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The British newspaper the Daily Mail has what apparently is the first public photo of Paula Radcliffe's baby, Isla.

An accompanying story also talks about Paula's ill-fated decision to get back to training too quickly, and the injury to the base of her spine that resulted.

What do you think? Was Paula ill-advised to try to get back to training so quickly?

Since there's so much on this site now about the North Pole Marathon -- congratulations Bobby!!! -- I should mention this story I saw today:

Climate group frosty towards polar foot races

What do you guys think? Is the NP Marathon part of the problem?

(I think the suggestion is ridiculous. If anything, the race could be a tool to let people know about the threat to polar regions from human-induced climate change... Bobby what do you think?)

Funny piece from The Onion:

"Nation's joggers sick of finding dead bodies"

Enjoy

New West has an essay by Jennifer Savage that's worth reading:

Running After Baby: Back on The Trail. Enjoy

I ran my first -- and last -- marathon this last fall. And I wonder if I'm alone in that?

OK, perhaps this is heresy on this website, where it's mostly truly passionate runners who hang out. But I don't think I'll run another marathon. One is enough. I did it. Great. On to other (shorter) things.

So here's the deal: Last year I signed up for a marathon training program, which culminated in me doing a fall marathon. Running the race was enjoyable actually, other than the last 5 miles. (Where have you heard that before? :) ) I had hopes of breaking 4 hours, but ended up at 4:12 because I had some short walk breaks in said final 5 miles. Considering my half-M personal best is 1:48, I really thought I could handle around 4 hours. Oh well.