Lance Armstrong's War
06-27-05, 09:48 AM
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Lance Armstrong's War
I’ve been devouring “Lance Armstrong’s War”
Here’s a provocative quote from the book:
“...the performance gap between Armstrong and his rivals is on the order of two percent. It’s not a lot. In fact, it's a slender enough gap that he watches it, guards it, touches the number like a lucky stone. For here is the truth: the Tour de France is decided by many things-ability, concentration, teamwork, fate, and, most of all, by a fluctuating margin of physical strength equal to that of a three-year-old child.”
Here’s a provocative quote from the book:
“...the performance gap between Armstrong and his rivals is on the order of two percent. It’s not a lot. In fact, it's a slender enough gap that he watches it, guards it, touches the number like a lucky stone. For here is the truth: the Tour de France is decided by many things-ability, concentration, teamwork, fate, and, most of all, by a fluctuating margin of physical strength equal to that of a three-year-old child.”
06-27-05, 01:09 PM
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I just asked my brother to pick it up from the library.
I hope he does cause ima hurt him if he forgets...
I hope he does cause ima hurt him if he forgets...
06-27-05, 02:20 PM
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I just heard about it today. I bought INSIDE THE POSTAL BUS (By Michael Barry) this weekend...so far so food...But I am totally going to get the Armstrong book now that I now about it.
06-27-05, 04:41 PM
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Never heard of this. Is this a new book release?
06-27-05, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by squeegy200
Never heard of this. Is this a new book release?
Here is a link https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
06-29-05, 12:31 PM
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i read this book. great journalism. it reads like a magazine article.
it's nice that it gets into the heads of the other riders and what they were thinking on some of the races, media, and of course lance.
it's nice that it gets into the heads of the other riders and what they were thinking on some of the races, media, and of course lance.
