After the race, Radcliffe’s fitness guru, Gerard Hartmann, said: "What Paula has achieved is a quantum leap not only for women’s marathon-running but the men’s as well. After her achievement today, everyone should be re-thinking their game plan." … [Read more...]

This page has been re-done to provide the race report as it happened ... from start to finish ... The London Marathon 2003 starts with Paula Radcliffe, as well as the group of male pacesetters … [Read more...]