4.8 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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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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