I can see why people think that record cannot be clean. I work with international athletes who ask me all the time, 'Radcliffe must have taken drugs, you cannot run that fast, it's impossible.' And I always say I have 100% proof and confidence there is no doubt in my mind ... I've lived with Paula. You know athletes, you can get a sense of it ... Paula would check everything, in restaurants if she got up to go to the loo she would make sure Gary sat by her drinks in case anyone spiked anything, it was one of her big worries where would the bottles be stored the night before a race - could they be contaminated? That 2:15.25 is copper-sealed, a pure record. I can't say that about all the records out there, but I can put my hand on my heart and say it is the purest record out there and the best record.
- Paula Radcliffe's former physio, Gerard Hartmann, who spent 7 weeks living with Paula in Albuquerque, NM in the buildup to the 2003 London Marathon, talking about her 2:15:25 World Record which is now 10 years old.
