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An Irishman Abroad

Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”The Super Shoe Episode” (Plus Sonia‘s Tip Of The Week And Your Questions Answered)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Technological doping, the greatest thing since the stopwatch or the greatest fad since fidget spinners! Call it what you like, super shoes are changing running one carbon footplate at a time. Jarlath doesn’t have a pair. Sonia has a pair in every city she visits! Jarlath has a lot of questions. Are these shoes intended for the slow runner? Can they be harmful? Do they really work? Why are they so damn expensive? And if they cost that much, surely we should be allowed to train in them? Sonia has the answers and few insights into what the elite athletes think of them. We also go round the parishes for Sonia’s runs of the week, open the mailbag for an alternative view and get Sonia’s one thing you should be doing in her now legendary “tip of the week”. Support the creation of this show so that it continue to be weekly by visiting Patreon.com/irishmanabroad and in return you’ll get double the episode length and detailed episode notes with even more helpful advice.   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   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   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.

0:08.0

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

Tis the season, to be jo jolly and convince yourself you need a new pair of runners,

0:26.4

even when the ones you have are grand.

0:28.6

Let's not focus on that.

0:30.5

Chances are if you're a runner this Christmas or in the January sales,

0:35.2

you will have the conversation with yourself or your significant

0:38.5

other about whether spending 200 plus quid on a pair of super carbon-plated shoes is something

0:47.3

you or they need to do. Chances are you've read the articles, watched the review videos about how great a pair of carbon-plated

0:57.4

shoes are but have you heard the no-nonsense opinion a former world champion and world record holder

1:05.1

and still the greatest Irish distance runner of all time Sonio Sullivan, you've come to the right place. Today, on

1:12.6

Irishman running abroad, we're going to cast a critical eye over the super shoe trend and ask

1:18.8

whether these shoes can or should be used for regular training. You see a lot of it around.

1:25.7

Let's face it, people are plodding around the place in these things

1:29.2

on their everyday runs. But we'll consider the durability of the shoes if you're going to shell out

1:35.0

200 big ones for a thing, surely it should last longer than the shoes that are half the price.

1:43.2

And why are they so expensive? Can anyone answer

1:46.5

that question? We will get your take by going into the mailbag in our Strava running club,

1:53.4

and Sonia picks the standout runs of the week as we go around the parishes. For our supporters

2:00.3

on patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad,

2:03.5

there is a full extra 30 minutes in this episode,

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