After crossing the line in two hours 24 minutes and 25 seconds, McColgan wants to go through less than 2:20, a time when he believes that it is necessary to compete worldwide.
“London was the main priority and I have not scheduled anything after that because I was sure how I would recover,” he said. “He is giving me a lot of confidence knowing that, well, it was great, the first one, I felt hard, I felt that I struggled, but I arrived eighth and hero.
“The next for me could be the great Run of the North in September, a half marathon there.”
McColgan still has to decide if his next cleaning marathon will be one in which male participants will help it accelerate it to a faster time, or “am I going to any tactics like New York?”
He found the “quite stressful” London marathon, since it was “a baptism of fire” that debuted in a high profile full of women’s champions at a distance.
However, he liked “that rumor you get” that fans shout their name all the course, and feel adequate for distance while pointing to the next Olympic Games.
“This is definitely a new chapter for me,” McColgan added. “I always felt that one day I would arrive at the marathon and I will arrive a little later than perhaps it was originally planned.
“There is also much more space on the road. On the track, I am very tall and heartbreaking, so I would cut and stumble, and on the road it is good to have my own space and rhythm.”