Regaining Your Running Motivation - Irishman Running Abroad With Sonia O’Sullivan.

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Nobody feels like running every day. Everyone goes through periods where running is a chore and not a joy to behold. Whether you’re deep in a funk right now or have suffered through one in the past, you will want to hold on to this episode and Sonia O’Sullivan’s advice on how to work through it. Together with Jarlath Regan she breaks down the best way to get the mojo back in your mind and body. Fresh from the world championships in Budapest Sonia reflects on how the events played out and how after a big win it’s normal to feel a bit low.

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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.
0:15.1	Sonio Sullivan is going to take the world title back to Ireland.
0:20.4	Hello, it's the Irishman running a podcast with me, Jardath Regan.
0:25.3	How the hell are you doing out there?
0:27.7	How is your running week going?
0:30.5	Whatever your race is, whatever you're training for,
0:33.6	whatever your reason for getting out there and lacing up the shoes,
0:37.3	it's not always
0:38.0	going to feel amazing let's be honest at the very start it feels terrible until you get fit
0:42.5	enough to start enjoying it it doesn't matter what level you're at you're not always
0:47.0	going to feel the runners high quite the opposite let's be totally honest there can be
0:52.3	times where running can feel like a real chore that you don't need on top
0:59.1	of the stresses of your life with kids going back to school, summer holidays, over,
1:03.5	shorter evenings and the strain of just keeping going.
1:08.0	That mojo you felt a few weeks ago can just dissolve all of a sudden. I felt
1:13.6	that I've been there. And I don't think that it's a thing that non-elite runners feel exclusively.
1:20.3	I'm going to ask Sonia all about that because today on the podcast, we are talking about
1:25.1	regaining your motivation to run. If you're not feeling a dip right now,
1:29.7	you're going to need this episode for when you do because just like going out the door and
1:34.7	realizing you haven't charged your smartwatch, it's going to happen at some stage. Nobody is super
1:41.2	motivated 100% at the time.
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