So what? That remindes me a story of a friend of mine, that was regular tenis player back home, a little over weight, had a beer belly, and decided to train for the Rio Marathon, he train for 1 month and finished in 2'44, in a hot and humidity Rio weather,(much worst than New York) never had ran in his life. So, for Lance(one of the greatest cyclist ever)......NO BIG DEAL!If one day he breaks 2'20, ok, I will shake his hand!!
Thanks for that wakeup call, a welcome dose of reality for all of us who've been falling over ourselves with hyperbolic praise for Armstrong's brilliant marathon achievement. Whew, guess we'll have to call off the grassroots campaign to have Lance, not Khalid, race the 42k in Beijing in case Ritz decides to stick with the shorter race.
Brazilian Coelho wrote:
So what? That remindes me a story of a friend of mine, that was regular tenis player back home, a little over weight, had a beer belly, and decided to train for the Rio Marathon, he train for 1 month and finished in 2'44, in a hot and humidity Rio weather,(much worst than New York) never had ran in his life. So, for Lance(one of the greatest cyclist ever)......NO BIG DEAL!If one day he breaks 2'20, ok, I will shake his hand!!
Yeah, and Santa Claus really exists.
I think your LYING!!!
Maybe if he had been running for fun for a LONG time then tried to train I'd believe you.
ALSO if he could run a 2:44 off no training (which he didn't, because your a filthy liar) did he ever think he may actually have some talent?
Liar.
I can not count how many beer belly friends, and part time runners that I had(Since I starded running in 1977) that had ran below 2'50 marathon. I'm telling you the truth. Now, if you guys think that 2'46 for a guy that had won Tour the France 5 times is a BIG DEAL. OK,I respect your opinion.
How long are marathons down in Brazil? Shorter than 42.2K?
North America the marathon is 26.2 miles
I'm guessing it's 26.2 kilometers in South America if Joe six-pack is running these times.
Unless by running 1 month you mean they played soccer all their lives and then started decided to just pursue running.
North America the marathon is 26.2 miles
I'm guessing it's 26.2 kilometers in South America if Jose six-pack is running these times.
Unless by running 1 month you mean they played soccer all their lives and then started decided to just pursue running.
My only question is...did he run 2:46 clean?
He won the Tour 7 times....and I, too, don't believe your story.
No offense brother, but every time i see your posting name all i can think about is beevis and butthead. With butthead walking around saying "I am cornhoelo".
Wow - so if you have SO MANY friends that have done this, give us the names of some of them so we can look at some pics of big fats guys running <2:50. I think it would be particularly of interest to read about the tennis player - that would be quite a story.
BTW - Lance won the TdF 7x.
Sweet... rent Mall Rats too, that should help with the mental immage.
Do you think Teg could beat Lance in a 10k?
Back it up or shut up!
We need names, dates, and VERIFIABLE race results.
Otherwise, we're calling you out on this one.
He could kill Lance but the fat dude with the wicked drop shot would give him a run for the money.
How is that HGH and steroids have improved his running. They say LA is still doping. Does that really improve his times. Certainly he can train longer with the drugs like he did in the cycling days.
When any american run faster than the Brazilian records, (2'06'05)you can e mail me again. Thanks
You won't be waiting long, Hall is gonna tear the marathon up. What's the Brazilian debut record?
McD wrote:
Do you think Teg could beat Lance in a 10k?
Teg doesn't run a 10K, so no he couldn't.