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Paula Radcliffe !!!

She was gutted when they interviewed her trackside after the race. Her legs went, she said she didn't struggle cardiovascularly (sp?) at all. She wasn't breathing hard at all in the interview, after 26 and a bit miles :eek:

But to turn up, knowing you most probably don't stand a chance of winning, and with her outstanding achievements at the back of her mind and everyone elses, so wanting to do well but not being physically able to, I think she's one of our greatest sporting heroines tbh
 
zoooo said:
I don't dislike her, but I dislike the attitude she seems to have of dropping out of races if she thinks she won't win.

So obnoxious. Like she's above all that coming second nonsense. Fuck that.
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total shite I'm afraid and her performance last night proves you wrong. It's such a psychological event the marathon and last night it was important she completed. Hope the leg is ok.
 
ScallyWag II said:
But to turn up, knowing you most probably don't stand a chance of winning, and with her outstanding achievements at the back of her mind and everyone elses, so wanting to do well but not being physically able to, I think she's one of our greatest sporting heroines tbh
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Playing devil's advocate . . . what was she doing in the event if she wasn't fit - what must the athlete who missed out on an Olympics feel watching someone who wasn't fit hog the tv cameras in her very own 'dramatic' way ?

Surely the purpose of particpating was to promote Paula?
 
London_Calling said:
Playing devil's advocate . . . what was she doing in the event if she wasn't fit - what must the athlete who missed out on an Olympics feel watching someone who wasn't fit hog the tv cameras in her very own 'dramatic' way ?

Surely the purpose of particpating was to promote Paula?
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tbh what position do you think that athlete would have finished in? Higher than 23rd? Liz Yelling, our third athlete finished after Paula, albeit after falling heavily, but in general neither Yamauchi or Yelling, would get near PR normally. Did anyone else even get the qualifying time?
 
Wow, I'm exhausted, stayed up to watch the whole thing.

I find it well and truly amazing that someone who hasn't trained properly for 3 months, and only covered 13 miles in training within the last 3 weeks, can just pick up and run a marathon in 2 hours and 30 minutes. I mean, that's just insane.

I know she was disappointed, and I have to say I think she was a little arrogant going into the thing, but I am so happy for her that she finished.

She seemed quite miffed that Yamauchi finished 6th, too.

poor Yelling, nasty fall. :(

Well done to the British ladies.
 
PieEye said:
total shite I'm afraid and her performance last night proves you wrong. It's such a psychological event the marathon and last night it was important she completed. Hope the leg is ok.
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Course it doesn't 'prove me wrong'. I didn't say she did it every time!
 
Paula Radcliffe has a stress fracture of the femur; so, what the fuck was she at the Olympics for – if not only to serve her own ego? In order that a bunch of her obsequious peers could shower her with, in my opinion, undeserved superlatives. Why didn’t the people in ‘charge’ of the British Olympic team give a resounding ‘No!’ to her inclusion in the squad? Why do people insist on over indulging the day before the day before yesterday’s people?

I watched the race, and was pissed off that the cameras kept moving away from the action, at the front, to go looking for also-runs.
 
I think that's a bit hard. It's true that Steve Cram and Brendan Foster are great fans of Paula but that is probably because she has a reputation for really hard training (other athletes always admire that sort of thing).

I watched the race. It wasn't spoiled by cutting away to the odd superstar going through problems. It wasn't a good race and there really wasn't much going on till the last 400m tussle for silver and bronze.

No-one in their right mind would run a marathon if they knew they had a stress fracture that hadn't healed properly. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I think she tried her best and she didn't do too badly. She was included instead of another athlete because she had a chance of a medal. Any other athlete would have just been a plodder.
 
Stobart Stopper said:
Paula looks way too thin IMO, much less healthy than she was when she won the London marathon.
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I have a photo of her at the 2006 Women's Challenge (5km) in Hyde Park, my other half took it at the finish line waiting for me.

She was 4 and a half months pregnant and still has a washboard stomach.

I keep harping on to my other half that the reason she keeps getting stress fractures is she doesn't eat enough.

Surely you're worse off missing months of training from stress fractures than being 5 pounds heavier and slowing down by maybe 2 seconds per mile. It would really do her some good.

