The 40-year-old four-time Olympian, who remains the women's marathon world record holder after setting it at 2 hours 15min 25sec in London in 2003, has not run a marathon since finishing third in Berlin in September 2011 due to a chronic foot injury, which also saw her withdrawing from the London 2012 Olympics.

However, she is now back training with the British team in Kenya and, although she has not competed in the London Marathon since 2011, she would love to finish her racing career on home turf, as it is where she started her career.

Paula Radcliffe last won the London Marathon in 2005 ©Getty Images


"This year in London is too soon but I'd probably only ask my foot to do one more marathon," Radcliffe - who won the London race in 2002, 2003 and 2005 - said.

"If I had to choose, sentimentally, it'd be London.

"I'm not being unrealistic.

"I'm not thinking I can get back and run two hours 15 minutes but, if I could come back and run a sub 2:30 then I'd like to do it.

"I would love to come back and run a marathon or even a half-marathon and just be able to finish my racing career on my terms.

"Very few people get to do that.

"I'd just like the chance.

"I will never say 'retire' but if I run one more marathon, I'd love it to be New York or London."

Paula Radcliffe is now giving tips to fellow Briton Mo Farah, who will make his marathon debut in London this year ©AFP/Getty Images


Radcliffe, whose last marathon win was in New York in 2008, has not raced over any distance since Vienna in April 2012 - when she finished sixth in a half-marathon - and has admitted she will still have to be careful not to cause more damage to her foot and jeopardise her chances of ever running again.

"I don't want to break down my foot, I want to listen to it," she said.

"I want to fun run or run with my kids.

"It's got to the point where I can do that, where I can take the kids to the track."

Radcliffe is now said to be passing on tips to compatriot Mo Farah before he makes his full marathon debut in London in April.

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