I've always been good at putting things behind me–I fall apart, do my crying bit, and then put it away and move on.

I don't like going away from my children.

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.

If you look back at my marathons and ask whether I would swap one of them for my one balls-up, of course I would. But you can't choose. You have to make the best of it on the day.

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.

I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.