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Lance ran a few marathons in a shade under 3 hrs.
This is actually "good club runner" time, and not world class, or even "elite".
Yet when he rides a bike he is consistently not so much world class as near alien.
Last year I was a packfiller elite amateur, and recently switched to running. I am already running 1/2 marathons as fast as Lance could, yet the wattage numbers he can hold for an hour at a time I could only hold for a few minutes.
I know there are physioligal differences between running and cycling, but I think that someone who can hold 475watts for an hour after 4 hours of riding should really have the engine to run a much better marathon than 2h50.
Lesser cyclists than him have also run faster marathons, and let's not forget that Lance trained really hard for the marathon and even hired pacemakers on the day.
Maybe he trained hard, but didn't prepare in the same way that he does for the tour?
It doesn't make sense for me.
This is actually "good club runner" time, and not world class, or even "elite".
Yet when he rides a bike he is consistently not so much world class as near alien.
Last year I was a packfiller elite amateur, and recently switched to running. I am already running 1/2 marathons as fast as Lance could, yet the wattage numbers he can hold for an hour at a time I could only hold for a few minutes.
I know there are physioligal differences between running and cycling, but I think that someone who can hold 475watts for an hour after 4 hours of riding should really have the engine to run a much better marathon than 2h50.
Lesser cyclists than him have also run faster marathons, and let's not forget that Lance trained really hard for the marathon and even hired pacemakers on the day.
Maybe he trained hard, but didn't prepare in the same way that he does for the tour?
It doesn't make sense for me.