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
athlete thinking careers
In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.
thinking race done
The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?
pregnancy thinking stronger
I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.
running thinking track
Doing the long endurance stuff seems to have given me the strength to sustain the speed. I think my body is just a lot stronger (thanks to the marathon)... By increasing the long runs, I found that does not take anything away from the speed but increases the strength on the track.
new-york thinking winning
I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth
happened happy last moved year
Last year happened - I'm never going to be happy with it but I have moved on.
line putting win
I wouldn't be putting myself on the line if I didn't think I could go in and win both.
good happy
My training's been pretty good and I am happy with everything.
hard knew race stay worked
I executed my race plan. It worked really well. I knew that, if I went out hard, then everyone would have to work really hard to stay with that.
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.
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,
building gradually next start week
From next week I can start building things gradually back up to normal.
combined convinced events excited experience expertise forward help major positive results stand step three united
I am excited about the announcement. It is a big step forward for the sport, the events and the athletes, that there has been this united stand from some of the major marathons. The results can be only positive and having experience of three of the events involved, I am convinced that their combined expertise will help the sport immensely.
achieved decided pleased recognize roads
I am really pleased that the IAAF has decided to recognize performances achieved on the roads as world records,