Lance break 3 hours (Page 2)

Sheesh, he barely broke par 

Sorry but your post is plain ludicrous. You haven't run a marathon ever, but still you *think* what Lance accomplished was easier because of the points you mentioned? PLEASE!!!

I love **LOVE** Lance. I do. I just do.

He can do anything he sets his mind to. I'm a fan. He's talented, he's inspirational, he's hot, and I hope to be able to follow his progress as a marathon runner, a triathlete, a cyclist, a hog farmer, whatever he wants.  

GO LANCE... LIVESTRONG!

I like Lance a lot, too.  But a 3hr mary doesn't deserve this much press or discussion, especially from a guy who is already a world-class athlete in great condition.

I think it's sad that we're not talking about Dean Karnazes finishing his 50th consecutive marathon on Sunday ... going out with a sub-3hr bang. There's the story!  He also had the class to stay behind Lance and not upstage him, though I surmise he probably could have.

I applaud both of their efforts, but in my book, Dean's accomplishment deserved more attention from the media.

~B

I think his sub 3 hour marathon was just fine and dandy. For those of you taking exception to his pacers, there are pace groups in (probably) every large marathon. And if I were Lance, I'd be wanting to know exactly what I was putting in my body. Even though he's retired as a pro, he's probably still a bit on guard about the potential of someone spiking his stuff.

But here's what I didn't like: anyone see his bib number? It was "LANCE". I thought that was a little lame. Give him a number like everyone else.

Dean got beat by someone else before he even started his 50 in 50, that may be why it wasn't news:

The guy that wasn't sponsored by The North Face or anyone, raised funds on his own and BEAT Dean K to the 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states?  He didn't have the race directors setting up 'support', had to rely on maps from websites (he even got lost a couple of times), had to provide his own transportation to the race sites, etc.  And he beat Dean's average time overall...  This guy did it to raise funds for rebuilding homes on the Gulf Coast.  Now HE deserved some attention.

To give Dean some props too though (I like the guy)...he did acknowledge the guy and even ran with him for one of the marathons - the last one maybe.  Plus, I believe that TNF ended up paying (repaying?) this guy's expenses and donating a decent sum to his cause as well.

Most elite marathoners have a VO2max in the high 60s. Lance's VO2max is in the low 80s. That is huge!!! If he wanted to become a good runner he could easily. I am not saying he would finish with the times of the winners but a sub 2:40 is definitely achievable if he put in the miles!!