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An Irishman Abroad

Irishman Running Abroad - Do Muscle Soreness Creams Actually Work? (Part 1)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Sonia gives us a walk through of this week’s training plan and the muscle soreness balms she swears by. Jarlath heads to Bray of all places! Neil Fusco joins us to talk about week 8 of the half marathon training plan and his own scientific experiments making running gels. Could cow udder cream be the answer to the muscles that ache you?

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0:00.0

You know, I like to be fit and healthy, so the best way I know is to just get out there and run.

0:07.0

Running was an outlet for me to, I guess, feel good about myself and take out some of the angers that were going on in my life.

0:14.0

Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.

0:19.0

When it comes to running, everyone has a bam, a rub or an ointment in their locker that they swear by to relieve those aching muscles.

0:28.3

This week, Sanyo Sullivan and I will discuss what works and what to avoid when it comes to the tubes and snake oil vials that promise to ease the pain with the help of your

0:40.3

suggestions and my research into the world of home remedies. Later on we'll discuss the latest

0:46.8

step on our road to the Antrim Coast half marathon and get Sonia's tips for week eight. But first

0:53.5

Sonia, you're back in London after a flying visit to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.

0:59.1

How did it go?

1:01.0

So, yeah, it was good to finally get up to the stadium in Birmingham, the Alexander Stadium.

1:07.8

I've been glued to it all week watching all the sessions.

1:14.6

And, you know, there was a lot of good races on throughout the week. It was definitely the quality was really good at the pointy end.

1:19.6

You know, there wasn't amazing depth in the races, but there was some really good races and the crowd was fantastic.

1:28.3

I was sitting way, way up in the stand, like nearly touching the sky.

1:33.3

Nick came up and joined me last night and he was like, this is the worst seat I've ever sat.

1:38.3

I'm like, yeah, but you can see the whole stadium.

1:40.3

It looks beautiful.

1:41.3

And then you can't see the runners going around.

1:47.2

Like little stick figures running around the track.

1:54.4

And the big screen was nowhere, the big screen was nowhere near as big as the one in Oregon.

2:02.9

But it was, yeah, no, it was like the steps going up to the stand were so steep. I mean, there were some people sitting up, I don't know how they got up there.

2:05.9

I don't know how they got back down either because like there was a lot of, like I would

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