with two balls he would be man enough to tell the truth…
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Lance Armstrong Faces Grim Endgame as His Doctors Are Banned for Doping (abc news). While the seven-time Tour de France champion maintains that he never used any performance enhancing drugs, official sanctions (lifetime bans) have now been handed down against three men directly linked to Armstrong’s cycling achievements.
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“This court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong’s desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement or vilification of Defendants, by sifting through 80 mostly unnecessary pages in search of the few kernels of factual material relevant to his claims,” US district judge Sam Sparks said today as he dismissed the doper’s frivolous lawsuit.
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The letter specifically alleges that “multiple riders with firsthand knowledge” will testify that Armstrong used EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone and masking agents, and that he distributed and administered drugs to other cyclists from 1998 to 2005. The letter alleges that numerous witnesses will testify that Armstrong also used human growth hormone before 1996.
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Panama seems to have hollywood loving filming production :p
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O’Donnell beat Lance at Galveston by some 7 minutes. And O’Donnell had just won another 70.3 a mere two weeks before that one. There’s some history to strong cyclists having a go at IM Kona (Steve Larsen 2001, Jurgen Zack 1998) — Like Lieto they end up walking alot on the marathon. It takes years to develop an IM run capable of taking you to a top finish. An aerobic engine won’t do it by itself. People have too high expectations for Lance for Kona. I respect him fully for having a go at it.
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Lance did 1:17 half in Panama, then 1:22 at Texas. Crowie WENT THROUGH the 1/2 in 1:17 on way to a 2:38 marathon at IM Melbourne last week (7:57 total time). And Crowie’s not even in shape yet (off-season; first hard race in 6 months). Smokesville coming. Different league entirely. Gotta be able to run for an IM marathon or you’re toast (see “Lieto”).
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Dude, we can argue back and forth till we’re blue in the face. He had an off day in 7th place. Sounds pretty silly to say doesn’t it. He had an off day. Every pro has them. The FACT is he’s beating a lot of the best triathletes in the world at their profession and he just picked it up at 40. You say no top 20 in Kona. I say top 5. We can debate this in 6 months.
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IM 70.3 California was the day before Texas. 38 pros went to that one instead. Otherwise, LA wouldn’t have made top 10 in Texas.
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Word is out Lance is thinking of doing the Vuelta … which puzzles me. Not sure how the Vuelta (3-4 weeks on the bike) is going to help his run. It’s not going to make his a stronger 112 mile TT’er either; not vs doing TT training.
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“A course like that is hard because you never get out of the position in two hours. “On most courses, you get to get out of the saddle, move around and stretch a little. On this one, you were just stuck. It couldn’t have been flatter.” Having hit the ‘wall’ in the final stages of the half-marathon run, he admitted: “It’s going to take less body weight. Every pound you lose is X seconds per mile. It will be interesting to see how I recover.” Armstrong then Tweeted: “Well that hurt like hell.”
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Quotes, after the race, from LA: Armstrong felt this was a backward step. He said: “I just didn’t have anything in the tank. And I wanted to have a bigger gap coming off the bike. Talking about the 56-mile bike leg, he added: “That’s as hard as I wanted to go. I already had little inner-leg twinges.
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What LA stated was that his hydration drink of choice did not agree with him and that it wasn’t working like he’d hope it would. I saw the whole event live on the net. That is what caused his GI issues and it started at the end of the bike leg. He’s no stranger to running long distance. A personal best 2:46 marathon is nothing to sneeze at. Putting the 3 together will come together for him. 6 months is an eternity for this man. He’ll bring his weight down which will help a ton in the run.
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The GI “news” for Lance was out 10 minutes after he finished Texas today. At Panama Lance had to “back off” because he had leg twinges. Next event that he doesn’t win …. (?). GI is an issue on the run (gravity, body jostling, accumulation of exertion on the day). Swim and bike, they are more rarely an issue. A marathon run with GI issues is more than twice as bad. It takes years for an elite Ironman competitor to develop GI fortitude for the marathon. These other elites have that now.
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I called 8th place for LA today; trumped me with a 7th. Still, a pretty good race.
