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An Irishman Abroad

Is Technology Ruining Your Running? | Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Sonia explains why attaching yourself to a computer every time you run might not be the best way to cultivate a positive relationship with yourself or running.

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0:00.0

Running is the simplest thing you can do.

0:01.9

I think we all know that.

0:02.8

It's nearly childish and its simplicity and beauty.

0:06.6

Today you can buy a piece of technology to measure and supposedly improve every aspect.

0:12.5

I'm going to take out to the angles that are going on in my life.

0:16.4

When is running free.

0:18.6

I mean, becoming completely shackled.

0:20.7

So things like Strava, your smartwatch,

0:24.1

your whoop, space age shoes

0:26.2

do elite records today

0:29.0

mean less now that they are

0:31.4

technologically assisted in the way they are.

0:34.7

Well, who better to talk to about this

0:36.7

than the Queen of Irish Irish athletics, the goat?

0:39.0

Sonia O'Sullivan, Down Under.

0:41.3

Sonia, good to have you back.

0:43.3

Good to be back from the Latin Down Under.

0:45.6

Is this my first, our first connection?

0:48.5

I think it is.

0:48.5

Yeah, a very clear line.

0:52.5

The time goes by quickly.

0:54.8

Yeah. Yeah, good to be a clear line. The time goes by quickly. Yeah.

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