Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: “The Barefoot Running Debate"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Can all repetitive strain injuries be traced back to modern running shoes? Jarlath asks Sonia about this and other claims of the barefoot running movement. It makes sense on paper. We have conditioned our feet to expect a type of cushioning that encourages heal striking rather than the flat strike that lets the miracle of engineering that is human foot so its job. Sonia looks back at her days running barefoot at competitive events, the Kenyan model, Zola Budd, ice baths and the danger of transitioning to shoeless running or minimal shoes. There’s look at Jarlath stalled progress after he suffered a hip injury this week. How will this impact his plan to run 2000K for Jigsaw.ie? And we hear one of the funniest emails the show has ever received. Sonia also tells us about the return of Park Runs to Australia and her 19 minute 5K effort for her beloved Snowy the dog. Be kind to yourself and others this January. 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 gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad. 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 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	One of the keys to like maintaining your brain mass is pushing past that comfortable zone physically, you know, exercise-wise.
0:28.6	Eamond Cotland, on his way, throughout major title for the first time in his life, the champion of the world. Imagine in a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise
0:43.3	that's going to make them more relaxed, more healthy, burn off stress.
0:48.3	The lady has gone past Houston, 50 meters from the take.
0:52.3	Ballette is coming fast with the curve.
0:55.9	He's catching a German foot.
0:57.1	Run into that he does it.
0:58.4	Gold for Ireland.
1:01.8	I always thought it was weird when Nike launched the Nike free about 10 years ago with the tagline run barefoot.
1:10.1	That they were essentially arguing for less shoes
1:13.0	rather than more shoes when it came to running. And it's only when you scratch the surface
1:18.7	and do a little bit of digging around and you come to realize that barefoot running isn't
1:23.2	just an ad campaign from a while ago. It's a full-on movement that on the one end of its spectrum believes you can do away with most every running injury by unshackling your feet and never wearing sneakers again.
1:38.1	And Sonio Sullivan here asked me if I had ever run barefoot.
1:42.0	My response was only when getting into the freezing Atlantic Ocean in Mayo.
1:46.3	And I decided that the time has come to talk about this thing, the origin, the theory and the benefits of strengthening our feet, improving our form and speed by throwing our beloved gel and airfield runners to one side for a while and letting the most
2:02.2	amazing piece of biological engineering do its job. Hello and welcome to Irish Man Running
2:08.3	Abroad with me, Jardith Regan. I'm joined as always by Irish Athletics Legend, former World
2:13.1	Champion Olympic Silver Medalist and my coach on this journey, Sonia O'Sullivan. Hello, Sonia. How are you?
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