PAULA RADCLIFFE whats her secret?

Personally I think her secret is in the training. I have seen it in details and it is one of very, very few times I have been throughout impressed by a system. It is extremely intelligently built up. It is a true perfection of distance training. Her coach, Alex Stanton, has had great success with other (coaches only females) athletes also - he has worked with all of them from scratch. I have heard it a million times "He/She just works soooooo hard". But this time it is for real.

Marius

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Her secret:

1.Willingness to run 300km/week

2.Can make her face really ugly during a 4:30/mile pace

3.A great passion for food

4.Love and care from her husband and coaches

5.Paste an 'UGLY DUCKLING' on her wall, read at it everyday before going for a run.

All the top athletes train extremely hard, all have different level of ability, and all have the desire to be

the best. What can seperate Paula in 2003 is can/will her faith/desire to win in herself extinguish the flames of her competition. The only chance Paula have of winning the 10000m on the track is to defeat the field before the race starts (All being fit I don't think she can beat Leah Malot, Berhane Adere, Gete Wami, Derartu Tulu, Sun Yingje),

She may shake most of them but one will dog her to the finish line and outsprint our dear Paula.

London 2003 Marathon is hers to win in any fashion she wants but the track will be a different story.

If Radcliffe runs 29.40, which is pretty likely after Munich nobody will touch her, Sonia O is about the next best and she is 40 seconds down. It just depends whether or not radcliffe can kep this freakish run going or not.

Vipam wrote:

Her secret? Nothing. Paula Radcliffe has no secret except that she places no limitations on her ability or times. There are several women-Derartu Tulu, Bernhane Adere, Sun Yingje, Gab Szabo*, Leah Malot, and Gete Wami who could run with Paula in the 10000 meters* and marathon. The problem will lay in believing they can, because one most admit Paula

is redefining the limits of women's long distance racing. The above contingent will have their first real chance at Paula at London Marathon 2003 and then World Championships.

The field will have an easier time at trying to defeat her on the track, because in the marathon she can still go faster?

Vipam

Radcliffe is facing Tulu and Wami Jan 4 in Great North XC six mile.

If Paula can go faster in marathon, she can sure go a lot faster in 10K than she did in Munich if she don't have to lap a big field in driving rain. If she wins gold next year on the track then it's the Olympic Marathon in 2004. She got other ambitions on the track to fill in too...Just make sure the training don't break her health!

Edith

Fuck up about drugs unless you have direct proof. Paula is a phenomenem that is underestimated.

I DO NOT THINK PAULA ON ANY ILLEGAL/BANNED DRUGS; however, I also don't think she is head and shoulders above the other women in the 10000m like she is in the marathon.

How soon we forget D. Tulu 30:13 win with a 60.3 last lap

or the numerous times D. Tulu and G. Wami ran under 30:20

in championships races following Paula and kicking only on the last lap. I know Paula is alot stronger but my point is both of those ladies could have been ran sub 30 if they were FORCED to; however, than weren't.

Paula will be VERY instrumental in the outcome of the Worlds 10000m but there are other women who can still run 29:39 and beat her (G. WAMI, D. Tulu, B. Adere, S. Yungje, L. Malot, E. Masai).

Gerhard Hartmann.