Paula Radcliffe after NYC Marathon
Racliffe currently holds the three best times in the world in the Marathon, running an astounding 2:15:25 in London in 2003. She has run in the 2:17s twice (in Chicago 2002 and London in 2005) and once in the 2:18s (London in 2002). No other woman in in the world has ever broken 2:18:00 in the marathon and only Catherine N’Dereba has run in the 2:18s at all — and that was back in 2001 when she ran a then world record 2:18:47 in Chicago.
All of this taken together is that no one has even come close to her world record times, not even Paula herself in recent years. Since 2005, she has not broken 2:20:00 in the marathon.
But asked about world records this week, Paula felt that she’d like to go faster. She told the Guardian: “I definitely want to run faster. You have to have perfect conditions and London is a fast course.”
With only six months to London to prepare, thoughts might be to turn to Berlin next fall, which has seen three men’s world records in recent years. But Radcliffe, with sights set firmly on winning a long sought-after Gold Medal in the 2012 Olympics wants to have another baby in the mean-time, making time short for a world record attempt.
When asked about her plans to have another baby, she told the Guardian, “I don’t want Isla to be an only child. I would not want not to wait until after the next Olympics [to have another baby].”
In a press conference after the New York City Marathon this week, Paula was clear that her child was a great source of joy to her, describing her daughter as “the greatest thing that I’ve ever done.”
To read the complete article in the Guardian, click here.
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