( CNN ) -- British athletics star Paula Radcliffe has confirmed that she will have a second child this year , but still plans to run at her home Olympics in London in 2012 . The women 's marathon world record-holder , who will miss this month 's London race for the fifth year in a row , expects to give birth in September . `` We 're very pleased , '' the 36-year-old told the UK Press Association on Friday . `` We are very lucky that everything so far has worked out as we had hoped . `` As always , when nature is involved it 's very hard to plan , but the idea was that we could get pregnant this year and have 2011 to comfortably come back to racing . Radcliffe tells CNN about her plans for 2012 . `` I plan to run through as before but to come back a bit slower than last time , when I was back a bit too quickly . '' Radcliffe had her first child , daughter Isla , with husband Gary Lough in January 2007 , but has since struggled to regain the heights of earlier in her career . She set the marathon record in London in 2003 and was world champion in 2005 , but finished only 23rd at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after suffering injuries in the preceding months . A fractured toe ruined her buildup to last year 's world championships in Berlin and she subsequently made herself unavailable for selection , then a knee injury saw her finish only fourth at the 2009 New York Marathon where she been seeking a third consecutive victory . Radcliffe has not competed since then , but PA reported that she is still training full-time and recently trained with top American runners in the United States .
Women 's marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe to have a second child this year . Radcliffe reveals that she is pregnant and expects to give birth in September . The 36-year-old still hopes to run at her home Olympics in London in 2012 . Comment: