Jerry Kiernan interview

shels4ever

Not a bad interview at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTRUjQHSh1g

runjb

Very insightful interview. He can certainly talk the talk, but in fairness he walked the walk too.

To finish 9th in the Olympic final was a great achievement, and without those cramps in the last 5 miles, a medal could have certainly be on.

walshb

runjb wrote: »

Very insightful interview. He can certainly talk the talk, but in fairness he walked the walk too.

To finish 9th in the Olympic final was a great achievement, and without those cramps in the last 5 miles, a medal could have certainly be on.

I can't open youtube at moment. What is the gist of the interview?

Burgman

It's a radio interview, 47 minutes long and I didn't have the time to hear it all. First few minutes are very interesting. One point that Jerry made was that he would have been 35 at the Seoul Olympics (after 9th in Los Angeles) and 35 is just too old etc. He didn't mention that Carlos Lopez won gold in LA at 37!

Nevertheless, Jerry is truly a legend of Irish sport. Check out his stats. Not just that but he can be found a couple of evenings a week coaching children at one of the clubs in Dublin.

ray lanigan

brillant interview,realy injoyed that:)

rom

As I was doing it for myself. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1h6ofJoLlpTa2YzNUlRNkdQRVU in mp3 if your into that sort of thing.

Mick Rice

I interviewed Jerry for Irish Runner magazine at last year's Dublin Marathon expo.

He was a thoroughly impressive interviewee. What struck me most was his forthrightness and lack of ego. He was completely prepared to provide an opinion on almost any aspect of athletics, but didn't seem to need to believe that he had a monopoly on wisdom. Having a range of well-thought-out opinions, that are backed up by enormous personal experience - and at the same time being prepared to believe that you could be wrong - is an impressive combination.

ManFromAtlantis

agreed, i really like listening to him when hes a tv analyst. hes certainly not afraid to call it as he sees it. but not in a nasty or trying to be controversial kind of way.

rom

ManFromAtlantis wrote: »

agreed, i really like listening to him when hes a tv analyst. hes certainly not afraid to call it as he sees it. but not in a nasty or trying to be controversial kind of way.

tbh when I saw him recently on for the euro's I thought he was a tad but after listening to this I can see that he is spot on 100% even if he is a Kerry man
I presume this is the picture he refers to in the interview. He encompasses the pure love for running.

BobMac104

look at all those heel strikes^

I really enjoyed that interview. He's a pure teacher though! He'd be great at given out the lines id say.