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					Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan  A girl came in 30th in Leadville last weekend with a time of 8:14:53.  She was an hour and forty five minutes or so behind Lance, but the closest guy to Lance was almost a half-hour behind.  I don't think that Lance should be the benchmark for "can they compete". | 
	
 By "can they compete" I meant "are they allowed to," not "can they keep up."  Apparently the answer to the question I meant was yes.
And yeah, I agree that keeping up with Lance isn't the standard.