Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Cobh 10: Sights & Sounds”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Sonia returns to where it all began for her hometown race and Jarlath documents the whole Cobh 10 experience. If you couldn’t be there this year to run roads, this episode is the next best thing. Perfectly capturing the sights and sounds of pre-race jitters, mid-race emotion and post race euphoria, this is a one of a kind episode featuring listeners, Olympic legends, locals and hills - lots of hills! Don’t miss out on the extended cut as Sonia takes time to draw breath and advises Jar on how to cope with delayed onset muscle soreness and what event to aim for next. This episode is dedicated to Ena Tobin and her family. For more information on/to purchase the Irishman Running Abroad Singlet, click here: https://www.rwsports.ie/category/irishman-abroad-running-with-sonia-shop Join our running club is easy on strava.com/clubs/irishmanrunningabroad. Hear about up-coming events, post your runs and maybe get a shoutout from Sonia. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad 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. Our charity partner is jigsaw.ie. Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for young people to equip them with the mental health 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	This is an Irishman running abroad, the running podcast from the Irishman Abroad Podcast Network.
0:07.9	We changed things up this week with Sonia and I returning to her hometown of Cove for the 2022,
0:15.3	Sonia O'Sullivan, Cove 10, an annual 10-mile road race in aid of breakthrough cancer research
0:20.5	and the further development of Ballymore Cove Athletic Club's juvenile facilities.
0:25.2	If you haven't been following along, we have spent the last few weeks preparing for this, my first ever road race in Ireland.
0:33.3	And things took a twist last week when I tested positive for COVID.
0:39.0	This through the whole, through the whole plan out the window.
0:43.8	The idea of even travelling to Ireland was cast into doubt.
0:48.3	Last time I spoke to you on here I was still testing positive with no symptoms.
0:53.0	On Tuesday I tested negative and all of the symptoms imaginable crashed in upon me for a solid four days.
1:01.0	You can probably still hear it in my voice.
1:02.7	So there was basically no training done for this race in the final week.
1:08.0	Just rest.
1:09.2	That was the idea.
1:10.4	Just rest in the hope of being well enough to get on
1:13.8	the plane and get to cork. I get that there are so many of you abroad that would have loved
1:20.9	to be there. So rather than just tell you about the race, we thought we do our best to record and document the crack,
1:29.5	the buzz, the atmosphere, the sweating, the panting, the emotion and elation of the whole
1:35.5	flipping thing. With this our first and definitely not our last, Sites and Sounds event episode
1:42.6	of an Irishman running abroad, the Cove 10 edition.
1:47.7	You know, I like to be fit and healthy, so the best way I know is to just get out there and run.
1:54.4	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.
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