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Paula Radcliffe: 鈥淚 tore my colon while breaking the marathon world record鈥�
Women鈥檚 marathon runner Paula Radcliffe has revealed she tore the lining of her colon during her world record-breaking race in 2002.
She recalls passing blood straight after the race, saying: 鈥淚, basically 鈥� and it鈥檚 pretty gross 鈥� had taken off the lining of the last part of my colon."
Radcliffe also discussed having a particularly high pain threshold during racing.
鈥淵ou have to have a certain drive and you have to enjoy that drive. You don鈥檛 feel it as pain, you feel it as more of a challenge than actual pain 鈥� you block it out,鈥� said the world record holder.
This clip is originally from 'At home... with Colin Murray' on Thursday 16 February 2018.
