Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Drills, Drills, Drills!"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Want to run more efficiently, with more balance, better posture and less chance of injury? Apparently “drills” are the only way to go. Today Sonia explains what the hell a drill is apart from a handy yoke around the house. The principles behind them and why pretty much every runner should regard a solid selection of drills as essential at least twice a week. With the US Olympic trials concluded Sonia is completely exhausted from the emotional rollercoaster of seeing her athletes qualify in style and see their dreams come true, or get pipped at the post and ponder what happens next. Later in the show over on Patreon, members can get their questions answered by the Irish athletics legend, find out what drills she recommends and what drills should be avoided by beginners. There’s also comprehensive illustrated notes containing more advice for members 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. 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.
0:08.9	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.
0:15.2	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:21.4	Hello and welcome to another episode of an Irish man running abroad.
0:25.6	Well, after last week's masterclass on marathon training,
0:29.3	we were inundated with emails, questions and more requests for further discussion on this subject.
0:35.9	So today we will dig a bit deeper into the do's and don'ts of training for the big one, the marathon.
0:41.3	Before that, we're going to talk about one of the most effective ways to improve your running, speed, form, efficiency,
0:50.3	and a way of looking fully crazy to the untrained eye.
0:55.3	Drills.
0:56.2	You know the things I'm talking about.
0:57.6	Skips, high knees, butt kicks, walking, knee hugs.
1:01.6	They're so varied.
1:03.4	They're as varied as they are embarrassing to do.
1:06.1	But why should we all be doing them?
1:09.2	Are they really that important?
1:11.4	Is it better to avoid the humiliation of doing them under the cover of darkness?
1:15.9	Well, here to answer all the smart questions submitted by you guys on Strava and some of
1:22.1	the dumber ones that I've suggested is the Irish athletics icon, Sonia O'Sullivan,
1:26.9	Sonia. How are you doing?
1:29.4	I'm good. I'm okay. Yeah, I've had a bit of a roller coaster of a week down in Eugene, Oregon
1:35.6	at the US Olympic trials. But yeah, we're back to the grind, as Sophie would say.
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