Paul Radcliffe

"Paula Radcliffe, Britain's best hope for an Olympic gold medal, is on crutches just three months before the Games open in Beijing after developing a hip injury which has forced her to stop training. It is another blow for Radcliffe who was forced to miss the London marathon last month because of a toe injury and whose preparations for the Olympics are beginning to look increasingly compromised."
Full Guardian report here.

The guy in the mail shop wanted to talk about David Beckham coming to play soccer in the US (for those of you who live under rocks, DB is the former captain of the England soccer team, has been playing for Real Madrid and is married to "Posh Spice")....

... but all I wanted to find out is -- is Paula Radcliffe coming to Boulder?

Stories in "Hello!" magazine and on BBC news reveal that "Radcliffe and her family plan to move to her training camp in Colorado at the end of February to begin her preparations for the outdoor season."

Colorado? It has to be Boulder, right? I'm excited!

The marathon world record-holder started running -- well, jogging -- again 12 days after giving birth to baby Isla in January. She is gearing up for the World Championships in August in Japan, but has not yet decided whethere she's going for the 10,000 or the marathon.