Lance To Run ING New York City Marathon
The former sports editor of the Lufkin Daily News, Edwin Quarles, beat the rest of the Houston Running Bloggers to the punch by posting on his blog -- with a heading of "If Kristin Can, So Can Lance" -- the link to the story that 7-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong is planning on running the New York City Marathon.
Kristin's marathon history is as follows:
2003 White Rock Marathon (Dallas) - 3:48:15
2004 New York City Marathon - 3:45:35
2005 Chicago Marathon - 3:35:29
2006 Boston Marathon - 3:44:36
Two thoughts:
1.) What if Lance doesn't get drawn in the lottery? Will he have to post a 1:23 half or 2:55 full before May 1st? (Yes, I'm being facetious. When you're Lance, you have the rules bent for you.)
2.) And if Armstrong runs 3:10 (if he's 34) or 3:15 (if he's 35-39), will he run the Boston Marathon in April 2007?
3.) Did Lance just upstage Dean Karnazes as the latter will be finishing his "50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days"? I think so.
I'm taking 2:48 in the "How Fast Can Lance Run the NYC Marathon In?" poll. Post your entries in comments!
Kristin's marathon history is as follows:
2003 White Rock Marathon (Dallas) - 3:48:15
2004 New York City Marathon - 3:45:35
2005 Chicago Marathon - 3:35:29
2006 Boston Marathon - 3:44:36
Two thoughts:
1.) What if Lance doesn't get drawn in the lottery? Will he have to post a 1:23 half or 2:55 full before May 1st? (Yes, I'm being facetious. When you're Lance, you have the rules bent for you.)
2.) And if Armstrong runs 3:10 (if he's 34) or 3:15 (if he's 35-39), will he run the Boston Marathon in April 2007?
3.) Did Lance just upstage Dean Karnazes as the latter will be finishing his "50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days"? I think so.
I'm taking 2:48 in the "How Fast Can Lance Run the NYC Marathon In?" poll. Post your entries in comments!
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:30 PM
7 Comments:
Is Lance running with EPO or not. And as for as Lance upstaging Karnazes, they are both cheese balls and need to go away.
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,5033,s6-78-0-0-6573,00.html
Actually, I'm very familiar with the argument; however, I didn't feel like looking it up last night.
I spoke with Chris Carmichael at the NYC Expo about the Amby Burfoot story and that is why I picked the time that I did. He said Lance's physical build was very well suited for cycling to generate the necessary torque but that it wasn't as structured for running.
The example in the story is that he ran a cross country race in 6:40 per mile in 2002 and in the 5K a weekend or two ago, he did about the same. If he runs a 7-minute mile for 26.2, he's running a 3:02 or 3:03.
There was once a saying, in which I tend to agree with, some coverage is better than no coverage at all.
"...very familiar with the article" (not argument)
I don't know what to guess, but he'd finish ahead of Jan Ullrich, even if Ullrich was on a bike.
Wonder if Kristin will run it too and will he let her get ahead of him so he can give her "The Look" when he passes her.
I'm going with under 3.
You should put a poll on our forum.
Lance who...
lance sucks - dean karnazes is da man!
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