Running the distance is one thing dealing with the after effects is another. To honour him this the marathon was created. He delivered his message then droped dead from exertion. The reason for this is a roman soldier ran that distance from his base to Rome to warn them of an attack. For anyone who has never done a marathon before they are 26.2 miles. She gives her side of the story of Athens 2004. How you carry on and learn from these is what is the difference an athlete, an elite athlete and a champion. Also how you deal things that have gone wrong. For athletes there is an important message about the thin line between ignoring the voices telling you to stop and keep going, and recognising the voices of knowing something is wrong and stopping before doing permanent damage to yourself. One of the messages Paula gets across is the that athletes are not machine they are as prone, or because of the high intensity of their training, even more prone to injuries than the rest of us. Though her moral high ground on playing dirty does not stretch to competing against her brother. I completely agree with Paula's stance on bring more attention to the issue of drug cheats, and dopers. An example is in some chapters we even know the colour of her stools, and what to do if you need to go in the middle of a race. The book is honest to a fault, in some cases even giving too much information. The positives messages in the book do outweigh the negatives. This going back and forward and looping of the chapters I just found infuriating and harder to read. I kept thinking I must have missed something till I kept reading and reailised this was just the way the book was written. She takes us almost up to the starting line, but then backtracks to earlier in the year, or fast forwards to the lessons she learned from this race or experience. She start with the main point of that year, usually the important race of that year or improvements of that year. Most chapters are about a year in review. The negitive I have about the book as I said is the writing style. She worked very hard not only to get as good as she did in running but also to give herself options for life after running, or if she could not follow running as career. She also had the ability, means, and ambition to follow it.
Paula is one those people who found early no what her passion in life is early on. I wanted to give this book 3 1/2 stars, but because of the many positives I took away from her story, her trials and tribulations, I decided to round it up rather than down. The problem I have is with her writing style, it did not suit me as a reader. Paula Radcliffe is an amazing athlete, a great ambassador for the sport, and after reading this book a great person.
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