Paula
PAULA RADCLIFFE is using a treadmill NASA developed to train astronauts in her bid to get fit for Beijing.
The marathon world-record holder was diagnosed with a stress fracture of her left leg last month.
Docs warned she had virtually no hope of making the Olympics.
But the Brit is still dreaming of striking marathon gold in China on August 17.
An ‘anti-gravity’ treadmill has been shipped to her high-altitude training base in France.
The £35,000 Alter-G machine was the brainchild of NASA boffins to help astronauts exercise in space.
Radcliffe, 34, steps into an inflatable chamber which fits over a conventional running belt and is sealed around her waist.
The air pressure inside the chamber is increased, reducing her weight on the belt and lessening the pounding on her joints.
The effect is likened to ‘running on pillows’.
The marathon world-record holder was diagnosed with a stress fracture of her left leg last month.
Docs warned she had virtually no hope of making the Olympics.
But the Brit is still dreaming of striking marathon gold in China on August 17.
An ‘anti-gravity’ treadmill has been shipped to her high-altitude training base in France.
The £35,000 Alter-G machine was the brainchild of NASA boffins to help astronauts exercise in space.
Radcliffe, 34, steps into an inflatable chamber which fits over a conventional running belt and is sealed around her waist.
The air pressure inside the chamber is increased, reducing her weight on the belt and lessening the pounding on her joints.
The effect is likened to ‘running on pillows’.
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