Paula Radcliffe's WR could go down this weekend, what questions would you like us to ask her this weekend?

When did you begin to use PEDs? What would your marathon PR be without the use of PEDs? Do you think your record will be broken by a fellow PED user?

Paula, what do you think it was that enabled you to run so much faster over the marathon distance than a convicted doper who was born and raised at altitude, thereby, in her case, combining natural advantages with unnatural, also for you to be so much better than a convicted Russian who was doped to the gills?

1. Do you ever see a nice open, busy 2-lane road and think to yourself now THIS is my kind of water closet?

2. Given that shalane was just hand timed in :14s in/out of a porta potty taking a dump, does that alter your opinion any on a scenario such as the London marathon where nature calls?

3. Did you get any on your shoes/socks? Be honest

Sit and kick wrote:

1. Do you ever see a nice open, busy 2-lane road and think to yourself now THIS is my kind of water closet?

2. Given that shalane was just hand timed in :14s in/out of a porta potty taking a dump, does that alter your opinion any on a scenario such as the London marathon where nature calls?

3. Did you get any on your shoes/socks? Be honest

Last Updated: Monday, 18 April, 2005, 07:17 GMT 08:17 UK

Paula Radcliffe's third victory in the London marathon put a stop to talk of her humiliation in Athens. Unfortunately it was replaced with questions about another embarrassing incident.

A press conference yesterday was dominated by the moment when - with five miles to go and well ahead of her nearest rival - she crouched by the side of the road.

This time, rather than collapsing in despair as she had in Athens, it was a brief interlude to answer nature's call, and inspired blushes rather than tears.

The references were all in euphemisms. Someone asked about when she was "caught short", Miss Radcliffe just about managed a smile as she referred to her "embarrassment", and David Bedford, the race director, was called to defend whether there were enough lavatories on the route.

Miss Radcliffe, 31, explained matter-of-factly that she had suffered stomach cramps that were slowing her down. "I'm a little frustrated because I could have run faster without the stomach cramps. The main thing was to win the race.

"It wouldn't happen in everyday life when you are just out but when you are in a race all you think about is getting to the line first and that's what I had to do. I had been trying to run through it for four or five miles before that but I knew if I could just go once it wouldn't be a major problem."

She added: "It is something that everyone experiences and everyone is paranoid about. You try to eat as plain food as possible, but you can't get much plainer than plain pasta. It's the first time it has happened to me in a race."

Mr Bedford implied that critics of Miss Radcliffe's behaviour had never run a marathon and he reacted to one woman, who was quoted as saying it had been "disgusting", by guaranteeing her a place in next year's race.

Mr Bedford, the former 10,000 metre world record holder, added: "We had every single Portaloo in the country around the start, finish and along the way.

"The route is lined with houses and pubs, so for the average person it's not going to be a problem, but there's no way that's an answer for someone running at the speed of Paula."

With the need for toilet humour satisfied, Miss Radcliffe was able bask in the glory of her 2 hours 17 minutes 42 seconds finish, a record for a women-only race.

London Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe has described her decision to answer a call of nature during the race as "an embarrassing necessity".

Radcliffe had to squat by the side of the road at the 22-mile mark after her stomach reacted to her pre-race meal.

"When I'm racing I'm totally focused on winning the race and running as fast as possible," she told the BBC.

"I was losing time because I was having stomach cramps and I thought 'I just need to go and I'll be fine'."

Radcliffe took control of the race after seven miles and went on to win her third London and fifth major international marathon title.

Her time of two hours 17 minutes 42 seconds was the third fastest ever, and a world record for a women's-only race.

I didn't really want to resort to that in front of hundreds of thousands of people

Paula Radcliffe

But the world record holder's unscheduled stop briefly evoked memories of the Athens Olympics, when she dropped out of the race.

"This was just needing to go and once I had gone I was fine," said Radcliffe, who beat second-placed Romanian Constantina Tomescu-Dita by more than five minutes.

