> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:02 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Lance! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Considering the level of interest shown in the Tour de France when it > > started, I'm surprised to see little or no mention of the fact, now that > it's over, > > that Lance Armstrong won his fifth in a row. This one was more stirring > than > > the previous 4, as his triumph was in doubt until the next-to-last day. > He was > > used to blowing his competition away, and he just could not do so this > year. I > > wouldn't be surprised if he savors this one the most, as it was his > > hardest-earned (except, perhaps, for his first, considering he was just > coming off his > > miraculous recovery from cancer back then). > > I was busy e-mailing back and forth with Kevin about it all, and one of > my friends was calling me every day about that day's stage, except on > the rest days. (Then she'd call me about baseball games.) Kinda weird > now, she hasn't called me in a few days. :) > > I've also been soaking up everything the Austin paper has published on > it. He went to a conference on cancer after he won the Tour, did anyone > else know that? He made some kind of crack about how he wouldn't be > talking much, due to the hard time his 200 friends had given him in the > last 3 weeks. :)
Almost every radio show, tv show and article I've read has included his accomplishment (5 straight wins) as something of a footnote. They didn't forget to mention it but didn't make a big deal out of it either. > > Anyone besides me read _It's Not About the Bike_? > It's sitting on my 'to read shelf', which means I'll probably get to it around 2006. ;) Did anyone else catch his Nike ad? It only ran every 5 minutes during the coverage. ;) Awesome! Jon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
