Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Running After COVID”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

There’s no roadmap for coming back from a dose of COVID. Every case is different but are there any guidelines you should stick to? Sonia and Jar break down what the experts say and examine whether antibiotics can tinder peak performance. Sonia tells us about her trip to Spokane Washington for the Lilac Grand Prix and how the Nike Union Athletics Club smashed a world record on Friday night. We go around the parishes for a stop in Vancouver where an Irish running club took over in the local half marathon. And finally in the extended cut we get to hear the winners of our most embarrassing running story competition. Get even more on the subject of returning from COVID in our patron exclusive episode notes. 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.
0:09.0	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	Why would a woman run face first into a signpost?
0:24.6	And what would make a man eat two tins of beans before his first marathon?
0:30.3	It's the Tuesday podcast from the Irish Man Abroad Podcast Network, Irishman Running Abroad,
0:35.0	with the legend Sonio Sullivan at Nike's Union Athletic
0:37.9	Club across the pond, and me, Jarleth Riegan, out here in England, tune my level best
0:42.3	not to panic about the remaining two weeks of our Breaking 20 challenge.
0:47.5	Today, we are looking at returning from illness, specifically COVID-19.
0:52.2	The urgency to get back running, to get back to where we used to be,
0:57.1	can be very hard to manage. And the temptation to do more than we should is real. Well,
1:02.2	Sonia is here to talk us through what every runner needs to do to get back to their best in the
1:07.5	shortest time possible. As always, we will go around the parishes
1:10.9	to see what our listeners have been running around the world
1:13.6	and we will have Sonia's tip of the week
1:15.8	and a full update on the training plan for Breaking 20.
1:19.9	And as mentioned at the start of this,
1:21.9	your most embarrassing running stories from the mailbag.
1:25.4	Sonia, you did the shout out last week asking people to submit their running stories.
1:30.0	I've got two humdingers for us this week and those two people will be receiving Irish
1:35.4	Man Running Abroad Singlets because the new Irishman running abroad singlet arrived.
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