Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “Running For Weight Loss: Sonia's Definitive Guide"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Weight loss is a global obsession and often the hidden motivation behind a lot of new and old runners. Today on the podcast Sonia looks at a subject she has taken as a basic by-product of her job and considers why so many struggle with it. Jarlath quizzes the Irish Olympic legend on the errors most people make, her cheat code for meal prep and how to design your running schedule to maximise your chances of getting your body composition to match your running goals. There’s also listeners’ questions answered and a look at Roy Keane’s ability to move tea. 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 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.
0:08.9	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	Sonia L. Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.7	Well, what a weekend of sport.
0:23.5	Sonia's 8K Twilight run for Jigsaw, the NBA finals, Wimbledon, and I think there was a football
0:30.1	match thrown in there somewhere.
0:31.9	I hope you survived it okay, wherever you are in the world, whatever side of the divide you're
0:35.9	on, highlight of the final for me, well, was it, was it Luke Shaw and that blinding finish in
0:41.9	the second minute? Jordan Pickford saves. Kealini with that kind of get over here, scruff of the
0:47.4	neck, take down that I'll never forget. No, for me it was Roy Keane's moving of the tea
0:52.8	while Gary Neville and Ian Wright jumped around
0:55.8	and lost their mind celebrating. Truly, in that moment, he was every Irish person in England.
1:03.8	Enjoy your celebration, but do not spill my tea. Did you get to see that happen at the moment
1:09.2	that it happens on you?
1:24.8	I didn't because I was watching on American television, so on ESPN, and we didn't actually get any too much panel chat, you know, and discussion other than we were lucky enough to get the game.
1:26.6	And the commentary was actually pretty decent.
1:28.6	So it was good fun.
1:31.1	It was the first full football game that I watched of the whole tournament, believe it or not.
1:33.6	I had a few attempts to do it.
1:35.6	But here you have to go out of your way to do it
1:38.3	and you have to find the channel and it's not everywhere.
1:41.6	And it was on ESPN here and I discovered that when I I watched the semifinal or a bit of the semifinal earlier in
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