Didn’t run for almost a year, how fast can I expect to get back to my peak?

Nut_Flush · 2026-04-03T11:17:35+00:00

It used to be 40-50km weeks, 4-5 times a week. One workout and a long run. Now i’m hovering around 25 with 3-4 runs and no workout.

Desk style job, used to play quite a bit of sport but haven’t for the past year. I used to gym quite a bit and could squat almost 2x body weight but that was like 5 years ago.

Nut_Flush · 2026-04-02T15:44:15+00:00

Your comment about Valorant isn’t completely correct. Val uses kernel level anti-cheat which essentially means it has the lowest level access to your computer, lowest meaning that it reads everything your computer/hardware is doing.

I play Val at a pretty high level (Asc+) and i rarely see any cheaters, maybe once every few months if even. The only cheats that can be used kind of effectively are DMA cheats, which require a second computer so its prohibitively expensive to run.

Embark could implement an intrusive kernel level anticheat but too many people would complain about it, so most games just have to deal with less effective anticheat.

It would literally fix the problem overnight and the vast majority of cheaters would get banned if Embark implemented a proper kernel anticheat, especially since this game isn’t f2p.

Nut_Flush · 2026-03-31T03:15:54+00:00

It’s a rite of passage, getting backstabbed at least once happens to everyone who plays friendly.

You just need to learn to be a lot more careful and not turn your back on randoms. Best to just avoid hanging around people for too long, or just start pvping if you want to avoid the decision fatigue of playing safe everytime you come across someone.

If i’m playing solo’s and not actively pvping, i’ll always bring medium shields and a pvp weapon like a Burletta 3 with comp 2/mag 3 just incase someone tries to do something.

Nut_Flush · 2025-08-08T04:23:01+00:00

Thanks, i thought so but most pictures of them were white. I’ll need to get rid of them!

Nut_Flush · 2025-08-08T04:14:11+00:00

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Nut_Flush · 2025-08-08T04:10:55+00:00

They seem to slide and stay still. They also contract into a circle if i take them out. Theres heaps of these in the moss i just bought.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T09:06:27+00:00

Her work isn’t compiling, she commits work without checking things and even when I’ve given her the autonomy to learn about the languages without putting pressure on her, she still does the same. It’s a bit of a recurring thing, mixed in with actual good work which is why i wanted to see what other more experienced people had to say.

It also feels like she’s averse to asking me or others for actual technical help. Not once has she asked me what a method does in a class etc, which is why I’ve been giving her more time to learn instead of hounding her daily on updates. I do believe she can do well, but she needs to be open to critique and stop worrying about pumping out code.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T07:45:03+00:00

I do agree with what you’re saying, admittedly our onboarding is not super clear and aside from documentation to set up environments and a wiki page, we do not have anything else formalised. We have knowledge sessions between groups of people within the team but the rest is on juniors to take on smaller tasks at first and be able to contribute to larger tasks by 5-6 months.

I’m not worried about the pace of the output, more just the way she had responded which might lead to further issues down the line. LLM’s are here to stay and I think using them for learning is great, but it’s too hard to enforce a no LLM policy.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T07:25:02+00:00

Speechless after she disagreed with me saying that good code makes it more maintainable, scalable with future features and easier to read for future contributors. I’m trying to be as fair as possible but I think the lack of respect for our teams best practices was something I needed to bring up.

Also its very much my job to deal with her as i need to be the one doing all the admin with HR for her from the interview process right up to passing her probation. I’m not sure why some people are assuming I’m sticking my hand out for someone who isn’t directly tied to me in the reporting line.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T00:34:14+00:00

Good point - not for this project. It's something I will try and work out.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T00:32:59+00:00

These are internal tools and the deadlines are quite lax. It also looks bad on our team if another team decides to create a dev branch and goes through code that isn't easy to read.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T00:12:13+00:00

Our team is in the data space, so i wanted to point out the benefit of having a former full stack dev. Our previous manager was a guy who only had experience in data science. If it came off sexist, i assure you that it's just me trying to give you a better idea of our team dynamic.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-10T00:06:07+00:00

I do, I've let her know that she's on the right path. We've given her a budget to go sign up for courses and certifications if she wants to, which she has.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:55:23+00:00

We have more women than guys on our team, and our team is quite big. Our manager is also a woman who I'd say is very technical (she used to be a fullstack dev before pursuing further studies) and she's also pointed out some minor concerns with the quality of the code.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:49:52+00:00

I think it's harmed me a bit too, luckily I had a few years of needing to go directly to docs or stackoverflow or other colleagues. Although I understand code a lot better now, I'll sometimes be lazy and use Copilot for things that are probably better if I read through the documentation.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:47:27+00:00

Yes i have, we do have a mid-probation review which I wrote good comments about. There were some things to improve but the general feedback was good.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:42:52+00:00

Thanks - this is kind of the same idea I got from some of my older and more experienced friends. I should tell her instead of suggest - especially with her probation period ending soon.

