Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible.

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

You lose the speed before the stamina.

Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good. We can't make planes or cars, we don't have the materials. We do what we can.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.