Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe
Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBEis an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon, three-time New York Marathon champion, and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth17 December 1973
achieved decided pleased recognize roads
I am really pleased that the IAAF has decided to recognize performances achieved on the roads as world records,
extremely london marathon miss possible problem resolve start
I am really disappointed to have to miss this year's event. The Flora London Marathon is something that is extremely important to me, and I have done everything possible to resolve the problem and get to the start line.
miss
I am really disappointed to have to miss this year's event.
four huge last weeks
I have been getting back into it during the last four weeks or so when I have not been doing huge mileage,
earlier london run
It sharpened me up for the marathon, ... I got the run out of it that I wanted, and it was better than the run out I had before London earlier this year.
felt though
For a while it felt as though I would never get over it.
athens felt good injury knew line prove shape start t totally worries
T his is totally different from Athens because I was on the start line with no injury worries and I felt 100% healthy. I knew I was in good shape and I just wanted to prove it.
good pace plan
It wasn't easy. It was my plan to keep a good pace going.
blow doubling good training
It was good to blow away the cobwebs. It was like a run-out doubling as a training session,
blow good
It was good to blow away the cobwebs,
bit crying good move putting
I've always been good at putting things behind me - I fall apart, do my crying bit and then put it away and move it.
hard pace stay
I got a hard run, and that's what I wanted. I just didn't have the pace to stay with them.
apart falling knew last problem weeks year
The problem last year was that I knew things were falling apart in the last two weeks before the marathon,
challenge fits together
It is a challenge and I do think it fits together well.