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Anonymous
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quitter my ass, you shouldn't receive THAT much negative attention if you drop out in a fucking Olympic-level MARATHON race. From Wikipedia - "Radcliffe did not compete in the London Marathon in 2004, but was the favourite to win a gold medal in the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens. However, she suffered an injury to her leg just two weeks prior to the event and had to use a high dose of anti-inflammatory drugs. This had an adverse effect on her stomach hindering food absorption. The resultant lack of energy and carbohydrates in her system before the start of the race might have led to her distressing withdrawal after 36 km. Five days later she started in the 10,000 metres but, still suffering from the effects of the marathon, retired with eight laps remaining.[18] Radcliffe said "You go through bad stages in a marathon, but never as bad as that", "I've never before not been able to finish and I'm desperately trying to find a reason for what happened", "I just feel numb - this is something I worked so hard for."[19]"
She dropped out, yeah, but props for her for going through that and still even ATTEMPTING to go into a race that intense. What, like 5% of the world's population can run a marathon? Less? Wild estimate, but it can't be that fucking many.
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