Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Marathon Training Episode With Special Guest Coach Trevor Cummins”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The number 1 running podcast in the world today (Irish Runner Magazine), Irishman Running Abroad, brings you a comprehensive experts guide to marathon training this week. Sonia and Jarlath enlist the help of the great Trevor Cummins two weeks out from his trip to the Seville marathon. Together they work through some of the most common misconceptions, questions and truths of preparing for the big one. As always there is even more craic and questions answered on our supporters page over at Patreon.com/irishmanabroad plus an illustrated set of notes. Jarlath was struck down by a bug this week. Sonia knows a thing or two about this too. She guides him and our listeners back from antibiotics and easing back into the work of #breaking20. We go round the parishes, get Sonia tip of the week and have a very big announcement about the much anticipated team singlet. 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 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 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.
0:20.5	What is the obsession with running 26.2 miles? Why is that this arbitrary distance so attractive
0:28.1	to so many runners of all levels? It's very hard to say. One thing is for sure though, trying to do it on
0:35.6	your own makes it all that bit harder. Today, on an Irishman running
0:41.6	abroad, we will let you ask the experts, the questions you need answers to when it comes to
0:47.6	preparing for these big races. And we get their takes on the least sexy but unavoidable truths of preparing yourself for what lies ahead.
0:57.5	Whether you're trying to break three hours or just get to the finish line,
1:01.6	Athletics icon Sonio Sullivan joins us in America from Union Athletics Club.
1:06.3	And later on, we will have the Irish Marathon Specialist and Coach Trevor Cummins on the Liveline.
1:12.4	We will go around the parishes and see what you guys have been up to over the weekend, get Sonia's tip of the week, and much, much more.
1:19.7	We're absolutely freezing here in St. Albans.
1:22.8	Let's get the most painful part of the week out of the way.
1:25.8	What's the weather like there in California,
1:28.8	Sonia? What is it like? Well, I posted up, I had a few pictures I took yesterday on my run
1:35.4	because it was just so I couldn't get over how blue it was out there. Like the sky and the sea
1:41.5	were just running into each other. And it was just gorgeous.
1:45.4	I had a really nice run along the coast.
1:47.6	And I've been to this spot a couple of times.
1:50.6	And it's amazing how quickly the time goes by.
1:54.2	I wasn't running very, I wasn't running very fast.
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