Paula Radcliffe’s 'funny' run-in with Williamsburg’s Orthodox community

“A group of Rabbis crossed the road, very slowly, right in front of us. Everybody, including the camera bike, had to swerve around them.”

Radcliffe previously tweeted about her experience in the neighbourhood following the 2017 marathon, writing: "Today I watched a mother in Williamsburg cover her young boy’s eyes as the elite women ran by!"

Today I watched a mother in Williamsburg cover her young boy’s eyes as the elite women ran by!

— Paula Radcliffe (@paulajradcliffe) November 5, 2017

Brooklyn is home to one of the world's largest Jewish communities, about half of which identify as strictly Orthodox. 

The community observes a number of religious commandments regarding physical modesty for both genders, and recreational sport is often forbidden for adults.

Radcliffe also told the Times that while she does not “believe in regrets” her husband, former runner Gary Lough who she met at Loughborough University, thinks she should not “have worked my arse off for my Modern European Studies degree” because she’s “never used it and could have spent more time training.”

She advised young sportspeople to "put everything in perspective," quipping: "It's just sport."