Armstrong Meets New York City Marathon Goal

Is anyone surprised that Lance Armstrong had the willpower to achieve his goal of running New York in under three hours? When I flipped on NBC's New York Marathon highlights show and saw Armstrong shuffling along and wearing the mask of pain in the last mile, it was clear that the "this sucks" light bulb had switched on and I wondered what he'd have to say about marathons. Here's the quote:

"For the level of conditioning I have now, that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I ever did, from triathlons to cycling," Armstrong said, after limping up a rampway. "Even the worst days on the Tours (de France), nothing was as hard as that and nothing left me feeling like that in terms of fatigue and soreness."

New York Daily News story.
Newsday story.
Armstrong photos.
New York Times Marathon coverage.
Dean Karnazes ran New York, his 50th marathon in 50 days, in 3:00:30.

Nice "LANCE" number on his bib. I'm going to request an "Activeness!" number next year.