Hi,
I’m currently finishing up the collections as that is the only thing that I require for the platinum now. Unfortunately I seem to have come across an issue.
I have opened a collection chest but have not received anything from it. My conjurations have not increased to show I received anything, the logo remains on the minimap and my main map still shows a chest missing even though I’ve clearly opened it.
Has anyone else had this issue? Has anyone sorted a fix? I’m worried this is going to ruin any chance of the platinum.
Thanks!

Last month, last year, last whatever… it just felt like this idea of yours, though grand and ambitious, was going to be a cakewalk. You had a solid roadmap to follow; a clear set of steps to go through. Success was just a matter of time plus a little sustained effort.
And yet, somewhere along the way, everything changed. Things began to sour. Your excitement waned. Your motivation levels tanked to zero, and with it, your self-discipline.
Maybe you produced something that just wasn’t up to par—you simply know what “excellent” looks like and what you made just wasn’t “it”. Not even close.
Maybe you hit a step in the roadmap that was confusing, impossible or had missing parts.
Maybe you tried something. Maybe you thought it would work—you knew it would work—but then it failed.
Maybe everything went south. And now you're here, teetering on the edge, wondering if you should just be honest with yourself and call the whole thing an abysmal failure.
Maybe it’s time to quit.
...
I’ve been there. Many times. And not in my distant past, but like, last week.
This time around, it was the “I tried something… and it failed” punch to the gut. This little event once again brought me to that edge, to the precipice. It had me thinking.
Is it time? Did I finally collect enough evidence to know this thing wasn't going to work?
It's so easy for us, you and I, to go down a rabbit hole of ruminations. It starts with a bit of self-doubt—a normal and natural occurrence for anyone pursuing an ambitious project—but this serves as the nucleating particle that festers and grows into a storm-cloud of imposter syndrome, self-reprimand, and needlessly harsh self-criticism.
All of that is dark and painful. And what do we do when we feel something dark and painful? We seek an escape. We seek the relief of our vices. Which works fine, until it doesn’t. Until it makes everything 1000x worse. Until our momentum gets obliterated and we find ourselves unable to get back to doing the little things we know we need to be doing.
Until we begin toying with the idea of giving up.
...
But, well, I got lucky that day. I left the house to visit a relative living in an old-folks home and they happened to be playing the movie "The Martian" on the communal TV. I managed to catch the last scene—the one where Mark Watney, Matt Damon’s character, gives a little speech to his new class at NASA. He goes:

At some point, everything's gonna go south on you... everything's going to go south, and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin.
You do the math. You solve one problem... and you solve the next one... and then the next. And if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.

It hit me in that moment that I too just needed to do the math. My failure wasn’t a failure. It was a data point. An empirically derived piece of information about what doesn’t work.
Cool.
Now, I just needed to examine it and extract the lesson. I needed to find my mistake, my erroneous assumption, and do something different. It was a problem that I needed to solve and I had endless resources in front of me that could help with that.
The next morning, after my coffee and some calming breath work, I took Watney's advice and I got to work. I did the math. I eventually found a workable solution. I then I tried it and it worked.
…
I want to remind you that what you're trying to do is hard. It's really freaking hard.
We’re all told that with the advent of the "creator economy" the barriers to entry towards our dream life has been eviscerated. We no longer have to be privileged, connected, assertive, or whatever else to “make it”.
Every platform, from YouTube and TikTok, to the latest drag-and-drop app builder, is beckoning you to "do you": to be authentic and create and build and share exactly what you were born to create, build, and share. They insist that all you need is an idea and a decent internet connection.
But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. “Abundantly possible” does not equate to “easy and inevitable”.
And I’m not even talking about besting all competition, which of course can’t be ignored. It doesn’t even get to that. It’s the self-doubt and self-criticism that sabotages your efforts. It’s the little failures that sting—as they should—but that, untreated, lead to long festering infections and your eventual demise.
Combine this with the fact that our vices are ubiquitous and ever-flowing; the odds of any of us following through with our ambitions are ridiculously low.
So I urge you not to give up. I urge you—now in this low moment of your story where everything has "gone south" and it feels like there's just no way out—I urge you to acknowledge and accept that what you're doing is super hard, and all you can do is, well, "do the math".
Take a breath. Process where you’re at and how far you've come. Then let all the emotions run their course and fade. Allow the time it takes to create the mental calm and level-headedness needed to arrive at rational and strategic solutions to the problems you face.
Every problem has a solution. Every environment has the tools and resources you need. MacGyver knew this in the late 80s. Mark Watney in the 2010s. Now it's your turn to realize this. It’s your turn to get a little clever; to be "utterly screwed" for a minute before figuring a way out.
It’s your turn to do the math and just begin.
- Simon ㋛
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If this all resonated and you’re looking for more of a method to follow—one that goes beyond the trite "just get off your ass and do it" line of advice —then check out the Habit Reframe Method (free PDF, link here). It's geared towards helping you overcome bad tech-habits and issues of non-existent motivation.

