Lance Armstrong To Run New York City Marathon

Wednesday 25th Oct 2006

Seven time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong is to run the New York Marathon.

Armstrong will trade his bike for running shoes next week (November 5) and says he has always planned to run more after retiring.

He told Reuters: ?It?s been a goal of mine for a long, long time.?

He added that the training had been toughing than he thought it would be especially the pounding on his knees.

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Good for Lance... I hope he’s not disappointed if he doesn’t win. He has a clear need to be in the spotlight. As for your article, I’m wondering if it was edited prior to printing, as you state ”.... training has been toughing that he thought it would be....” Don’t you mean ”tougher?”
by cate | Send Message
3 years ago
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Win? Are you kidding me? Have you ever run anything in your life? Cycling is completely different from running and he just began training for a marathon this year. There’s no way he will win- just so you know.
by Mookie, London, Englad
3 years ago
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There are 75 marathon runners running with Lance that have dedicated their training to fundraise for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. A lot of these individuals have beaten cancer. Now THAT’s impressive!
by mommamc, Austin, TX
3 years ago
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Lance , youre the worlds inspiration for fighting cancer , and designing life !
by David Betz, spain
3 years ago
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I think if Lance places in the top 1000, that would be an amazing feat. He wants to runs 7’s, so that would but him around 3 hours. Again, this is an awesome feat, no matter what you have accomplished previously. It amazes me how ignorant people are when it comes to running accomplishments.
by Scott, Seattle
3 years ago
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