Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”The Sneakers Episode” With Special Guest Marcus O‘Sullivan

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Trainers, kicks, runners or whatever you like to call them are the subject of today’s conversation with two Irish sporting icons. The big business of athletic shoes has boomed in the last 30 years beyond all recognition. Today’s runner is expected and recommended to have not one but several pairs to wear on rotation throughout their training week. Jarlath asks Sonia if this is really necessary. Or are shoe companies deliberately making their running shoes less like all round trainers and more like specialised tools? Does the weekend Park Runner need a Swiss Army knife shoe rather than a shoe designed for Kipchogie to run a sub 2 hour marathon? Sonia weighs in with the shoes she loves from today’s selection and the ones she loved back in Cóbh as a teen preparing to take on the world. We get her review of the London marathon and then Marcus O’Sullivan drops in for a quick shoes chat from Villanova University. His tale of taking his spikes to a cobbler with an unusual request and Sonia’s luminous shell suit story are worth the price of subscription alone. There’s also Sonia’s tip of the week and lots more in the exclusive members episode notes on Patreon. Each week Jarlath provides a detailed breakdown of all the advice in the episode with further reading, extra tips from Sonia and links to all the items referenced in the show. 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.
0:15.1	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.8	It's the episode I've been waiting for all year.
0:24.1	The sneakers, the runners, the tackies, the kicks, the shoes episode of an Irish man running abroad with me, Jarleth Regan and the greatest Irish track and field athlete of all time, Sonia O'Sullivan.
0:35.5	Today, we're going to take a look at the biggest questions
0:38.2	you need to ask yourself when figuring out what shoes to invest in, whether we need a shoes
0:44.2	rotation at all. And which shoes, Sonia looks back on and thinks, oh, those were great. Why did
0:51.4	I stop? Why did they stop making those? That's another question.
0:54.8	Why do they stop making these shoes that we all previously loved? We'll also be joined by the
1:00.2	head track and field coach at Villanova University, the true chairman of the boards, the legend
1:05.3	Marcus O'Sullivan. You might have missed it, but he was on the show on Sunday as my guest for our big feature interview.
1:13.1	And what a chat that was.
1:15.1	If you're all already a member, you can go back and hear the whole story of Marcus
1:19.2	and how he went from a completely unheralded schools runner to an elite athlete running more than 100 sub four minute miles.
1:28.4	I mean, that still makes my head spin, winner of multiple indoor goals and inspiring my co-host,
1:35.4	Sonia, to think an Irish person can kill it on the international stage.
1:39.9	We will, of course, have Sonia's tip of the week and lots more besides.
1:44.4	Sonia, I read that article in the Irish Times that you wrote about the special moment of getting to see Marcus smash it in front of a huge crowd and how that really made the hair stand on the back of your neck.
1:56.9	Was it really a moment where the earth kind of shifts on its axis a little bit
2:02.0	and you can suddenly see yourself doing it?
2:05.6	Yeah, I mean, it was, I suppose that was the real life moment.
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