#we

My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car. ↗

If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#because #dangerous #i #into #jump

I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog whilst out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#apart #beginning #being #bitten #born

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#been #doing #i #miles #normally

In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#away #bag #before #germ #i

It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#because #came #different #enjoying #going

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#people #plenty #really #run #well

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#except #lost #our #perhaps #power

The PoWs went through something so horrible, you don't know who's coming back. ↗

— Gideon Raff

#coming #horrible #know #pows #something

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom. ↗