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It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.

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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 the marathon anything can happen.
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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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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 felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
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I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
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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'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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Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
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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 can swim I'm not bad, but not great.
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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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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 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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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 would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
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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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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 don't feel guilty in having pleasure!
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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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I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
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