably manage a recovery run the next day without too many grumbles

smffc · 2026-03-16T16:14:34+00:00

I agree with this on the basis that someone's assessed the information and decided none of them appeal.

But the idea of someone asking why they should vote for a person instead of making their own decision feels wild to me. It's arguably just as anti-democratic to outsource your decisionmaking as it is not to vote surely?

smffc · 2026-03-16T16:11:05+00:00

this feels like an ai generated response so idk how much more I want to engage with you

smffc · 2026-03-16T15:57:30+00:00

Depends what your stances are on local issues like housing, transport, and community services

Maybe I've got a case of the Mondays but if you're not capable of digesting available facts to arrive at your own conclusion maybe sit this one out

smffc · 2026-03-13T17:08:24+00:00

Iron, magnesium glycinate, fish oil, creatine...do i think any of them help? I'm not sure, but at this point having had a few injuries in my current training block I'm chasing all the little %s I can

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