Armstrong to tackle NY marathon again

Lance Armstrong has announced his intention to once again take on the New York Marathon. "I'm gonng do it again," he told the AP Tuesday. "Hawaii would be too hot. I couldn't run a marathon there," he added, noting that being in New York allows him to combine it with fundraising activities for The Lance Armstrong Foudnation.

Armstrong finished the 2006 marathon in just under 3 hours, finishing 856th, caling it "without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done."

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