Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: "Sonia's Unwritten Rules Of Running"

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Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

After a sensational weekend of athletics at home and abroad, Sonia sits down to talk to Jarlath about the latest events and the less talked about guidelines that make the running world go round. Every field of endeavour has its own code of conduct, accepted and understood best practice. Sonia offers her take on the most important ones including those pertaining to the track while Jarlath quizzes the Olympic great on the more absurd rules he has come across. From snot rockets to the art of getting changed in public, this episode has something for everyone regardless of your experience level. Big shoutout to Tom Corcoran for suggesting this topic. There’s also news on the next virtual Irishman Running Abroad event and full breakdown in the episodes notes (Patreon exclusive). 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.
0:20.1	Today on Irishman running abroad, we look at those unwritten rules of running, the stuff
0:24.5	you won't find in a handbook, blog or YouTube video. Tom Corcoran, a friend of the show,
0:29.7	and longtime listeners suggested this topic. So I want to start by giving him a big shout out.
0:33.9	He'll be getting an Irishman Abroad pin in the post. And if you want to suggest a topic for an episode, it's very easy, Irishmanabroad podcast at gmail.com. But before we
0:43.5	get to all of that, I want to give a little shout out, a little plug-in to a gig that I'll be doing
0:48.0	on the September 24th of the Underbelly Festival in London. Why not come on down? It's a fully seated stand-up show with a bunch of other comics.
0:56.0	Return of the crack.
0:57.0	The crack is returning.
0:58.5	Venues are full.
0:59.6	Underbelly Festival, September 24th.
1:01.5	Kind of my first big stand-up show back.
1:03.9	So why don't we get a load of Irishmen abroad runners at this event?
1:08.0	Because, Sonia, you might even be there.
1:14.1	I might I'm not sure exactly my plans at the moment but I'm thinking I might hang out in London until the London Marathon
1:20.5	which is on October the 3rd this year I believe and it's possible Diver, or Diver, as we say in Ireland, is
1:29.7	going to come back for that. Brilliant. So that would be
1:32.1	exciting. And actually next year for 2022, the London
1:36.5	Marathon is also going to be in October. So maybe that can be
1:39.7	a target for you, Jared, next year. Oh my God. Yeah.
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