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Parkrun was cancelled today, so I did a long run which I ended up extending to my first half marathon since February - 2:13:16, with a couple of minutes stoppage on top of that for traffic. I had signed up to Cambridge with a provisional time of 2:20:00 so I'm very happy!

I'm a simple man. I see a song from the 12 step suite, I vote against it. The worst stuff DT ever came out with.

I don't think Killers is a particularly strong album, but I will happily sit through any song from it whereas the only songs from The X Factor I wouldn't skip are Sign of the Cross, Judgement of Heaven and The Edge of Darkness.

No plan as of yet! I've got 8 or 9 weeks to work with and have been consistently doing 30km a week for a while with a peak distance of 15km in a single run. I put a time of 2:20 as a placeholder during signup, and my main goal is to finish as this is the race I injured myself in earlier this year.

I do some easy longer runs too (especially as I am transitioning into half marathon training for the next two months) - I basically just don't do intervals or speedwork.

This many different sets of shoes scares me! I only have one pair at a time (Mizuno WaveInspire 19 currently) and tend to just use them for every single run until they are worn out.

I thought AMOLAD was ranked far too high on the Survivor, let alone here. It's fine, with plenty of good moments but nothing truly exceptional which justifies the price of admission.

Some updates: - Running mileage has stayed around 30-35 km/week for a while now. Very busy workwise, so I just haven't had the time to increase it. - Parkrun times have improved a little; with a recent course PB of 25:47 yesterday (Down from ~26:20 last time I posted it here). My all time...

1) Dance of Death 2) The Book of Souls 3) Shadows of the Valley 4) The Talisman 5) Wasting Love

BNW needs to go about 8 rounds ago.

Symphony X - The Sacrifice

I personally agree with this, and ranked BNW higher than VXI in this game (11th > 14th). It is just when that gap gets larger (as it does in many peoples estimations) that it feels a bit incongruous to me.

I'm not being deliberately contrarian... Anyway, BNW has some amazing songs. Blood Brothers is one of my favourites from the band full stop, The Wicker Man is also excellent (though I personally prefer The Fallen Angel), and I've got a lot of time for Ghost of the Navigator. Most of the rest of...

I would, but there hasn't been a good reunion album left in the game since Senjutsu was eliminated. :(

Glad AMOLAD is gone, hopefully BNW can follow it very quickly.

I think Piece of Mind and Powerslave are equally consistent - which is to say, neither of them are. The main difference is that Powerslave spaces out its weaker songs, whilst Piece of Mind dumps them all in a row at the end. Powerslave works better as an album because you are never going to turn...

BNW, AMOLAD. Neither are top 10 Maiden albums, let alone top 5.

The While Heaven Wept song might be my favourite song from this cup I haven't heard before, honestly. I didn't have high expectations given the run time (and because the start made me expect harsh vocals for whatever reason) but that was a really good song. I stand by Dry County as a pick but I...

Most of my listening is done offline, so my Spotify Wrapped is basically calling me out on the guilty pleasures I've been too proud to just get physical versions of. It's not really a reflection of my day to day listening habits!

My bad, I thought I was voting for the albums that had no business still being here!