RunnersLife athlete Andrew Lemoncello aims to resurrect his Olympic dream by running in the 10,000 metres at London 2012 rather than the Marathon distance he has focused on the last couple of years.

The last couple of Marathon race's have not gone to plan due to injury or unfortunate circumstances which occurred during the race, which happens when you are pushing your body for 26.2miles. The plan for the American based Scottish athlete is to now focus on the 10,000m which is an achievable target having already run under 28minutes on the track.

The 29-year-old told BBC Scotland's Sport Nation: "The track is still very much a reality for me. My [10,000m] personal best is not too far off the qualifying time, so I think it's very possible I can go there."

He added: "It's a big downer because I really wanted to go for the marathon and run round the streets; with home support there it would just be amazing. But I still have the track season that I can aim for"

The UK is starting to get some depth in the 10,000m again though, with a few athletes getting closer to the qualifying time and of course having one of the worlds top distance runners in Mo Farah (26:46) and European Silver Medallist Chris Thompson (27.27), Lemoncello said "Obviously I'll have to prove myself worthy with the likes of Mo Farah and Chris Thompson, but there's a third spot there that hopefully I can fight for."

Lemoncello also revealed that the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is in his plans. "Long-term I've got aspirations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Running on home soil is great in London, but then running in Scotland in a championship will just be phenomenal.

"I've definitely got big aspirations for a medal in the marathon there, and maybe even the 10k if I can fit it in, because I'd love to run in a stadium in front of Scottish fans."

RunnersLife Team