An Irishman Abroad

The Road To Cobh Week 1 - Meet The Squad - Irishman Running Abroad

Sonia has read every email, letter and postcard. She has deliberated long into the night to find the best collection of talent and stories to form her squad for the road to Cobh 2024. Today we reveal who they are and hear some of their inspirational journeys. Which member of the team are you most like? There's someone for everyone. You can match your training plan to their's and take the journey Cobh too. This is a one of a kind episode with something for everyone in it.
Sonia explains the difference between and easy and a "regular run". It's a subject that ex-elite athlete, now elite physical therapist, Vinny Mulvey and I have been exploring for the last 60 days. For the London Marathon 2024 I'm running for Kidney Care UK and I'm using low heart rate training to build the aerobic base that failed me in Dublin last October. So far it has been a revelatory experience. At first, mind numbingly boring, then agonising, then joyous - the process of learning to run properly slow on my easy days has not been easy. Vinny takes me on the Seb Coe loop of Ashbourne, Co. Meath to explain some of the more difficult questions surrounding low heart rate training.
To hear the full episode and gain access to Sonia's full training plans and advice for training for every distance from 5k to the marathon head to www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad  

Decision Time For America & Israel On Trial - Irishman In America

With Israel facing charges of genocide, Trump trying to navigate a path through his legal challenges to the White House and Biden coming out all guns blazing in Iowa, there is a lot to talk about this week with Marion McKeone. Irishman In America runs down all the news of the week from across the pond and you can hear even more by visiting www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad - pose a question to Marion, download our US scandals series, listen to our in depth interviews and much more.
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See Jarlath live on tour in 2024 www.jigser.com/gigs 

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

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.

It’s the last call for applications for Sonia’s squad. If you’d like to be coached by the GOAT simply email us your story. irishmanabroadpodcast@gmail.com 

Pop off to www.Patreon.com/irishmanabroad  to get premium access to this episode. A further 30 minutes of conversation and insight plus episode notes.

Jarlath is on tour through 2024. He will be running all over the world. Come to a show www.jigser.com/gigs or join him for a run https://www.strava.com/athletes/jarlath - He’s also running the London Marathon for Kidney Care UK this April. You can support him here.https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jarlath-regan?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EnthuseSendGrid

The Big Questions For 2024 - Irishman In America With Marion McKeone

Marion McKeone returns to give her analysis of the most pressing questions facing the USA in the coming year. Aside from who will be your President, the land of the free is staring down the barrel of some very serious choices surrounding its future as a global power. Jarlath poses the questions around faith in democracy, Biden, Israel, Ukraine and lots more in this powder keg of an episode. You can find the extended version covering the Nikki Hayley VP conundrum, Putin’s future in Russia, the most anticipated movies of 2024 and more, over on www.Patreon.Com/irishmanabroad .

 

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The Road Cobh - Your Chance To Be Coached By Sonia O’Sullivan - Irishman Running Abroad

Would you like to be coached by Sonia O’Sullivan? Well that’s the chance we are offering our lucky listeners over the next four months on the road to the Cobh 10 Mile Road Race. Listen to this episode to hear how you can be considered for selection. Entry is now open for Ballymore Cobh AC’s centrepiece race of the year. https://eventmaster.ie/event/R4l7UL5h76 But you can win free entry and the chance to be coached by the GOAT by simply emailing us your story.

Today on the show Jarlath talks to Sonia about the 10 mile road race,  why she loves it so much and that time she smashed the world record over this distance.

Later on they talk hills and last minute Christmas gifts. Then in the XL Patreon version, coach Vinny Mulvey explains why heart rate training might be the way for ward for runners in their 30s and 40s. Vinny breaks down the science and examines the impact it has already had on Jarlath’s running.

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Email irishmanabroadposcast@gmail.com to be considered for the squad or to submit a question for Sonia.

Marion McKeone’s 2023 Picks Of The Year - Irishman In America (Part 1)

Marion McKeone surveys the wreckage of one of the strangest years in US politics and selects her biggest winners and losers of the year. To hear part 2 and her full list of selections including best political book, movie and predictions for the year to come, head to www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad 

Irishman In America is an Irishman Abroad Podcast created, mixed, mastered, edited and researched by Jarlath Regan. Original logo by Fintan Wall @wallhello. Original episode artwork by Jarlath Regan.

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2023 Christmas Special - Sonia’s Picks Of The Year - Irishman Running Abroad

Sonia O’Sullivan looks back on a jam packed year in athletics and makes her selections for the best of 2023. Later in the show we hear first hand accounts of the Valencia Marathon from listeners James Carty and Wynona Grant. Pop over to hear the full size episode and access hundreds of hours of Sonia’s advice and training tips. www.Patreon.Com/irishmanabroad.

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Jarlath is on tour all through 2023 and 2024 see www.jigser.Com/gigs  for tour dates and tickets.

Remembering Shane MacGowan with Marion McKeone - Irishman In America (Part 1)

Marion McKeone pays tribute to her dear friend and Irish music icon Shane MacGowan who sadly passed away this week. Marion explains the origin of their friendship and what Shane meant to the Irish abroad. We hear her fondest memories and few things only those closest to him could ever know. In the second half of the episode on www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Marion examines the latest developments in Israel and Gazza, the Desantis dumpster fire and what we can learn from lawlessness in US cities after the Dublin riots.
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Is Technology Ruining Your Running? | Irishman Running Abroad with Sonia O’Sullivan

If a run happens in the woods and there’s no watch there to record it and post it to Strava, did a run ever happen at all? Is the measuring of running ruining running? Sonia O’Sullivan and comedian Jarlath Regan ask whether the focus on data and super advanced technology is sucking the joy out of running? Later in the episode Sonia looks at the limits of data analytics for elite athletes and the one measurement even elite coaches are reluctant to ask their athletes about. One listener hits a big milestone and Jarlath experiments with low heart rate running. “Running is a long term relationship with yourself” according to Sonia. How can we make it one that lasts rather than a fling? Pop over to Patreon to see footage from Jarlath’s latest road trip and listen to an extra 30 mins deep dive on this subject. Www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad

What’s A Bit Violence Between Friends? - Irishman In America With Marion McKeone

Is the low level threat of violence becoming normalised in US politics? Marion McKeone examines this question the light of a few very worrying incidents over the past year. It's been a crazy two weeks on The Hill. Jarlath and Marion look back on the big stories and try to predict what might happen next.

Come over to Patreon to hear an extra 40 minute discussion of the humanitarian crisis in Gazza, George Santos's fraud charges, P Diddy's new rape allegations and much much more. www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad

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