LIVE at the Boston Marathon: 7-time Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong Finishes in 2:50:58
Posted April 21st, 2008 at 12:49 PM by Jared Markowitz
Section: Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has finished his first Boston Marathon in a very respectable 2:50:58, good for 488th place overall. Lance reached the halfway split in a conservative 1:26:52 before running an impressive negative split on the hilly second half of the course. The effort was Armstrong’s third marathon and followed his 2:46:43 clocking in New York this fall.
Leading up to this race Armstrong was a bit apprehensive, noting a lack of training and a few nagging injuries. Nonetheless his performance was solid and bodes well for his planned attempt at 2:30 this fall in New York. Lance ran Boston to raise money for his Lance Armstrong Foundation, a charitable organization that actively contributes to cancer research.
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