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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [NOexplode] [ In reply to ]
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Did you kit up before you wrote that or were you just wearing the yellow?
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Paulo Sousa] [ In reply to ]
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Yes, being a top level troll can be very tiring.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Green Barf] [ In reply to ]
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So you are tired...............About you being a better IM athlete. Because he hasn,t done one,,,,,, You do know there are some top coaches in many athletic fields that have not done the exact distances that they coach there athletes. So those are all coaches that that specific athlete is stupid to have coach? Are you Speedracer1's alter ego?
Under your logic, Eddy Merckx should not coach a ToC guy. Anyone who did the ToC is a better ToC athlete than Eddy. So Eddy does not know shit about the Toc or ToG. Right? So is green Barf someting you get while thinking?
Remember Lance did do Tri's and I will bet he was more accomplished than you at the distances he did. If not please post your results to his.And I will admit my error
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Joe M] [ In reply to ]
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I would give my left nut to swim that fast.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Kenney] [ In reply to ]
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Here is my question, is Lance's contention correct, meaning, if he can get himself to run a 2:50-2:55, he will win? By my calculations, that could be 8:10ish, right?

While I am not sure he can get there, Salazar's help or not, I love how he viewed the race from the desired result.

Also, Lance posted on FB that he was shooting the Running World cover, I guess he is working on his run, sort of.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Green Barf] [ In reply to ]
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Green Barf wrote:
jlafren42 wrote:
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How fast do you think Norman Stadler would run an open marathon in? I thought i say a youtube video of him running German in hi 2:30's?


I really don't know, but what matters is that he can run mid to low 2:50's in the Hawaii heat after 5-6 hours of going hard. I would guess that if most of these guys trained for an open marathon for a few months most could probably pull of mid 2:30's, maybe some in the low 2:30's. Not many, if any, under that. Point is that these guys only trail off by 20 or so minutes. LA? No data, and I suspect there never will be.

There's the hole in your logic: will he have to "go hard" on the bike to be out front if his swim is even close to what he did in that race the other day? My guess is no.

You can say all you want about him "toeing the line" but he wouldn't be putting all the effort in if he wasn't going to do it. He could spend his times in more productive ways around Livestrong or whatever.

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [NOexplode] [ In reply to ]
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What would Lance need to do to qualify legitimately as a Pro? If he were to win an IM somewhere, would he qualify as a Pro?
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [wowsers] [ In reply to ]
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wowsers wrote:
What would Lance need to do to qualify legitimately as a Pro? If he were to win an IM somewhere, would he qualify as a Pro?

http://ironmanpromembership.com/kpr/

Basically top 40 (and maybe some wildcards) will get you in to Kona. You get 5 WTC events to score as many points as you can get, with 1 race having to be the IM distance (Kona can count for points, but not the IM requirement for that year).

In short, it's basically going to be very very hard for him to actually qualify by the standards WTC currently has as a pro. Now if he races the IM Texas and gets a top 3 (which would be a hell of an accomplishment), it be very close to making the top 40 (there are a few guys in the top 40 that are past champions, so they would not count I dont think for the top 40). But Lance's problem is going to be, the guys that are close to qualifying are still going to be racing more, so Lance would probaly have to race 1 IM distance and 2-3 70.3's.

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [bad929] [ In reply to ]
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It looks like it will take 2 full Ironman races to qualify since only up to 3 of your top five races can be 70.3 distance. Also, it appears WTC really wants a deep pro field for IM Texas since it is the only US P4000 race.

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Joe M] [ In reply to ]
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I would like to see Lance kick some ass in Kona and put a beat down on the pro's there.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [japarker24] [ In reply to ]
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I see Rapp's right near the 40 cut line. Any word on if he is going to try and keep it up to make to Kona?

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Oil is King] [ In reply to ]
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Oil is King wrote:
I would like to see Lance kick some ass in Kona and put a beat down on the pro's there.

Why? To prove somehow that the current crop of pros are really poseurs, and not really world class athletes, or is it something else? Either way, this is the right thread for you, because, well, you're a douchebag.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Green Barf] [ In reply to ]
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Green Barf wrote:
Oil is King wrote:
I would like to see Lance kick some ass in Kona and put a beat down on the pro's there.


Why? To prove somehow that the current crop of pros are really poseurs, and not really world class athletes, or is it something else? Either way, this is the right thread for you, because, well, you're a douchebag.



I do agree with you on 1 thing....Lance getting to the start line will be a bigger surpise to me than him coming top 10. At this point, with how big everything has become and the rumors/speculation, it really is beginning to potentially look like a huge letdown for alot of people when/if Lance simply doenst do it.

BTW, dont resort to that level of petty name calling. I would hope your better than that.

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [bad929] [ In reply to ]
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bad929 wrote:


BTW, dont resort to that level of petty name calling. I would hope your better than that.


Actually, I'm not you moron. ;) (I guess I'm too used to posting on letsrun!)
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Green Barf] [ In reply to ]
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Green Barf wrote:
bad929 wrote:


BTW, dont resort to that level of petty name calling. I would hope your better than that.


Actually, I'm not you moron. ;) (I guess I'm too used to posting on letsrun!)

Instead you are the stuff people flush down the toilet.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [bad929] [ In reply to ]
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He doesn't say 2011, but...

http://triathlon.competitor.com/...icago-marathon_25472
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [junkie] [ In reply to ]
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Now that is interesting... because what I think it says between the lines is that his coaching is geared toward competing (most likely at a pro level) in an IM... with Kona being the primary goal... no different than his basic training strategy when going for the yellow jersey.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [NAB777] [ In reply to ]
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You don't even need count to seven. Two or three is enough.
Dr Ferrari, Bruyneel & Carmichael.


I wonder if they will make a comeback together?
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Joe M] [ In reply to ]
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From Lance's twitter just about 2hrs ago in reply to Chicago Tri Club "@ChicagoTriClub no Kona for me. Unless hangin out, riding bikes, and swimming w/ whales over the holidays count.

Guess that settles it.


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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [TriMarine] [ In reply to ]
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Yep. Just as I suspected. If he is serious about going the IM route someday, I'm wondering why he is hitting marathon after marathon, rather than becoming a good runner first. Part of becoming a good runner is racing frequently enough, typically with a good dose of races from the 5k to half marathon, and yet he rarely does these. Makes me think he's just doing marathons to keep in shape, rather than using them to prepare for an IM.
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [TriMarine] [ In reply to ]
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [TriMarine] [ In reply to ]
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Not to derail the thread, but is your quote in your signature real? If so, it's classic. Where'd you get it from?

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [haennp] [ In reply to ]
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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [Green Barf] [ In reply to ]
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Green Barf wrote:
Yep. Just as I suspected. If he is serious about going the IM route someday, I'm wondering why he is hitting marathon after marathon, rather than becoming a good runner first. Part of becoming a good runner is racing frequently enough, typically with a good dose of races from the 5k to half marathon, and yet he rarely does these. Makes me think he's just doing marathons to keep in shape, rather than using them to prepare for an IM.

We have no idea what his current actual run training looks like. For all we know he may be knocking out some stellar 5k,10k and half marathon pieces but has chosen to avoid the media circus that happens anytime he shows up to race. Would you agree that it's not so much the actual races that matter but doing the appropriate training?

Hugh

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Re: 2.4 mi. swim - Lance Armstrong [haennp] [ In reply to ]
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It's from the Specialized commercial from last year's TdF, try to look it up on youtube. It's pretty hilarious.


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