Paula Radcliffe POLL

[watsongooal]

Quitter or Poor Paula.

Just to stop any falling out, just type your answer no opinions

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

a legend

 

[Lammy]

Legend

 

[CAFC Matt]

I ain't so sure on this one. After all given what she is payed and everything then she should have at least finished no matter if it was last and hours after everyone else.

After all footballers are expected to play for 10 months so it is a tough one.

I think she is a quitter tbh and disgraced team GB.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Legend

On Channel 5 yesterday, they had a poll about her, The question was...

Do you think Paula should have finished the race?

Yes

No


WELL IF SHE COULDN'T FINISH, HOW COULD SHE HAVE FINISHED, IT WAS ABOUT 30 DEGREES OUT THERE AND YOU EXPECT HER TO FINISH! f***ing PEOPLE, WHO coMES UP WITH THIS CRAP! WHY DON'T YOU TRY RUNNING A MARATHON AT 30-35 DEGREES!

 

[ILOVEBHA]

Legend

 

[caz99]

I ain't so sure on this one. After all given what she is payed and everything then she should have at least finished no matter if it was last and hours after everyone else.

After all footballers are expected to play for 10 months so it is a tough one.

I think she is a quitter tbh and disgraced team GB.

how can you compare footballers to marathon runners?

 

[CAFC Matt]

What I am saying is that they are payed to prepare andeverything. It is there job to finish and so she should have done no matter how long it took.

I can't phone in work today and say that I am too tired to ocme in can I

 

[watsongooal]

What I am saying is that they are payed to prepare andeverything. It is there job to finish and so she should have done no matter how long it took.

I can't phone in work today and say that I am too tired to ocme in can I

Well said, Footballers are trained athletes! I am a trained Consultant, she is a trained runner, her jobs is tireing my stressfull, but I still last all week.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

"Shes A Wobbly Headed Quitter with long Socks"

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Why is this Paula Radcliffe shit causing so much irritation? Its a marathon. Not exactly the most exciting of events is it?

 

[Seagull73]

What I am saying is that they are payed to prepare andeverything. It is there job to finish and so she should have done no matter how long it took.

I can't phone in work today and say that I am too tired to ocme in can I

Of course you can, that's the whole point, but it is very VERY different for athlete's.

I cannot believe this is even being debated. The woman is a fantastic athlete. Her achievements speak for themselves so far, and I suspect there's more to come.

She may have failed this time round, but in oppresive 38C heat, she still made it 35km. That's a fantastic achievement for a northern European in that kind of heat, and there were only 20 women that managed to finish the race.

As for letting team GB down, that's the biggest crock of shit I have heard in a long time.

 

[Icy Gull]

What would you have thought if Stuart Pearce had reacted like Paula when interviewed after his penalty miss that scuppered the nation's football hopes

 

[DCgull]

I 'ran' the Boston Marathon this year in searing heat. I am no professional (this was reflected in my time) but I have a great deal of sympathy with Radcliffe. The only reason I finished was because I didn't push myself too hard, a luxury that she didn't have.
Running in those conditions is no fun at all.

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

she trained for more than two years for the race with the best possible support in the best possible locations - shock horror it was hot in Athens - what was she expecting, snow?

she got the tactics all wrong and ran from the front when it was too fast for her and then she quit. End of story. No glorious failure just the end of two years work crying in a gutter - no wonder she was upset.

 

[Braders]

leg end

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

there were only 20 women that managed to finish the race.

Bollocks - the British girls finished 25 and 29.