Lance Armstrong has the potential to be a world class triathlete! After retiring (again) from cycling in the Summer of 2011, Armstrong had some time on his hands, and agreed to take part in the XTERRA Triathlon with a friend who was helping to run the event.

The XTERRA is competed for by professionals who train hard and work on the three aspects of the tri each and every day. Lance turned up without any specific training and finished in 5th – just 5 minutes behind the champion!

With this in mind, Armstrong has decided to give triathlon another shot – starting in Hawaii, where a mile ocean swim, 18-mile bike ride and a 6 mile run await him.

“I thought, ‘This is terrible, why would I want to go do this for when I am 40 years old?’ I could be doing other things,” Armstrong said Wednesday. “I took a few days and thought about it and started training again and thought, ‘Maybe I should at least focus on this, do some specific work, do some intensity, try to at least adapt to what the race is like.”

“I will be happy going out there and giving it my best,” Armstrong said. “Maybe that is top five, maybe it is top 10. It could be better, I don’t know. That is why we have the race so we can find out.”