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LA’ll contend through the bike at Kona, and start the run with Lieto together (“Team Trek”)in the lead. They’ll both end up walking. It takes years of running to develop GI “fortitude” for running, just as it does for an efficient running form, and the “run-after-the-bike” legs. Lance does not have years.
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Not that you’ll care of believe him but it’s coming out now that Lance was dealing with GI issues today. And from his own mouth “the field was DEEP today”…
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Exactly! It’s April 1st and LA still has just as much time to train as the others. Odonnell, Kienle, Raelert,…not stacked? Did you watch the same race as me? Chris Lieto 39. Craig Alexander 38. Raelert 35, Tissink 38. etc…Lance isn’t to old. Like I said, I don’t expect Lance to win in Kona but I do know he will be a top contender. Lance knows how to pace his conditioning. Just like he always did in cycling, he’ll peak at the right time. He’ll do the same with Ironman.
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This field was not stacked. Wait for WC 70.3. That will be a stacked field (add: Alexander, Gambles, Symonds, Tissink, Matthews, the whole rest of the Euro pro’s), Also, this is an Olympic year so lots are not racing this distance (Panama winner Docherty of Panama was ‘training’ that race, his first half in 12 years; he’s more a sprint triathlete.) Some might think Texas was “stacked” because there was really no one at Panama. Heck, it’s still April 1st! It’s like grapefruit league in baseball.
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Give it a break. I’m impressed, we most all are, that Lance is having a go at another endeavour, rather than sitting on his laurels. He is driven, so he only does things one way — with the aim to win. He’s worked on his run for a good year or more. But he’s 40 and that’s late to be working on it. He can’t even gap the other cyclists. Tri is a different sport; & his caoches told LA that. He’s having a go at it in spite, or maybe because of that. Kudos to him. Great to see his family at the event
revis23
Dude, the whole point is LA is improving. He is competing with the very best with very little experience! The best have a decade or more of training base in all three aspects of this sport. Lance has less than 1 year. If you’re not impressed then you’re just a blind troll.
with two balls he would be man enough to tell the truth…
Lance Armstrong Faces Grim Endgame as His Doctors Are Banned for Doping (abc news). While the seven-time Tour de France champion maintains that he never used any performance enhancing drugs, official sanctions (lifetime bans) have now been handed down against three men directly linked to Armstrong’s cycling achievements.
“This court is not inclined to indulge Armstrong’s desire for publicity, self-aggrandizement or vilification of Defendants, by sifting through 80 mostly unnecessary pages in search of the few kernels of factual material relevant to his claims,” US district judge Sam Sparks said today as he dismissed the doper’s frivolous lawsuit.
The letter specifically alleges that “multiple riders with firsthand knowledge” will testify that Armstrong used EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone and masking agents, and that he distributed and administered drugs to other cyclists from 1998 to 2005. The letter alleges that numerous witnesses will testify that Armstrong also used human growth hormone before 1996.
Panama seems to have hollywood loving filming production :p
O’Donnell beat Lance at Galveston by some 7 minutes. And O’Donnell had just won another 70.3 a mere two weeks before that one. There’s some history to strong cyclists having a go at IM Kona (Steve Larsen 2001, Jurgen Zack 1998) — Like Lieto they end up walking alot on the marathon. It takes years to develop an IM run capable of taking you to a top finish. An aerobic engine won’t do it by itself. People have too high expectations for Lance for Kona. I respect him fully for having a go at it.
Lance did 1:17 half in Panama, then 1:22 at Texas. Crowie WENT THROUGH the 1/2 in 1:17 on way to a 2:38 marathon at IM Melbourne last week (7:57 total time). And Crowie’s not even in shape yet (off-season; first hard race in 6 months). Smokesville coming. Different league entirely. Gotta be able to run for an IM marathon or you’re toast (see “Lieto”).
Dude, we can argue back and forth till we’re blue in the face. He had an off day in 7th place. Sounds pretty silly to say doesn’t it. He had an off day. Every pro has them. The FACT is he’s beating a lot of the best triathletes in the world at their profession and he just picked it up at 40. You say no top 20 in Kona. I say top 5. We can debate this in 6 months.
