Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.

In the marathon anything can happen.

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.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

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