Another Win For Ironman Lance Armstrong in Honu Hawai’i!
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Ironman Lance Armstrong
is probably as close to superhuman as you’re going to get.
Ironman Lance Armstrong Proves Ironman Florida win was no fluke
Silencing his critics who said that he would never make the jump from cycling to the triathlon, Ironman Lance Armstrong has now won two Ironman 70.3 back to back, smashing the course record, previously held by Chris McCormack, who earlier in the year doubted Armstrong’s ability to rise to the top of a second sport after dominating the world of cycling. His latest win in Honu Hawaii has confirmed that his first in the Ironman Florida 70.3 was no fluke and that he has most likely solved his biggest self-declared problem of nutrition: I mean, how the heck you go all out for close to four hours and remained fueled the whole time to post the times he did in Ironman Florida 70.3 and now again for his second Ironman win in Honu Hawaii?
Ironman Lance Armstrong Returning to His Roots
After winning in Florida, Ironman Lance Armstrong won applause by declaring “The sport of cycling borrowed me for a few decades, but now I’ve come back to my roots, as they say.”
And there’s no question now after clocking another record time, smashing the previous course record in Honu Hawaii by around 6 minutes, that Lance is certainly back! Interestingly, Armstrong’s last triathlon win decades ago before he entered the world of cycling was in Florida so his recent win in Florida represents a true return to form. Now with five half-Ironman races (Ironman 70.3) under his belt including two wins in his most recent races, Ironman Lance Armstrong has his sights on his first full Ironman in Nice, France on June 24, 2012.
Ironman Lance Armstrong – Is Age Just A Number?
Incredibly, Lance is proving that age could actually be just a number… for a long time, it’s been widely believed that a triathlete will reach their peak performance in their late 20′s to mid 30′s. At 41 years of age, Ironman Lance Armstrong is competing and beating professional triathletes much younger in age and who have been training and competing as triathletes consistently for years. For those of you who believe that Armstrong’s transition from cycling to the Ironman triathlon is an easy one to make, I suggest you go try cycling at least 10 km and then immediately follow that with a run up the road any distance. I’ve tried and it was clear to me that there’s a very different set of muscles involved in running. Despite his recent success in the Ironman 70.3 races, Ironman Lance Armstrong is quick to say that as strong as his will to compete and win is his desire to serve the world with a greater cause… in the fight against cancer. However great his legacy proves to be in the Ironman triathlon events, former 7 times Tour de France winner and now Ironman Lance Armstrong will hopefully be remembered as much for the millions of lives he has touched & inspired in raising money for cancer research with his organization Livestrong…