Crista Cain after winning gold for the Isle of Man in the women's 10,000 metres

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00:00Krista, I've been to a couple of Ireland games now, but that has to be one of the most dominant

00:04performances I've ever seen.

00:07Yeah, I wasn't expecting that.

00:08I thought there was going to be a right battle, so it went out hard from the off, to be honest.

00:12That's a bit of an understatement.

00:13I think you'd lapped half of the field by about just after halfway mark.

00:18Was that always your game plan?

00:19Well, I wasn't sure.

00:20I've obviously checked the competitors in the field, and there's some really fast girls

00:24out there.

00:25You just never know what anyone's going to do on the day, so I went out with my strategy

00:29to try and lead from the front.

00:31Kept checking over my shoulder in the first few laps and realised quite quickly I was

00:36a little bit ahead, so a bit of confidence and just hoped that I could hold it throughout.

00:40And, of course, to go with the gold medal comes an Ireland games record.

00:43That's a smashed Ireland games record, we might add, just under a minute quicker than

00:48the old standard.

00:49That's fantastic.

00:49Buzzing with that, yeah.

00:50I mean, 35 was what I was aiming for, but on a day like today with the heat, I mean, I've

00:56done the heat training, but yeah, you just don't know how you're going to perform when

01:00the sun's shining on your back.

01:03Finally, this is your first Ireland games.

01:05Are you enjoying it?

01:06Is it a bit different to the, obviously, you're usually a marathon specialist, so the track

01:10must be slightly different to what you're used to?

01:11Different dynamic altogether, yeah, and just the fact that you're loop on loop on loop.

01:16It does get into your head a little bit.

01:17I was counting to begin with.

01:18I did lose track with the lap counter there, but to be honest, I wasn't doing the math.

01:23I was like, it's just like, get through, but yeah, I guess the difference is just having

01:28the same crew, like the same support the whole way around.

01:31It's great to have everyone from the team, my half marathon crew, they were making a lot

01:35of noise down that bottom corner, so yeah, and the guys from Orkney, they've just been

01:39so supportive, to hear everyone's shouts, it's just been great.

01:42And looking ahead to the half marathon on Friday, does this make you a bit of a marked

01:46woman now?

01:47I'd say out of the three, so I've also got the 5,000 on Wednesday.

01:50I'd say out of the three, I was probably more confident with the half, because the distance

01:56is my bag, but yeah, we'll see if the legs show up after a hectic week.

02:01Well, a tremendous performance again, Krista, well done.

02:04Thank you so much.