Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”Running Safely: How Everyone Can Avoid The Inherent Dangers Of Running”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Is it possible to run without doing yourself harm? Sonia dials in from Belgium for a frank discussion about the pitfalls that scare many off getting involved. We also hear the first hand experiences of our listeners. In harrowing detail one listener gives us an account of a terrifying assault she suffered while running in Dublin. Sonia provides her usual no-nonsense advice for women and men who want to free themselves from the fear of these things. There’s even more in today’s illustrated notes (Patreon exclusive) plus news of our latest virtual event. 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	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.5	Well, a year ago when we first started the Irishman Running Abroad series, my first question
0:25.8	for Sanya Sullivan was, how can I do this safely? Is it possible to take up running late in life,
0:32.5	or at any point in life, and avoid injury? Twelve months down the road, we wanted to revisit that discussion on running safely,
0:40.7	especially after I pretty much made every mistake there is to make in terms of taking
0:46.0	care of myself over that time, despite Sonia's advice later on.
0:51.3	We will look at the bigger picture of running safely for women, specifically
0:56.1	including some first-hand accounts from members of our running club on Strava.com.
1:01.9	Sonia, you are still in Belgium for the Diamond League conclusion this evening.
1:07.6	It's tonight, right?
1:09.8	The meat is tonight, yeah.
1:12.6	And it's in Brussels, I think it's a big stadium.
1:17.5	I've run there myself a couple of times.
1:20.1	Really nice stadium. I'm not sure how many people are going to be allowed in there tonight,
1:24.5	but you have to be vaccinated to go and you have to have the coveted green wristband to let you in and to be allowed in there tonight, but you have to be vaccinated to go and you have to have the
1:27.9	coveted green wristband to let you in and to be able to move around the place.
1:33.4	Very good. And so your athletes are taking part, are they?
1:38.2	So I have just one athlete here tonight, Constance Clusterhalfen from Germany, Coco, as we know her. She's going to
1:46.4	run 5,000 meters tonight. It's a pretty stacked women's 5,000 meters. So yeah, hopefully, if she
1:53.6	runs really well and gets a good place, then we'll get to move on to Zurich next week for the
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