Paula Radcliffe finished the first marathon in 10 years in less than three hours, at the age of 51

Paula Radcliffe ran his first marathon in a decade, completing the distance of 26.2 miles in less than three hours at the age of 51.

Radcliffe, whose time in 2003 of 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds lasted the best in the world for 16 years and remains the British record, finished the Tokyo marathon on Sunday in a period of 2-57-26 to finish just outside the 100 best women.

Radcliffe will also show up in the Boston marathon next month after revealing an ambition to compete in the six “majors” of sport. One of the biggest runners in the marathon of all time, Radcliffe won seven marathon majors during his professional career, including a hat -trick in the streets of London alongside victories in New York and Chicago.

She was also a multiple world champion through the marathon, half-marathon and cross-country, although she ended her career without Olympic title.

Radcliffe was at its peak at the time before carbon strengthens the “super shoes” emerged for the first time in 2016, which means that no woman has improved her marathon time while wearing the previous shoe style. In addition to carbon plates, super shoes have a special foam that keeps more energy from the athlete.

“I got 50 years last year, I am now 51 years old and I am thinking of the objectives I have left. One of them has always been to check the six majors of the marathon, “said Radcliffe, who had run for the last time at the distance of the 2015 London Marathon.

“For most of my career, it was five, then Tokyo was added, so I never really had the opportunity to run Tokyo. And Boston, I never did because he was so close to London. »»

In addition to London, Boston and Tokyo, the other large marathons are Berlin, Chicago and New York.

The Ethiopia Kebede’s Suetume of Ethiopia won the Tokyo marathon on Sunday for the second consecutive year, ending in 2-16-31.

The male race was won by Tadee Takele in Ethiopia in a period of 2-3-23 to win his first major marathon title. Joshua Cheptgei from Uganda, who is the 10,000-meter Olympic champion, finished ninth in 2-5-59.