I feel bad for the dude in this picture.
Imagine you're in target with your family buying a doll for your daughter and you smell something funky. You're not sure where it's coming from, but then you hear someone breathing very loudly from their mouth.
You look behind you, and see a fat sweaty smelly 20 something year old sporting an unshaved neckbeard, wearing a fedora and a silk screen shirt. He's holding a smart phone covered in Rick And Morty stickers, you realise that he just took a photo of you and your family. he opens his mouth to reveal foul yellow teeth and he bellows out the words "HA FACEPALM MOMENT!!!!"

Hi friends!
I'm currently working on software development that involves an ICP sensor, but I'm facing a challenge when it comes to simulating the sensor data. I have the sensor's IP address, and I want to create a simulation where it appears that the data is being sent from the sensor itself. However, I'm unsure how to achieve this.
If you have any ideas, techniques, or examples of how I can simulate the data transmission to make it appear as if it's coming from the sensor on the given IP address, it would really help me ! My main objective is to create a simulated environment that closely resembles the behavior of the sensor and the machine in terms of data transmission.
The sensor I have is an ICP ET-7000
Thanks all !

Salam. Hope you all are well. I will be travelling to islamabad inshaAllah, so I was thinking to experience travelling through bus service instead of taking a flight. I've heard good things about the quality and comfort.
I have 3 questions:

1. I know a bus adda near mazar e quaid, is that the main primary adda or are there any other points you would suggest?
   
2. Which bus service would you recommend. (Pls suggest from your own personal experience only)?
   
3. Should I book a seat online on bookings.com or satsaticket, or is it preferable to go manually and pay in cash?
   

JazakAllahu khairan for your time and advice.

Discalimer- This is a repost with changes + doing it on a seperate account.
My parent(s) thinks it's transient or smth and my (mom) doesn't really believe the diagnosis, probbaly. Below is the reason why I think it's prolly true the rest is just what issues I faced since I was a kid. Can anyone tell what dyslexia really is? Hell even I'm skeptical of whether I have dyslexia sometimes.
Because the day I took the test I was quite nervous + had a stressful day and made way more mispronunciations than usual (I don't think I noticed any misreads/mispronunciations until recently). Below are the issues I faced previously.
I had issues with reading as a child, to be more specific reading comprehension.. I had a speech delay + had to go to spech therpay, struggle with spelling a lot, struggled with mathematics (eg- word problems, switching up '+' and 'x' etc), memorising information, had poor writing/handwriting, poor pencil grip, excellent memory for hands-on stuff rather than textbook material,My oral is generally better than written, and so on. The only thing I can guarantee is that after second grade, my performance in virtually everything was quite inconsistent. I still struggle with speech.
English is not my second language by the way. So maybe that changes things.
I honestly don't know whether this is a mild case being aggrevated or something else. The test I took, I scored very high in some areas (eg-problem solving) but very low in others (eg-literacy). I was also quite shocked to know that I had issues with reading back when I was younger. My mom mainly thinks I don't actually have it. They said I was smart so I was smart enough to go unnoticed.
I still struggle with the same stuff I had as a kid.
Does any of this sound like dyslexia? More importantly, what really is it?

