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Nov 4, 2006, 8:49 GMT

Lance Armstrong aims high in New York marathon

New York - Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong is set to run his debut marathon in New York on Sunday - aiming to clock a reasonable time and raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. Armstrong is hoping to complete the 42.2 kilometre-long course in under three hours, a highly respectable time, which would have put him in the top 500 finishers of last year's race in which over 37,000 people crossed the finish line. Armstrong, 35, has never run a marathon, and has been hampered by shin injuries in the final stages of training, making his longest run so far just 25 kilometres. Though coached by experts and having former marathon champs like Alberto Salazar pace him through the race, the seven-time Tour de France winner said there is little hope for thousands of Internet punters who have bet on him finishing the race in less than 2.5 hours. 'I have no delusions of grandeur about my finish,' he told newspaper USA Today. 'It's too late for any crazy marathon training. It's just too much pain. That might be the nail in the coffin.' The prospect of raising over 600,000 dollars for research into the cancer that almost killed him will keep Armstrong going through the race, but the most successful cyclist in history is unlikely to repeat the feat. 'I can't see doing another marathon, but I'll always be a runner.' © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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