Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Chi Running: With Special Guest Emer O'Brien"

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Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Gait analysis is rightly or wrongly something a lot of runners fear from a cost and mortification point of view. This week Jarlath reluctantly submits to having his gait analysed by the brilliant Irish chi running coach Emer O'Brien (fitnesswithemer.ie). Sonia admits why even she hates seeing the reality of her running technique played back to her. Emer explains why getting past this cognitive dissonance is so important to running more efficiently and avoiding injury. With the Olympics just around the corner, we get an update on Sonia's running team in Utah and her own plan to get home and meet up for a run with the listeners. Premium members on patreon.com/irishmanabroad can enjoy the full extended conversation and fully illustrated notes from Sonia and Emer on this topic. 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	Today on Irishman Running Abroad,
0:23.1	the legend, Sonia O'Sullivan and I are joined by Irish Chi running instructor
0:28.0	Emer O'Brienof Fitness with Emer.a.e.
0:30.6	To talk about all things technique-related,
0:33.5	I have volunteered to have my gait analyzed by Sonia and Emmer for the purposes of the show.
0:40.3	Let me start by saying, this was perhaps the most embarrassing experience of my entire life, but we'll get to that in a bit.
0:48.3	As always, on Irishmen running abroad, you can rely on me mortifying myself so you don't have to.
0:55.9	Sonia and Emmer will be talking about the most common errors they see and why when it comes to
1:01.6	running, we all tend to make the same kind of mistakes or get into doing the same things
1:07.2	wrongly. Why is that? Later still, Imor and Sonia will tell you the best ways to correct it.
1:13.6	There's also your questions answered and of course Sonia's tip of the week. First of all,
1:18.6	Sonia, you're basically en route to Ireland right now, are you not? You're in Los Angeles right now?
1:24.5	I am. I'm on the move. We were based in the mountains there for a few weeks.
1:30.5	And for the second time up in Park City in Utah, and this time it was definitely at the end.
1:35.7	You could sense, yeah, we've had enough for this year. It's time to move on. And, you know,
1:40.7	with the Olympics looming, athletes are pretty keen to get there too. And a lot of athletes
1:46.4	are already arriving in Tokyo, but, you know, there's still a week to the opening ceremony,
1:51.4	but two weeks to the athletics part of the program. So, um, itchy feet, I'd say. Yeah. I mean,
1:58.9	people are excited to get there, but then when you get there, there's still a bit of a waiting game to play.
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