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Jarlath Regan: How Sonia O’Sullivan turned me from a running sceptic slob into a marathon fanatic
When Ireland’s greatest track athlete of all time offers to coach you, it’s a tough one to turn down and now I’ve changed from wondering what a ‘fun run’ was all about to being a not too shoddy plodder
I honestly never understood running. All I saw was a performative self-abuse. A ‘fun run’ was an oxymoron. Ronnie Delany, Eamonn Coghlan, Catherina McKiernan and the likes? They were just lunatics to me.
I used to look at people out on the road running and shake my head. “What could have gone wrong in their life?” I’d wonder. “How could anyone prefer punishing themselves in the rain in public over spending time at home drinking ...
