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An Irishman Abroad

Don’t Call It A Comeback! Returning To Running In 2024 - Irishman Running Abroad

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

No matter how long or short the layoff, returning to running is a tough task. Sonia O’Sullivan has returned from every kind of challenge. From childbirth to injury, burnout to loss of confidence - Sonia has seen it all. Knocked down, written off and told it is not possible, she is proof that nobody should take no for an answer when it comes to running. This week she provides all the information you need to get back on the horse. Mentality, nutrition, apparel, strength and strategy; this episode has it all.

Transcript

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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

Whether it's getting back out there after Christmas or a fully fledged,

0:24.6

Phoenix from the Ashes, rocky off the canvas, come back when everyone, including you thought you were done.

0:31.6

Rising up and getting back on your feet can feel like a mountain of a task when it comes to running.

0:38.3

Today, an Irishman running abroad with Sonia Sullivan, she makes it easy by dropping some hard-earned mileage from 30 years in running.

0:47.3

We couldn't be further apart though, Sonia, today. I'm in Connemara County Galway. You're in Australia.

0:53.3

But according to my weather app here, you're getting just as much rain as I am. I'm in Connemara County Golly. You're in Australia. But according to my weather app here,

0:55.3

you're getting just as much rain as I am. I can't see. Normally I can see the beach from here.

1:00.4

I can't see it. All I see is grey fog. But 25 degrees on raining. I don't think any Irish person

1:07.4

would complain about that. They'd be all in the sea in that situation.

1:12.3

But like weather isn't a bad place to start in terms of this discussion because if we just

1:17.5

start with the people that are coming back to running after Christmas, like nothing wrong with

1:21.6

them, no injuries, they've just had a bit of time off over Christmas.

1:25.9

It can be hard to get back out there, but simply because of this stumbling block of the weather

1:30.9

in this part of the world.

1:33.4

Well, it's always a thing, if you're in a routine on a structure, then you automatically

1:40.0

just get out and you do it, and you don't even think about it.

1:43.2

But as soon as you lose that routine, then you have to restart you don't even think about it. But as soon as you lose that routine,

1:45.9

then you have to restart and you have to think about it again.

1:48.8

And so you nearly have to put a deadline on the day

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