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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.
Paula Radcliffe
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Paula Radcliffe
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 17
Long-Distance Runner
Olympic Athlete
Northwich
Cheshire
Paula Jane Radcliffe
MBE
Paula Jane Radcliffe
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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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I don't really have an explanation. I'm struggling myself to comprehend what has happened and find a reason for it.
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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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At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.
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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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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
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I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.
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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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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 felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
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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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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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From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.
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It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
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There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.
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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 can't magic yourself back 10 years.
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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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I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
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