Sunday, November 05, 2006

I'm sure Jake and Matthew were waiting with ace bandages and lots of l-o-v-e

Today was the NYC marathon, and - of course - St. Lance had to partake....

NEW YORK (AP) -- His face twisted in pain, Lance Armstrong virtually walked the last couple of steps. He slowed to a halt immediately after the finish line and bent to the ground, his green shirt soaked with sweat.
No one's more familiar with how painful achieving goals can be. Still, not even he saw this coming.
Armstrong barely met his lofty goal of breaking 3 hours in his first marathon, but it came at a price. No Alpine climb on his bicycle had ever been as tough as Sunday's New York City Marathon, he said.
"For the level of condition that I have now, that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I
have ever done," said Armstrong, who finished 856th.
"I never felt a point where I hit the wall, it was really a gradual progression of fatigue and soreness."
Armstrong's time was 2 hours, 59 minutes and 36 seconds. Afterward, he shuffled into a post-race news conference, his right shin heavily taped.


856th place?!? PLEASE, I could do that in my sleep. And in my sleep, I mean in an alternate universe where I am actually a Kenyan hunter who can run like wind....or Forrest Gump.

Also, isnt this what Lancey-poo did to train? No wonder dude was tired.

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