Hey Dr. Jordan.
First of all, the name Jordan is a beautiful name i think. I'm a 34 years old male from Israel. Call me mohe. I work hard each day of my life, married with 2 astonishing boy and girl. My wife is pretty and kind to me. I work as a police investigation officer here in the capital. I'm writing you for 3 reasons: First of all, to say Thank you for being you, for helping me through tough times in the past and in what i'm enduring now and in present days... You have been the voice of reason, objectiveness, reapect while pushing science and facts forward. I like listening to you on Youtube and i got 2 of your book and read them immediately. I found the 12 rules for life simple but very correct and on point. I connected to almost evert sentence you said, it's like i knew what you about to say (also in audiobook) before you said it.
Secondly, i seek directions! My father whom has been ill for long long time, suffered a lot of pain, because several conditions one of them brain strocks and half paralyzed, DIED a month and half ago!!
I loved him, he was extremely kind to all even people who treated him disrespectfully. He always told me, before you judge, put your self in their shoes! He invested a lot in his home and family. And he died in a sunny normal day unexpectedly, between my arms while i tried to do my best to save him. I saw the last breath (here we call that the soul) leaving him! I took care of him for the best of my abilities in the past 3 years, showered him, changed his dippers and feed him and took him places and more, while my brothers did little for him which angers me. I remember, you said, one of the hardest things to achieve and a sign of strength is to be the strongest & the most reliable person in your father's funeral. I tried to live by those words each hour passed after his death and i think i did well, i'm the youngest of my brothers but they always referred to me in any matters to solve them. But...deep down it's hard for me! I miss him. Home is empty! He suffered alot! I told him only one thing over and over again while he slept on the cold floor without heartbeat with his blue eyes still open and looking at me - Forgive me! Forgive me for not doing more! I didn't expected this experience to have such a scar and impact on me. I'm a strong man overall i endure a lot of things, but this one feels different.
Above and to add furthermore...I don't feel fulfilled at my job and work. I hate what i do. I work far from my town, my bosses seem like they care about anything but me, even tho i give it all at work, i'm still unappreciated. And the things that i do and decisions that i take are not aligned with my values and principles. I attent my work with almost 0 motivation. But on the other hand all my friends and brother and a lot at my village work in such jobs and it's what the small community expect from me. I know that the devil that i don't know are not always bigger that the one that i already know, you said that a lot. But still i'm not sure. So quiting and starting over feels like a bad idea sometimes. I don't know what to do, i feel strangled and energy-empty, which surprise me, because i always been funny and good hearted and nice person. Both matters combined, work and family issues, are heavy on me. I don't know what to do regarding my father's death and my work. Thank god i have a supporting family so far.
And thirdly, when are you gonna come to Israel?! I would like to meet you and listen to your lectures in person. I think i watched almost all your videos on YouTube!!
Thanks again.

I was able to reach the glide armor set and upgrade it so that I'm impact proof. This is mostly a quality of life thing as before I got it I was relying on fairies. As part of getting it, I went into the depths and unlocked the central mining forge thingy so that I can buy large zonaite charges (very helpful for reaching sky islands on your chosen vehicle).
After I got the glide set and upgraded it I decided to reach and cleanse the deku tree. After that I got the master sword. I'm in the low 20s for shrines. There's been several that I couldn't do. Although I might find ways to do them later.
I've been able to get majora's mask although that's just mostly fighting lynels and reloading when the fights didn't go well. I also got the hylian shield (but that's easy, not having the glider didn't really change much).
I can't unlock any of the skyview towers. That's my main complaint with this challenge run.
My next objective is to get the barbarian armor. After that I'll probably split my time between more shrines and ganon attempts. I don't expect the temples to do be doable. So I probably can't get true ending, but who knows? I've already been able to accomplish more than I expected.

Is it standard for a BOGO to get a restock on sold out flavors before it ends? I was gonna get 4 tubs (2+2BOGO) and I was getting the PewDiePie + BOGO Blue Ice and The Juice + BOGO Cotton Candy and it seems like The Juice has sold out before the BOGO sale ended...
Is there any chance they'll restock The Juice before the end of the BOGO? If anyone at GFUEL is reading this, please restock The Juice, it's one of the main flavors I wanted to try and if there isn't a restock until the end of this sale I might just skip this BOGO and wait for the 4th of July one that might happen...

