Lance Armstrong must have a taste for off-road triathlon. The 7-time Tour de France winner tweeted Sunday, "@lancearmstrong, Now I'm headed to the airport and Kona bound! @XTERRAoffroad World Champs next wknd. I'm in! Looking fwd to racing."
The Xterra Facebook page is all the buzz as a result posting the following announcement, "It's official, Lance is in! Lance Armstrong tweeted today to his 3 million + followers that the "XTERRA World Champs is next weekend. I'm in! Look forward to racing." And Maui is looking forward to showing Lance and the rest of the XTERRA Planet some serious Aloha!"
Xterra is the world’s premier off-road triathlon race, combining a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) rough water swim, a 29.5-kilometer (18.3-miles) mountain bike and a 9.8-kilometer (6.1-miles) trail run best described as a tropical roller-coaster ride through pineapple fields and forests.
The XTERRA World Championship starts at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
The former cycling champion recently finished 5th overall at his first Xterra race in Ogden, Utah in late September. Lance more than proved he's a world class endurance athlete ready to take on the world of triathlon, albeit off-road.
Shortly after Lance finished, he posted this message on his twitter account @lancearmstrong, "Well that was HARD! Much respect to all the competitors today @XTERRAoffroad. And a big thanks to all the volunteers as well.
Nico Lebrun won the 2011 Xterra USA Champion finishing the race in 2:24:20. Dan Hugo was second at 2:24:34, Josiah Middaugh in third at 2:25:34 and the 4-time Xterra World Champion, Conrad Stoltz placed 4th. Rounding out the top five was Lance Armstrong.
How do you think he'll do? Is he easing into traditional triathlon and possibly Ironman? Leave your comments below.
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