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Sonia interview

  • 17-09-2012 12:16am
    #1
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭


    I don't know if this has been posted before but I found it interesting. http://tinyurl.com/8gf6vwp


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  • #2
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    'they trained very hard running a marathon a day.....' :D


  • #3
    KielyUnusual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭KielyUnusual


    A few times I have been with my Mother to the
    supermarket in Ireland and people come up and look in your shopping trolley and they‟d be saying, “oh, you
    shouldn‟t be eating that!” When it‟s only short term you can be amused by things like that.

    Ah, the old Rowntree's Fruit Gums. They're my bane too Sonia. People can be very judgeful.


  • #4
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cksaqL6kPnY


  • #5
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    rom wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cksaqL6kPnY

    Great work by whoever it was who put that video together ;)


  • #6
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    Pisco Sour wrote: »
    Great work by whoever it was who put that video together ;)

    Self praise is no praise


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  • #7
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    If ever an argument as to who was Ireland's greatest sports person arises again I will be pointing people towards that youtube clip :)

    Watching the highlights from the 5k from 2000 I was still expecting her to catch Szabo.


  • #8
    a_non_a_mouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭a_non_a_mouse


    TRR wrote: »

    Watching the highlights from the 5k from 2000 I was still expecting her to catch Szabo.

    Yip....still edge of seat watching, even after these years....

    Great video


  • #9
    KentuckyPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭KentuckyPete


    TRR wrote: »
    If ever an argument as to who was Ireland's greatest sports person arises again I will be pointing people towards that youtube clip :)

    Watching the highlights from the 5k from 2000 I was still expecting her to catch Szabo.

    +1


  • #10
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    Great clip from "Sonia's Last Lap" which was shown on RTE back in 2008. It only covers 1995 to 2000 here but it's very well made:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNzZfQt6VWY


  • #11
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    http://www.newstalk.ie/player/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Off_The_Ball_Highlights/32136/2/Sonia_O%27Sullivan


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  • #12
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcIRZZSnyWo#t=566


  • #13
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Really interesting stuff about the concept of "public commitment" relating to her running the 3000m in Zurich just days after a poor performance in London. Something I think many here can learn from. A lot of people keep their goals to themselves to avoid putting themselves under pressure. Perhaps the Sonia approach here would result in better outcomes?


  • #14
    theboyblunder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭theboyblunder


    great youtube clip. <snip>

    On a happier note, you could post it on the UKA homepage entitled 'british athletes running backwards in the 90's'


  • #15
    theboyblunder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭theboyblunder


    ahhh that was a harsh snip :)

    I checked it - O'Sullivan put it in her book. Not speculation, in the public domain already and O'Sullivan wasnt sued.......


  • #16
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    theboyblunder wrote: »
    ahhh that was a harsh snip :)

    I checked it - O'Sullivan put it in her book. Not speculation, in the public domain already and O'Sullivan wasnt sued.......

    She can put into her book what she likes, but if she posts it here on boards I'll snip it and ban her :p


  • #17
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    She can put into her book what she likes, but if she posts it here on boards I'll snip it and ban her :p

    I was going to quote the bible there but I better not as god may sue boards :pac:


  • #18
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    http://www.marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_283_sonia_osullivan_part_one.php
    http://www.marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_284_sonia_osullivan_part_two.php


  • #19
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    I enjoyed the 2 part marathon talk interview with her. Down to earth too - gotta love when she's shaking the roast potatoes about and getting the dinner ready during the interview. I do disagree with her on one thing though - No Sonia, you do not make the best roast potatoes, I don't care what your kids say. My mam makes the best roast potatoes :)


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