"I wasn't worried about it in terms of a repeat from Athens."

She added: "I want to apologise to the nation. I didn't really want to resort to that in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

"I started feeling it between 15 and 16 miles and probably carried on too long before stopping."

Radcliffe's next major target will be the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in August.

how is paula so much better wrote:

What does she feel she did in her preparation or during the race that the Africans are missing? Or maybe she had superior genetics for the marathon?

This. Whether we assume she was clean OR if her and most of the woman in the top so many doped (neutralizing the best women of all time)- she’s still head and shoulders above everyone. What does she attribute her edge to in being better than the Africans? Fueling? Strength training? Genetics? Her marathon converts to 1:59-2:00 for a man too, so she’s better than them as well. I want to hear her view (if she’ll disclose it).

Sit and kick wrote:

1. Do you ever see a nice open, busy 2-lane road and think to yourself now THIS is my kind of water closet?

2. Given that shalane was just hand timed in :14s in/out of a porta potty taking a dump, does that alter your opinion any on a scenario such as the London marathon where nature calls?

3. Did you get any on your shoes/socks? Be honest

I’m not proud of writing this post, but I keep getting asked if Paula Radcliffe stopped for a poo on the London Marathon. I want to make the point straight away that I really like Paula Radcliffe, she’s absolutely inspirational as an athlete and a British legend of a runner. I could not have more respect for her.

Now, what people are referring to when they ask if she did stop for a poo during a marathon, is during the 2005 London marathon. I always thought it was a wee to be honest and I’ve had to stop for those during marathons before, it’s just I’m not going for the world record and no one cares what I do so I can get away with it. Anyway, here’s the footage of the incident on video:

If that doesn’t clear things up for you and you really want to look into it, here’s the BBC report from the race and here’s another from the Telegraph. It seems that she did need to stop for a “break” saying:

“I wasn’t worried about it in terms of a repeat from Athens…I want to apologise to the nation. I didn’t really want to resort to that in front of hundreds of thousands of people.”

So to clear this sticky mess up for once and for all, yes, she did a poo.

Paula won the race, with a time of 2h17m, the fastest ever in an all woman’s marathon.

Amazing.

whats her secret wrote:

how is paula so much better wrote:

What does she feel she did in her preparation or during the race that the Africans are missing? Or maybe she had superior genetics for the marathon?

This. Whether we assume she was clean OR if her and most of the woman in the top so many doped (neutralizing the best women of all time)- she’s still head and shoulders above everyone. What does she attribute her edge to in being better than the Africans? Fueling? Strength training? Genetics? Her marathon converts to 1:59-2:00 for a man too, so she’s better than them as well. I want to hear her view (if she’ll disclose it).

For Sunday’s race, Kipchoge faces a power-packed group of challengers led by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Kipchoge, whose 2:03:03 personal best makes him the second-fastest marathoner ever on a record-quality course. The other contenders are defending champion Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya (2:05:21 PB), Guye Adola of Ethiopia (2:03:05).

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Dirty Duck wrote:

We think everyone is doping, but we trust you completely, even after you reneged on promises to share your records and to take a polygraph.

How does that make you feel?

I'm not in London but I did pace Paula to her first world record. And I did go on a run with her in Beijing in 2015 right after some of this blood value stuff came out and I was left with the impression by now her camp was going to try and set the record straight about some of the things reported more than they have. But she could have had a change of mind or figured what's the point? Sort of like we haven't head anything from Jager or people on that suspicious blood values doc that was leaked.

But can you cite evidence where she's reneged on public promises to share records or take a polygraph? You through this around as fact, but I don't know it is.

I'm still operating under the assumption she'd do the polygraph.

Who cares about the polygraph thing? The polygraph thing is a total red herring:

A) Nobody has ever called for her to take a polygraph test! She just announced that she would do one to make it seem like she was being transparent about this whole deal (she was not). The reason why nobody has ever called for a polygraph test for Paula or any other suspected doper is that...

