Comments on: The Lance Armstrong Intervention

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:13:02 +0000

Hey spinecho, you thought that Americans loved LA because that’s what you saw on the news and in the media. We Americans are much more diverse than what the media presents. The American media, especially TV, can’t be trusted.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:05:34 +0000

Congratulations, BTW, on your weight loss numbers this week!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:49:50 +0000

If I haven’t said it before, I think your blog is great. I have no life (I am a resident) and am stuck living vicariously through others for the time being. As for Armstong — for some reason I thought that all that Americans were enamored with him, especially bicyclists — shows you how much I know.Anyway, have a great ride!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:58:42 +0000

Perfect entry thank you. I concur. (Leipheimer is still my guy though, no dissing Levi, he’s from here -MT- you know). I think: 1) He’s messin’ with the Europeans right now (cute and clever ruse, don’t you think?) and 2) we’ll see how much of an attention junkie he really is (I think he’s a HUGE attn junkie) by how fast he goes into politics. He’s so much of an attn junkie I’m sure he’ll actually read your blog post…

By: Ariane

Ariane — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:32:52 +0000

Hey, Good luck today Fatty! Sure, it’s not a race, but, you know, take no prisoners anyway. Yaaah! (pronounced, "yaw")

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:34:53 +0000

Fatty – The defence objects strongly to the word "stalk". "Intensive subject familiarisation program" is a phrase that sits more comfortably. If your paranoia kicks in you can chant yourself to sleep with the sentence – he only lives 10 time zones away.cheers from Kangaroo and Koala landBIG Mike (skinny on the inside)

By: Fat Cyclist

Fat Cyclist — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:36:50 +0000

bill – i actually had a paragraph about the kids in an early draft, then killed it because i couldn’t figure out a way to say it in the "intervention" tone. i might’ve figured out a way to say it if i weren’t lazy. but i am lazy. lazy and snarky.spinecho – i’ll watch the TdF 2006 whether he comes back or not. when available, i watch all the grand tours. can’t get enough of them. that said, i look forward to a 2006 TdF more without lance than with him. on the other hand, i’d enjoy a giro or vuelta more with him than without him. big mike – oddly enough, that’s MY itinerary for 2006. are you stalking me?beastmom – i’m trying to decide whether to use a freudian or jungian approach to interpret your dream. from a gut level, though, my impression is that you are obsessed with food and cycling to about the same extent i am. except i don’t recall ever dreaming about anyone famous. except myself, of course, because i am very, very famous.

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:18:02 +0000

I had a dream last night that Lance started his own televised cooking show. I would definitely watch a show of him standing at the Iron Chef podium moderating the Tour of Iron Chefs between German, American, and French cycling chefs. And when the French inevitably won, maybe they’d stop being so post-championship career-pissy about everything. Can you picture Iron Chef domestiques doing all the sweating, chopping, boiling, running, pan-searing? It would be like watching the Tour all over again. :-) -The Beast Mom

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:57:55 +0000

Just to shut up the rumblings, I think Lance should undertake the following activities for the next 13 months:1. Pee in a jar under controlled conditions every day until the end of next July.2. Have a camera crew filming 23 and a half hours every day. Half an hour of privacy each day should be enough but would necessitate the cubicle being searched and Lance being frisked before entering and again upon exiting.3. Selective preparation will again be vital. A couple of small warm-up wins in March and April. May will require a small modification to his usual schedule with a 22 day stint in the Maglia Rosa vital to shut the French media up.4. June will see him at home doing a combination of tapering and schmoozing – easily achieved with a mix of GWB and MTB.5. July wear the Maillot Jaune from the prologue to the podium. Peeing in every jar that gets put in front of him and peeing on every French journalist that gets within 10 feet of him. Retire again.6. August have a massage and coffee.7. End of August – turn up at the Vuelta and spend 3 weeks working on fitness for the worlds. 8. Forget the Vuelta is a training ride and accidentally win.9. Win World Championship and retire for the third and final time.10. French press find an aspirin box in his trash and fire up again. Lance holds a press conference to suggest that France should attempt to host the Olympics as they have enough of his urine to fill the diving pool.Whatever you do Lance, do it for yourself.cheersBIG Mike (skinny on the inside)

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:43:33 +0000

But would you watch if he did come back to do the tour de frace 2006? Or another of the major tours, for that matter?