Chapter 2 - Finding Nemo

Swashbuckler

His name is Notluke Sean Noonan haha

skyblue46

Swashbuckler wrote: »

His name is Notluke Sean Noonan haha

Go on....you can tell them....I'm truly honoured

Swashbuckler

Haha. Luca Sean.

skyblue46

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Haha. Luca Sean.

Luca Sean Noonan....It has a certain ring to it. I'm sure ex coach will be as honoured as I am. Hahaha..

Swashbuckler

skyblue46 wrote:

Luca Sean Noonan....It has a certain ring to it. I'm sure ex coach will be as honoured as I am. Hahaha..

It's an athletic sounding name isn't it. Haha

OOnegative

skyblue46 wrote: »

Luca Sean Noonan....It has a certain ring to it. I'm sure ex coach will be as honoured as I am. Hahaha..

Bound to be cranky so if Sean is in the name!!!

Swashbuckler

Cheers to everyone for the well wishes. Surprised to see people still following this ghost town of a log. I'm hoping once things settle I can start logging a bit again but I know how this goes so I'm saying that more in hope than expectation. Maybe I could turn this into a running commentary log rather than a detailed breakdown with paces etc. We'll see.

In the short term given the circumstances its a 'play it by ear' job for a while. No solid plans until I'm happy that the energy levels and mind can handle the demands of proper training. I expect to spend a few weeks tipping away with easy stuff and hopefully some tempo stuff thrown in. Pretty much all aerobic. Once I'm back at work it's easier to establish routine so the only question then will be the energy levels. We'll see. Priority is the mind and the family.

The body feels great again. One of the bonuses of being up at silly hours with baba is that suddenly there's a quiet house to do some core stuff. Haha.

Excited to get back into it proper once things settle. I was really starting to feel like a runner again before baba2 was born so that was encouraging. I don't see myself racing much for the rest of the year. Once I get back into it I have a plan outlined covering roughly six months. Hopefully all goes well and I can kick into that sooner rather than later. But patience is key.

coogy

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Cheers to everyone for the well wishes. Surprised to see people still following this ghost town of a log. I'm hoping once things settle I can start logging a bit again but I know how this goes so I'm saying that more in hope than expectation. Maybe I could turn this into a running commentary log rather than a detailed breakdown with paces etc. We'll see.

In the short term given the circumstances its a 'play it by ear' job for a while. No solid plans until I'm happy that the energy levels and mind can handle the demands of proper training. I expect to spend a few weeks tipping away with easy stuff and hopefully some tempo stuff thrown in. Pretty much all aerobic. Once I'm back at work it's easier to establish routine so the only question then will be the energy levels. We'll see. Priority is the mind and the family.

The body feels great again. One of the bonuses of being up at silly hours with baba is that suddenly there's a quiet house to do some core stuff. Haha.

Excited to get back into it proper once things settle. I was really starting to feel like a runner again before baba2 was born so that was encouraging. I don't see myself racing much for the rest of the year. Once I get back into it I have a plan outlined covering roughly six months. Hopefully all goes well and I can kick into that sooner rather than later. But patience is key.

Ah, totally missed the big announcement, congrats to you and the family!!

Swashbuckler

coogy wrote:

Ah, totally missed the big announcement, congrats to you and the family!!

Thanks a mill. We'll done on Ratoath by the way. Super HM in the bank there. One to be proud of.

healy1835

We'll get that showdown one day

Swashbuckler

healy1835 wrote:

We'll get that showdown one day

We sure will. You'll probably be pacing me but it still counts right?

Lazare

Ah massive congrats P, that's great news. Girl and a boy is pretty sweet.

Dubh Geannain

Congrats. Lovely news to read.

ReeReeG

Congrats on the new addition!
Hope you can get back to the running you want in good time too.

Swashbuckler

Meant to say I got Pegasus 36 as a gift. Beautiful runner. Almost my ideal type of runner.

eyrie

Ah congratulations! Great news. Hope all are doing well

Swashbuckler

eyrie wrote:

Ah congratulations! Great news. Hope all are doing well

Completely different experience to last time. Hopefully it continues!

Swashbuckler

Kept things ticking over this week. Just over 40 miles spread over 6 days. Pretty much capped at a max of 8 miles as the longest run. Baba is adjusting to the real world so some nights have been a write off in terms of sleep. And that's to be expected. What it means is that some runs were probably ill advised albeit still at slow pace.
I recall when we had our first baby just how much sleep had an impact. It's the same this time. If I can keep things ticking over for now then that's as much as I can ask for. It's a fine line though. Found myself so lethargic after 6 miles yesterday. Day off running today. Will be monitoring closely. Won't be doing anything even resembling structured training til I feel the energy levels can handle it. Still off work so that will also be a factor.
Long term plan remains the same. As soon as I feel I can kick on then the plan is in place taking about 6 months.

