Catherina McKiernan says pick brains of former greats for medal formula

Success in distance running boils down to a relatively simple formula, but for the current crop of Irish athletes the conundrum has proved increasingly difficult to solve.

That was obvious last weekend at the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia, where the Irish were unable to take home a medal for just the third time in eight years.

Back in 1994, Catherina McKiernan took gold at the inaugural edition of the event, and for her there’s a two-part process required if the new crop are to get back on the podium.