Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”Can We Resolve Emotions Through Running” With Special Guest Trevor Cummins

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The connection of running to emotion is so direct that it deserves its own episode. Today the greatest Irish track and field athlete of all time examines the mastery of emotional running as a method of self-soothing. Jarlath takes a different approach and examines how running can often bring up dormant emotions resulting in floods of tears while logging miles. He looks at different opinions on why this happens while Trevor Cummins calls the LiveLine to talk about his Berlin marathon experience and how it relates to the topic. Finally we get Sonia's tip of the week and Jarlath has a life hack to make any shoe into a super shoe. Is it nonsense or has uncovered something huge? You'll have to listen to find out. 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. Why not join Jarlath in raising money for Jigsaw by signing up to the Irishman Abroad challenge over at https://www.idonate.ie/event/2576_.html To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 500 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. The Irishman Abroad Liveline is now open. You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 0044 7543 122 330. Why not pose a running question to Irish Olympic Legend Sonia O'Sullivan or ask our America Correspondent Marion McKeone her thoughts on a current talking point Stateside? Of course, if you have an issue with traffic or elephants on the loose in your area, Jarlath can do his best to sort that out too. 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 www.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	If you've recently suffered a loss, could be someone close to you, could be your job,
0:25.6	or it could be a loss to a team of golfers from America who really rubbed it in your face at the end,
0:30.9	is it possible that running can help you process the emotions you're dealing with?
0:36.2	Is emotional running even a good idea or does
0:39.1	listening to your heart prevent you from listening to your body and could injury then just be
0:43.4	around the corner? Well, today on Irishman running abroad, the best of the best. Sonia Sullivan explains
0:48.8	what emotional running means whether it can be harnessed for good and her own experiences of letting her heart
0:56.1	move her legs. We will take a look back at a weekend packed with sport and running achievement,
1:02.1	including my own first ever park run. I can't believe it took this long for me to do this.
1:08.1	And Trevor Cummins and his trip to Berlin for the marathon. We will get Trev on the
1:14.9	lifeline to talk us through how it went from. And of course, we will have Sonia's tip of
1:21.0	the week and a bit of news on how to convert your shoes into a pair of super shoes. That last
1:26.8	bit sounds a bit mad, but you'll understand
1:29.1	when I explain later in the show. As always, members get to hear the full extended episode
1:34.0	with illustrated episode notes over on patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad. Maybe this is the
1:39.5	week that you've done that. Hello, Sonia in Cove. How are you? Good morning. I'm very good. It's a good day today.
1:48.8	You know, when the clouds depart and the sun comes out and you can actually see the islands across
1:55.0	the water. It's always a good start of the day. Yeah, there's a bit of a metaphor in there,
1:59.8	obviously, for what we're about to talk about. But you've had a bit of an easier week. I could see from your feed that there was a fair few hikes involved. I don't know about you, but I find even, like, there's emotion involved in running no matter what way you do it because there's the emotion of actually trying
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