Ciara Mageean

Flew in and just arrived at the bar that they were in.

And yeah, in that moment, I was just among my school friends.

And we all celebrating Aisling and her hen and having mad crack singing and dancing the night away as the 1500 metre final was underway.

So, yeah, I think it was all very raw for me and I just needed a little escape.

Yeah.

Yeah, as an athlete, and for anybody who doesn't know, I've been diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer.

As an athlete, you're kind of used to sometimes having an unsettled bowel.

You train a lot, you're working really hard.

Sometimes you go out in a run and you're like, oh, for goodness sake, I need the bathroom.

You have to nip into a bush.

Many people are like, oh my goodness, yeah, heading off to the toilet on your run.

You're like very much used to that.

But it started to be a bit more frequent.

And I would get up in the morning and I'd need the toilet four times.

And I was like, it's not normal to go to the toilet and not nearly...

to feel satisfied.

I don't know if that's the correct term, you know, to feel like you've emptied your bowl.

And whenever I was going, I was feeling kind of crumpy and I was like, have I ate something?

Did I have something last night that upset my stomach?

I kept finding logical reasons for it, which many people would.