Run the 2024 TCS London City Marathon alongside Jarlath Regan, Sonia O’Sullivan, Vinny Mulvey and 50,000 amazing humans raising more than 1 billion pounds for charities and causes. Hear all the sounds of this massive event and let Jarlath take you inside the turmoil that unfolds at 38km. This year he was running for Kidney Care UK. If you can, please support him and the work this amazing charity does each year to help people suffering with kidney disease and related illnesses...

Another jam packed episode with the Washington Correspondent Marion McKeone and comedian Jarlath Regan looking back on all the big news stories. Including Trump’s jury selection conundrum, Iran’s attack on Israel, RFK Jnr loses his family’s support, Mike Johnson splintered aid bill and Big Bird goes on strike?

Sonia’s squad of hand-picked listeners head to Cobh after 3 months of training under her guidance. It’s a jam packed episode full of the sights and sounds of the race weekend.

How did Trump get that big discount? Who supplied the money? And will Lara Trump’s version of a Tom Petty classic break the internet? Marion McKeone looks back on a crazy couple of weeks in US politics and international news. From the Baltimore shipping disaster theories to Biden’s response to the latest aid worker killings in Israel - there’s a lot to catch up on in this week’s episode.

If you’re running you need a bit of cross training in your week - why do we all find it so hard? And can Sonia O’Sullivan help? Yes she can!

This week Marion interviewed Nancy Pelosi. She recaps the conversation with comedian Jarlath Regan and together they reflect on the latest news from the campaign trail. Can Donald produce the cash to pay his bond on Monday? Is the bond amount too high? Marion has a surprising take on this one.

Athletics legend Sonia O’Sullivan and comedian Jarlath Regan talk shoes, training and the Road To Cobh. Hear the full episode at www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad

Super Tuesday was anything but super. Marion McKeone reflects on the most pedestrian Grand National of all time. Can this Donkey Derby between two candidates nobody seems to want change? But wait, doesn’t one of the candidates owe a half a billion dollars? The Supreme Court seems very happy to assist him in stalling but surely the bond will have to be paid. Their ruling over Colorado, where is Ron DeSantis, IVF in Alabama and is there such a thing as political fitness? There’s so much to...

It’s week 7 of the 2024 Road To Cobh so it’s totally normal to have a bit training fatigue. That can manifest in many ways. Loss of running libido is just one of them! Sonia is here to help. Today we get the squad provide the questions and we get to check in on their progress. Sonia recommends a brilliant new book by Frank O’Mara and we announce the winners of the Cobh 10 early bird prize. A luxurious stay at Fota Island’s 5 star resort could be yours! Listen now to find out if you have won....

Unflappable. That’s one word to describe Donald Trump. In the face of being ordered to pay almost a half a billion dollars by the courts he seems unperturbed. Why? Does Marion know something we don’t know about how he plans to pay this money back? As she explains, there is no wriggling out of this one. Meanwhile rubble is being bombed in Gaza and the last remaining people fleeing the conflict pray for an end has Biden forgotten how powerful he is or wussed out? A piece in the Guardian this...

You can’t go around them, hills are a fact of life for all runners. The great Sonia O’Sullivan is the proof that running up and over them can provide a huge bang for your training buck. Today on the Irishman Running Abroad she sets out the keys to doing it right. We hear from her hand picked squad of listeners heading to Cobh to run her homecoming road race. We get a taste of my extended interview with the Irish hill running king Ricki Wynne and we reflect on the tragic death of Kelvin Kiptum.

Marion is back in Washington examining a very strange week in US sports and politics. From Taylor to Nikki, Donald to Tucker, it’s all here.

Sonia O’Sullivan chat’s to comedian Jarlath Regan about the ABCs of athletics training sessions. Where do most people go wrong? Is it ever ok to cut a session short? How do we keep our energy level and get the most out of a session? Sonia has the answers. It’s week three of her training plan for the Cobh 10 - her homecoming race in Cork. We hear how the squad are doing and get Sonia’s advice on tailoring the plan to your running level and ambitions. Pop over to www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad...

Is it all over? Nikki Hayley doesn’t think so. Is Fani Willis’s RICO case all over? She doesn’t seem to think so. Only one person can make sense of the campaign trail and all the news from America this week. It’s the Sunday Business Post  Washington correspondent Marion McKeone.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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. Contact...

Sonia O’Sullivan looks back on a jam packed year in athletics and makes her selections for the best of 2023.

Marion McKeone pays tribute to her friend and legend Shane McGowan.

Sonia explains why attaching yourself to a computer every time you run might not be the best way to cultivate a positive relationship with yourself or running.

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....