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Was Mihaela Marinova making fun of Dara after the Eurovision win?
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Was Mihaela Marinova making fun of Dara after the Eurovision win?

Article in Bulgarian: https://www.dnes.bg/a/448-svobodno-vreme/722150-podigra-li-se-mihaela-marinova-s-dara-sled-pobedata-y-na-evroviziya

The article doesn’t touch all the details and the context - So here’s the whole lore. Mihaela Marinova was one of Dara’s main competitors at the national final. Mihaela is part of the same label as Dara (Virginia Records) and has the same producer - Stanislava (Sanya) Armutlieva (the curly woman that was together with Dara in the Green Room). Ever since Dara won the NF, Mihaela has allegedly been extremely salty about it and, while, never saying anything out loud publicly, she has been giving some hints (like acknowledging TikTok comments with sort of condescending nature towards Eurovision or the NF).

When Dara won on Saturday, there was no reaction big reaction or any sort of public congratulations from Mihaela. For comparison, the other main competitor of Dara - Mona was extremely vocal in supporting her and even went to Vienna to see the final.

Here you might say that Mihaela is not obliged to support Dara or to publicly congratulate her and you will be right.

However, it gets worse. 3 days ago while literally the whole Bulgaria was (and still is) talking about Dara, Mihaela chose to post a TikTok to promote her concert, while having a song of hers as a sound to that TikTok. I will drop the translation of the lyrics of the snippet she used here:

“ I don’t need gifts and dead flowers.

I don’t need a medal or a fake trophy.

I am carrying my love…”

In the TikTok she is also seen dancing and taking a pose that reminds the iconic photo of Dara with the trophy suspiciously a lot.

What do you think? Did Mihaela do that on purpose or was she just tone deaf?

u/Independent_Major556 — 13 hours ago
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Hey! So I am about to run my fourth marathon now in 9 days. My goal is sub 4 , which is about 15 mins faster than my current PR (4:14).

Now the training has been going really well and I feel really comfortable even with a slightly faster pace than what I need to hit my goal. I did my longest run for the season about two weeks ago, which was 31 km (a bit over 19 miles) and it really felt great, but the last few hundred meters I got this weird feeling that I have never had before. A sharp(ish) pain at the back of my left knee, which also made my leg feel week and like it’s gonna give out. Once I stopped and did my recovery walking, the pain was gone.

However, ever since, I have had this strange feeling (which indeed feels like an injury). I have often this pulling sensation around my knee. It’s mostly when I am sitting/laying down and then I start moving and walking. Once it warms up, it disappears.

I have since done two smaller runs (12 and 10km) and they have felt okay (without any sharp pain), but with a few moments where my knee felt weak (especially when increasing the pace or running downhill) - I haven’t had pain after the runs, just this pulling sensation again.

My question to you is: has anyone been in a similar situation before? How did the marathon go? Should I go for it? Any useful tips?

I have, of course, talked a lot to ChatGPT but I wanna hear real human experiences, too

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u/Independent_Major556 — 22 days ago