Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”Sonia Goes To California” (Plus The Only Guide To Running Snacks You Will Ever Need)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sonia heads to California to check out a potential training camp for her Nike athletes. On a whim she decided to run a half marathon. Hear how she got on in this great episode about all things snack related. There’s a brilliant letter from a listener who built her own snacks business from a very simple idea, Sonia’s tip of the week and a deep dive into pre, mid and post run snacks. Jarlath is 1600km into his running challenge for Jigsaw. Why not support him. He has only 400km to go! https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11392108_jarlath-regan--irishman-running-abroad-.html 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. 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.
0:09.0	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	I have a confession to make before we get the ball rolling on today's episode, and that is that for most of my life I have suffered from snack addiction. It's a debilitating and crippling affliction that many of you will know. I am basically powerless over the urge to eat tiny morsels of food in the belief that
0:41.3	they're only snacks and sure that's not that bad, right? The addiction is made worse by the presence
0:47.0	of tea. Tea for me is the gateway drink for most snack addicts. This addiction, I swear, has ruined every attempt I have made to get fit for the last 20 years of my life.
1:02.1	And I recognise that I need help.
1:04.3	And not just to stop, even though I think that that might be impossible, but to make my snack choices better for me and my running. Who better than the
1:13.1	greatest Irish athlete of all time to advise me on what to do? You're very welcome to another
1:18.5	Irishman running abroad with me, Jarleth Regan, and the aforementioned Irish athletics legend,
1:23.9	Sonia O'Sullivan. How are you, Sonia? Good morning. I am very good, ready to get going
1:30.3	with another week of activity. We're going to dig deep into this topic today and get Sonia's advice
1:36.8	on the pre-run, the mid-run and the post-run snack world. And the mentality needed, let's face it, it is a mentality shift that I
1:46.5	need to stop the constant need for high sugar snacks. Is tea the problem? We will see. Let's first
1:56.3	catch up with Sonia after a furious week of training Sonia at Nike, running in the dark for the Mark
2:02.6	Pollock Trust on Wednesday. And then just for the crack, you threw in a half marathon in California.
2:09.4	Tell us about how that came about and how you're feeling now after this kind of surprise long run.
2:16.4	Yeah, it was great.
2:18.2	I actually feel really good today.
2:20.8	I mean, I've only just got up at 6 o'clock in the morning,
2:23.8	but the sun is getting off.
2:25.3	But it's actually a bonus because yesterday,
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