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Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete the other side just comes with the package.

Paula Radcliffe

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Paula Radcliffe
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 17
Long-Distance Runner
Olympic Athlete
Northwich
Cheshire
Paula Jane Radcliffe
MBE
Paula Jane Radcliffe
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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.
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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
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I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the surface.
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I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
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I don't like going away from my children.
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You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
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I've always been good at putting things behind me–I fall apart, do my crying bit, and then put it away and move on.
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I apologise to people when I need to.
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It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
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In the marathon anything can happen.
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Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.
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Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
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In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.
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You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept that, learn from it and believe that you'll win the next one, knowing that you'll probably lose that as well. All the time you have to keep believing that one day you will win.
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I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
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The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
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I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it I could still be hurt by what they said. After Athens, I just didn't care.
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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.
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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?
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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
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