Friday 8 May 2015 16:14, UK
Jessica Ennis–Hill will return to competitive action for the first time in 22 months in Manchester on Saturday.
The Olympic Heptathlon champion will make her comeback over 100 metres hurdles at the Great City Games on a purpose-built track on Deansgate.
She has not competed since taking part in the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium in July 2013. Since then she has given birth to her son Reggie and seen her priorities change.
Whilst she can’t wait to get back into action, she’s realistic about how competitive she can be.
She said: "I do feel a little bit like, 'what am I doing?' But it's going to be a really fast race".
"I'm coming back into a really good field. It's a good environment with a nice fast track, so I feel that I've just got to get back into it and see where I am and have a benchmark for something I can work on throughout the season."
The Sheffield athlete’s strongest event is the hurdles but admits she is in "no man's land" in terms of what sort of time she might be capable of.
Niggling Achilles injuries have hampered her training but she is relishing the chance to be back amongst the buzz of competition.
"I don't feel as much pressure because I feel that I've had my amazing year of being the poster girl (at London 2012) and achieving my dreams" she added.
“I just want to get back into competing and give myself a really fair go of having a child and coming back and trying to be successful.”
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is also competing in her first race since winning pentathlon gold and breaking Ennis-Hill's British record, at the European Indoor Championships in March.
"Since then we've just steadily got back into training and I think there's no rush to be in top shape at the minute because Beijing is so far away," she said.
Other Britons competing include European champion Tiffany Porter and Lucy Hatton, the European indoor silver medallist over 60m hurdles.