IM 70.3 California was the day before Texas. 38 pros went to that one instead. Otherwise, LA wouldn’t have made top 10 in Texas.
Word is out Lance is thinking of doing the Vuelta … which puzzles me. Not sure how the Vuelta (3-4 weeks on the bike) is going to help his run. It’s not going to make his a stronger 112 mile TT’er either; not vs doing TT training.
“A course like that is hard because you never get out of the position in two hours. “On most courses, you get to get out of the saddle, move around and stretch a little. On this one, you were just stuck. It couldn’t have been flatter.” Having hit the ‘wall’ in the final stages of the half-marathon run, he admitted: “It’s going to take less body weight. Every pound you lose is X seconds per mile. It will be interesting to see how I recover.” Armstrong then Tweeted: “Well that hurt like hell.”
Quotes, after the race, from LA: Armstrong felt this was a backward step. He said: “I just didn’t have anything in the tank. And I wanted to have a bigger gap coming off the bike. Talking about the 56-mile bike leg, he added: “That’s as hard as I wanted to go. I already had little inner-leg twinges.
What LA stated was that his hydration drink of choice did not agree with him and that it wasn’t working like he’d hope it would. I saw the whole event live on the net. That is what caused his GI issues and it started at the end of the bike leg. He’s no stranger to running long distance. A personal best 2:46 marathon is nothing to sneeze at. Putting the 3 together will come together for him. 6 months is an eternity for this man. He’ll bring his weight down which will help a ton in the run.
The GI “news” for Lance was out 10 minutes after he finished Texas today. At Panama Lance had to “back off” because he had leg twinges. Next event that he doesn’t win …. (?). GI is an issue on the run (gravity, body jostling, accumulation of exertion on the day). Swim and bike, they are more rarely an issue. A marathon run with GI issues is more than twice as bad. It takes years for an elite Ironman competitor to develop GI fortitude for the marathon. These other elites have that now.
I called 8th place for LA today; trumped me with a 7th. Still, a pretty good race.
LA’ll contend through the bike at Kona, and start the run with Lieto together (“Team Trek”)in the lead. They’ll both end up walking. It takes years of running to develop GI “fortitude” for running, just as it does for an efficient running form, and the “run-after-the-bike” legs. Lance does not have years.
Not that you’ll care of believe him but it’s coming out now that Lance was dealing with GI issues today. And from his own mouth “the field was DEEP today”…
Exactly! It’s April 1st and LA still has just as much time to train as the others. Odonnell, Kienle, Raelert,…not stacked? Did you watch the same race as me? Chris Lieto 39. Craig Alexander 38. Raelert 35, Tissink 38. etc…Lance isn’t to old. Like I said, I don’t expect Lance to win in Kona but I do know he will be a top contender. Lance knows how to pace his conditioning. Just like he always did in cycling, he’ll peak at the right time. He’ll do the same with Ironman.
This field was not stacked. Wait for WC 70.3. That will be a stacked field (add: Alexander, Gambles, Symonds, Tissink, Matthews, the whole rest of the Euro pro’s), Also, this is an Olympic year so lots are not racing this distance (Panama winner Docherty of Panama was ‘training’ that race, his first half in 12 years; he’s more a sprint triathlete.) Some might think Texas was “stacked” because there was really no one at Panama. Heck, it’s still April 1st! It’s like grapefruit league in baseball.
Give it a break. I’m impressed, we most all are, that Lance is having a go at another endeavour, rather than sitting on his laurels. He is driven, so he only does things one way — with the aim to win. He’s worked on his run for a good year or more. But he’s 40 and that’s late to be working on it. He can’t even gap the other cyclists. Tri is a different sport; & his caoches told LA that. He’s having a go at it in spite, or maybe because of that. Kudos to him. Great to see his family at the event
Dude, the whole point is LA is improving. He is competing with the very best with very little experience! The best have a decade or more of training base in all three aspects of this sport. Lance has less than 1 year. If you’re not impressed then you’re just a blind troll.