ukathleticscoach wrote:
Maybe but compare the stress during a 30 mins on a climb and it probably higher any 30 mins of a marathon
Exhausted and nearly walking, Armstrong crossed the finishing line in 2 hours, 59 minutes and 36 seconds. He was unofficially 869th, with a pace of 6 minutes, 51 seconds a mile.
“I can tell you, 20 years of pro sports, endurance sports, from triathlons to cycling, all of the Tours, even the worst days on the Tours, nothing was as hard as that and nothing left me feeling the way I feel now, in terms of just sheer fatigue and soreness,” he said, looking red-faced and spent, at a news conference.