Paula Radcliffe - Spring Marathon

need for speed

08/02/2008 at 09:17

My local freebie newspaper (Northampton Mercury and Citizen) reported that in a pancake race in Olney (not far from Paula's old club), the winner completed the 400metres, complete in headscarf, apron, (good disguise!) and carrying a frying pan with a pancake in it, in..............wait for it...........69 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!

Who else could it be????????

marklboro

08/02/2008 at 09:33

Mrs Merton??

need for speed

08/02/2008 at 10:06

.......on speed?

marklboro

08/02/2008 at 12:54

Paula does her 400m reps in about 65 seconds at least so doubt she'd enter a 400m race when she can do 20 reps in a single session??

She looks less skinny in real life too..but a helluva lot more muscular.

need for speed

08/02/2008 at 13:27

marklboro

you mean........it wasn't her after all with headscarf, pinny and carrying a frying pan in Olney?

well i'm gutted.

Simon Coombes 2

08/02/2008 at 13:39

Doubt it very much! she's bound to be abroad!!

need for speed

08/02/2008 at 14:40

oh well, must have been some other world class runner fancied a pancake race in fancy dress in a small town close to Bedford.. Must be part of a world class runners training programme i would think.

Simon Coombes 2

08/02/2008 at 14:47

ooooh 69 secs for 400?....must have been world class

need for speed

08/02/2008 at 15:18

.......well who knows? come the UK olympics, carrying a frying pan and wearing a headscark might well become compulsery. Our top women will be ready!

swittle

08/02/2008 at 16:03

ye, those headscarks are tricky fellers to keep in place

Bouncing Barlist pirate

pirate

09/02/2008 at 15:20

69 secs for 400m isnt world class? yea it would take me a lot longer than that but id guess many club runners could get well under 69 secs

need for speed

11/02/2008 at 08:36

.........in fancy dress carrying a frying pan under 5 min mile pace, i dont think anyone in our club could do that?

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