Comments on: How Fast Would Lance Armstrong Run a Marathon

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:37:50 +0000

Man, I wasn’t expecting a 2:10 or anything, but I thought with his fitness level and the similarities between biking and running would have at least put him around 2:30 or something. Weekend warriors and high school runners can break 3:00 and Iron Man athletes finish their race with about a 2:40 marathon. I guess he just wasn’t able to make the transition between biking and running.

Nonetheless, this was still a very interesting article and Lance is one of the greatest athletes of all-time. Glad I read it.

By: stewart

stewart — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:39:27 +0000

I heard Lance armstrong weigh’s in pounds around 165 and it got slightly higher at points once he retired from cycling. Given that running is an exercise which is impacted significantly by weight coudn’t the 45 pounds he had over the typical marathon runner explain why he took longer to complete the race?

By: Mister Jim

Mister Jim — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:25:54 +0000

Couldn’t be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him.Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!bing

By: K9 Coach

K9 Coach — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:34:48 +0000

This is one of the many reasons why cross training is key to overall fitness and health over a lifetime.

As a “runner” for many years, I found myself getting less flexible and injured. Training for triathlon was a great move simply to find out about the sport of swimming.

Now as I vary what I do, like to keep it interesting, it’s always amazing how whether it’s skiing, ocean paddling, running, riding, yoga, or swimming different sets of muscles come into play. Working on overall fitness at a healthy level is important to the anti-aging process.

By: Paramjit Sidhu

Paramjit Sidhu — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:44:04 +0000

It just goes to show how highly adaptive the body is and each sport and exercise is different. Thank you for your comments.

By: Century Training

Century Training — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:44:23 +0000

A really interesting article. Your detailed explanation of Lance’s performance is spot on. I dont find his time in the least bit surprising. Elite sportsman are so specialy adapted to their own disipline that expecting their fitness to immedietly transfer to another sport is unrealistic. having said that I’m certain that with 6 months training his performance may well live up to the estimated times peole predicted.