Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”The Best Way To 10K” (With Special Guest Coach Trevor Cummins)

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Jarlath Regan

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🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Nobody knows 10,000 metres quite like the record holder and legend Sonia O’Sullivan. She talks to me today about why this distance can be so tricky to run fast and so much fun to train for. With only a week to go until the Vitality 10,000 in London, a race Sonia has run in the past, we dial in coach Trevor Cummins in Cobh. He explains why we all need to find out where we are with 10K before heading out and trying to run it as fast as possible. Sonia reveals a cheeky little equation you can use to calculate your best time and I have a revelation about why I am tanking in all my long runs! We head around the parishes to see what our listeners have been running, get Sonia’s tip of the week and much more. Why not get the full episode with even more advice on the sessions that work best for 10K training by becoming a supporter of Irishman Abroad on patreon.com/irishmanabroad To grab an Irishman Running Abroad Singlet for the runner in your life, click here: https://www.rwsports.ie/category/irishman-abroad-running-with-sonia-shop Joining our running club is easy on strava.com/clubs/irishmanrunningabroad. Hear about up-coming events, post your runs and maybe get a shoutout from Sonia. 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. 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	Once you've conquered your first 5K, you're probably thinking maybe I can do 10.
0:25.8	Once you've done 10, it's pretty normal to think, I wonder how fast I can do that.
0:31.4	Training for 10K is a very different beast.
0:34.4	Today on Irishman running abroad, Ireland's best 10,000 meter runner of all time joins me as usual to talk about the approach we should all take to scaling this mountain and getting our 10K time to where we would like it to be. Sonia, great to talk to you again. What's the right headspace to go after a fast 10K, do you think?
0:56.6	Let's start there.
0:58.7	I think, well, the big thing chasing a 10K is, I suppose, knowing where you're at and knowing what's
1:04.2	realistic because the 10K is quite different to the 5K.
1:07.6	The 5K, you can probably get away with it.
1:10.3	You know, you can start out hard,
1:12.9	you can survive a little bit in the middle and then before you know it, the finishes in sight.
1:17.9	The 10K is a bit more in the middle to do it and to get yourself through. And I think I have
1:24.2	actually run this run that you're going to run. It's next Monday, isn't it? That's right.
1:28.0	Vitality 10,000, yeah.
1:30.1	Yeah.
1:30.7	And it's a lovely setting, you know, down the mall.
1:33.8	And it's predominantly a flat course.
1:36.7	London is pretty flat town.
1:39.5	And the roads are pretty good in London at the moment.
1:42.4	So, yeah, I think you'll be carried along.
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