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
sports running imagine
I can't imagine living and not running.
successful together wish
Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.
sides packages
Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.
worry trying i-can
I try not to worry about things that I can't control.
country team home
To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.
athlete want pressure
For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.
years magic
You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
marathon anything-can-happen happens
In the marathon anything can happen
remember fourth
No one remembers who came fourth.
trying too-much pressure
The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
race next-week target
If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.
justice able chance
I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.
sports running race
Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.
ideas training i-can
From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.