I prefer just a women’s race. It’s a totally different game mentally.
I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.
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.
I don’t like going away from my children.
I don’t feel guilty in having pleasure!
I can swim I’m not bad, but not great.
I apologise to people when I need to.
I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.
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’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’ve been to three Olympics and I don’t feel I’ve ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
I’m confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that’s taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
There’s always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can’t waste time worrying about it.
Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.
I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.
It’s good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
I don’t really have an explanation. I’m struggling myself to comprehend what has happened and find a reason for it.