Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: "Conquering Fatigue: Can Accumulated Fatigue Help You Run Faster?"

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Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After months of burning the candle at both ends, Sonia is feeling the strain as she returns to the USA. She talks to Jarlath about all she has learned about fatigue over the years and how it can actually be used as a tool to increase speed long term. There are questions from the listeners around how much time an average runner should devote to recovery and a ridiculous story of Sonia's first stateside park run and how it brought out the competitive animal in her. There’s a detailed look at a Sonia designed training plan and lots more over in the extended cut for our wonderful members to enjoy on Patreon. 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	We've all felt the incremental gathering of tiredness at some point or another.
0:26.5	It's not a running thing, it's a life thing.
0:28.7	If you're a parent, you definitely know what accumulated fatigue is.
0:33.3	But literally everyone you know is creating a little bank account of sleep, rest and recovery debt,
0:42.1	that we hope to balance off either on the weekend, on that holiday, or whenever there is time, those famous words.
0:50.3	Today on Irishman running abroad with the Irish athletics legend Sonio Sullivan, as always,
0:55.2	we will look at the dangers of running yourself into the red and a theory as to how you can use
1:01.9	accumulated fatigue to your benefit. Yeah, that's right. Today on the podcast, we might just figure
1:08.1	out how to use being tired to help you run faster.
1:13.5	Later on, of course, we'll have your questions and the now legendary Sonia's tip of the week.
1:18.4	But Sonia, you're back in America now, and this is no coincidence that we're doing this episode.
1:22.9	There is a reason we are looking at this topic this week, right?
1:27.9	Yeah, it's been a bit of a, I suppose, busy time, you know, between the TV work around
1:34.8	the Olympics and, you know, maintaining the running routine, which, you know, it becomes part
1:39.9	of your life. So you have to, no matter what you're doing, and I suppose for me, it's always
1:44.0	a bit different. Every week is different than the woman before. So you have to, no matter what you're doing, and I suppose for me, it's always a bit
1:44.3	different. Every week is different than the woman before. So I'm always trying to manage, you know,
1:49.9	my running around it and try to get it out of the way before, you know, you're up against the
1:55.6	deadlines that you have to do and to be ready for. So, but yeah, no, I'm back here in, in in Oregon and we're here for the pre-Fontaine track meet
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