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Article: Athletics: Nerves still kick in for modest Morris; JANE WOODHEAD talks to the woman who made a splash at the London Marathon and is hoping to do the same in Sunday's Flora Liverpool Half Marathon.(Sport)

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Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
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March 10, 2005
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Byline: JANE WOODHEAD

TWELVE months ago Tracey Morris was an unknown name - she was simply another face among the runners.

But the 37-year-old is today a sporting phenomenon.

She was made famous in just two hours, 33 minutes and 52 seconds after becoming the first British woman to cross the line in last year's London Marathon.

And on Sunday she will be making her racing debut in Liverpool in the first Flora Liverpool Half Marathon.

A modest Morris, who ran in the Olympic team in Athens ...

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