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\### Race Information \* \*\*Name:\*\* Manchester Marathon \* \*\*Date:\*\* April 19, 2026 \* \*\*Distance:\*\* 26.2 miles \* \*\*Location:\*\* Manchester, UK \* \*\*Time:\*\* 3:39:xx (59:27 PB) \### Goals | Goal | Description | Completed? | |------|-------------|------------| | A | Sub 3:30 | \*No\* | | B | Sub 3:45 | \*Yes\* | | C | Run the whole course | \*Yes\* | \### Splits | Segment | Pace | |------|------| | 10K | 5:05 | 15K | 4:57 | 21K | 5:07 | 30K | 4:59 | 35K | 5:30 | Finish | 5:41 Avg Pace 5:12 \### Training Manchester Marathon on 19 April 26 was my second marathon. My first was Belfast City Marathon on 5 May 2025. The difference is less than a year is mind...

I wear sneakers to work or if out all day. I used to wear converses as my go to casual shoe but honestly they’re not comfortable and get torn up easily. I want some comfortable shoes I can slip on and off to go out when just running errands etc so I’m not putting wear on my sneakers every day. But a lot I saw when at the last shoe store looked kind of sloppy for lack of a better word. I do not want loafers. They can have laces just want to slip them on off preferably (laces or not). About $50-70 or so is what I’m thinking but can go up if it’s worth it. Bros with way more fashion sense than me - what are you all wearing?

My fiancé sat across from me at dinner, completely calm, and told me that his daughter deserved a bigger birthday celebration than mine because she "had it harder in life." His daughter is eleven. Mine is nine. And apparently that two-year age gap, plus whatever story he'd built in his head about his kid's suffering, justified spending $4,000 on one child's birthday while handing my daughter $300 and a grocery store cake. I want to be clear about something. I didn't **** up that night. I just said, "okay," and went to do the dishes. Because I needed to think. Here's the background. We got engaged fourteen months ago. He has one daughter from hi...

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[MF] O, Gloria *“Come on, shake your body baby. Do the conga!”* The lyrics to Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine’s 1985 smash hit “Conga” waft from my pocket, and I know who’s calling. It’s her favorite song, after all. I grit my teeth and take a deep breath as I stare intently at the vertical lines of shirts hanging on the rack in front of me. Finally, I answer the phone. “Hey Gloria,” I say. “Where the ****** are you?” comes the reply. She’s been like this lately. Always upset. It’s not as if I don’t understand why. At least, I think I understand. One wonders. “I’m at the store, picking out a suit.” “I’m at the store, picking ou...

My mom treats Belk like a second home. Every time I visit there's a new Belk bag on the kitchen table. I finally got curious whether she's timing it well or just buying whenever. Pulled up a sale calendar breakdown on [HotDeals.com](http://HotDeals.com) and... she's actually doing okay. But she could be doing better. She shops a lot in October (fall fashion) and that's the one month the data flags as "wait if possible" — confidence is moderate, discounts are weak, and November is coming. Tried explaining this. She nodded and said "but I had a coupon." What the data actually says are her best months: * January — **20–60% off clearance**, high ...

**Sorry everyone, I finally got around putting all 4 parts together.** **Please enjoy the full story of the blue light. It is just a snippet of a series I’m working on.** **Like always enjoy and have a good day/night.** **Pt.1:** As a forest ranger, I was told to stay deep within the Pine Barrens. With a Stationed at a fire lookout. It nestled in a clearing surrounded by thick woods. The pine trees of all sorts towered for miles. A small path went from the lookout and lead to the trees to the east. Below the lookout, was a fence. It circled the small outhouse and gas generator. Only, I was allowed to use the generator during the night. I found it weird at first, but was told it was...

I used to play in the woods all the time when I was a kid. They were my safe place, away from noise. A place I could go to let my imagination run wild and have my thoughts feel free, rather than confined. Time marches on, however, and as I entered my teenage years, I’d visit those woods less and less. Pretty soon, what was once a place of serenity and childhood memories became nothing more than a memory itself. I just didn’t have time for the forts anymore. Same with the roaming trips to the creek. I just…grew up…I guess. It wasn’t a painful departure, I must say. It was more like…realizing your toys aren’t sentient. You’re giving them the voices. That’s how the woods...

I used to play in the woods all the time when I was a kid. They were my safe place, away from noise. A place I could go to let my imagination run wild and have my thoughts feel free, rather than confined. Time marches on, however, and as I entered my teenage years, I’d visit those woods less and less. Pretty soon, what was once a place of serenity and childhood memories became nothing more than a memory itself. I just didn’t have time for the forts anymore. Same with the roaming trips to the creek. I just…grew up…I guess. It wasn’t a painful departure, I must say. It was more like…realizing your toys aren’t sentient. You’re giving them the voices. That’s how the woods...