I've never had Burritos in southwest, but previous places I lived (Seattle/Boston) and on trips I've taken, I've never seen burrito places with anything similar to what these three chains sell.
Before 2012, I thought it ordained that restaurant burritos are filled mostly with rice, with some mandatory beans, a grudging portion of meat, salsa sourcream.
Good burritos from these places are 14 oz of seasoned meat, slurried into 1.5 oz of fat & grease, pico, guac. No rice/beans/sourcream. The grease at the end of the burrito pools impressively in the last saturated bit of stretchy bland flour tortilla. The tired onions from the guac linger on the breath like a night of illicit love on the conscience.
My enthusiasm is specifically for the carnitas burrito.
Of course some people think they are disgusting, kind of people who wear matching socks and drive in one lane. But for the cognoscenti no other style of burrito sates gluttony with similar authority.
Can you get similar burritos on West Coast? other places? is it something that evolved around here?
Lina's on 90th and Lina's on 13th (opened in April, 1/4 mile south of Zoo on the east side) are my favorites in Omaha, D'Leon's in Lincoln south of airport was my initiation and forever holy to me. The Abelardo's at 108th & Q in Omaha used to be great for blast of grease and onion warming a cold car at 7:30 AM.

A big problem I had with the game was that the exploration isn't rewarding to me, which makes me question why it needed to be open-world to begin with. The open-world really just takes more away from game than it adds to it in my opinion.
The side dungeons feel very same-y in their layout, enemies, aesthetics, and overall design with very few exceptions. The feeling of similarity is made exponentially worse by the near universally mediocre bosses you find in them, which is made EVEN WORSE by the fact that these already mediocre bosses are repeated constantly.
Most of the rewards you obtain from these dungeons aren't very useful either. They're mostly just spirit ashes, which are useless if you don't use them and still not that great even if you do, since spirit ashes are horribly balanced and ones like Tiche and Mimic Tear completely invalidate the existence of the rest.
My least favorite part of these side events by far though is how they make the main game less special. Why in the fuck is Godrick repeated in an evergaol? Why is Astel repeated in some random ass dungeon in the Consecrated Snowfield? Why is Mohg repeated in the sewers? These encounters are unbelievably stupid and make major bosses feel less special and unique. Imagine playing through Dark Souls 3 and encountering a one-to-one repeat of the Twin Princes in a shitty side dungeon, imagine how fucking stupid that would feel.
So what's the point of this side content? The dungeons aren't fun to explore, the bosses are garbage and repeated, the rewards are terrible, and they actively make the main game feel worse. It's all very quantity over quality to me, which is the exact opposite of what I come to From Software for.
I really hope their future titles aren't open-world, but given Elden Ring's commercial success, I unfortunately think I will continue to be disappointed.

Bug! I can't continue with the next series of Syndicate quests because I need to eliminate the enemies with a Kinetic Blade which no longer exists since epic decided to vault them. Can this be fixed because there's no way to complete this quest and no way for us to move forward without having this quest removed.

A big problem I had with the game was that the exploration isn't rewarding to me, which makes me question why it needed to be open-world to begin with. The open-world really just takes more away from game than it adds to it in my opinion.
The side dungeons feel very same-y in their layout, enemies, aesthetics, and overall design with very few exceptions. The feeling of similarity is made exponentially worse by the near universally mediocre bosses you find in them, which is made EVEN WORSE by the fact that these already mediocre bosses are repeated constantly.
Most of the rewards you obtain from these dungeons aren't very useful either. They're mostly just spirit ashes, which are useless if you don't use them and still not that great even if you do, since spirit ashes are horribly balanced and ones like Tiche and Mimic Tear completely invalidate the existence of the rest.
My least favorite part of these side events by far though is how they make the main game less special. Why in the fuck is Godrick repeated in an evergaol? Why is Astel repeated in some random ass dungeon in the Consecrated Snowfield? Why is Mohg repeated in the sewers? These encounters are unbelievably stupid and make major bosses feel less special and unique. Imagine playing through Dark Souls 3 and encountering a one-to-one repeat of the Twin Princes in a shitty side dungeon, imagine how fucking stupid that would feel.
So what's the point of this side content? The dungeons aren't fun to explore, the bosses are garbage and repeated, the rewards are terrible, and they actively make the main game feel worse. It's all very quantity over quality to me, which is the exact opposite of what I come to From Software for.
I really hope their future titles aren't open-world, but given Elden Ring's commercial success, I unfortunately think I will continue to be disappointed.

realised that there’s quite a few queries about the TSP programme and different routes one can take for teaching and hope I can answer some of these questions while I have the time to (I had the option to pursue masters upon completing my Bsc(Ed) in TSP and hence have time on my hands compared to my fellow batchmates who’re already out there in the teaching world :p)
in general, you can think of TSP as sort of a double degree programme. you take modules

• specific to your teaching subjects (2 for most, 3 for some), which you can think of it as uni level modules for the subject. my teaching subjects are math (main) and physics, thus I took modules like linear algebra for math and thermodynamics for physics. you’ll generally only do a few modules for second/third subj.
  
