I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.