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Quote by Paula Radcliffe

“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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Paula Radcliffe

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. more

“I think I was just trying to coast and you can't coast and try and win at the same time, you know? It'll be three years now since those wins, but the last couple of years I've just really been trying to put my miles in, get them up there to 80 miles a week, 90 miles a week and put the work in again.”

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“The most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody says, 'I don't have the time.' It's up to you to say, 'I do have the time.' For me, beginning to run when I was a student was an ideal situation. However, I've also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life”