Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”So Your Race Day Is Almost Here: Sonia‘s Preparation Masterclass”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sonia’s international athletics season finished on a high last Friday and before she breaks down everything you need to know about race day prep, she fills us in on a record breaking night for her German athlete Konstanze "Koko" Klosterhalfen. Sonia immediately returned to Cobh and has a chance to rest the only way she knows how, with a bit of active recovery cross training. Jarlath’s own attempts at mixing up his activity left him “in ribbons” and wondering is basketball the worst of all cross training activities. We get the opinion of the Irish athletics icon on why the bike is best, especially if there is a coffee or toasted cheese sandwich destination thrown into the mix. Then it’s on to Sonia’s race day preparation masterclass. We are making this episode available in full to all the listeners to give you a taste of how extensive and enjoyable full episodes are over on Patreon. Head over and sign up to get the full illustrated notes for each conversation including more info and tips from the legend. 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.
0:20.7	Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
0:23.2	Those were the words of another corks sporting icon.
0:26.5	But if you don't really know what you're preparing for,
0:30.4	what do you do to prepare?
0:33.0	Preparation you might be doing for your first race
0:36.8	or event you've never done before can leave you flying blind.
0:42.3	Today we get the expert advice of Sanya Sullivan on where most people tend to go wrong, the rules she lives by, and what she and other elite athletes do that can work for people like me, the absolute
0:55.7	newbies. We are also going to look at what cross training really means. And I feel like I got it
1:02.7	all wrong over the weekend. I was with you, Sonia. I went back for my first game of full court
1:08.3	five-on- five basketball since 2014.
1:12.8	And I was able to keep up.
1:14.3	That was, that was a big change.
1:15.4	I was definitely able to keep up.
1:23.4	But I was in absolute ribbons the next day, which surely isn't the point of cross training.
1:29.7	We will catch up on how our members and listeners got on with the Ireland Funds 5K over the weekend and tell you about a brilliant new episode we have coming up in conjunction with profeat.co.uk.
1:38.8	I saw you were doing your own version of cross training over the weekend, a bit of kayaking around cove.
1:43.8	Sonia, How are the arms
1:45.0	today? Yeah, arms are not too bad. Yeah, it's one of those things, you know, whenever I'm in
1:51.0	cove, I look out at the water and you think I'd love to go out there. And recently my cousin, Kean
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