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In the marathon anything can happen.

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
Marathon
Happen
Happens
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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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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
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I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
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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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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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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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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 biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
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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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From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.
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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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We, as athletes, have our suspicions about who's cheating, but I'm not convinced that the testing has yet caught up with what people are using or what they are using to disguise it.
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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 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 don't feel guilty in having pleasure!
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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'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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