Paula Radcliffe Quotes
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.
Hattenstone, Simon. "Paula Radcliffe: 'I cry all the time.'" The Guardian, Guardian News & Media, 21 Oct. 2011.
He was referring to foreign aid where plans developed by one culture tended not to work will in the recipient culture. He advocated an empirical deployment of the money in a manner consistent with the local cultures and norms. Opponents argue that most third world recipient culture have norms of corruption and inefficiency and taxpayers of donor countries will not long support their money being channeled into the pockets of corrupt leaders.
Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and 2002 Chicago Marathon winner. She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei.
