You know, I like to be fit and healthy, so the best way I know is to just get out there and run.

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.

Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.

Less than 20 days to go to the Dublin City marathon.

This is the episode to listen to if you want to get your tapering just right.

It is one of the most talked about parts of marathon training,

where you just wind it back in a little bit for the final three weeks of training.

It makes perfect sense, but it's not straightforward

to do. This is in fact our second tapering episode in the space of a year. We did one before the

London City Marathon, where Vinnie Molfi and Sonia joined me to talk about this tricky little

balancing act that is tapering. I listened back to that episode, Sonia, before I came on here.

And it is, it is so interesting what even one marathon will do for your experience of this.

Is tapering, to start with, my first question, is tapering as much about experience than anything else?

It is, tapering is very difficult.

And, yeah, I should have listened back and see what I say back then.

When I say the same, now are different.

But tapering, yeah, it's one of those throw away words.

You're easing back, you're cutting back the miles, you're cutting back the

intensity as you head into the marathon or any big race that you're getting ready for.

Some people taper before every race, so then they're constantly on the, we call it deep training.

Yeah. So when you're training for a marathon, you try to hold on to your fitness and your level of

endurance for as long as you can.

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