• related to education / teaching eg. educational psychology / teaching & managing learners. subject specific ones will help you be more familiar w the syllabus, teach you how to set qns too. in some modules you’ll meet nie students outside of tsp (diploma in ed for example)
  

opportunities unique to TSP - we have 4 teaching attachments as part of our programme

• teaching experience TE (2 weeks, summer break of Y1),
• teaching attachment TA OR international practicum TP (5 weeks, summer break of year 2)
• teaching practicum 1 TP1 (5 weeks, summer break of Y3)
• teaching practicum 2 TP2 (10 weeks, in year 4 sem 2)

expectations of you as a student teacher gradually increases. I personally think this is really helpful, but of course one’s experience varies depending on the school & mentor you get. all are pass/fail except for TP2 which you’ll get a grade (pass/merit/distinction)
IP - you get to experience what teaching is like in other countries - finland, japan, demark, china etc. quite a few options! sadly I can’t share much as covid robbed me of this opportunity:( i probably still can answer questions about this though:) I had the opportunity to visit switz on a study trip as we moved out of covid in 2022 in replacement.
you get to go on the usual exchange program too, in year 3 sem 1 (not as flexible as other courses where one can choose to go in y2s2 or y3s1 due to NIE curriculum)
other adhoc overseas opportunities: SALT - basically like OVIA. sign up basis (some might require interview). a week long. open to diploma & pgde student teachers too theres nalanda and sikkim trips by the NIE service learning clubs too, usually in dec.
common qns: watered down content for academic subject modules? I would say yes to some extent, afterall, I think the emphasis is still on teaching, since most (I personally hope all) that enter TSP do so because of their passion to teach. loving a subject doesnt mean that one can teach the subject well. BUT if you’re genuinely passionate about the subject itself, I’d say there are plenty of opportunities to work with profs that will grant you opportunities to stretch your academic abilities too. they recognise strengths, and being teachers themselves, of course they’d want to push you. am pursing math masters in a uk uni that is fairly recognised for math, so I hope the “lack of depth” idea doesnt stop you from considering TSP.
as I mentioned in some of the comments in similar threads, I did enjoy my 4 years in NIE, being around fellow student teachers with the heart for students brought about many wholesome conversations. you’ll meet many profs who were teachers themselves and get to hear their stories too. most profs genuinely care about your learning and your future as a teacher. small class size is a massive perk too.
I genuinely think TSP would benefit those who are truly passionate and intend to join teaching. if you’re not sure // feel like you love the subject more than you love teaching, then it might better to get a degree elsewhere and consider the pgde route instead:) afterall, 4 years is indeed a long time and you’ll never know how uni would open your mind & stir up other passions within ya!
oh, feel free to ask about the scholarships / application / interviews too.

Hey i'm looking for some friends that I can chat with daily. My hobbies include reading, cinema, gaming(mainly ps4 and i have a lot of games so we can play something) and the gym. I mainly read and watch thriller, scifi and fantasy.
I'm not particularly bothered with timezones since I have a weird sleep schedule. I'm open to chat with anyone and I mainly use discord for talking so we can chat there or on reddit.

Hey fellow Summoners!
I wanted to discuss something that has been on my mind lately: the price of Wild Cores in Wild Rift. Do you feel like they are a bit too expensive for the amount we get? I remember a time when we could buy Wild Cores at a cheaper rate by switching regions. It was actually a great deal and the only time I decided to purchase in-game currency. However, things have changed. The price of Wild Cores has increased, and they have made it impossible to buy them cheaper in other regions. So now, the price has more than doubled compared to the best deal we had before. Personally, I haven't spent a single dollar since these changes.
Recently, with the introduction of hextech crafting, I used my last 150WC to open a chest, hoping to unlock something cool. But to my disappointment, all I got was a lackluster skin shard worth 5 Silver Dust and 8 Orange Stones. It felt like I was being robbed in broad daylight! The resources I received from the chest were so low that it's practically impossible to redeem anything meaningful. To get a skin, I would probably need to open at least 50 chests, which is a ridiculous amount of Wild Cores. Especially considering that, as a European player, 10000WC costs me around €115, which is almost $125. In contrast, the same amount used to cost around $50 in the Turkish region.
To put it simply, I used to spend a lot more on the game when the Wild Cores price was lower. But now, I can't even remember the last time I made a purchase. This leads me to believe that Wild Cores are currently overpriced. I wanted to hear your thoughts on this matter. Do you think the pricing needs adjustment too, or are you comfortable buying Wild Cores at the current price? Let's discuss!

