Gonna race Lance?

Lance Armstrong ran (not rode) the New York City marathon this month in 2:59:36, an hour under my PB, saying "the hardest physical thing I've ever done". New York is probably my (and the wife’s) favourite city to visit and I’m fantasising about racing Lance Armstrong in next year’s NYCM – and obviously losing. That said, I went mooching about online to try and find a pucka training plan (I always blame previous plans, not the runner, for underachieving) to get myself on form in 11 months.

I didn’t find one, which is a great excuse for not training properly, but I did come across Gmap Pedometer. This is a great distance calculator that uses Google maps. Map your run accurately and G-map will tell you exactly how far it is. I thought it was perfect for planning an alien road bike route.