The greatest distance runners from across the world will return to the capital for the Olympics in early August to take on a slightly different course.
HopefullyAthletics: Ross-Cope follows her Olympic dream to Kenya nail course I can get the qualifying time, but if that doesnt happen I can snail coursetill aim for the European Championships in June.
And the trip, funded by UK Athletics, will see her return to Britain two days before the London Marathon, when she must run sub-two hours, 30 minutes to make the Olympics squad.
It took until September to clear, but the seven-month lay-off appeared to have had little impact as Ross-Cope made a winning return in the Sutton 10k near Chester.
Ross-Cope has taken on the London Marathon once before, in 2009, when she completed the 26 miles in a personal best time of 2:36.02.
Athletics: Ross-Cope follows her Olympic dream to Kenya nail course,The mother-of-three, from Waterhayes, missed large parts of the 2011 season because of an Achilles tendon problem.
AFRICAN MISSION: Michelle Ross-Cope is heading to Kenya, where she will take part in high altitude training in a bid to qualify for the Olympic Games.
It was probably all because I did not have enough rest between the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games, so it started to inflame.
She will replicate her preparation for the 2010 European Championships – when she was first British runner home – by heading for five weeks of high altitude training in Iten, a town in Kenyas Rift Valley Province.
Ross-Cope, [adult school] Teen arrested in Montreal wanted in Ontario homicide? hamilton ontario (0) 2011-12-27 14:35:19 who will travel to Kenya in early March, had intended to make the 4,300-mile journey early last year, but decided instead to use local races to build up her form.
Ive been doing a lot of rehabilitation and it all seems to be going OK at the moment.
I just wanted to race and be competitive. I was putting in hard training, but I was in massive pain every time I even put a shoe on. I needed cortisone injections.
MICHELLE Ross-Cope will celebrate her 40th birthday with a trip to East Africa as she tries to nail the Olympic marathon qualifying time.
The injury meant she was unable to defend her Potters Arf crown after winning the race in 2008 and 2010.
Ross-Cope said: Its a brilliant race. The high altitude training did help me before the Euros in 2010 and hopefully it will have the same effect this time around.
Ive got to manage it carefully, but there will be physio teams on hand in Kenya to keep on top of the situation.
She will be one of more than 35,000 entrants in this years race, which will take place on Sunday, April 22, when she will be hoping to finish in and around the top 50.
But the City of Stoke AC runner, who turns 40 on January 31, is back in full swing for 2012 and determined not to let the chance to run at a home Olympics slip through her fingers.
Ultimately, she missed out completely after developing Achilles tendon bursitis – inflammation between the tendon and the heel bone.
Ross-Cope said: The hardest part is leaving the mily behind, but this is my last chance to make the Olympics.
It was very frustrating last year, said the England international. We think my calf could have been too tight, and that in turn causes problems for the ankle and heel.
