Denial
Posted: Thu 20 August, 2009 Filed under: Cynicism, Thoughts 4 Comments »I wonder, when is Paula Radcliffe just going to bite the bullet and announce she’s retiring from athletics?
After all, today she’s pulled out of the marathon at the Berlin meet, and it’s hardly the first one she’s pulled out of.
Don’t get me wrong. I have the greatest respect and admiration for Paula Radcliffe and her achievements.
She is a great ambassador for the spoirt and has been unlucky with injuries close to major championships.
But, to this day, I still can’t hear her name or see her smiling face without thinking back to that horrendous image of her squatting down at the roadside.
Or is that just me ?
PS. ‘Denial posted by Lyle’ had a certain poetic symmetry to it. Genius 🙂
I think she’s going for a new record – pulling out of every major marathon.
@Andy C – No, it’s not just you. Whenever her name is mentioned or her face shown on TV, I get that shot of her by the roadside. Who said sport was glamorous?