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I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.

I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

It might sound stupid, but I don't enter a race to win - I enter a race because I love racing.

From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old.

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.