Ciara Mageean withdraws from European Indoors due to a few setbacks
The Portaferry native claimed a bronze medal in the 1,500m at the 2019 championships. By Sinead Farrell Monday 1 Mar 2021, 2:59 PM Mar 1st 2021, 2:59 PM 4,310 Views 0 Comments
Ciara Mageean [file photo].
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CIARA MAGEEAN HAS announced that she is withdrawing from the upcoming European Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
In a statement published on her Twitter account, Mageean outlines that she is unable to compete “due to a few setbacks,” having been included in the 24-strong Ireland team that is travelling to Torun for the event from 5-7 March.
Listen to your body. It’s one of the things everyone says, and with good reason.
When our bodies are craving something, they let us know. When something is going wrong, they send out warning signals and if you want to have a long career in this sport, you better learn to listen.
For a long time I didn’t.
When I was 16, I started working with a dietician and in the years that followed, I became really, really strict with my food. I have always had the traits of a perfectionist, and I was so controlled about everything I ate: weighing my food, knowing exactly how many calories I was consuming.