Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Running Fast & Running Safely”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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It’s almost a week since we learned of the brutal killing of the Irish school teacher and musician Ashling Murphy. Sonia and Jarlath talk about the violence and how the proximity of this awful incident hit home. With the Cobh 10 Mile Road Race in April, we hear Sonia’s plan to commemorate Ashling’s memory forever in the race. Hersport.ie have also announced a run in March and a full campaign to highlight our country’s problem with gender based violence. We go around the parishes to see how our members dedicated their runs to Ashling Murphy. And we hear of one Irishman Running Abroad Club member who has traveled to Kenya this week for some high altitude training with the best of the best. The #breaking20 challenge moves into its third week and Sonia encourages Jar and everyone to get out there and meet up as restrictions look set to be eased across the world. In the extended cut our supporters on Patreon can enjoy and extra 30 minutes of advice from Sonia on drills and speed sessions and Jar reveals more about his upcoming parenting podcast with his wife Tina. 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	Hello there and welcome to this week's episode of an Irish man running abroad with me,
0:25.7	Jarlath Rican in London, an Irish athletics legend, Sonia O'Sullivan in America.
0:30.9	Each and every week, Sonia dispenses the wisdom that earned her world championship titles,
0:36.4	world records and hall of Fame status.
0:39.1	The idea here has always been to help people who would like to run,
0:43.1	run, those that are just starting their running journey to progress,
0:47.9	and those that are well-seasoned campaigners to have a few laughs along the way.
0:52.5	You can join our online running club at strava.com forward slash clubs forward slash Irishman
0:59.6	running abroad if you'd like to join the community.
1:02.2	Or if you want to get even more from these episodes, there's a further 30 minutes of content,
1:06.7	full illustrated notes and exclusive content on Patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad.
1:13.3	Well, it's less than seven days since the killing of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore County
1:18.9	Offaly, a young woman and teacher out for a run as part of her New Year's resolution
1:25.3	on a popular running path by the canal. And honestly, I feel
1:30.6	like I've spent the past week shaking my head, kind of unable to find the words for how awful
1:37.6	this whole thing is. I passed the news on to you, Sonia, last Wednesday evening when I got it from a club member.
1:45.5	And you recognised right away exactly how public this particular path was and that you yourself had run on it.
1:53.7	Yeah, I think, I suppose that was the most shocking thing to me, you know, was the fact that it was just a normal place and I'd been there. And I think
2:03.5	when you've been somewhere or you know somebody, then you automatically you have this connection
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