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Kona Twitter Time Trial: Lieto vs. Armstrong

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

There have been some crazy Twitter triathlon schenanigans going down this week. (If you aren’t already on Twitter, you are missing out. It is a huge time suck, but a lot of fun.) The short story is that Lance and uber triathlete Chris Lieto are both out in Kona training. Lance passed Lieto on the famed Queen K and proceeded to challenge him to a TT an invite anyone who wanted to join in too.

• Lance Armstrong: Just passed @chrislieto going the other way. He was hammerin. Hey Chris, a little TT showdown on the Queen K tomorrow? You, me, and whoever.
• Chris Lieto: @lancearmstrong see u on the Queen-K! Will have to be after 8am cause I have to swim first. Flying out mid day. Give me a call.
• Chris Lieto: Swim at A Bay at 7am. See u there @lancearmstrong.
• Lance Armstrong: Queen K Hwy TT Challenge. Tomorrow 9:30am. Start – Waikeloa Beach Dr to Kukio Nui Dr. 14 miles. Full gas. Take it easy on me @chrislieto.
• Lance Armstrong: This won’t be a twitter ride. First ever “twitter time trial”
• Chris Lieto: Official time for @chrislieto is 18:44. Thanks @lancearmstrong (think his time was 18:35) for a great TT.

Lets just say I am very jealous of anyone spending the week on the big island and got to join in on the fun. I was in Boston shoveling my car out of 6 inches of snow.

Pre Race Video:

Post Race Video:

I have to admit, while I’m a huge Lance fan and supporter of just about everything he does, I was definitely rooting for Lieto. For a triathlete to be able to crush Lance after a 3 mile swim workout would be pretty amazing. Unfortunately that didn’t happen. Lieto was only 15 seconds back, which is still a pretty amazing showing. Averaging around 35mph is pretty sick, tailwind or not.

Did you manage to spot the special guest appearance from Trakkers pro in that last video? Watch it again to see if you can spot her!

Category : Ironman, Triathlon, Videos

Tags: chris lieto, lance armstrong, queen k, trakkers, twitter time trial

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