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I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

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
Swim
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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 would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
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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.
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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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From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.
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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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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 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 apologise to people when I need to.
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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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Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.
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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 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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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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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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In the marathon anything can happen.
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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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I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
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