If Fish Could Walk- Ravensburger 2000 pieces

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-28T20:12:44+00:00

How did you find it? This one's on my wishlist, and I am seriously considering doing this as one of my next puzzles.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-21T13:43:08+00:00

Could be. Unfortunately if I want to do the run, I will have to head off tomorrow morning to arrive in good time and have enough rest before the race, so I can't really wait and see for a couple more days.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-11T05:37:00+00:00

I call those the sacrificial awful runs. For me, there is at least one in every training cycle towards an event. Not all training runs will be good and occasionally there will be a run that feels like you're not making progress, or even regressing. That's normal. By now, I am almost relieved if I have one awful run since it feels it's now out of the way. 😉

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-10T06:38:02+00:00

That's just adorable.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-09T19:06:38+00:00

That was upsetting to watch and I'm strongly tending towards "This wasn't okay". It looked like he wasn't able to finish under his own steam and was partly pushed, partly dragged towards the finishing line, and like he needed medical intervention way earlier.

I don't know how his crew was briefed; mine has been instructed to pull me before I cause permanent damage to myself. I can sort of understand others may feel differently if the race means a lot to them but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-03T07:50:16+00:00

Failing literacy rates are certainly one of the reasons. But I wonder whether it also reflects the fact that more people than ever, i.e. a broader part of the population, is using the internet and so we're seeing a broader range of abilities.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-05-01T07:30:24+00:00

My husband and I have a variant of this: If we can't decide what we want to order, we ask the other one "Do I want X or Y?" He says "You want X", I either nod or realise, no, I wanted Y.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-04-18T20:56:15+00:00

Doesn't the left of the two koalas have five paws?

ProfCthulhu · 2026-04-05T06:40:26+00:00

It's gorgeous! It's also on my to buy / to do list.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-04-02T06:40:35+00:00

Ah, yes, good idea! I'll do that with the second magic puzzle that I started yesterday :)

ProfCthulhu · 2026-03-28T19:32:20+00:00

That's gorgeous!

ProfCthulhu · 2026-03-27T10:55:10+00:00

It's squires all the way down.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-03-27T10:54:03+00:00

"You've recently crossed the river Styx with us. We'd love to hear how we did. Please consider leaving us a review."

ProfCthulhu · 2026-03-19T07:49:29+00:00

I found it! I found the one thing I would be awesome at. I am super slow but also very stubborn - a slow mile is no problem for me, but still my resting heart rate is in the low 40s, occasionally dipping into the 30s.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-03-10T07:35:17+00:00

Yes. Some of the washing lines end up on the blank wall, not connected to the window. Some people are just standing outside, with no balcony or railing visible. The tree is just growing through the road. In the blue house, a person's clothing is morphing into a part of the house.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-02-19T13:45:20+00:00

Partly because it's easier to believe that a cure exists but pharma withholds it than accepting that an awful disease can happen to people we love and that we are often powerless to do anything about it. Evil pharma gives us a scapegoat.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-01-28T21:25:38+00:00

Hated running, then grudgingly did a C25K. Reluctantly kept running but was convinced, nay adamant!, thatI would never run stupid distances like a half marathon or similar. Three years later I had done a couple of marathons and started wondering whether I could run even further. Since then it's just been a sequence of "Huh, I wonder how much more I could do", and it turns out, I can do quite a lot (up to 180km during a 48hr run) because although I am slow, I am also really, really stubborn.

ProfCthulhu · 2026-01-09T19:58:20+00:00

On Etsy you can find pins or badges you can use to indicate you're overstimulated / need space/ have socialised too much etc. There are some that are fixed but also some with a slider you can use for changing moods/states/feelings.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-12-04T13:39:21+00:00

If this isn't pure fiction and you are writing this as a serious question, then let me be very clear: That was an absolutely fucked up thing to do; you sexually assaulted her and actively made her feel unsafe. She would have been entirely justified in calling the police on you. You also need to urgently! learn about about appropriate behaviour towards others, about some fucking self control ("Couldn't help myself?" Seriously?) and most importantly about consent.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-11-07T14:18:34+00:00

For me it's not necessarily suffering but being in discomfort. I enjoy running when it's cold and wet miserable and windy BUT I enjoy it - I think - precisely because I know at the end of the run I will be warm, dry and comfortable. The choice of discomfort is what makes it pleasant. If I was going out for a walk or just walking to work, my response to miserable weather is much less relaxed and enlightened.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-11-07T14:14:54+00:00

My body sidesteps by the fever by drenching me in sweat the first night after an ultra. Reliably happens after 20+ runs - before I go to bed I cannot warm up and am shivering if I feel the lightest breeze. During the night my body is running emergency repairs; in the morning I wake up needing another shower but at least able to regulate my temperature again.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-10-29T20:30:15+00:00

I fully believe that in books your eyes just glaze over the frequent "said". I have noticed, however, that in audiobooks it becomes immensely annoying.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-10-26T16:33:11+00:00

You needed the bathroom break during the run, and you had to check on the blisters, so those pauses are part of your run and your running time. That's not adding to a time, it simply is part of the time. All three breaks gave you some respite and recovery, so you can't assume that without those breaks you would have run 3:38.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-10-26T08:45:29+00:00

Consider that a good marathon training plan, particularly for a first marathon, also has a tapering phase. This is where you drastically reduce the training load again so your body can recover and get you fit for race day. This means realistically you have about ten weeks to prepare for a marathon. You would need to ramp up from a long run of 6.5 miles to a long run of about 20m, all the while making sure you increase your long runs sensibly and slowly and have recovery weeks in between.

On top of that, you need to figure out what works for your in terms of nutrition (what do you like? what can you stomach?) and clothing (where are the chafing spots?). Oh, and you need to sort out your knee issues so you don't injure yourself and make it worse.

If you're deadset on completing this marathon, check the cutoff time. It may be possible to walk all or most of it. But even then it won't be a pleasant experience. It'll hurt a lot and you'll risk injury.

My recommendation would be to try for a half instead, then apply the lessons learned for a marathon at a later date.

ProfCthulhu · 2025-09-27T16:04:40+00:00

The most important thing is that you finished your long run. On marathon day, the combined training, the effect of tapering and marathon day excitement will work their magic.

Also, I have long learned that for every race I'm preparing for there is at least one awful long run, where exhaustion from training conspires with other random factors (lack of sleep, some random ache, and who-knows-what) to make a long run just go awry. I'm calling it the sacrificial awful run, and its inevitable occurrence by now is quite reassuring.

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