Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Plan Like A Pro" (Plus Special Guest Ciara Mageean)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If Sonia was a member of the A-Team she would have pointed out to Hannibal that it’s not really a plan until you write it down. This week Jarlath gets more guidance from the Irish sporting icon on how to properly plan a week of running. Regardless of where you are with your progress, Sonia’s insight into what should form the basis of your run plan will help. From rest to ambition, consecutive training days to discomfort and pain, this is a fun and in-depth conversation about one of the most overlooked aspects of the running world. In the full episode (available to Patrons on Patreon.com/irishmanabroad) Irish Olympic medal hopeful and national record holder Ciara Mageean jumps on the LiveLine for a chat. She, like Thomas Barr, is part of a brilliant new documentary series following the journey of 9 irish athletes to Tokyo. Horizon Tokyo will be released soon on RTE and was created by a good friend of the show, Darragh Bambrick. Ciara burst out of lockdown running crazy new times. Jarlath asks her how she used the time to her advantage and what is her planning strategy. There’s also listener questions answered, the tip of the week and Sonia narrow miss while running in the woods of Oregon. Patrons also gain access to exclusive episode notes with more tips and reading recommended by Sonia. 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	That drive that's there from such a young age to want to be the best or even just, you know, to keep pushing yourself.
0:09.0	I think it's something that certainly athletes have to possess because, you know, whenever I look back and reflect, I'm like, what was the difference between me and some of my counterparts at schools level?
0:18.0	Like, why am I where I am now and they didn't? They aren't because many of the girls were better than me or like how come only some of us have made it to
0:25.5	this level as a senior and like even looking at my own family like I have siblings who I think
0:31.0	have very good athletic ability. My brother in particular is like a little beanpole and you know
0:35.8	sometimes he comes for a run with me and he can keep up conversation and he never trains and I think god like if brenton wanted to do
0:42.6	athletics he could be good but he doesn't have that top two inches to be an athlete he's much more
0:49.1	driven to learn how to play the guitar I've had a guitar sitting in my room for three years now and I
0:54.1	can't still
0:54.5	record because all of my drive goes into my sport. That's, I always wanted to be outside. I wanted
1:00.9	to be active and I wanted to win.
1:06.9	You know, I like to be fit and healthy, so the best way I know is to just get out there and run.
1:11.7	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.
1:17.8	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
1:23.3	Well, with the leaving cert in full swing back home, my mind went back to the subject I got
1:30.3	full marks in, writing study plans. It wasn't an actual subject, but if it was, I would have got
1:36.8	the A1, Sonia. I can't be the only person who spent more time making study plans than actually
1:44.0	executing the plans or doing study.
1:46.8	No matter what you're running level, we can all fall into that trap with the week ahead,
1:53.2	or worse, making no plan at all.
1:55.7	So this week, I'm sitting down the world champion, Olympic silver medalist, Irish athletic legend, our coach and my coach, Sonio Sullivan, to figure out how to design a great plan for your weeks running, how to execute it.
2:09.6	And it's up to you if you want to colour it in and put a bit of glitter on it, maybe laminate it.
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