Exclusive: Seb Coe's professional advice

Stretching is also crucial, particularly for the calves and hamstrings.Continuity of training is important and if you feel unwell or are in any doubt about training then his advice is don't, as this could have a more severe long-term effect.

His suggestions for the actual day were...
Don't run in new gear, especially shoes. The garments that you run in are important and you need to check out the seams to make sure that they don't chafe.

He described the start of the race as one of massive frustration, as people discard clothes and binliners that they have been using to keep warm and these pose as potential hazards so he says to keep your wits about you.

One of the biggest mistakes is that people start off too quickly, and get sucked along by fellow athletes, which will only hamper them later on.

Make sure that you take in lots of water And his final advice was enjoy it!

But after hearing all that it made me want to walk out there and then.