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Summary: Tuesdays with Lance
Review: Having read TUESDAYS WITH MORIE in 1998, I found Armstrong's story valuable for similar reasons. Neither book is about dying but rather about living to one's full potential. I did not have cancer, but last year I was seriouily ill and was in the hospital for almost five months and underwent three operations. This book helped me understand that my emotional state in the aftermath of this horrendous experience is not a solitary one but rather universal. This book put into words what I have not been able to articulate to my circle of family and friends. I feel anyone, cycling fan or not, would benefit from reading this story and learning the many valuable life lessons it has to offer.
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Summary: It Is SO About The Bike by fermed
Review: This fantastic person, Lance Armstrong, faced cancer, nearly died, survived, and as I write this (July 22, 2000) is about to win his second Tour de France since his brush with death. He is a superb athlete and an extraordinary human being. The adversity of his disease and its brutal treatments changed him for the better both as a sportsman and as a person; and it is his bike that runs through this book as the unifying force and the symbolic icon for what Lance does. Yes, many of the important aspects of this book have to do with things of the spirit and not with pedaling; but it is on wheels that he first encountered fame, the lack of those wheels that brought him to near despondency, and the triumphal return to his wheels that signaled his being whole once more. There is no self pity or sentimentality in these pages. This is not a book of the "inspirational" genre; but few will be able to read it without being changed for the better. Here is a man who at every stage of his life could have yielded to excuses or victimhood, but who systematically said "no" to everything except excellence and self discipline. A true winner. An exciting, fast-paced book. A great reading exoperience; about the bike and about many other things, too.
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Summary: awe inspiring
Review: I read a lot...a helluva lot. I am jaded and I admit it. But this book, and the story of Lance, his friends, his wife and his caretakers, and his mom, is simply one of the best reads I can remember. While Lance may not be the world's nicest guy, his story is one of love, devotion, unbelievable physical and mental strength, pain of unspeakable levels, terror, and miracles. As I write this he is winning the Tour deFrance. That achievement, his recovery and maybe even the man himself, are of mythic proportions. A most satisfying experience...the nicest part is that there are still chapters to be written.
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Summary: THE THRILL OF TRIUMPH!
Review: A young man coming of age. The rite of passage for Lance Armstrong encompasses brilliant Olympic athletic performances as a world-class cyclist- then being diagnosed with testicular cancer. No defeatism here, just a graphic detailed memoir of how he fought his way to recovery and a triumphant win of the coveted 1999 Tour De France bicycle race. He lovingly, graciously includes his support system, family and medical team in his heart-rending saga. Again it is graphic, especially the medical scenes and gruelling detailed training sessions, but it is a true tale of the human spirit, and its ability to triumph over astounding odds.Thrilling and inspiring.
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Summary: A True Champion
Review: This book is a fast, easy and enjoyable read. All I knew about Lance Armstrong before reading the book was what everybody knows about him -- 1999 Tour le France winner and cancer survivor. This book is a glimpse to the "man behind the athelete" or a glimpse of the humanity that makes up Lance Armstrong. I was touched by his honesty on every subject he wrote about. Reading about his upbringing and how close he is to his mother, about meeting and falling in love with his wife (Kik) and about the conception and birth of his son speaks as the completeness of Mr. Armstrong. Highly recommend reading this book.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is such a great and inspiring book. It's amazing how he and Bristol Myers-Squibb allowed him to overcome his cancer. And what's even more amazing that he won the Tour de France. This book is plain great!
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Summary: Very Impressed!
Review: It is kind of funny, I raced thru this at a pace that I usually do not read at! Like I had some race to finish! It is told with such ease and openess that you forget that you are reading! Be prepared to open some emotional floodgates! Especially if you are motivated by victory and like to see people succeed! The only problem I had was putting it down when I finished!
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Summary: Best Book
Review: [T]his is one of the best books I have ever read. I could not set it down. I would like to thank Lance for writing it. It has inspired me to never give up and always keep trying. Congradulations Lance
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Summary: Lance is the Man
Review: Those who know me, know that I am not one to have heroes. That is why I find Lance so flippin amazing...because he has certainly become one to me. I've been following his career for quite a while, ever since he became pro (yes, I'm an American male who actually follows Bike racing in Europe, from the early Spring Classics, to the late season races in October). I remember vividly the elation when he became World Road champion, the pride I felt when he won the tour stage honoring his teammate that died 2 days earlier, the sadness when his cancer was discovered, the hopelessness when it spread, and all the mixed emotions last year when he won The Tour. Now, this book IS NOT just for sports or racing fans...my Mom read it for Christ's sake. She cried. It's inspirational in a "real" sense...none of this mumbo jumbo garbage that is so prevalent in modern day "feel good" books. There is no talk of god or religion or miracles. Lance just credits Science, the Doctors, and his own incredible spirit. An easy read, funny at times, always amazing.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I read this book because of Armstrong's amazing result in the 10th(?) stage at Hautacam. What stood out to me was his intensely close relationship to his mother, fixation on numbers (cancer, cycling, and financial), jockish attitude in dealing w/cancer like a stage race and dilemma in selecting a cancer treatment (two completely different methods of attack). Luckily, no one close to me has had any form of cancer and the outlining of his treatment was somberly edifying - a process you don't want to know about and yet you should. He also writes about something I've always wondered about - whether survival rates have any relationship to attitude and overall well being. I got the impression that he does have sort of a cocky athletes are superior attitude (he mentions on his riding w/a non-cyclist that normally he wouldn't ride w/such a novice), but that's the way athletes, professional or amateur, in general, are. I chalk it up to attitude as motivation. Overall, a good read. I can only hope that I have as good a perspective on life as he does.
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