Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan: ”Training Errors Even The Pros Make”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Running is an imperfect science, we should know this but how do we spot mistakes we might not know we are making? Sonia O’Sullivan takes Jarlath through a few of the errors she sees runners of all levels make with their training. There’s advice on everything from recovery, pacing, mindset, motivation, planning and life packed into this huge episode. You really need to hear the whole thing. Recorded while the 2022 Boston Marathon unfolded from Sonia’s training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, Jar puts listener questions to the Irish athletics icon and reads out two excellent embarrassing running stories. Thanks to our supporters on Patreon who in return for as little as £5 a month gain access to double size episodes, episode notes and our archive from the last 8 years. For more information on/to purchase the Irishman Running Abroad Singlet, click here: https://www.rwsports.ie/category/irishman-abroad-running-with-sonia-shop Join 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. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad 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. Our charity partner is jigsaw.ie. Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for young people to equip them with the mental health 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.
0:09.0	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. What are the training mistakes that even the elite athletes make?
0:24.7	Today on Irishman running abroad with Sonio Sullivan, she joins me from Flagstaff, Arizona,
0:30.7	where she's rejoined Nike's Union Athletic Club.
0:34.2	And today we're going to ask her all about the mistakes. She sees getting made over and over again.
0:39.6	And how do you fix them? Most importantly, how do you fix them? We're recording this at 3.30pm Irish time,
0:46.6	April 18th, 2022. So super early start for you, Sonia, straight off the plane.
0:55.1	Yeah, it's, um, what was it? 7.38 here in the morning, but I was, yeah, I was awake quite a bit
1:02.3	earlier. Yeah, so you, you've literally just flown in for this.
1:07.2	It's flown in especially for this episode from a new location.
1:13.1	But it's, I've been here once before and I don't really remember it very much because I'm only here for a few days.
1:21.0	But what's really strange is I arrived into this house last night and I'm pretty sure I stayed either in this exact same house or something very similar the last time I was here.
1:33.9	It's really odd.
1:35.1	And how long ago were we going back there?
1:38.3	So that was, I think it was 2005.
1:41.3	Oh, wow.
1:43.2	It's either deja vu or I lived somewhere very similar to this.
1:48.6	Yeah, it's definitely very similar. But in saying that, you know, oftentimes when you come
1:53.3	back to a place you've been before, you recognize everything and where everything is, but
1:57.5	maybe it's far enough away that I recognize nothing.
2:03.6	But I also did arrive in the dark last night. It was pitch black. And yeah, so I'm waking
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