Fionnuala McCormack bids to make it a record sweet 16 in Lisbon

Before the gun goes she’ll be a record-breaker, not that such a thought will be treated with anything but contempt by Fionnuala McCormack.

This may be her 16th appearance at the European Cross Country, a record for a female athlete, but she will feel no sense of supremacy when she toes the line in Lisbon tomorrow.