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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;VIENNA (AP) -- Paula Radcliffe will get a head start of 7 minutes, 52 seconds on the Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie at a special half-marathon event in Vienna on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Radcliffe's advantage equals the difference between their personal bests over the 13.1-mile distance. It's her first race of the year, four months before the London Olympic marathon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"I hope to be able to produce a good solid run and I would be happy with a time of sub 70 minutes,\" Radcliffe said Friday. \"I hope it does not come to a sprint in the final 100 meters - in this case I know on who my money would be.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Radcliffe has not raced since qualifying for the Olympics, coming third in the Berlin marathon in September.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The 38-year-old Briton said, who is seeking her first Olympic medal in London, said her training has been interrupted by an illness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"I had a difficult past two weeks because of a bronchitis,\" Radcliffe said. \"There were times when I thought I would not be able to come to Vienna. It got better this week and I could train for the first time on Tuesday again. Because of this, I am not sure what I can run on Sunday.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Radcliffe has an official personal best half-marathon time of 1 hour, 6 minutes, 47 seconds, though she once timed 1:05:40 on a slightly downhill course.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Gebrselassie, who set his personal best of 58:55 six years ago, won the half-marathon event in Vienna last year while setting a course record of 1:00:18.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   A two-time gold medalist in the 10,000 meters, he hasn't qualified for the London Olympics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It will be unique, but in the end it is a competition,\" said Gebrselassie, who turns 39 on Wednesday. \"I am a bit worried though, because I have no information about Paula's shape.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   In the regular marathon event, defending champion John Kiprotich of Kenya will aim to improve his personal best of 2:07:08 and become the first athlete to finish a marathon on Austrian soil in less than 2:07.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"In 2011, I did not expect to win the race,\" Kiprotich said. \"This success was a big motivation for me to train hard to further improve. It is my goal to come closer to the best runners of the world.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The field for the 29th Vienna City Marathon includes three more former winners from Kenya - Henry Sugut, Gilbert Kirwa and Luke Kibet.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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