Roguelike Running · 2025-10-19

My first half-marathon done! How did it go? Well, funnily enough, the worst-case scenario that I outlined in my previous post is exactly how it played out: At close to the 15k mark, I had to downgrade my run/walk pace to a slow walk for the remainder of the race. On multiple occasions, I tried to will myself to power through and start running again: "You got this, Mansoor! Push on through! You're almost there!" But any attempt to resume a run quickly had my legs massively cramping up, and my mind going, "Nope! That won't do..."

2025 Media Consumption Review · 2026-01-17

Yes, it's a bit late to be doing still another New Year's post, but when has that ever stopped me? :) Like a true nerd, over the past few years I started cataloguing the media that I consume. Perhaps I'll elaborate in a future blog post as to why I find this process to be satisfying, but for now, here's my 2025 media consumption in review: