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Paula: My Story So Far
Paula Radcliffe has been hailed as one of the finest female distance runners of all time. Her amazing run of record-breaking victories in 2002 and 2003, including smashing the womens world marathon record in Chicago and then again in London, showed an athlete at the peak of her powers. Such was her dominance that a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens seemed almo...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
October 1st 2005
by Simon & Schuster UK
(first published November 28th 2004)
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Having realised that walking up my own house stairs had me almost passing out I decided to take up running (walking was a good start in my case) and within 6 months I completed my first 10K. Passing that finnish line I was the proudest and most elated I have ever been in my life and it was then that I realised what this "buzz" people kept talking about was. I felt amazing!
Not long after this I picked up Paula Radcliffe's autobiography and was hooked. I started reading and ...more
Not long after this I picked up Paula Radcliffe's autobiography and was hooked. I started reading and ...more
I enjoyed Paula Radcliffe's autobiography was interesting, and a pretty easy read. I'd recommend it to anyone who is a runner as there are lots of things that you'll be able to identify. It could sometimes get too technical for someone who is not so interested in the sport side of things. I think it would have been better if she had talked of other episodes in her life, beyond the running as it would have given more of an insight into her character. Overall though it weren't so bad.
boring
A good read for all Paula fans but otherwise you may find it a bit slow.
It's always interesting to have an insight into the mind of one of the world's great achievers, see what motivates them and their path to the top. I enjoyed reading this for a bit of inspiration to head out on the coldest of nights. As always sports (auto)biographies are a good lesson in what dedication is!
It's always interesting to have an insight into the mind of one of the world's great achievers, see what motivates them and their path to the top. I enjoyed reading this for a bit of inspiration to head out on the coldest of nights. As always sports (auto)biographies are a good lesson in what dedication is!
I found it an inspiring book, which had a lot of insights to the way professionals train and prepare themselves for top races, which I have found useful for my own training.
The books biggist weakness is that often the author jumps from scean to scean, and some times back again, although in someways as she is a professional runner not a writer and this should have been corrected by her co-writer. But having said that, it is one of the things that makes the book authentic.
The books biggist weakness is that often the author jumps from scean to scean, and some times back again, although in someways as she is a professional runner not a writer and this should have been corrected by her co-writer. But having said that, it is one of the things that makes the book authentic.
Dull & poorly written
This was a fun read - sort of interesting to see how the life of an elite runner is. The narration is a little choppy and jumps around in spots (there were places in the middle of the book where I wasn't sure where I was, chronologically), but overall it was enjoyable.
I am currently reading this book loaned from a friend who's helping me train for my first 1/2 marathon. I get excited about running when I read this book.
i can't honestly say she is the best writer ever...but i did enjoy her story...but not sure if that's because i'm a runner (or pretend to be runner) myself...
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Paula Radcliffe is arguably my favorite runner in the world. Even if this book wasn't very good (it IS good so far) I would still love it.
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Gave up on the book, not because there was anything wrong with it. I just struggle to read any Biography.
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