Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O‘Sullivan: ”Your Questions For Sonia Answered”

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week we open the mailbag. It’s been bulging for months with a backlog of your questions for Sonia on training, nutrition, injuries and more. Not only does Jarlath get the chance to ask all your questions for the GOAT but he also gets to dip into the raft of questions he has never had the chance to ask. In classic no-nonsense Sonia style, we get the whole truth on each subject and an account of the worst questions she’s ever been asked. There’s even time in the second half for Jarlath to ask if he is difficult to coach. The answer might surprise you. There’s a review of our club event from last weekend and the announcement of an in person event this Sunday in Dublin. 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.
0:20.0	Well, for the last year, I've been quizzing the greatest Irish track and field athlete of all time,
0:25.5	Sonio Sullivan, about everything from diet, motivation, managing, fatigue, planning, runners, and training.
0:33.1	And in the midst of all of that, we've had run dozens of club events.
0:37.6	Well, maybe not dozens.
0:38.3	We've done a load of club events with ourstrava.com forward slash clubs, forward slash Irishman
0:43.2	abroad club.
0:44.4	And we've even met up with the listeners for a run around Dublin Bay during the summer.
0:49.0	A lot of you, myself included, have reached new levels with your running as a result.
0:56.1	But still, there are questions.
1:02.2	I have been dying to ask Sonia, but haven't got around to asking yet. And when I asked if the members of the club felt the same way, the answer was a resounding yes as the emails and posts
1:07.8	came flooding in to ask Sonia whatever you want.
1:11.7	This is our Ask Sonia Anything episode.
1:14.4	I think we're going to do one of these a year, Sonia.
1:17.2	Are you ready for this?
1:19.5	Yeah, I'm ready for the questions.
1:22.1	You know, you've been interviewed so many times over the years, like probably thousands of times.
1:28.6	Like, were you always comfortable with it?
1:32.5	Or did it take a while to relax into the idea that people have a real curiosity about you?
1:41.6	Well, I think it depends, you know, when you do interviews for, like, newspapers and
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