Lance Armostrong Breaks 3 Hours at NYC Marathon

Not that anyone doubted Lance Armstrong would finish, but the sub-three hour result is definitely commendable. He had a fairly tough time, cramping in the second half of the race. Having Alberto Salazar and Joan Boit Samuelson as pacer runners surely provided additional motivation. When asked if he would participate in the race next year, he responded the way anyone who just finished running 26.2 miles would:

“The answer to that right now is ‘no,’ but I reserve the right to change my mind.”

As for the little guessing game I was having with my friends; we were all too optimistic. Chuck gets the prize for being the farthest off. Hey Chuck, that’s what you get for trying to game the system! Paul came in with the winning bet. For his amazing prescience, he will get a very super-special prize, a book chosen at sorta-random from my bookcase.

• 3:36:23 Kitty
• 2:59:36 Lance Armstrong’s Actual Time
• 2:55.30 Paul M
• 2:49:55 Knepper
• 2:41:00 Matt B
• 2:40:00 Cam
• 2:39:59 Ravi
• 2:33:00 Ben H
• 2:27:34 John B
• 2:25:22 Roanne
• 2:23:41 Todd T
  
• 0:00:01 Chuck