Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Sonia’s Guide To Setting The Right Running Goal”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Do you find running a grind? Are you just floating along not really doing much? Tipping along is all well and good for some of the year but to really extract that joy and sense of achievement from running the right goal might be all you need. But how do you find the right one? Let Sonia explain via Jarlath’s goal to run a sub-20 minute 5K. Yes, you’ve heard of Kipchoge’s breaking two project well welcome to Jar’s breaking 20 project. It’s like Kipchoge’s enterprise with pints, complaining and dumb questions from Jar. You can come on the journey too. Join us on Strava and become a member of Sonia’s running club. There’s news on the annual meet-up run in the Phoenix Park and lots more. 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 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.
0:09.0	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	Find a big enough why and you'll find a how.
0:23.6	That's what they say anyway, but finding the right why or target for your running training
0:28.6	is harder than it sounds, I can tell you.
0:30.6	It's too general, you'll lose focus.
0:33.6	If it's too specific, you'll be missing out on the bigger benefits available to you.
0:38.6	Too far in the future, you can't stay the course and we'll run out a puff, not ambitious enough,
0:43.7	and it stops being interesting. Too ambitious and the towel will come flying in, I can tell you that.
0:49.5	How do we do it right? Well, the only person I trust to guide us through this,
0:54.0	essential part of starting your year off right is on the line right now, the legend,
0:59.2	the goat, Irish athletics icon, my co-host and coach of the Irish Man Running
1:05.2	Abroad, Sonia O'Sullivan, Sonia. Thanks for doing this again. I believe you haven't got long left in Australia.
1:13.8	No, I have just over, well, I've just over 24 hours.
1:18.1	So, but, you know, I've kind of got things in a plan.
1:22.4	And I think in a way, what you're talking about there even relates to me
1:28.1	and so you know these things
1:30.2	they can relate to more than just running
1:31.8	and just making your mind of that you know
1:34.2	okay it's time to get back to work now
1:35.9	or it's time to you know get back to
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