After one race, Keith is fourth on the UK all-time checklist, behind Jessica Warner-Judd, Paula Radcliffe and fellow Scot Eilish McColgan.
“I don’t see myself of their realms in any respect,” she mentioned. “However it is extremely particular being talked about like that.
“You may get too caught up in chasing these requirements and also you normalise these form of occasions, however to even be thought of for going to the Olympics or the World Championships, it’s important to have run quicker than that point, so that you form of go ‘effectively that’s what I’ve received to do then’.
“However then I run the time and you concentrate on it and realise how loopy all of it is and there’s not an enormous quantity of people that have gone a lot quicker, which is barely thoughts boggling.”
Whereas reaching the Olympic qualifying normal doesn’t assure a spot within the Staff GB squad for Paris, a top-two place in Might’s British trials would.
Commonwealth Video games gold medallist McColgan is at present the one different UK athlete with the required time beneath her belt.
“There are as much as three spots, so there’s nonetheless an opportunity if the trial race does not go to plan that somebody can go if they’ve the time or additionally world rankings,” the Edinburgh College sports activities science pupil added.
“However that may be a entire different rabbit gap that I do not fairly perceive, so half one is hitting the usual. Half two is then having to show up on the trial in a month-and-a-half’s time.
“Eilish is the one different particular person with the usual within the present window, so it’s a great spot to be in proper now.”