kristin's armstrong's(lance's ex wife) first marathon effort

[Marathoner52]

there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in the latest issue of
runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up running and just
recently she completed a marathon 4 days after her divorce in a very good
time of 3:48. however some people who i have talked to were not overly
impressed with her time. i quite frankly found her time to be quite
impressive. i know runners who have been at it for years and can not crack 4
hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in this group as to
whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is impressive or not. dave

[Wright]

On 7/8/04 7:41 AM, in article XPydneD7_M943XDdRVn-hw@giganews.com,
"marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote:

> there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in
> the latest issue of runners world. it seems that since
> 2002 kirstin taken up running and just recently she
> completed a marathon 4 days after her divorce in a very
> good time of 3:48. however some people who i have talked
> to were not overly impressed with her time. i quite
> frankly found her time to be quite impressive. i know
> runners who have been at it for years and can not crack 4
> hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in this
> group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is
> impressive or not. dave
>
>
The 'some people you have talked to' were not runners, or at
least not marathoners. A time of 3:48 for a woman's first
marathon is very impressive.

[Nooby]

I'm impressed! That's a respectable time for anyone,
newbie or not. You go gurl! . . . How long did she train
for the marathon?

--

"marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XPydneD7_M943XDdRVn-hw@giganews.com...
> there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in
> the latest issue
of
> runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up
> running and just recently she completed a marathon 4 days
> after her divorce in a very good time of 3:48. however
> some people who i have talked to were not overly impressed
> with her time. i quite frankly found her time to be quite
> impressive. i know runners who have been at it for years
> and can not crack
4
> hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in this
> group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is
> impressive or not. dave

[Lyndon]

>there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in the latest issue of
>runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up running and just
>recently she completed a marathon 4 days after her divorce in a very good
>time of 3:48. however some people who i have talked to were not overly
>impressed with her time. i quite frankly found her time to be quite
>impressive. i know runners who have been at it for years and can not crack 4
>hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in this group as to
>whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is impressive or not. dave
>
How old is she? If she's over 35, that's a Boston qualifier
or close to it, which I would think ain't too shabby for a
first attempt. And I'm not a marathoner saying it.

But to put it into perspective, there's a female member of
my club who competed in the OT marathon this year and has
run about an hour and 15 minutes faster. Whether it's good
or not depends on what your objectives are.

Lyndon

"Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US
Olympic Track Coach Brooks Johnson

[Marathoner52]

i read that kristin started running late in 2001 and ran her first marathon
last dec.
"nooby" <nooby@runner.com> wrote in message
news:KZbHc.23408$W6.10233@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> I'm impressed! That's a respectable time for anyone,
> newbie or not. You
go
> gurl! . . . How long did she train for the marathon?
>
> --
>
> "marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:XPydneD7_M943XDdRVn-hw@giganews.com...
> > there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in
> > the latest
issue
> of
> > runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up
> > running and
just
> > recently she completed a marathon 4 days after her
> > divorce in a very
good
> > time of 3:48. however some people who i have talked to
> > were not overly impressed with her time. i quite frankly
> > found her time to be quite impressive. i know runners
> > who have been at it for years and can not
crack
> 4
> > hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in
> > this group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is
> > impressive or not. dave
> >
>

[Marathoner52]

kristin is 32 years old
"Lyndon" <airlyndon@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20040708121610.05605.00001165@mb-m14.aol.com...
> >there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in
> >the latest issue
of
> >runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up
> >running and just recently she completed a marathon 4 days
> >after her divorce in a very good time of 3:48. however
> >some people who i have talked to were not overly
> >impressed with her time. i quite frankly found her time
> >to be quite impressive. i know runners who have been at
> >it for years and can not
crack 4
> >hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in
> >this group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is
> >impressive or not. dave
> >
> How old is she? If she's over 35, that's a Boston
> qualifier or close to
it,
> which I would think ain't too shabby for a first attempt.
> And I'm not a marathoner saying it.
>
> But to put it into perspective, there's a female member of
> my club who
competed
> in the OT marathon this year and has run about an hour and
> 15 minutes
faster.
> Whether it's good or not depends on what your
> objectives are.
>
> Lyndon
>
>
> "Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US
> Olympic Track
Coach
> Brooks Johnson

[Dangling]

I agree! That is a good time for a newbie.

"nooby" <nooby@runner.com> wrote in message
news:<KZbHc.23408$W6.10233@fe2.texas.rr.com>...
> I'm impressed! That's a respectable time for anyone,
> newbie or not. You go gurl! . . . How long did she train
> for the marathon?
>
> --
>
> "marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:XPydneD7_M943XDdRVn-hw@giganews.com...
> > there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife in
> > the latest issue
> of
> > runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken up
> > running and just recently she completed a marathon 4
> > days after her divorce in a very good time of 3:48.
> > however some people who i have talked to were not overly
> > impressed with her time. i quite frankly found her time
> > to be quite impressive. i know runners who have been at
> > it for years and can not crack
> 4
> > hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in
> > this group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner is
> > impressive or not. dave
> >

[Neil Gendzwill]

marathoner52 wrote:
> kristin is 32 years old

That time corresponds to WAVA 61% which is pretty good but
not shockingly good for a first try, at least as far as I
interpret these numbers.

Neil

[Dangling]

I "did her"...

"marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<k96dnbXcWPku03DdRVn-uA@giganews.com>...
> i read that kristin started running late in 2001 and ran
> her first marathon last dec. "nooby" <nooby@runner.com>
> wrote in message
> news:KZbHc.23408$W6.10233@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > I'm impressed! That's a respectable time for anyone,
> > newbie or not. You
> go
> > gurl! . . . How long did she train for the marathon?
> >
> > --
> >
> > "marathoner52" <marathoner52@comcast.net> wrote in
> > message news:XPydneD7_M943XDdRVn-hw@giganews.com...
> > > there is an interesting article about lance's ex wife
> > > in the latest
> issue of
> > > runners world. it seems that since 2002 kirstin taken
> > > up running and
> just
> > > recently she completed a marathon 4 days after her
> > > divorce in a very
> good
> > > time of 3:48. however some people who i have talked to
> > > were not overly impressed with her time. i quite
> > > frankly found her time to be quite impressive. i know
> > > runners who have been at it for years and can not
> crack 4
> > > hours. i would be interested in hearing from those in
> > > this group as to whether 3:48 for a newbie marathoner
> > > is impressive or not. dave
> > >
> > >
> >