Paula Radcliffe Quotes (23 Quotes)

I am very, very disappointed because Paris was my main aim for the year. I have had my preparations interrupted this year which has left me short of time and training.

It went really well and should give me no more trouble. It just had to be removed as it would never have settled on its own. Now I have just had to tolerate a few days with my foot up.

T his is totally different from Athens because I was on the start line with no injury worries and I felt 100 healthy. I knew I was in good shape and I just wanted to prove it.

The idea was just to go out at a pace that was comfortable and decent,

I can't imagine living and not running.

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

This was for me. It was important for me to win this title because I knew I was capable of doing it and my team knew that too. I knew I was in good shape.

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

Boston is definitely a race I want to do at some point, but London is very special to me,

I thought I was in good 10k shape, but the weather was against front-running. It was just too windy, ... My legs feel OK, I just did not have the pace at the end in the last 1,000 meters.

I am really disappointed to have to miss this year's event. The Flora London Marathon is something that is extremely important to me, and I have done everything possible to resolve the problem and get to the start line.

I executed my race plan. It worked really well. I knew that, if I went out hard, then everyone would have to work really hard to stay with that.

A lot a things went wrong in Athens. I was a lot more confident here.

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.

It's not a decision to double up, it's more a decision to use the 10k as preparation for the marathon, ... The marathon is still the main focus but I just felt I was in good 10k shape and wanted to build on that. I felt it could fit in without harming the marathon.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

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.

Sunday was like a run-out, doubling as a training session, I was not messing about but I knew I was not on for a world record time.

It was good to blow away the cobwebs. It was like a run-out doubling as a training session,

From next week I can start building things gradually back up to normal.

I have done everything possible to resolve the problem and get to the start line. I have to accept that the injury needs a short period of total rest.

It wasn't easy. It was my plan to keep a good pace going.

It sharpened me up for the marathon, ... I got the run out of it that I wanted, and it was better than the run out I had before London earlier this year.