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
good happy
My training's been pretty good and I am happy with everything.
both doubling
I have never said I was doubling up for both titles,
happened last
Nothing will make up for what happened last year,
aim left main paris short time year
I am very, very disappointed because Paris was my main aim for the year. I have had my preparations interrupted this year which has left me short of time and training.
good knew running until
I knew I was running a good pace, so I just had to keep it up until the end,
pace
The idea was just to go out at a pace that was comfortable and decent,
confident wrong
A lot a things went wrong in Athens. I was a lot more confident here.
keys years goal
I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.
new-york years racing
I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.
three olympics feels
I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
dog years training
I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog whilst out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.
grateful years people
I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.
mother nice surprise
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
feelings olympics emptiness
I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.