Lance drops the hammer

“It was my understanding that Cheryl came along after the Marriage of Lance and his ex collapsed. I could be wrong. I enjoyed his book and am in agreement that he is probably difficult for us mere mortals to get along with. If memory serves, he had another girlfriend that actually saw him through the cancer. Oh well, this beats the other Hollywood breakups. Who buys all those dopey magazines at the checkout?”

“When I saw Cheryl last month in town, I could sense something, she had a distraught look about her and there was an aura that said..."leave me alone". Usually, she is very approachable, but not this time. And, yes, I live in Cheryl's home town where her brother and parents live. I have met her in passing at Walmart. She is not a skank. She's a genuine nice person who has never forgotten her town, family and friends. My yoga instructor and Cheryl go back to elementary school and Cheryl always gets together with her friends when she comes home. I feel bad for her in this. Lance dropped more than the hammer this time. He actually dropped a genuinely nice person.

Shame on anyone for slamming her.”

“Whatever”

“I'm gonna soak up the sun.”

“ROME, Ga. (AP) - Look out, New York. Lance is ready to run.

Lance Armstrong told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he plans to compete in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5.
"We were looking at the Chicago Marathon, but a conflict arose with the date, and New York seems to fit our schedule better," Armstrong said in a telephone interview. "I've been training some, but I wouldn't call it serious. It's just something to fill a void in my life after I quit competing as a professional cyclist."

Armstrong, preparing for his first marathon, retired from cycling after winning an unprecedented seventh straight Tour de France last year.

Before committing to become a full-time cyclist, Armstrong competed in triathlons as a teenager. He indicated he has no plans to run marathons or enter triathlons professionally, at least not at this time.”

“Lance's ex-wife speaks on Oprah:

Kristin says she gave up her independence after getting married, and in doing so, lost part of herself. The opinionated woman she once was slowly eroded, Kristin says, and she became a "yes" woman who tried to please everyone but herself.

"It wasn't Lance saying, 'You should be like this' or 'Do this,'" she says. "It wasn't him making a mandate and me being a mouse. It was me trying to emulate whatever I thought would be the perfect wife or the perfect mother. … We think we're trying to please somebody for the sake of our marriage, but then if you ask Lance today if he appreciated that, I think he would probably say, 'Well, that wasn't the woman that I fell in love with.'"”

“Tango watches Oprah...
Tango watches Oprah...
Tango watches Oprah...
;-)”

“i guess this means tangos still never getting married”

“did she jump on the couch?”

“Retired seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong says he does not miss competitive cycling and that he hated racing during the late stages of his legendary career.

"I don't miss it at all," Armstrong said in a wide-ranging interview in the latest issue of Men's Journal. "I miss the training. I miss the team atmosphere. I miss my guys.

"But the last couple of years I would even say I hated racing. The only peaceful times were when I was at training camps, alone or with a few teammates, or at the races, in the hotel room, at the dinner table with my guys.

"That's the stuff I really love. I won't miss the Tour."

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5660914”

“I guess too much of a good thing is still too much.”

“
Lance: Suspend or Remove Pound Sunday, June 18, 2006, requires free registration

TO: Those Interested in International Sports:

On August 23, 2005 the French tabloid L'Equipe published an article alleging that I used performance enhancing drugs, based on a research report leaked out of a French laboratory. I knew that was just another attempt by individuals in France to try to discredit me and my accomplishments in France's Tour de France. After the article was published, many in the Olympic movement called for an investigation into the facts alleged in the article. The IOC Athletes Commission and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations publicly criticized the French laboratory for its conduct and called for disciplinary proceedings against the laboratory, but the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, blocked those efforts. ”

“Is "Dick Pound" a real person's name? Sounds like one of Sarge's trolls.”

“There's an interview with Pound in the latest Outside.

Well worth reading.

He's a Montrealer, NF.

He tends to step on toes, verbally speaking. He is an outstanding and upstanding lawyer, but is completely without tact, IMO.”

“http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/results/index.php


6:51 is a pretty good pace!

ok, i guess you have to type 'armstrong' and click on search.
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“Well no wonder. he was racing with Half the weight of a normal guy (LOL).”