Irishman Running Abroad : “Resetting Goals: Sonia O'Sullivan's Guide To Making Difficult Targets Seem Less Far Away"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Getting ahead of the January blue is essential. It doesn’t matter who you are, January can be a tough month. Sonia opens up about her difficult times during this period and shares the secrets she’s discovered in refocusing her targets to make the end goal “near” rather than “far away”. If the first few months of this series were about establishing a solid foundation, Sonia walks Jarlath through her theory on building the best training bracket in the absence of actual races. She created a very unusual goal for him and the listeners that will allow everyone to get excited about the dark month ahead. We hear how “the temptation to look in the oven” can spoil the reward at the end of a training framework. Jar gives a shout to a loyal listener and next week’s cookery episode gets a preview. Join us on https://www.strava.com/clubs/irishmanrunningabroad to get even more access and info. To gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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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.
0:09.0	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.
0:15.0	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.0	One of the keys to like maintaining your brain mass is pushing past that comfortable zone physically, you know, exercise-wise.
0:28.6	Eamond Cotland, on his way, throughout major title for the first time in his life, the champion of the world. Imagine in a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise
0:43.3	that's going to make them more relaxed, more healthy, burn off stress.
0:48.3	The lady has gone past Houston, 50 meters from the take.
0:52.3	Ballette is coming fast with the curve.
0:55.9	He's catching a German foot.
0:57.1	Run into that he does it.
0:58.4	Gold for Ireland.
1:01.9	Hello and welcome to another episode of an Irishman running abroad with me,
1:06.1	Jarlethriggan and Sanyo Sullivan.
1:08.3	Well, maybe it's all the alone time. Maybe it's all the movies you've watched.
1:12.8	Maybe it's just the flicking over of that calendar. But there's something about January that makes
1:18.3	you want to reassess everything. If you had a plan to do something regardless of whether
1:23.6	it's running related or not, January just makes you rethink things. For me, it's the
1:31.0	knowledge that this month where you have a bit less money, the weather might be a bit more crap,
1:36.2	depending on where you are in the world, or the come down after Christmas, January is just
1:41.4	always hard. Our chosen charity partner, jigsawigsaw.aE can tell you all about that.
1:47.8	I've tried in recent years, Sonia, to pack my January full of good stuff like trips and meetups and meals.
1:55.5	And honest to God, those things haven't worked. All they've done is push the dip further down the road so I would dip in February instead.
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