We recently caught up with Nissan ambassador David Weir CBE to find out how the wheelchair athlete is faring following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

I said in Rio that my final race would be the London Marathon next year, although I’m still thinking that decision over.

Over the next few weeks I will be sitting down with my Team to consider whether or not London 2017 will be in my plans.

The London Marathon is the race I love, it’s the race I get up for every year and it’s been a part of my life since I was eight years old.

I never get bored of training for it, I love the race and it will always have a special place in my heart so I will definitely be on that start line on the 23rd April 2017.

I’m now back training, although I’ve been having a bit of an issue with my neck.

When you have a bit of time away from racing and training and then you come back it can be a bit of a shock to the system.

Sitting in a racing wheelchair for example, when you haven’t for a while, takes some getting used to again, so I was suffering a bit with my neck but I’m back into it.

I needed that break after Rio. It had been a long season, I think I’d only had about ten days off the whole year.

It’s been fantastic to spend time with my family and just be a normal dad. There’s been plenty of sleepless nights with Lenny but it’s all worth it.

Getting to meet him at the airport was very special. Everyone was so helpful in making sure my family were looked after, although it seemed to take forever to get off the plane. When you have 300 odd wheelchair athletes that will happen, but to know they were there waiting was very special.

I don’t see Rio any differently now, I just don’t know what it was that went wrong. I’ve been wondering whether it was my equipment.

I put my race wheels on the other day and they weren’t rolling very well so maybe it was the equipment, it’s hard to say.

It just happened, and it ended up being a failure. But it has not affected me. If it had happened at London then it would have been a lot worse.

Going into Rio, I was healthy and in really good shape. My times were quicker than London and my fitness was a lot better, training was going well so I can’t put my finger on it really.

I don’t dwell on what has happened in the past. Yes, it was horrible but that was my 20th year of Paralympic cycles and to have one bad Games is not bad.

I kept telling people in Rio that the world of wheelchair racing had moved on and that what I achieved in London, winning four golds, will probably never happen again. It’s a lot closer now and there are lots of top guys challenging. A lot of the guys also said to me afterwards that what I did in London was a special achievement.

Nissan are proud to support David Weir on his road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. To find out more about Nissan’s partnership with ParalympicsGB, visit nissan.co.uk/uniteandexcite