I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

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

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