oh lance. i feel your pain!
(totally stealing these quotes from newsday.com because..
well, they're quotes, so its not like i'm gunna make'em up or change'em!)
Lance Armstrong after finishing the NY Marathon in 2:59:35 (umm.. holy poopers is all i gotta say to that!)...
"I think I bit off more than I could chew, I thought the marathon would be easier," he said. "(My shins) started to hurt in the second half, especially the right one. I could barely walk up here, because the calves are completely knotted up."
He called the race "the hardest physical thing I have ever done" _ even more grueling than his worst days on the Tour.
"I never felt a point where I hit the wall, it was really a gradual progression of fatigue and soreness..."
Will he be back?
"Now's not the time to ask that question. The answer now is no, I'll never be back. But I reserve the right to change my mind," he said. "I don't know how these guys do it."
ahhhh, pain. the great equalizer.
i can't wrap my head around tour de france, biking in spain, or speed trials in germany... but marathon i know.
2:59:35 i understand.
"Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight."
-Lance Armstrong
well said Lance... and well done!
Comments
I heart Lance.
Posted by: Teacherwoman | November 5, 2006 02:44 PM
ooohhh...thx for the quotes and the article link. i heart lance armstrong!!!
Posted by: Audrey | November 5, 2006 03:16 PM
Very cool stuff! I was wondering how he would do since he said in his Runner's World interview that he hadn't run longer than 10 miles at any one time. I do think his ego got ahead of him. He'll be back.
Posted by: Tammy | November 5, 2006 04:11 PM
i guess everything seems more difficult without HGH and EPO.
Posted by: good ol' j | November 5, 2006 05:23 PM
He's amazing! That he never ran more than 10 miles during training, he really didn't take the marathon seriously and he still made it under 3 hours!
Can you just imagine what his time would have been had he trained like he trained for the Tour?
Posted by: michelle 595days | November 5, 2006 06:00 PM
That is so funny. I was thinking/writing the same thing, then I read your post. We are so in tune ... most hip people generally are!
Posted by: Josh | November 5, 2006 08:44 PM
I am one of those evil awful people who doesn't like Lance Armstrong, and this gives me much joy.
Posted by: KT | November 5, 2006 10:19 PM
LA began his life as a triathlete.. let's not forget that. I wonder what LA would do if he competed in an IM:
Swim: 1:10 (let's say)
Bike: 4:50 (taking his le tour average but could be much higher for flats)
Run: 2:59
Now that's sub-9 hour IM!!
Posted by: VJ | November 6, 2006 09:00 AM
Yeah I wish I could feel that bad and still finish in 3 hours..
Posted by: Jessica | November 6, 2006 08:37 PM