I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.

Peace, unity and harmony!

When I was 18 years old, about to develop my sportsman career, the asthma complaints became already some years before.

I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer of thanks to God... I had at last achieved something I'd wanted for so long... My insides bubbled with happiness. It was a dream come true.

I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens.

I've had my fair share of being dismissed. But I'm only about to turn 30. And when I finish running, I'm going to be a dangerous woman.