Edinburgh Marathon

Race Information

• Name: Edinburgh Marathon
• Date: Sunday May 28, 2023
• Distance: 42.2km
• Location: Scotland
• Time: 03:43:12
• Gear: Altra Vanish Carbon
• StravaURL: https://www.strava.com/activities/9156827328

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
1	Sub 3:25	no
2	Sub 3:45	yes
3	Don’t Walk	no

Splits

Split	Time
1	04:22
2	04:25
3	04:20
4	04:34
5	04:35
6	04:24
7	04:41
8	04:31
9	04:41
10	04:35
11	04:42
12	04:39
13	04:44
14	04:41
15	04:46
16	04:43
17	04:49
18	04:50
19	04:49
20	04:53
21	04:56
22	04:54
23	04:58
24	05:03
25	05:11
26	05:12
27	05:18
28	05:19
29	05:17
30	05:24
31	05:24
32	05:42
33	05:56
34	05:57
35	06:51
36	07:22
37	07:03
38	06:34
39	06:30
40	07:32
41	05:38
42	05:49
43	02:36

Background

Just turned 50 this year (50M) and started running (again) in Oct’22 from a base of zero exercise for the past five years (excepting having 3 small boys (5,7,&9) and the hustle of daily life, family walks, family activities etc. In 2014 I did a couch25k and between 2014-2017 started to run commute into work averaging about 10km per week over this period - (2014 - 900km; 2015 - 500km; 2016 - 650km; 2017 (jan-aug) - 500km). This culminated in a half-marathon race (Rock n Roll Dublin) in 2017 for which I didn’t follow a training plan but did a few longer runs of 13k(ish) and finished in c. 1:48 (ran out of steam at c.19k and had to run/walk a couple of times to finish).
Before 2014 - there was no exercise/running/training/gym - I was relatively ‘active’ but no sports/activities to note.
In October last year (‘22), I decided to go for a run to see how it felt and surprised myself by running 7km @ 6:10/km pace. I enjoyed it, and decided to get back running with a vague aspiration to complete a marathon in my 50th year….

Training

… so I started training. Decided in November to book a bib in the Edinburgh marathon, figuring that 7 months should give me a decent enough training block. Avg went from 50km/week to 100km/week over this period.

Month	Distance	Avg Pace
Nov	216km	6:16/km
Dec	321km	6:07/km
Jan	284km	5:26/km
Feb	237km	5:25/km
Mar	291km	5:19km
Apr	412km	5:07/km
May	305km	5:00/km

Didn’t follow a specific plan (per se), generally ran 5 or 6 days a week with one long run (5:00/km to 5:30/km), one medium/tempo type run (4:40/km to 5:00/km), three easy runs (5:20/km) and a sprinkling of ParkRuns.
I had no (observable) issues in stepping up the mileage over this period, two small injury niggles,one in Nov and one in Feb, and I rested with no reoccurrence of either.
I self-diagnosed regularly occurring foot pain as a Mortons Neuroma (flared up after c.9km and could be run through - but painful) and went through a variety of shoe types to lessen the flare-ups. Settled on Altra’s and roomy footbox, which worked for me.
Parkrun (5k) times went from 25:26 (Oct’22) to 19:06 (May’22) over this period.
Other notable times -
10k times - avg sub-45mins on tempo/fast runs
Half-marathons - (did over 20 runs at this distance over the 7 months) ran x2 sub 1:40 and x1 sub 1:34 during the block (not races, just fast/tempo runs)
In Mar&Apr’23 I completed x5 long runs >30km (longest @33km) and a further x2 (27km & 29km) as part of the build up.
I trained with SIS gels and a water bottle filled with Tailwind mix during the long-runs and they settled ok, a little queasy but ok (I did all other runs (<27km) without nutrition or water)
The <1:35 half-marathon was the last fast/long run before the start of the taper (from 100km to 80km (wk1) to 55km (wk2) to 25km (wk3)).

