Marathon running legend Paula Radcliffe MBE claims 17 is her lucky number - as it uncannily features in dozens of her life's greatest moments and achievements. The former fastest female marathoner of all time revealed the spooky significance of the prime number while chatting with Kirsty Gallacher about goal-setting throughout her career.
Coincidentally in the 17th minute of the Bestinvest podcast Give Us Your Goals, Paula discusses the moment her world record time of 2:17:17 was broken after 17 years. Paula, who's married to Gary Lough, then revealed her beloved grandma was born on December 17th 1917 and married on July 17th.
Her dad was born on February 17th, her aunty on June 17th, and Paula's own birthday falls on December 17th - the same day as her grandma. Continuing the Radcliffe family legacy of 17 being an integral number in her life, Paula's own daughter was born on January 17th 2007.
