Du nouveau concernant L.A, il livre une interview au magazine 3/GO Triathlon d'avril 2012 =>
http://www.3gomagazine.com/
Je reprends des extraits de cette interview en V.O. (pas dur à comprendre). Désolé pour les contractions ("I'm", négations et autres gonna...) on dira que le ton de ce magazine est plutôt décontracté!
SES MOTIVATIONS
3/GO triathlon:
One thing different from when you started, back then you raced for money, you did it for dough, as they say. Now you don’t need the money, so where’s your incentive coming from?
Lance Armstrong: “Well, a couple things. One, I’m enjoying it. I’m having fun going through the process of training and preparing, and just getting re-immersed in triathlon. That, I am enjoying. Two, like everything else I’ve done the last few years, this has got a good Livestrong component for the foundation and for all the work that we’re doing. That makes it valuable for the organization. But having said that, if I didn’t like it or I wasn’t having fun, it would be the wrong thing to be doing.”
LE PARTENARIAT LIVESTRONG & WTC
3/GO triathlon:
What sort of work for Livestrong are you doing around triathlons?
Lance Armstrong: “Primarily, it’s like with a lot of non-profits in these events, there’s a fundraising component. We have allocated slots in all the races that I’m doing. We have four slots for Kona in 2012 and 2013 that are valuable. And WTC, which owns the Ironman races, made a significant contribution to the foundation right up front.”
NICE
3/GO triathlon:
What’s your goal in Nice?
Lance Armstrong: “You know, I think I need to have the same goal as Panama. I’ve never done a full [Ironman]. I need to have a good experience, I need to be smart on the bike, conservative, and make sure that marathon is not a train wreck for me. Having said that, I mean, If I get fit enough, I think I’ll be in contention. But I ‘m still gonna be conservative.”
LA NATATION
3/GO triathlon:
And you’re a good swimmer…
Lance Armstrong: “Well, I grew up doing it, so I’m a fair swimmer. I’m not an Andy Potts-caliber swimmer. I was never going to be an all-American, but I can hold my own.”
PANAMA
La partie velo
3/GO triathlon:
A lot of people were expecting you [in Panama] to ride away from everybody on the bike. Did you ever feel that you could have gone faster if you were there to win the race rather than just to test yourself?
Lance Armstrong: “There’s no doubt that that’s possible, but you won’t run very well. First and foremost that was an educational experience for me. I needed to just sit in there and get a feel for how this works. My main goal before the race was that I had to have a good experience. I did not want to ride too hard, make nutritional mistakes, make mistakes on my effort or my wattage, and get on the run and be walking. I mean, that would have been a bad experience, physically and mentally.”
Le retour de Docherty sur la partie running
Lance Armstrong: “The last 5K, I broke down a little and got back on my heels a little bit and the shoulders looked a little… I started to look a little tired- which, in fact, I was! But I knew I was ready to run right around sixes [6-minutes miles]. So when I got off the bike, I just said, ‘Okay, I’m just gonna run this pace, which I know I can do, and either get passed by a lot of guys, or maybe they’re tired from the heat and the hilly bike course and I’ll hold on'. For Bevan Docherty to run 1:12 in that heat, man? Phew! If you can run 1:12 in 95 degrees off the bike you deserve to win."
3/GO triathlon: Well, he is a two-time Olympic medalist and he’s never been beaten at this distance, so that counts for something.
Lance Armstrong: "Yeah. Yeah. When he was coming, there was nothing I could do. If I tried to lift my pace, the chances or the risk that I go into a full-body cramp and just standing on the side of the road were too great, so I didn’t wanna… I was gonna be happy with second, and if I’m standing there cramping up and you get passed by four people, then that’s not good."
Par ailleurs il annonce qu'il sera en visiteur sur Paris Roubaix en Avril avec l'équipe Radioschack Nissan et qu'il ira reconnaitre Nice dans la foulée.
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, et pourtant il est loin des 3'57" - 4'. Beaucoup plus proche de l'équivalent 4'29 d'un LA. Je suis même surpris de la faiblesse de l'écart...[/quote]
