Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”What Would Kipchoge Do?” With Special Guest Cathal Dennehy

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

What can we learn from the greatest marathoner of all time? Cathal Dennehy travelled to Kaptagat and lived there for 3 days absorbing everything. He chats to Sonia and Jar about exactly what mere mortals can apply to their training. It’s eye-opening stuff to say the least. Sonia also gives us an update on her travels and explains the benefits of incorporating one track session into your training each week. There’s also a hilarious account of a nightmare run Jarlath had on Halloween morning and Sonia’s now legendary tip of the week. To read about Cathal’s trip to Kenya click here. Cathal is an award winning Irish sports journalist and former junior Irish cross country champion. He now writes for publications such as the Independent, the Times and the Guardian. You can find him on Twitter at @Cathal_Dennehy. 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.
0:15.2	Sonia L. Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.3	Today on Irishman running abroad, Sonanya and I chat to the Irish journalist and
0:25.2	ex-runner, Kahl Denehy about his trip to Kenya to learn about the life and training of the
0:31.0	greatest marathoner of all time, Elliot Kipchogi. What, if anything, can us normals learn from this superhuman and how he goes about his training?
0:43.3	In a week when I joined my first ever track club and Sonia returned to Oregon to join back up with the Nike Elite Training Group, we will also look at the benefits of track sessions each week
0:56.6	and what you can do if you don't have access to a track yourself. Sonia, was it a crazy Halloween
1:04.9	over there? I feel like it's not a holiday here in England as much as it is in Ireland. I guess because we brought it to the world.
1:13.6	But the first place it took off was America.
1:15.6	So you must have been right in the thick of it, were you?
1:19.0	Oh, it was from like the minute I arrived last week in New York even, they were getting ready.
1:24.0	You know, and there was, you know, the kind of Sesame Street houses,
1:28.6	you know, the ones with lots of steps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was just, the decorations were
1:33.2	unbelievable. And, and even back, that was over a week ago, and the kids were already, I suppose,
1:38.2	having days where they got dressed up going to school. Yeah. And then last, last night when I was coming back on Halloween night and, you know, in the middle
1:47.8	of the University of Washington and there's just students all over the place, you know,
1:52.9	dressed in every possible costume you could imagine.
1:56.2	No, I love it.
1:57.2	Yeah, it was very, it's real freaky.
1:59.7	Yeah, look, I just think it's so, it's such a break from the norm that I don't understand
2:06.1	why anybody wouldn't throw themselves into it.
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