Radcliffe's year in pictures

Dublin - March 2002

Radcliffe's year starts well as she becomes the first woman to retain the IAAF world cross-country title

London - April 2002

Radcliffe wins her first marathon attempt in a record time of two hours, 18 minutes and 55 seconds

Her run in London earns a lot of plaudits after previous disappointments at major track championships

Manchester - July 2002

Radcliffe lands her first major track title by taking the Commonwealth Games 5,000m title on home soil

Munich - August 2002

Radcliffe sets a new European record of 30 minutes 01.09 seconds on her way to 10,000m gold in Munich

Chicago - October 2002

Radcliffe runs a world record time of two hours, 17 minutes and 18 seconds in only her second marathon