Paula Radcliffe would risk a five-a-side match but it's probably like a good fartlek session, as long as you do the kicks rather than get kicked. I used to find football would kill my legs because of the twists and turns but if you play regularly it
're Paula Radcliffe and you start early and finish by 11....). As much breakfast as possible was eaten, despite nerves making the whole task quite difficult.So off we set on the DLR from our hotel at Excel, towards Greenwich. Half an hour or so on a crammed
here?" At last Paula Radcliffe came zooming past making it look easy. If we'd had a roof we'd have raised it with the racket we made cheering.Our job really started when the main bunch of runners arrived. The runners aiming for fast times were really
-existent and only available to sportsmen of the highest order. And yet, Paula Radcliffe was about to start, and Sir Steve Redgrave was a few hundred yards away and about to race. This must be one of very few events where you actually compete against not only
were small and spread out to start with, but began to fill out as we neared Woolwich.I made good progress and soon was approaching the halfway stage. Someone phoned and informed us that Paula Radcliffe had just finished in 2:17 (she did set off earlier
Holmes; Paula Radcliffe. Purdue holds her own among world-class athletes, her growing confidence matched by a growing hunger for success. "I used to get star-struck," she says. "But now I see these athletes almost as competitors. I'm not up there quite
. The time was also an age-group British record, and is good enough to put her on the elite start at the 2006 Flora London Marathon alongside the slightly younger likes of Paula Radcliffe.It’s running in such youthful company, albeit generally on a more
injured.To me, the most important thing to have that edge is speed. Twenty-six miles is a long way and the long run is the most important session, but how fast you ultimately run the marathon is determined by your speed. Paula Radcliffe has run
in particular was dire.Then early in June I found this site from Paula Radcliffe's physio which advocated a completely different stretching technique – using ropes – and holding the stretch for just 2-3 secs repeated 12 times. http
the exception of events that start really early) - you'll be up and ready on race day.Can I train for a 10K in summer then run a fast marathon?Skip Can I train for a 10K in summer then run a fast marathon?Mike Gratton As Paula Radcliffe, Steve Jones, Richard
