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Paula Radcliffe, born on December 17, 1973, is a renowned British long-distance runner. She achieved remarkable success in the sport of athletics, particularly in the marathon. Radcliffe is the first athlete to win gold medals in both the Olympics and World Championships in the marathon, and her career is filled with distinguished achievements.

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“It was a joyful last mile," she said in her book Paula: My Story So Far, about the real-life race, and she surely earned that joy. She had talked herself through near-exhaustion by counting to 100, by aiming at landmarks, and by thoughts like, "No matter how exhausted I might feel, a half-an-hour run is one I can manage." She pushed all the way, under 5 minutes for the last mile, never tempted to save anything for another day.”

Joy Smile Manage Save Push Earn Exhaust

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“At the first one we did it was pouring down all day, and it was lovely to see the big smiles on everyone’s faces despite the weather. They really enjoyed it – particularly the kids.”

Enjoy Smile Weather

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“It was about five balls: life is about juggling five balls in the air. They are health, family, friends, integrity and career/achievement. These balls are not the same; the important thing to remember is that the career ball is made of rubber but the others are more fragile.”

Life Family Health Fragile Friend Career Juggle

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“Life is about juggling five balls in the air. They are health, family, friends, integrity and career/achievement.”

Life Family Health Friend Career Juggle

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“My dad always taught me 'have a plan stick to it', so here we had a plan and we stuck to it, all the family found it easier to do that.”

Family Plan Stick

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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.”

Years Wells Born Gone Dog Training Raphael Monaco

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“I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.”

People Want Years Bits Four Grateful Add Four Years Olympics Greedy

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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.”

Home Running Used Felt Clubs Surface Relays

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“It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.”

Years Wells Different Running Lasts Sports Enjoy Worry Shapes Last Year Going Out

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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.”

Thinking Want Looks Able Careers Shots Athlete Best Shot

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“I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.”

Want I Can Able Lines Race Shapes Injury

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“I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.”

Years Goal Keys One Day Shapes Marathon Specific Goals

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“You can't magic yourself back 10 years.”

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“I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.”

Able Justice Chance Injury Marathon

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“I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.”

Trying Feelings Problem Wanted Deals Please Like Me Bad Things Athens

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“I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.”

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“I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.”

Feels Three Olympics

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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.”

Feels Years Different Events New York Racing Marathon

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“If you look back at my marathons and ask whether I would swap one of them for my one balls-up, of course I would. But you can't choose. You have to make the best of it on the day.”

Ifs Looks Courses Asks Balls Marathon Make The Best Of It

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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.”

Trying Use Race Week Areas Bags Wipe Germs Supermarkets Trolleys

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“Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.”

People Wells Running Plenty Marathon

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“The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.”

Trying Too Much Danger Shapes Pressure

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

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“I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.”

Feelings Felt Horrible Emptiness Olympics Pulling

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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?”

Ifs Thinking Want Done Race Wonder Watches Television Olympics

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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.”

Reason Struggle Happened Explanation

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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”

Thinking Giving Hard Winning New York Months Birth Ten Gym Marathon Giving Birth

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“Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”

“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.”

Thinking Long Doe Body Seems Running Found Given Stuff Increase Stronger Track Speed Thanks Endurance Long Runs Marathon

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“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.”

Comfort Train Athlete Glad Zone Realising Comfort Zone

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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.”

Mean Care Hurt Really Mean

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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.”

People Athlete Cheating Suspicion Disguise Caught Up

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“The cheats always have a way of justifying their behaviour - everyone else is getting away with it, so why shouldn't I? But because they're so reliant on the drugs - and the drugs are not always perfect, you're not guaranteed to peak at a big event - they don't have the confidence to look in the mirror and know that they can go out and give their best. If you're clean and you've prepared well for a race, that's where you have an edge.”

Giving Perfect Drug Get Away Cheat

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.”

Strong Loud Rude True To Yourself Being Strong Being Rude

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“It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating.”

People Ifs Knows Important Hard Sports Work Levels Achieve Fields Training Reflection Athlete Cheating Youngsters Playing Fields Level Playing Field Training Hard

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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.”

Persons Has Beens Ends Chance Happened Missing Taught Lessons Stronger Driven Bitterness Athens Stronger Person Near Misses

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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.”

Worry Waste Wasting Time Dislike

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“You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.”

Matter Hard Bigs Wish Felt Race Shapes Athlete

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“I can't imagine living and not running.”

I Can Running Sports Imagine

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“Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!”

“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.”

Ifs Looks Next Race Week Dangerous Shapes Planning Target Warning Next Week Warning Signs

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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.”

Want Together Wish Successful Yeah Being Successful Scrutiny

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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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“As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio...”

Team Advantage Athlete Inspirational Team Physio

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“At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.”

Persons Bigs Championship

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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.”

Done Running Sports Goal Race Faster

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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.”

Knows Want Capable Pressure Athlete What You Want Within You

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“From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.”

I Can Ideas Capable Training Good Ideas

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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.”

Mother Nice Harder Surprise Expected Adaptation Being A Mother

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“I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.”

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About the Author

Born: December 17, 1973
Known for: Olympic athlete
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