Radcliffe targets October return

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The 35-year-old has admitted defeat in her battle to be 100% fit for the marathon in Berlin, where she had hoped to regain the title she won in Helsinki in 2005. However, she is already targeting the World Half Marathon championships in Birmingham on October 11 as a way to make partial amends for missing out in Germany.

"Now I've put everything right with the surgery (to remove a bunion and then repair a broken toe), I want to put it behind me. I want to race and race again and don't go over-reaching and put myself on the line in the world championships unless I'm 100%," Radcliffe said.

"In some ways it's been really hard coming here because you want to race, the team is doing well and you want to play your part in it.

"Because I was so close I had go through that process. It's still going to be really hard watching it but I had to give it every shot to be sure in my mind."

Racing in Birmingham in October would fit nicely with the New York marathon a few weeks later and Radcliffe added: "The world half marathon is a good one. It would not make up for, but go some way towards (making up for) not being able to get the (British) vest on now.

"Do I feel I let people down? If you asked me years ago, yes I would have done. There is a little tiny bit, but most of it is just disappointment for myself because I wanted to go out there and it was important to win here.

"I don't think you can feel that you've let someone down when you've done everything that you could to get there."