I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.

In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

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.