I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the surface.
From Paula Radcliffe
Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.
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.
I can't imagine living and not running.
I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.
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.
No one remembers who came fourth.
As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio.
I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.
You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
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