100 reasons I'm better than you

A catalogue of the 100 reasons that I'm better than the readers of this. Maybe I won't be better than each of you for every reason, but I'm sure there'll be at least one reason why I'm specifically better than YOU

23 October, 2006

23. I've beaten Paula Radcliffe in a race

... and not simply by remembering to go to the toilet beforehand either, in case any of you naysayers start suggesting that the poor woman was doubled up with stomach pains and therefore couldn't go quicker than me.

No, by the simple expedient of running the Nike 10k in London this October in 43:44, while St Paula took over 46 minutes to finish it, I've beaten a woman who's been the fastest female marathon runner in the world. When did you last do that?

(Now, I know some people may suggest that I had the advantage of not being 6 months pregnant, but that's hardly a proper counter. That would be akin to me saying I could have won the Tour De France last year, if only I'd been faster than everyone else. Winning is winning, and losing is losing.)

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