Lance to run the Mile

Word on the grapevine is that Lance Armstrong is to run the Mile.

No, he hasn't signed up with the Sub-5 Program -- but we're working on it!

We hear that Lance is going to target the Main Street Mile in Boise, Idaho, a race which raises funds for prostate cancer. We wonder if the decision has anything to do with "King of the Mile" Hicham El Guerrouj, who was one of Lance's pacers in his recent marathon?

The Main Street Mile, held at the end of June, is part of the Downtown Mile Race Series; the individual winner of the Men’s and Women’s open wave, as well as the individual winner of the Men’s and Women’s masters wave, win expenses-paid trips to Boulder, CO, to run the Pearl Street Mile.

Meanwhile, official news from Lance's website is that he has a stress fracture in his lower right leg, and ran the New York City marathon with it.

"I knew I had shin splints from training", says the the 7-time Tour de France winner. "But I certainly didn't think there was anything broken, and I just attributed the pain to the amount of effort it takes to complete a marathon."

Lance has confirmed that he will run NYC again next November, and will also tackle the off-road Leadville 100-mile bike race in Colorado in August.