Lance Armstrong confirmed Thursday that he will compete in the later this month, returning to triathlon 23 years since he last competed in the sport. “It seemed like a fun time and the training has been going very well,” Armstrong told the Associated Press. “I’ll go out there and have a good time and see how it goes.” Armstrong, who will turn 40 days before the September 24 race, was junior national triathlon champion as a teen before turning his attention full time to cycling. The race will cover a 1-mile swim, 20-mile mountain bike ride, and a 6-mile run. Also scheduled to compete are four-time XTERRA world champion Conrad Stoltz, five-time national champ Josiah Middaugh, and two-time Ironman World Champion Tim DeBoom. Armstrong admitted that his long absence from the sport it would be prudent to take his return to triathlon one race at a time. Armstrong parodied himself in a Saturday Night Live skit in which he returned to triathlon too hastily and . In April, , behind two professional triathletes, in a 2.4-mile swim in Austin.聽
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