On the plus side, sitting up at stupid o clock has allowed me to read through some great stuff on here including some very good Spotlight threads. Back when Krusty was thinking he could just about manage a 2.40. Some great nuggets of info on this forum.

Swashbuckler

God it feels like a lot longer than a month since I updated here. Where to begin!

Picked up yet another niggle/injury in September. Between the tiredness, running, sitting around with bad posture, lifting babies and changing nappies the right hip acted up this time. At one point I was walking across the bedroom bent over carrying baba coz the whole hip area seized up. Between busy days and evenings and physio on a long break and then occupied with DCM folk it was impossible to get looked at.

Took three full weeks off running and started to easy very gently back into it. Managed to lock down physio and she worked wonders. As always she was extremely thorough and I've been great since. Much like before, weak glutes and hamstrings. Dominant and tired hip flexors and shortened quad especially on the left. I really really have to keep length in that quad and do so at every chance now. So currently I'm back up to 6 days a week (five if I'm feeling tired). Feeling better than I have in ages. No pain and much better flexibility. All easy miles right now with as much stretching as I can manage. Officially I'm doing two stretch sessions and one core/glute strength session a week but adding in stretches here and there while waiting for the kettle or sitting on the couch.. 48 miles this past week. Longest run was ten miles.

Tentative plan is easy miles and consistent mileage to end of December. In January pick up into a 16 week Hudson half marathon plan for Limerick in May. I'm in the lottery for Dublin. Plenty of back and forth on Friday trying to decide what to do. Had a buddies code but decided not to use it for fear of sanctions. So I'll take my chances in the lottery. Had a brief notion of trying a good for age in March if I don't get the lottery but that madness soon dissipated. Cheers to S and L for listening to my ramblings Friday.

Getting much too far ahead of myself but I'm allowing it. I haven't been this enthusiastic about my running in a long long time so will just roll with it. Haven't ran a proper session since July! God what a year. The reports here from DCM have been amazing to read.An inspiring bunch of novices too. Pretty much the reason I really want to take on that challenge next year.

Kellygirl

Nice to see you back logging. Hopefully you have a clear run of it now.

AuldManKing

Isn't it madness what we put ourselves through in order to get a plan together for 12 months time??

Swashbuckler

Cheers K.

Meant to add I am still on Strava. I just set it to private for now. Its not a great place to be when you're struggling but also didn't want to lose miles on my total for the year stats

Swashbuckler

AuldManKing wrote:

Isn't it madness what we put ourselves through in order to get a plan together for 12 months time??

I think it shows a love of the sport. We're a different breed us runners.

OOnegative

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Meant to add I am still on Strava. I just set it to private for now. Its not a great place to be when you're struggling but also didn't want to lose miles on my total for the year stats

Genuine question, does that mean only your real friends see your runs P?

Swashbuckler

OOnegative wrote:

Genuine question, does that mean only your real friends see your runs P?

It means nobody sees them B. Only I do. My total miles for the year keep totting up but nobody sees any of my runs. Its a hard one to explain coz it depends on your mindset to begin with but it's really helped me just enjoy running for me and forgetting what people will think

OOnegative

Swashbuckler wrote: »

It means nobody sees them B. Only I do. My total miles for the year keep totting up but nobody sees any of my runs. Its a hard one to explain coz it depends on your mindset to begin with but it's really helped me just enjoy running for me and forgetting what people will think

My question probably came across as smart ar$ed but it genuinely wasn’t meant that way as i’m still trying to figure Strava out!! Apologies.

Swashbuckler

OOnegative wrote:

My question probably came across as smart ar$ed but it genuinely wasn’t meant that way as i’m still trying to figure Strava out!! Apologies.

Haha it didn't B. I know you better than that at this stage. I also know your "limited" knowledge of Strava.

Lazare

Delighted to read that P. Really hope 2020 is a strong consistent year for you.

ariana`

Delighted to hear you're back and enjoying it! And big plans for next year too, exciting times! You've been missed around here although i know you've been popping in when you can.

eyrie

Lovely to hear that the enthusiasm is back, keep us updated about how it's all going. Hope baby and big sister are doing well too!

Fingers crossed for the lottery outcome for you, DCM 2020 is where it's at