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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.
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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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.
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I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
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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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A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.
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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.
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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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For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.
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It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
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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'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 deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog while out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.
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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 was glad I did a year abroad, because it helped me as an athlete and as a person. That took me out of my comfort zone. Watching the French athletes train in the Pyrenees made me realise what I had to do to become a top athlete.
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I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
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I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
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I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.
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At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.
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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 feel guilty in having pleasure!
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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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