Noun: To do a paula radcliffe. The act of not bothering to make much of an effort to win something, unless there is a financial gain to be made. This applies especially when representing your country for nothing when you cannot be arsed compared to winning marathons by a mile where huge sums of cash are involved.
Neil: God I cannot wait to see the rowers at the next Olympic Games.
Nigel: Me too lets just hope they don't do a paula radcliffe on us and save themselves for the Henley Royal Regatta!
Paula Radcliffe : I tripped over a pencil yesterday, i might not be able to compete in the next olympics which are in 4 years , actually i will try and pull through, i will, I CAN !!
By Karlen
The 'Paula Radcliffe'
A 'messy follow through',
generally screwing up at the last minute//
often used in terms of sport (such as missing an open goal and similar).
derived from the marathon where Paula Radcliffe had to relieve herself.
