Having crossed the road in two hours 24 minutes and 25 seconds, McColgan desires to go below 2:20, a time she believes is required to compete at world degree.
“London was the primary precedence and I have never scheduled something after that as a result of I wasn’t positive how I might get better,” she stated. “It is given me plenty of confidence figuring out that, OK, it wasn’t nice, my first one, it felt powerful, I felt like I struggled, however I got here eighth and held on.
“The following one for me is likely to be the Nice North Run in September – a half marathon there.”
McColgan has but to resolve whether or not her subsequent marathon correct can be one the place male individuals will assist tempo her to a sooner time, or “do I’m going one thing extra tactical like New York?”.
She discovered the London Marathon “fairly nerve-wracking” because it was “a baptism of fireside” making her debut in a high-profile occasion full of girls champions on the distance.
Nonetheless, she favored “that buzz you get” from having followers shouting her title all the way in which around the course – and feels suited to the space as she targets the following Olympics.
“That is undoubtedly a brand new chapter for me,” McColgan added. “I at all times felt that sooner or later I might get to the marathon and I am coming at it a bit later than maybe was initially deliberate.
“There’s heaps more room on the street as properly. On the observe, I am very tall and gangly, so I might typically get clipped and tripped – and on the street it’s good to have my very own house and rhythm.”