B) Only a moron would trust a polygraph test. This is especially the case in a situation where you might suspect the person is accustomed to lying about the topic in question (like a doper would be).

As far as the “reneging”, she may not have formally backed out of anything, but she did spend YEARS calling for total transparency with this kind of stuff...until it was her turn to be transparent, and then it became a very bad idea for strangely inexplicable reasons,

Forecasts are 17-18 C at the start and 20-21 by the time they finish. Do you think they can run a WR with those?

For Paula wrote:

What do you think about the fact that there are two highly suspect women chasing your record? One with all her roommates busted with drug vials and the other one being on the suspicious passport list?

Good question.

My question

What did you think of the Australian Commonwealth marathon organisers having an 8;15 start and it affect on Callum Hawkins who collapsed

(I think heat was the main factor leading to Radcliffe's Olympic collapse. She mentioned not feeling to hot but it just makes you feel weak from my experience.

fascinating

douglas burke wrote:

WR not happening this weekend, think about this the fastest time by an American so far this year (almost halfway through the marathon season is 2:15.52, so it is not happening.

Nobody suggested an American would be breaking it.

Paula ran faster than all British men in 2003.

Only one athlete runs a WR, why would the form of other athletes - and specifically athletes of the opposite sex from a country where nobody is attempting a WR - negatively impact Keitany's chances on Sunday. That's some messed up work from the universe if that's how it's decided.

douglas burke wrote:

WR not happening this weekend, think about this the fastest time by an American so far this year (almost halfway through the marathon season is 2:15.52 (actually 2:15:52), so it is not happening.

I heard a rumour at LetsRun.com that the 2:15:52 time was just run at the Boston Marathon by Steve Soprano.

Ehh???

Ask Paula why Mo Farah, who ran so well for a well known advocate of doping, would agree to be coached by her husband unless he was confident that his doping regimen would be continued.

jiiaf wrote:

Ask Paula why Mo Farah, who ran so well for a well known advocate of doping, would agree to be coached by her husband unless he was confident that his doping regimen would be continued.

Could you please ask Ms. Radcliffe if UKAD ever did any analysis of her stool sample from the roads of London in 2005 for drugs?

Thanks a lot.

whats her secret wrote:

This. Whether we assume she was clean OR if her and most of the woman in the top so many doped (neutralizing the best women of all time)- she’s still head and shoulders above everyone. What does she attribute her edge to in being better than the Africans?

1) Luck with the timing:

a) the African ladies were just on the up (now her all female WR is gone)

b) inefficient EPO tests pre-2005

c) ABP only in the test phase; getting flagged like her only led to additional testing

2) High responder.

3) Great talent, always reaching the final over 10000 m pre-2002.

Note also that she never broke 2:22 after 2005 until her retirement in 2012.

And now she fights against transparency along with Lord Coe. Oh well.

casual obsever wrote:

whats her secret wrote:

This. Whether we assume she was clean OR if her and most of the woman in the top so many doped (neutralizing the best women of all time)- she’s still head and shoulders above everyone. What does she attribute her edge to in being better than the Africans?

1) Luck with the timing:

a) the African ladies were just on the up (now her all female WR is gone)

b) inefficient EPO tests pre-2005

c) ABP only in the test phase; getting flagged like her only led to additional testing

2) High responder.

3) Great talent, always reaching the final over 10000 m pre-2002.

Note also that she never broke 2:22 after 2005 until her retirement in 2012.

And now she fights against transparency along with Lord Coe. Oh well.

4) Or perhaps a really, really, extremely big bag of blood.

Paula, in August 2002 you wrote:

"I have asked the IAAF to conduct random blood and urine tests on me in the build up to Chicago and at the competition itself. I would like these samples to be frozen and tested again in the future as new detection tests become available."

Did this happen, are they still available and will you be requesting testing and releasing of results from them if they are? Did you have other samples taken independently and are they still available for testing?

https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/freeze-my-doping-samples-and-test-them-again