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This is book 2 of a multiple-post series I'm currently developing, the first of which is posted [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/skulduggerypleasant/comments/1sm6uwe/a_rewrite_of_skulduggery_pleasant_phase_1/), and I highly recommend doing so if you want some context, since I've shared a fair bit. This is just for fun, and I know this is a niche kind of thing, so I hope you enjoy. I also renamed it from *Playing with Fire* because I think that title's unfitting. **Book 2 - Dancing with Darkness** **(Main Villain: Baron Vengeous/Eliza Scorn)** *Part 1 - The Prince of London and the Killer Supreme* The opening scene of this book is set in London, showcasing Jack, but rather t...

I was on another thread today where the poster was discussing her experience with receiving a compliment from a stranger on new pheromone perfume. Responders wondered if compliments they get on new perfumes create confirmation and survivorship bias and if the compliments wane after a time because they "wear" the fragrance differently in the beginning (more confidence, enjoying something new) as opposed to when it is more "old hat." This got me thinking about compliments, in general. (Stay with me here. I promise this is going somewhere.) I think only certain types of people give compliments or comment on a stranger’s scent. (Me. I am those people.) This can be applied ...

The 24/7 ****** gas station that was rebranded as a convenient mart had never changed its interior design. They had one hundred flavors of the frozen sludge that had so much sugar in it that even diabetics would go into shock. The only reason I am a regular at this particular place is that it’s the only gas station at the edge of town, the next one is a town over and I’d rather save my gas money and go there instead. It’s the type of gas station that people write on yelp saying that the bathroom is haunted, and ghost hunters frequent the place to find those said ghost and say the gas station was faking all the hauntings to get more customers like them. It’s near the woods, where...

Chapter 1 My name is Mark. I’m 16, and up until three years ago, my biggest problem was convincing my dad that soccer career was my real Dream. Hunter (My bestfriend) and I had been playing together since we were nine, same field, same two shoes as goalposts, same argument every time about whose turn it was to be on the downhill side. We weren’t just good. We were the kind of good that made coaches from other schools show up to watch us practice. Hunter used to say we’d both go pro and split an apartment in Madrid, and I believed him the way only a teenager can believe something completely, with no backup plan. My dad had a backup plan. He always did. That’s the kind of man he is...

> **Previously:** [Part 5/8 — The Apartment](https://www.reddit.com/r/libraryofshadows/comments/1sotd1m/) Three nights later, the routine stopped. It took me a full hour to understand that silence could feel worse than repetition. At 6:30, nothing returned home to 4B. I stood in my kitchen pretending to rinse dishes and listening to the wall. No deadbolt. No shoes set down. No television at 7:00. By 8:15 I had turned the faucet on and off three times because the apartment felt too exposed without the usual sequence insulating it. At 9:17, I caught my breath and waited for the cough. Nothing. The absence had shape. That was the only way to describe it. The evening next door had...

**The self-centered perspective** In our modern consumerist environment, we often face the question: "Is it worth it? A question that has long since become the main driver behind our every action. Will this CHF 85 face serum wipe away our unimpressed expressions? Should we read this book to keep up in conversation? Are the prices of our cinema tickets justified just to see the new Christopher Nolan film 'as he intended' in an IMAX theatre? Reddit threads offer advice on how much of our monthly salaries we should be spending on Margiela Tabi shoes. Instagram feeds break down the number of calories one should consume to look 20% more like someone who spends three times our annu...

Cassie and the others were relieved to hear that there were no more interviews scheduled and that they were not suspected of being the leak. Then the bad news that they had all known was coming. In the next few days, they would all be reassigned and given new phones and other things that they had lost. They would also be getting funds deposited into their accounts to buy new clothing and gear. Cassie's mind cycled through a million different thoughts but kept returning to Brian. She once again hoped that he was still living with the family. She wouldn't be allowed to contact him, however. There was a rule against contacting former assignments. That meant she wouldn't be see...

Hi I am wanting to look cool 😅 but I have wide feet- most wide shoes in stores fit but none of them are breathable. I get really hot feet from walking 🥲 Please help! I wanna look coolish at least but I don’t want old people/medical looking shoes. Converse wide don’t work for me just so uncomfortable! EDIT: budget is about $100 and I’m a size 8 men’s wide/9.5-10 women’s wide

Hi, all! My family and I recently came back from a trip between 2-9 April. This is mainly to report on how we did our trip this time, despite how short-notice it was. But also, I wanted to show how important it is to know when to use a JR Pass. I want to make it clear, this is not meant for people who are visiting Japan for the first time. We've seen most things already on and near the Golden Route in previous trips. Whatever we've done this time is because we couldn't do it last time. \------------------------ **Context for this trip:** We were actually bound for another destination on the same dates, but due to the ongoing Gulf war, that trip got cancelled a week before....

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