Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Resisting The Urge To Do Too Much"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The number one cause of re-injury is doing too much too soon when trying to return to activity. Why do we find it so hard to resist the urge to go for it too soon? Sonia takes Jarlath into how to avoid this common pitfall that she herself has fallen for on many occasions. There’s your questions on carb loading, dealing with heat and fitness answered. Then the LiveLine is open for a call from Sonia’s strength and conditioning guru Trevor Cummins in Cóbh. There is so much to enjoy in these episodes and even more over 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.
0:09.0	Running was an outlet for me to, I guess, feel good about myself and take out some of the angers
0:14.0	that were going on in my life.
0:15.0	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland. Whether you've had a long layoff due to a major injury like myself or you took a week off to let that nagging little calf muscle recover.
0:30.0	The temptation to do too much too soon is more tempting than a takeaway pint on the side of a canal on a sunny day in Ireland.
0:38.1	Today on the podcast, we're looking at controlling that urge to go for it.
0:43.6	Who better to tell us how to handle the temptation to Forrest Gump your first few runs back
0:49.3	than Irish athletics legend, my coach and yours, Sonia O'Sullivan.
0:54.0	Sonia, great to talk to you again.
0:57.1	Good to talk to you and yeah, we're getting to the point where we can think about running again
1:01.9	for you and yeah, without getting too excited. Yeah, well we'll get to that definitely. I am excited.
1:09.0	I'm not going to pretend I'm not. As always, Sonia will be answering
1:12.2	your questions. There will be her tip of the week, an update on Sonia's Olympic training camp in
1:17.9	Utah, and we'll get Sonia's very own strength and conditioning coach, Trevor Cummins,
1:22.8	to give us a little more advice on how to manage our impulses when running. This week I revamped our Patreon page.
1:31.3	There is now a whole host of new benefits specifically for the Irishman running abroad listeners,
1:38.0	including extra length episodes each week with me and Sonia, detailed episode notes at the end of each one and discounts on all our fancy, stylish Irishman abroad gear from hairybaby.com.
1:52.8	If you love the podcast and you want more, head over to patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad and start.
1:57.9	Enjoy it. If you're already over there now, welcome.
2:00.7	But first, Sonia, let's get into this. If you're already over there now, welcome. But first,
2:01.1	Sonia, let's get into this. As usual, the topic comes out as a result of my situation. This week
2:07.3	after nearly two months of running with the stress reaction in my left shin, I got the all clear.
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