Lance break 3 hours

World record marathons are a world away from 3 hour marathons.

Lance has way too much upper body mass to run a 2 hr mathon.  I don't care much for elite marathoners' physiques.....guess that's what drew me towards triathons.

~Mike

During the broadcast, one of the announcers said that he generally weighed like 160-165 at the start of the Tour de France and that he is now about 180.  If he wanted to get down to that kind of weight again and actually trained more and better (and not have shin splints), he could probably get down to like 2:30ish if that was his goal. 

I was wondering what his longest run was.  One of the announcers said something like "I don't have much confidence in him, considering he hasn't ever done the distance before" and I thought that was odd, considering MOST first-timer training plans only get you to 20 miles before the big event.  Either Lance didn't do his homework, or the announcer didn't.   Looks like it may have been Lance!

He was still great though.  I ran "with" him for about a half hour (watched while on the treadmill at home) and that was enough for me ... not even at his pace either  

Why is everybody trying to belittle Lance and his accomplishments?  How many BTers have done a sub 3 marathon?  How many did it on their first try?  

I still stand by my original comments that Lance IS an animal.  And he also has the conditioning that I think he COULD become very competitive at marathon racing if he wanted to.  It would take considerable training, but he's used to that. 

 I heard he was doing about 30mi/week.  The fact that he seemed somewhat under trained but managed a sub 3hr is a true testiment to his natural athletic prowess and ball of steel.

And he's been plagued with shin splints.  Had some tape on one at the finish.

Also notice German kept getting him water cups.  Think that was to keep him in his own little peleton.

Darn you Lance!  Why couldn't you have run just a little faster?  I think I had something like 2:54:?? in the Runner's World contest.  LOL!

The guy is awesome and it's fun to hear about him doing a marathon.

Who's belittling him?  I don't think you'll find a person here who isn't impressed by a sub 3 hour marathon on his first try.

But that's a far cry from claiming that he has the potential to be world class at running marathons.  It's not always a matter of willpower and desire. 

I heard he was doing around 30. If you pick up your latest runners world magazine it has a great interview with him and shows how much of an Idol he really is.  I plan on this winter doing some reading of his books.