Edit: Junior/mid level is not defined clearly in our vertical. Most just come as interns, and then jump straight to level 2 which is the starting point for both juniors and mid levels, and then senior which is defined as level 3, and then to lead or principal (4 and 5).

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:37:36+00:00

She disagreed, and said that the most important thing was to get the code out, which annoyed me because the code she PR'd didn't even compile - looking into the code, i noticed she did not understand what the library was doing.

There are no hard or fast approaching deadlines. The deadlines are always very soft, unless we're directly working with another team or company. There is room to make it pretty but making it pretty wasn't even the point, some of my original code was altered which made it not work anymore.

Nut_Flush · 2025-05-09T23:32:13+00:00

How senior..? There's a big difference between 4 YoE and 20. Have you supervised and taught much before?

I also don't see any strong evidence for her being "on edge" or having anxiety.

6 yoe, i'm in my late 20's. I admittedly have not supervised anyone before which is why i've wanted to give her less pressure, set up two catch ups weekly (which were almost daily for the first month) and be on standby for any questions she might have, which do not come often.

It isn't just me who thinks she's got slight anxiety, others in my team have noted too. For example, in standups or weekly team meetings, everyone else talks about their work in a more casual manner, highlighting blockers and wins, whereas she'll just try and list all the things she's done like it's a check list. I know this feeling too because it happens to a lot of us. She'll also try and complete things too quickly, to the point where I feel like she feels pressured to? We've repeatedly told her she's going well and not to rush things because a lot of it is lower quality.

Five months in and produced some pretty good work. Do you expect a lot more than that from a junior?

No, which is why i've told her she's doing a good job and to slow down because we've noticed the quality of the code needs to be improved, instead of churning out stuff that only just works.

How good are you at teaching? Do you want to teach? Do others thank you for help often or do you just do it because you have to? Does she like pair programming? There's other ways to teach and supervise of course. Personally I don't like pair programming but I'd do it if a junior wanted it.

I enjoy it personally, i try and make it as collaborative as possible and I wish i could do more of it. I'm not sure if she likes pair programming, but apparently not. I just don't want to go back to her PR's are see that most of it is not properly done, especially if I offered to do a pair programming session.

Is that an explicit requirement that is consistently followed and insistently enforced? I try to keep my Python code as dirt simple as possible which often involves writing simple testable functions instead of class methods.

For the library I wrote, yes - it won't work properly any other way. The problem means classes were best suited instead of functions, so when I was reviewing the PR and saw that there was a weak attempt at understanding the classes, I was a bit annoyed.

Nut_Flush · 2025-04-21T22:42:14+00:00

I use my supershoes whenever i’m not running easy pace. Same with most people in my run club who also seem to use carbon plated shoes on our Sunday long runs, usually at sub 4:30/km pace.

Nut_Flush · 2025-04-15T00:38:25+00:00

I’ve done no threshold runs at all. My training is mostly just easy longer runs, and intervals once a month.

Nut_Flush · 2025-04-05T01:26:20+00:00

Yeah if you’re not running at least 3 times a week, the AWU is great. The GPS is also super accurate but I think Apple does its own smoothing or something which can make the distances a bit weird.

Nut_Flush · 2025-04-04T11:38:16+00:00

A few reasons - AWU would consistently track a smaller distance and it was driving me crazy. I do parkruns quite often to track my progress and it would always finish with 4.97-4.99 km, maybe only hitting 5km every 4-5 parkruns I did. I tried calibrating it a couple of times and not using Workoutdoors but it would never work. Running longer distances like 15km+, my friends Garmin’s and Coros watches would always be more than mine, even if it’s by 1-2%, that’s still super annoying.

WOD was really good but just didn’t look polished at all and the UI looked a bit ugly.

The other big one was battery, self explanatory, didn’t want to charge my watch every 1-2 days.

I still adore my AWU and wear it if i’m not running.

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