This is a totally different situation and schedule and I am sure she will be a medal contender in both.
One of the Foster Report's recommendations was that a new steering group was formed with the chair of each home country represented on that.
The fact that the meetings are in Birmingham is unfortunate but I know how important it is for Scottish Athletics to be represented at that level. I'm very confident that things are now going in the right direction in Scotland. There are exciting times ahead.
The World Championships - with eight days between the 10,000m and marathon - offers a great opportunity to attempt the double.
The standard is so high and the Ethiopians are so good that I think she would be stupid to do both.
[It is way too early, says McColgan, to be critical of Dave Collins, the former professor of physical education and sport performance at Edinburgh University, who took over as UK Athletics performance director in March.] He's not someone I know personally and I don't know too much about his background, so I can't comment on him, ... but it's certainly too early to pass judgment.
No matter what way she runs it, whether she sits in or goes from the front at about half distance, I just can't see anybody beating her. She must have been sitting there this week feeling very confident and just looking forward to it.
I have no idea where it came from because I didn't speak to a single journalist.
I have not been critical of Paula and I haven't spoken to anyone about the World Championships. Also, I would never call anybody stupid for attempting a double.
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