Correr es la mejor Medicina que existe

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.

I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.