Not that I have any sort of “runners” form myself…but what is with L.A.'s running form in that nike commercial where it shows him running off into that park? It is close to looking like Phoebe’s running in that one “Friends”… His legs are going everywhere.
What I want to know is why is Phoebe stabbing that dude in front of her in the back? Huh? And I’ve seen your running form, Kevin. I’d say it works well enough to get you down the road pretty damn quickly.
Tony
I saw that too. Kinda looks like he just got done with a 100 mile TT. Pretty stiff looking. He better work on that if he is gonna race Kona.
I really doubt that the runner in the commercial is Lance. Take a quick look and you will probably agree. I think each time in the commercial you don’t see a close up face shot of him that it is his body double. Just an education guess.
KYRocket
You don’t think Lance could handle running a few hundred meters while filming a commercial?
The park shot is clearly not him.
After watching Lance run in this old triathlon clip…I am gonna have to retract my comments and agree with you. You are right, that isn’t Lance in the Nike commercial running. Check it out for yourself and compare.
http://www.familyfitnessweekend.com/FFW/News/LancePowerBar.asp#
I read somwhere that earlier this year during off season Lance did a Duathlon. The irony was he was only 2nd fastest in the bike leg but smoked his way out in front in the x-country run stage.
After watching Lance run in this old triathlon clip…I am gonna have to retract my comments and agree with you. You are right, that isn’t Lance in the Nike commercial running. Check it out for yourself and compare.
http://www.familyfitnessweekend.com/FFW/News/LancePowerBar.asp#
You can’t compare how someone ran while in triathlon shape sprinting at the front of a race, to 16 years later while in a completely different physical shape, jogging for a commercial. I haven’t paid that much attention to the LA Fitness commercials, and don’t care if it’s Lance running or a double. It’s still a good commercial and he’s still won the TDF six more times any any of us.
But he won that run just this year.
Maybe he DID just get done with a 100 mile TT…Guy has to train SOME time…why not the morning of the commercial shoot?
I read somwhere that earlier this year during off season Lance did a Duathlon. The irony was he was only 2nd fastest in the bike leg but smoked his way out in front in the x-country run stage.
That was a couple of years ago at the Dirty Duathlon near Austin. That is correct, one guy actually passed him on the bike, but Lance won with a very fast run on a difficult course. George Hincapie and Floyd Landis also were faster on the bike, but they were on relay teams and did not run.
He would have to run a few hundred meters every take they shot. They probably shot 30 takes. I doubt he ran the wide shots because he takes the elevator in his house to save energy. H probably sat there while they shot the master shots.
A couple of things:
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Lance knows how to run. He was no slouch of a runner in his triathlon days as a teenager. I am guessing that flat-out he could go 16:00 or faster for 5K back then. I recall recently that he ran in a 5K fun run for one of his Cancer Fund raising drives and ran 17-something, so no question he can still run.
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Professional cyclists are notorious for not doing anything strenuous withy their legs, when not on the bike. In fact, it’s rare to see a Professional Cyclist even standing around. They will walk into a room and quickly look for the nearest chair and head right for it! The fact is most Professional cyclists loath running. Lance with his triathlon back ground is an odd exception. I recall Former Pro and Tour de France Yellow Jersey wearer Steve Bauer telling me that the hardest thing that he has ever done was the 400 meter run he had to do at the start of a charity mountain bike event. Here’s a guy who has ridden over the tallest mountains in Europe and hammered himself silly on the cobbles of Flanders amd he’s telling me running 400m nearly killed him!
Fleck
Didn’t you all know that Lance is doing the NYC marathon this year?
Serously, I remember reading it from one of Kristen Armstrong’s columns in Runner’s World a couple of months ago.
Who knows maybe Lance is just preparing for an attempt at a Hawaii IM title.
jsargevt
Yeah Judice,
Thanks for clarifying that.
And jsargvet,
Lance did say he would like to go bacj\k to doing things like Tri. Think he’s not not the type of guy to become a couch potato just because he’s retired from the pro peloton. With his competitive nature he’ll probably be hammering it in the Tris too if he competes.
Yeah hate Lance but just look at how many threads and posts are dedicated to the Guy right here. In my book he’s awesome and an inspiration.
Cool, maybe he plans a Tour, Kona double this year? They’d give him an entry wouldn’t they?
You, my man, are an encyclopedia of knowledge. If only you could use that knowledge to power light bulbs. 
Lance can’t take an IM title.
He may be able to run bring his run times down a bit more, but I seriously doubt he’ll ever swim that well.
If he does ever take a crack at it, you slowtwitch dorks are going to sponsor me, and then I’m going to kick his ass all up and down the Queen K.
Until then, it’s back to PM’ing myself.
"You, my man, are an encyclopedia of knowledge. If only you could use that knowledge to power light bulbs. "
Paying it forward!
Spent too many years in the trenches, hanging with the big dogs, when I could, to let it all go to waste.
Fleck