Jan 17, 2008 11:30 am US/Eastern
Lance Armstrong To Run The Boston Marathon
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
One of the most famous athletes in the world will run in this year's
Boston Marathon.
The BAA confirmed Thursday that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has entered the race.
This will be Armstrong's third marathon since he retired from professional cycling.
He qualified for Boston with a 2:46:43 finish at last year's New York City Marathon. The qualifying time for Armstrong's 35-39-year-old age group is 3 hours, 15 minutes.
Armstrong won the 1993 World Cycling Championship before being diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer in 1996. Though the cancer spread to his lungs and brain, Armstrong recovered to win seven straight Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005.
He ran his first marathon a year later, finishing New York in 2:59:36.
According to the Boston Athletic Association, Armstrong will be raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which pursues an agenda focused on cancer prevention, access to screening and care, the improvement of the quality of life for cancer survivors, and an investment in research.
The 112th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 21. You can watch complete live coverage of the race on WBZ-TV and wbztv.com
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