I cannot explain why I dislike this woman. I admire her very much as an athlete, but every time she is interviewed/quoted I get soooo irritated by her. She strikes me as "whiney" and full of excuses. She's been in the press a lot recently - so there has been a lot of irritation. Am I the only one?
Right there with ya. I've never heard her interviewed, but she looks like crap when she runs...plus those compression socks look dorky.
Who gives a f**k about Paula? After next year at the Olympics where she will finish probably somewhere between 10 to 20th she will be out of the running scene and at home. Where she clearly belonged years ago after she peaked.
I think she has underestimated her opponents. She did not expect someone to run 2:19. It has made her gold medal Olympic dream so much harder now. She was expecting to win with a 2:23
Menace wrote:
Who gives a f**k about Paula? After next year at the Olympics where she will finish probably somewhere between 10 to 20th she will be out of the running scene and at home. Where she clearly belonged years ago after she peaked.
Spoken like a true troll. You little boys are just threatened that the greatest endurance athlete of our era happens to be a woman... and much faster than you. 2:15:xx is the greatest "world record" (the iaaf is pathetic) on the books since Beamon's long jump in Mexico City.
2:23 for her first marathon in a couple of years, after giving birth again, and at the ripe old age of 38 is still pretty damn impressive.
First of all Francis LL I respect Paula and her amazing running abilities. However she does make excuses like the others who have commented seemed to notice also. I hope she does medal but I think it would be a stretch. Like I said "Somewhere between 10 to 15" in 2012 is where she will likely place. She is almost like a boxer who held on too long.
The british media absolutely hate her, they never give her a break.
She's exemplary and wonderful. She's generous in spirit. She's brave, courageous, and bold. You people are pipsqueaks who will never achieve anything.
Okay, what's next?
kevin half wrote:
Paula still failed to break 2;23;00 in 6 years. Her Pb should be 2;23;09.
No, Kevin, she succeeded to not break 2:23:00. It's all good.
You have to remember that the British media built her up as the greatest of all time (which she is in the marathon) and then tore her down for not holding that level indefinitely.
And the Brits are far more sensational than we are in the States. Just check bbc.co.uk/athletics a couple times a week. You'll see what I mean. Right now the site is currently a microscope lens trained at Paula. Five separate articles.
She makes the same mistakes as everyone of us. As we get older or through injuries (or give birth ;)) we still have those old lifetime PR's stuck in our head and compare our performances to that.
Paula did exactly that, which is a mistake. Considering she gave birth a year ago, is almost 38, had thyroid issues and back problems, her performance was incredible.
But yeah, you need to be in 2h19m shape to win next year.
You dislike her? - I’m sure she’ll be devastated!
Paula is a treasure and we will never see her like again.
Running the fastest three marathon times in history, indeed, four of the five fastest - one would imagine she would be an inspiration to our ‘whiny’ and ‘full of excuses’ white male marathon runners.
Discounting Ryan Hall’s hurricane assisted run at Boston, white male runners don’t appear in the fastest 40 (at least) male marathon fastest times.
What an indictment.
Irrational Dislike wrote:
I cannot explain why I dislike this woman. I admire her very much as an athlete, but every time she is interviewed/quoted I get soooo irritated by her. She strikes me as "whiney" and full of excuses. She's been in the press a lot recently - so there has been a lot of irritation. Am I the only one?
You know what ? The top talented runner got good heart function, strong lactate, good muscles to run over distance body and legs.
But he/she can be a idiot and an analphabet, can have no idea how to speak.
Paula is great runner but she isn´t an intelectual.
Whhat is wrong is the day the public opinion considers that a great runenr can be comepetent to be President, to be from the Olympic committee, politics, deputee etc, when his/her credentials is that he/she was a greast runner.
And what's with the way she talks. It's like she's trying to sound like she's all Europeon or something. Like she's better than the rest of us. Never at a loss for words and sounding intelligent all the time -- I just hate her.
Antonio Cabral wrote:
Paula is great runner but she isn´t an intelectual.
Whhat is wrong is the day the public opinion considers that a great runenr can be comepetent to be President, to be from the Olympic committee, politics, deputee etc, when his/her credentials is that he/she was a greast runner.
Strong lactate? Wha???
And she can speak fluently in several languages. Is that intellectual enough for you?
[quote]Walt George wrote:
Discounting Ryan Hall’s hurricane assisted run at Boston, white male runners don’t appear in the fastest 40 (at least) male marathon fastest times.
What an indictment.[/quote
Oh yeah, hurricane assisted. Do you f*cks realize how annoying you sound? Just like Paula.
Paula is on the most amazing athletes that I have ever had the pleasure to watch. She comes across as being a very nice and a very interesting person too.
I have no idea why some people do not like her. Jealosy, I guess.
when i was 13 and considering quitting running after a some minor age group success my dad wrote to paula.
she wrote back about 250/300 words (handwritten) really encouraging and kind and sent some signed photos too.
she is awesome, how many stars would ever do that for some kid?
PtP So you've never had a date with a woman?
You are the whiny little girly boy.
Paula who?