Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O'Sullivan: "Trying To Do Too Much: What To Do When We Feel Overwhelmed"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After almost 12 months and nearly 50 episodes, Jarlath and Sonia meet face to face for the first time to discuss that awful sense we all get from time to time. Feeling like you’ve bitten off more than you can chew whether it’s at work or in running can leave us feeling frazzled, depressed and completely exasperated. Sonia has some simple yet effective advice as always for anyone feeling this way. Unlike most of us, she has felt the weight of the world on her shoulders when performing on the world’s biggest stage. Few can relate to Simone Biles better than Sonia. Jarlath gets her take on what took place in Tokyo this week, asks how the Irish fared, gets Sonia’s highlight of the games so far and a few tips for what is coming next. There’s also her tip of the week, Rob Heffernan’s Brendan Boyce and much more when you sign up on Patreon. 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.
0:09.0	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. So you've committed to run that marathon.
0:23.6	You've always been dreaming of doing.
0:25.6	Or that half marathon you thought a year ago was totally beyond you.
0:30.6	And now the reality of that commitment is setting in.
0:34.6	Your family and friends know all about it and worse still you've told everyone on
0:38.7	Instagram and Strava about your plan. But the doubts are creeping in here today to talk to us
0:45.2	about what we can do when it all feels like too much. And I do mean here today for the very first
0:52.4	time in almost 12 months of this series it's my
0:55.1	coach and yours Irish athletics legend Sonia O'Sulvin here with me in the room
1:00.5	sonya how weird is this this is so weird I haven't hardly done a in-person
1:04.6	interview of any sort you know in a long time and now we're doing it in-person
1:09.6	podcast here in RTE.
1:12.6	It's going to take a while to get used to it.
1:14.6	Yeah, we need to set the scene.
1:16.6	We are sitting in Sonia's dressing room here in the hallowed halls of the national broadcaster,
1:21.6	RTE, where Sonia has been doing punditry since the track events began last week at the Olympics.
1:26.6	We've been following you and your athletes across social media, or as best we can, those that
1:33.8	you trained in Utah and at the Nike HQ in Beaverton.
1:37.6	Give us an update on how each one of them is doing to start with.
1:42.0	Well, from my group over in America, we have only had two athletes compete so far.
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