Clare Byrne

But there's also and I know you make a point of this towards the end of the book.

There's the bit about living your life as well.

And you made a point of going to things and doing things and turning up for, you know, you're going to you were telling me you're going to a wedding this weekend.

So you have to do all of the medical stuff, pursue all of that, but also make sure that you are enjoying things.

Listen, you're being very positive.

I know because I've read this and I know that that's not always the case and there are tough days.

But you mentioned Tommy, as you call him, Thomas, to give you his full name.

I kind of fell in love with him myself a little bit.

I mean, talk about somebody who's right there throughout the athletics career, throughout all of this.

He's just there, isn't he?

Yeah, that shines through in the book, though, that he is really special and that you appreciate the bones of him.

Emma, I want to talk to you a bit about sport as well, because I loved how camogie is woven through the book.

Like that is your first love when it comes to sport.

Oh yeah, 100%.

You were at pains to say I wasn't a dirty player, but you were competitive.

And you clearly missed all of that team element when you went into athletics.

I know you were with the New Balance team in Manchester and there's a different sort of dynamic there.

But I got the impression that you loved that sense of being part of a team.

So I didn't really have... Just a different experience to the team one.

I knew before I read the book that you had a really special relationship with Gerry Kiernan as your coach.