‘There’s too much at stake in the summer’ – how a Parkrun injury ruined Ciara Mageean’s indoor season

Ciara Mageean suffered a frustrating injury during her time off.

Sean O'Connor

Ciara Mageean has opened up how an injury picked up on a record-breaking Belfast Parkrun last December cost her the indoor season.

The Portaferry native clocked a 15 minutes and 13 seconds time on that 5km Parkrun in Belfast – a female world record – but later learnt that she has tweaked her hamstring in the process.