Paula Radcliffe out of London Marathon

[Piffle]

Might grudgingly concede she did have an actual real injury and answered my disbelief that running 10000 metres in Oz was more strenuous on a sore foot than training for a 26 mile road run....
Hmmmm

it will be libellous if i post something
she may sue me oops.....

I tend to believe her, firstly because I've met the woman and she's quite unlike the average professional sportsperson. Secondly I think she's enough liek the average sportsperson that turning down a million quid and a good chance of winning in front of your home crowd is something you don't do without good reason.

Fair enough on that point, hence my post.
My irk was that she withdrew from the Commonwealth Games citing a foot injury yet insisted it would not hamper her training for the London Marathon.
Seemed a little queer to me. I have always stood up for her on here to be fair, even through the toilet in the street saga and the furore after the pulling out at 4 miles in at the Athens Olympic marathon.

She could be pregnant.......