A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world ch….

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?.

I don't like going away from my children..

No one remembers who came fourth..

Doing the long endurance stuff seems to have given me the strength to sustain the speed. I think my body is just a lot stronger (thanks to the marath….

I try not to worry about things that I can't control..

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..

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

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..

You can't magic yourself back 10 years..

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….

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 ev….

I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it; I could still be hurt by what they said. After At….

There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it..

You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh..

I was glad I did a year abroad, because it helped me as an athlete and as a person. That took me out of my comfort zone. Watching the French athletes….

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

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations..

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 m….

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal..

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth.