I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.

When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.