An Hour with the Queen of Marathoning
Interview with Paula Radcliffe
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
I had never met Paula Radcliffe until tonight. Paula is very down to earth. We could have spoken for hours about running but as the sun set tears came to her eyes when I asked her about the Olympics. Even through she has held the world marathon record for almost ten years, she has not won an Olympic medal. On April 13, 2003 Paula broke her own world record by almost two minutes when she posted 2:15:25 at the London Marathon. No other woman in the world has run the marathon under two hours and eighteen minutes. Paula has done it three times. She also holds the current world record for the women's road 10k. She ran 30:21 on Feb 23, 2003. Paula came over to Palo Alto from England to have Dr. Amol Saxena fix her foot problem that took her out of the Olympics in London. Paula wanted to know about my 50 race challenge and she offered some advice. "That's a tough challenge and at age 64...," she said. I was so impressed and inspired by Paula. She just loves the marathon and she can't wait to be able to race that distance again. She shared so much with us. What a great addition to our movie. Thanks Paula. She is going to be on crutches for six weeks. She thinks that she will be running sub 2:20 marathons not too far down the road. With her commitment to running, she will be back winning marathons before we know it. Mike captured everything on film for "A Long Run." On Thursday we are off to Kauai for the Half Marathon on Sunday. On Friday I am running with Gerry Lindgren and then we are doing an interview with him. Plus a lot of other really exciting things. Fun stuff... I did see Dr. Hunt today for my back which seems to already be helping. Sunday is race number 34 of the year. With all this inspiration, I want to run well. Photos by Catherine Cross
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Working on Issues
Need to run a good Half in Kauai
Friday, August 24th, 2012
Have really been thinking of all the things that I need to improve before my next race...the Kauai Half Marathon Sept 3. For one thing, I have to get my right hamstring back to normal. I went to see massage therapist Angelica Salgado at the Shawsu Fitness Studio in Los Altos. We started off doing some stretching, then an hour massage with stretching and we finished it off with some more stretching. That was yesterday and I am feeling better today. After looking at this photo it reminds me that I also need to get rid of that belly fat. Those extra 3-5 pounds are costing me time. Thanks Angelica for working with me. And for sharing your thoughts about why that 30 minute massage I had the day before San Diego probably was not a good idea. We will need to speak with you more about that on film... Comments and Feedback
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