Plan & Pre-race

All marathon time predictors (runalyze; metathon; crplots) had me at a 3:10 to 3:12 marathon time based on my strava logs - I felt this was optimistic (4:34/km) as I had a tendency to drift (pace & heartrate) on longer runs. Based on the half-marathon times in the training block I felt i could sustain close to that pace for maybe 30km - but >40km would be a push - so settled on the following plan for race day:
First 16km (10 miles) at 4:40/km, next 16km (10miles) at 4:50/km, last 10km to keep legs moving and hold-on to the finish. Goal A - was to run a sub 3:25.
Pre-race prep was unremarkable - flew to Scotland (from Dublin) on Friday evening - ate well Fri/Sat (lots of pasta, steak, bread) slept ok . Collected bib Saturday morning, pottered around the city for a couple of hours , rested the rest of the day.
Race day morning, grabbed a banana, coffee, croissant - had 500ml of tailwind c. 2 hours before start - greased myself up (sunscreen & anti-chafe), bathroom, checked bag, warmed-up (stretches/gentle jog). Fuelling plan for the race was a gel every 6km topped-up with Tailwind which I carried in a hand-held bottle.
Weather was warm and overcast at the start (10am)

Race

Start was largely downhill for the first 8km, and I tried to keep the pace under control. Legs felt strong and were turning-over well. Despite best efforts, the combination of the downhill, first marathon excitement, over-confidence, other runners pace, me being an idiot, had the first 8km in c.4:35/km pace - which was faster than intended, but not wildly so. The course then hit the sea front and the breeze helped to take the edge off the pace and I settled into the target pace of 4:40/km (-ish) for the next 8km.
Took the gels at 6km, 12km and 18km and sipped from the hand-held bottle (tailwind) throughout. I grabbed a few gulps from the on-course water as I ran-by. Weather started to warm-up as the sun broke through the clouds.
Hit 16km feeling good - slightly ahead of target pace and the race-plan was to run the second 16km at an avg 4:50/km so I eased off a little to adjust to plan. Hit half marathon in 1:38ish which was ahead of plan, but I felt ok, knew I had completed a 1:34 half a few weeks back and the race-strategy was to target 4:50/km from 16k to 32k.
Then things changed at around 23/24k mark - legs started to lose some power which came as a surprise, I also started to feel a little nauseous. I skipped taking the planned gel at 24k as i felt i would be ill if i forced it down.
At 25k I just couldn’t hold a sub5:00/km pace at all. I recognised that I was in trouble and it was barely half-way through. Resolved to move to my long-run pace for the training block at 5:20/km and hoped this could see me through to the end. Took a gel at 30k and temperatures were getting warmer. Despite all the difficulties I hit 30k in 2:24 (avg. 4:50km) but i was weakening and getting worried.
When I reached 32k in the marathon I knew I was fucked, pace had slipped to 6:00/km, sun was beating down, other runners were struggling, and I started negotiating with myself to just. keep. running.
By 35k I had to start run/walking as my legs had completely gone. I was gutted but there was nothing left in the tank. Walking through the two water stations I could actually drink the bottles of water and was surprised at how thirsty/dehydrated I was. Pace times dropped off as I continued to run/walk for the next 5k. Nearing the end I gave it everything I had to run the final 2k.
Crossed the finish in 3:43

Post-Race

Disappointed I couldn't run the whole 42k but recognise sub 3:45 is an achievement for a 50year old (couch to marathon in 7 months).
Hard to rationalise what went wrong here - initial thoughts:
1). Over-fatigued / over-trained - despite feeling strong during training this was not actually the case - taper ineffective (??)
2). Target pace too aggressive - over-confident/ego/greedy - did not respect the distance - went out too fast
3). Fuelling/hydration was wrong - sweated too much -relied on tailwind - did not take enough water on-course - skipped gel at 24k
probably a combination of all of the above factors.....

Next Steps

i) Rest for a week ii) Dublin marathon at the end of Oct iii) Start structured plan Pfitz. 18/55 or 18/70
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