Three weeks before the 2012 Olympics, Tom Farrell was unable to run at the British trials due to a stress fracture and therefore could not qualify for the Olympics in London. He explains why he could not run the British trials last month and thus will not be able to run at the IAAF World Championships in London later this summer.

Farrell says that he’s healthy and not physically injured. Training has been going fairly well but he has not felt himself racing and running in over a year. He will undergo further testing to determine what might be wrong.

“I’m excited to find out what’s really wrong,” Farrell says. “I’m excited to get back to the old me or the new me, but back to me. Not 95%, 96% or 97% me.”