Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: "Sonia's Running Myth Busting Episode"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It’s the one year anniversary of the Irishman Running Abroad! Sonia dials in from Portland after watching her 2 mile record fall to one of her own athletes at the Pre Fontaine Classic this past weekend. While she fills us in on what it’s like to see the fastest 100 metres since Flo Jo, Jarlath goes to the other end of the spectrum to give us a full report on the hill session organised for listeners at The Hill of Tara. The myth busting begins with the Olympic legend setting us straight on whether there is a specific body type needed to run, if stretching is in fact dangerous, if shoes have a mile limit at all, if it’s possible to catch a cold while running and lots more. There’s also Sonia’s tip of the week, two new book recommendations and a new event on the horizon. 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.
0:09.0	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	If ever there was a sport around which there is a shedload of misinformation, misconceptions,
0:26.9	myths, and straight up lies, it's running.
0:30.8	Some of them are old wives' tales, some are just nonsense, others are rooted in fact,
0:37.1	but have been blown out of all proportion
0:39.3	as they've been handed around websites, blogs, cowboy fitness coaches and the Troy McClure's
0:45.3	of the fitness information world. Who better to tell us or help us sort fact from fiction
0:52.3	than my co-host, coach and Irish athletics legend, Sonia O'Sullivan.
0:56.0	Sonia, are you still in Oregon right now the day after this huge track meet where, I mean, there was stellar, stellar performances.
1:05.0	It was amazing, the Prefontein classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, where next year will be the World Championships will be taking place there in July. So it was great to get a preview of that and also to get some races that were, you know, many of them were Olympic finals. They had all the medalists from the Olympics there. So it was fantastic to see, you know, such great quality races and some amazing performances.
1:32.2	So the track in Oregon must be pretty quick as well because the sprinters, like Elaine Thompson in the 100 meters.
1:38.6	She ran 1059.
1:40.4	Unbelievable.
1:41.6	Maybe it was 1054.
1:43.1	1054, I think it was, which is the second fastest time ever, only behind Flojo, which is unbelievable.
1:49.7	I mean, that's, she's like, you know, hardly touching the ground. It was unbelievable. It was really, I actually saw her in the warm-up track when they were doing some strides. And, you know, to be that close, it was amazing.
2:02.7	You know, when you're out there yourself warming up and getting rid of a race, you don't pay that
2:05.9	kind of much attention. But when I was out there this weekend, I was just kind of watching out the
2:10.5	side of my eye and saying, wow, that is really fast. Yeah. I mean, it must look like a different,
2:16.8	like it just looks like a completely different thing, right?
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