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Thu 02 Feb 2007Stories of Sonia's retirement are well off the paceAthletics NewsWith the usual apologies to Mark Twain, reports of Sonia O'Sullivan's retirement have been greatly exaggerated. At the age of 37 she is clearly well into the twilight of her extraordinary career, but the idea that she'll run one last race on April 15th and then happily hang up her spikes is a long way from the reality.O'Sullivan has confirmed she'll be on the starting line for the Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park on April 15th, and that could well be her last race in Dublin. However, she has strong intentions of running a couple more track races, at least one more cross country race and possibly another marathon.