demicjusz
29.08.04, 00:48
Our Paula won it really. As Brendan Foster said in his brilliantly balanced
and analytical commentary on the Beeb, the marathon wasn't a proper marathon
really after Our Paula packed it in. For one thing, it was too hot and that's
not fair. Why did they have to run it in Greece? Couldn't they have held the
marathon in Bedford or Luton where Our Paula wouldn't have got so tired so
quickly? For another thing it was all uphill and that's not fair either. Our
Paula wasn't expecting it and being a Bedford lass she's not used to courses
with gradients. I'm with Brendan when he suggested that all this was a
conspiracy against Our Paula by nasty foreigners who don't like Our Paula's
nodding style of running, are jealous of her millions of pounds in prizes and
endorsements, and wanted to sabotage her chances of winning the ultimate
accolade - the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. In fact, like
Brendan, Our Paula knew this wasn't a proper marathon and that's why she
packed it in - in disgust rather than exhaustion. As Bendan said, Our Paula
knows she's the gold medallist really because she's faster than all those
other women who bent the rules by running quickly uphill, not crying, and
continuing all the way to the finish line. I bet they've been practising too.
How unfair! Still, like Princess Di, Our Paula is the nation's darling, and
that's more important than winning a poxy gold medal in a race that was
fixed, full of cheats and not even a proper marathon anyway.
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