Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 1997 hụrụ Radcliffe kewara Wami na Tulu, ma merie ọla ọcha na 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Radcliffe ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ gbachitere aha Fifth Avenue Mile. Na 1997 World Championships, Radcliffe kwụsịrị n'ọnọdụ nke anọ na mita 5,000. Wami meriri Radcliffe ọzọ n'ọsọ ikpeazụ ya nke 1997, na ihe omume Brussels cross country. Radcliffe kwụsịrị asọmpi ịgba ọsọ nke Durham n'ihi ọrịa influenza na mbido afọ 1998, mana ọ lọghachiri wee bụrụ onye nke atọ na Dublin. Na
N'afọ 1998 nke World Cross Country, Radcliffe ritere ọlaọcha ọzọ. Radcliffe guzobere ụwa ọhụrụ kachasị mma n'okporo ụzọ gburugburu Balmoral Castle. Na European Cup Radcliffe, onye isi ndị otu ahụ, meriri mita 5,000 wee mechaa nke abụọ na mita 1500. Radcliffe setịpụrụ ọsọ ọsọ na mita 10,000 na European Championship, mana ọ bịara nke ise. Radcliffe, onye na-arịa ọrịa nje, wepụtara oge ụfọdụ, tupu ọ laghachi na ọzụzụ nke cross country, ebe ọ meriri aha mbụ ya nke okenye site na ịga agbụrụ European Long Course. N'afọ 1998, ọ gbara onye nke anọ na Brussels.