Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Bounce Back: The Ancient Art Of Getting Back On The Horse"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Ireland’s greatest athlete gives us a masterclass in how to respond to setbacks, failures and unforeseen problems. After a week where Sonia asked all our listeners to see how high they could climb, a month when Ireland has struggled to see light in the darkness and a year when everyone has been forced to dig deep, there really has never been a better time to talk about resilience. Jarlath goes deep into Sonia’s Olympic past to find out how she learned to respond during her darkest moments and why speed was the key. There’s a review of the leaderboard, a new book club selection, email of the week from another Cóbh native and discussion of dogs on nudist beaches Join our running event on strava.com/clubs/irishmanrunningabroad and help raise vitally needed funds for our chosen charity partner jigsaw.ie and all the work they do to support young people in Ireland. 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.
1:02.4	When we fail or fall short, the cliche is to just get back on the horse.
1:08.2	But a lot of the time, it really isn't that simple. There can be a kind of a
1:12.6	PTSD of the previous failure, and that previous failure can haunt you and make it more like, feel like a
1:20.5	fool's errand in the first place. And that's the same if you're running a business, attempting to get a job,
1:26.8	or just doing running itself.
1:29.3	Making the comeback, sticking the past failures or mistakes into the rear view mirror is hard.
1:37.3	If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Is there a trick to picking yourself up and getting going again? Well, whether you're attempting to come back from injury or complete that distance or beat that time,
1:50.2	the very best person to help you is here with me.
1:53.8	As always, it's my coach and yours, two-time world champion,
1:57.4	the world record holder, Olympic silver medalist, Sonia O'Sullivan in Australia.
2:02.0	Happy Easter, Sonia. How are you?
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