Armstrong vs The Veterans

Yeah, think so? Let's put wheels under them and see by how big a margin Lance wins.

a**hole

Does anybody really want to piss Lance off and get him to dedicate 6 months to training for a marathon? We have seen what he can do without doing much training (longest runs 14 to 15 miles). If he stopped doing the real important work (raising money for cancer) and focused on training, what might he run?

My bet is that those veteran runners are putting in more miles than LA is.

The thing I appreciate about LA in his running is his humility , not exactly something he was known for in cycling. He is respectful of the marathon.

Pretty piss poor effort out of everyone who was beaten by a f***ing woman wouldn't you say? You're a f***ing ass.

The only think I didn't like was the fact that he had a banner just for him to cross.

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The only think I didn't like was the fact that he had a banner just for him to cross.

I agree, that was gay. I would bet he didn't know it was coming though, watch the film and he looks surprised. Can't bash him for that, that's on the directors.

Maybe some of those 50-59 year old veterans that spanked Armstrong around today are the physicians/researchers that are doing the real important work of actually trying to cure cancer, instead of Lance doing some nominal PR work and then blaming his lack of time to train based upon his busy schedule, as you allege. For a guy that reportedly has some astronomical VO2 max and lactate threshold, his performance paled in comparison to guys at least 15 years his senior.

Maybe some of those 50-59 year old veterans that spanked Armstrong around today are the physicians/researchers that are doing the real important work of actually trying to cure cancer, instead of Lance doing some nominal PR work and then blaming his lack of time to train based upon his busy schedule, as you allege. For a guy that reportedly has some astronomical VO2 max and lactate threshold, his performance paled in comparison to guys at least 15 years his senior.

Didn't he get beat by a at least 1 woman over 50 too!

Very solid even paced run for him, considering he was only training 5-6 miles per day.

If he were to loose 25 pounds and train ~100mpw, he would run in the 2:20's.

there's his pace

http://www.bostonmarathon.org/2008/cf/public/

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Even Joan Benoit Samuelson in the F50-59 AG beat Lance.

To Lance lovers:

running 5-6miles daily, long run 14-15 at most and Boston time 2:50. Big lie!!!! He must have done the same training as others do to run a 2:50 marathon. I guess that is why he looks heavy and out of shape because he trained for a 2:50 marathon. I dont know but I guess he had many people to pace him just like in the past marathon which makes a big difference.

Armstrong said he planned to run Boston again, though he added he's too busy with other things to get more serious about running.

"It is a hobby, it keeps me fit on a daily basis, it keeps me inspired and motivates me to go out and run," he said.

Armstrong added he regrets not training harder when he's suffering in the middle of a race.

"Every time I come out here, I swear to myself I'm going to train harder for the next one," he said. "But I never do."