Ciara McGeehan

My golden age.

30s are the new 20s.

Yeah.

And do you know what?

I felt like I was really coming into... It looked that way looking at you.

So then the sheer like crushing reality of the cancer diagnosis and how that's put such a halt on it.

Because I was like, do you know what?

I'm really coming into a little golden patch here, a little purple patch.

And can I build on this?

Because I did.

Like I ran 355 over the 1500.

And whenever I ran that, I was like...

I ran this off the back of a season that hasn't been perfect if I just get more consistency I don't doubt that I could go 353 I genuinely believed it and I still do if I had had that chance but

As we said at the early outset, the world isn't fair.

Life is not fair.

And I said to somebody something the other day, I was like, I think I've locked out in a lot of things in life.

I have an amazing partner, an amazing family and the most beautiful bunch of friends that you could imagine.

I was like...

Do you know maybe my bad luck was because I lucked out so much in those amazing people around me and I would never change anything about the path that I've been on bar the cancer diagnosis I wish I could change that because those highs and lows were part of that that journey that made me the person I am and I'm so lucky that I've a cupboard full of European medals I wish there had been more global medals on it and a chance to be competitive at Olympic Games but

Some people just don't get those chances either.