But if you think Paula is skinny, did you see Deena Kastor? :eek: Oh my. She, too, dropped out with an injury at 5 km. It sounded like a stress fracture to me.
 
Urbanblues said:
Paula Radcliffe has a stress fracture of the femur; so, what the fuck was she at the Olympics for – if not only to serve her own ego? In order that a bunch of her obsequious peers could shower her with, in my opinion, undeserved superlatives. Why didn’t the people in ‘charge’ of the British Olympic team give a resounding ‘No!’ to her inclusion in the squad? Why do people insist on over indulging the day before the day before yesterday’s people?

I watched the race, and was pissed off that the cameras kept moving away from the action, at the front, to go looking for also-runs.
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Exactly- nothing more to add...
 
coccinelle said:
No-one in their right mind would run a marathon if they knew they had a stress fracture that hadn't healed properly.
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I got the impression from her reaction to her finish, that until she started the race she had kind of thought she was invincible. She kept saying 'I've learned my lesson.'

However, I don't fault her at all for going for it. She would have been kicking herself forever for not trying.

The winner was 38, assuming PR beefs up a little I'm sure she'll take it in 2012, home turf and all that.
 
Urbanblues said:
Paula Radcliffe has a stress fracture of the femur; so, what the fuck was she at the Olympics for – if not only to serve her own ego? In order that a bunch of her obsequious peers could shower her with, in my opinion, undeserved superlatives. Why didn’t the people in ‘charge’ of the British Olympic team give a resounding ‘No!’ to her inclusion in the squad? Why do people insist on over indulging the day before the day before yesterday’s people?

I watched the race, and was pissed off that the cameras kept moving away from the action, at the front, to go looking for also-runs.
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Utter shite, she was Britain's best chance of a medal in the event and was worth persevering with.
 
Having been slated for giving up too easily four years ago, she now gets slated for refusing to give up.

Truly unbelievable.

A common criticism of Britain's sportspeople, especially in track and field these days, is that they don't want to win enough. The one with the most obsessional desire to win of them all is being criticised because she ran a race whilst not fully fit because she wanted to win.

Bonkers. Absolutely barmy.
 
JTG said:
Having been slated for giving up too easily four years ago, she now gets slated for refusing to give up.

Truly unbelievable.
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It would be if the same person said both things. A common mistake - or convenience - is to ascribe the entire public with one view. It never serves the argument well.

To state the obvious, a group of people will have a wide spectrum of views, each supprted by a different range of factors.
 
Urbanblues said:
Paula Radcliffe has a stress fracture of the femur; so, what the fuck was she at the Olympics for – if not only to serve her own ego? In order that a bunch of her obsequious peers could shower her with, in my opinion, undeserved superlatives. Why didn’t the people in ‘charge’ of the British Olympic team give a resounding ‘No!’ to her inclusion in the squad? Why do people insist on over indulging the day before the day before yesterday’s people?
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The problem wasn't the fracture - that had obviously healed. The issue, at least ino, was her lack of race conditioning, which she herself conceded.
 
London_Calling said:
It would be if the same person said both things. A common mistake - or convenience - is to ascribe the entire public with one view. It never serves the argument well.

To state the obvious, a group of people will have a wide spectrum of views, each supprted by a different range of factors.
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um, yes, you have a point. :hmm:

I still find the criticisms on here pretty ridiculous. She's the most successful British marathon runner ever, of course they wanted her in the team at any cost
 
JTG said:
um, yes, you have a point. :hmm:

I still find the criticisms on here pretty ridiculous. She's the most successful British marathon runner ever, of course they wanted her in the team at any cost
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If her physical condition was anything to go by - staying at home was the best option- fuck the hopes of a nation...
 
Sweaty Betty said:
If her physical condition was anything to go by - staying at home was the best option- fuck the hopes of a nation...
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she just ran a marathon weeks after suffering a stress fracture. her physical condition is absolutely fine, just not quite good enough to win a medal.
 
JTG said:
she just ran a marathon weeks after suffering a stress fracture. her physical condition is absolutely fine, just not quite good enough to win a medal.
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Yes and id say she has lost a lot of weight since her last race and maybe her body and bones cant take the strain at the moment, regardless of whether the fracture had mended..
 
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