You can't magic yourself back 10 years.

I can't imagine living and not running.

I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.

I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.

I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio...

The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.