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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Running
Sports
Last Year
Years
Enjoying
Good Shape
Shape
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When you get close to race day, there's that anticipation and excitement - it's the same whatever level you're running at because the marathon is like a festival.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Anticipation
Excitement
Marathon
Festival
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Bags
Race
Trying
Bag
Germ
Supermarket
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Care
Hurt
Mean
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Careers
Thinking
Achieved
Shot
Olympic
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Injury
Lines
Race
Shapes
Oh My God
Shape
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Balls
Looks
Marathon
Swap
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Cheating
People
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Add
Grateful
Greedy
Olympics
People
Years
Achieved
Few People
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athens
Bad Things
Feelings
Please
Trying
Beforehand
Learnt
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Dog
Training
Years
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I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog whilst out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Monaco
Raphael
Apart
Bitten
Deliberately
Slowly
Returned
Whilst
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Comfort
Glad
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I never plan to run at a certain pace. All my career my motto has been 'no limits.' I don't try to run with a set time in mind, sticking to set splits, because what happens if you're ahead of your splits - are you going to slow down?
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Limits
Motto
My Motto
Pace
Splits
Time Your Mind
Ahead
Plan
Slow
Sticking
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To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Home
Berlin
Country
London
Moon
Olympics
Qualifying
Selected
Sole
Something Special
Team
Time Home Focus
Represent
Earlier
Pleased
Shape
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Girl
Sports
Fun
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Championship
Good Way
Marathon
Twice
Good World Fun
End Of The Day
Event
World Championship
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Next Week
Race
Target
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If 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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Planning
Target
Warning
Warning Signs
Towards
Jump
Planned
Shape
Signs
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Race
Wish
Best Always Day
Matters
Fastest
Races
Shape
Smartest
Whoever
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Athens
Bitterness
Driven
Lessons
Missing
Stronger
Stronger Person
Chance I Am Me
In The End
Learnt
Misses
Near
Persevering
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Running
Long
Thinking
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Work
Sports
Achieve
Cheating
Level Playing Field
Reflection
Training
Youngsters
Stand
Athletes
True
Coming
Compete
Working
Sport
Field
Playing Field
Swayed
Working Hard
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
Running
Believe
Couple
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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.
Paula Radcliffe / Olympic Athlete
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