CAITRÍONA JENNINGS, Letterkenny, Co Donegal (winner, 35m 28s): THE CONDITIONS today were perfect – it was a bit windy on the way out for the first 5km but that kind of kept the pace fairly even.
I felt really comfortable, I didn’t want to think too far ahead but the girls were just dropping off and I thought the pace was fine so I stuck with it.
I run with Sportsworld in Terenure. The training for this has been up and down because I was injured. I had an Achilles problem in January which kind of lingered until around April so I didn’t think I’d have enough training coming back in here.
This is probably my first big win – I was sixth here last year and fifth the previous year so I really wanted to make amends and I’m delighted it’s paid off. Third time lucky. It’s not my fastest time. I think it was just outside my personal best, but not too far.