O'Sullivan vows to run her own race

Sonia O’Sullivan is adamant she doesn’t feel any pressure that her performance in Sunday’s New York City Marathon will be compared with the brilliant successes this year of Paula Radcliffe.

O’Sullivan, who watched Radcliffe’s unbelievable world marathon record run in Chicago earlier this month live on television at a Loughrea pub after winning the BUPA Ireland Run for a second time, is as complimentary as anyone about her English opponent’s superb victory.