It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong's life changed greatly when he was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. His prognosis was not good because the cancer had spread to his lungs and brain. When Armstrong was told that his chance3s of survival were slim, he decided to fight the disease in ever way he could. He sought and received many different expertise opinions on how to treat the disease Armstrong gathered information and studied the disease so he was able to decide the best possible treatment for himself. Because of his cancer, Armstrong was forced to put his professional bicycling career on hold. After three months of intense chemotherapy, Lance's body positively responded to the chow, which successfully eliminated all cancer cells from his body.
After Lance recovered from cancer, he began to train for the Tour de France in the challenging mountains of France. Armstrong's relentless determination and strong will propelled him back onto the international cycling circuit. The next stop for Lance would be the classic Tour de France. This book also explains the courting of Lance's wife and the birth of his son. It's Not About the Bike is an inspiring story about the spirit of Lance Armstrong's struggles and successes. You will walk away from this book with a true understanding of what strength and determination are.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, yet i am not an athlete, nor do i know much about the sport of bikes.
Cancer is the devil,and Lance doesn't back away from the ugliness of it.Yet, he survived it,and you can to.

I have given this to 2 friends who had life threatening illnesses,and both said they loved it.
Be good to yourself, and think positively! I think we can all benefit from that.

The achievement of the subject of this entertaining read is his amazing recovery from cancer which was followed shortly afterwards by spectacular sporting success. The book is undoubtedly compelling, and was simply, clearly and strikingly written.

Through the many flaws of this character portrayed in the story you learn that our heroes are actually human after all. But this is something we never seem to remember. What was critical was this man's drive to succeed, his confidence to ensure that he would beat the odds, and his determination to leave no stone unturned. As an athlete he had the potential to perform, and he captured the necessary requirements to make it happen.

The story makes little reference to Lance's partner through his period of cancer, Lisa, which leaves a big gap in the story. I can only suppose this was out of respect to his wife at the time, Kik. However, we miss the chance to explore this important relationship.

I can recommend this book, as a chance to learn something about a sporting hero. It's a good opportunity to learn some lessons of life, and the exposition of our lives' stories make for valuable education - for the stories of us mere mortals though they be just as valuable will never see the print on the pages of our books.

I sincerely applaud Lance for his efforts on behalf of those affected by cancer. That is the key message of this story, and I hope that people do get the message, its not a book about cycling!

As a fellow cancer survivor, I really enjoyed Lance's book. I had wanted to read it for a long time and was not disappointed. For an athelete, he is a very good writer.

Lance's story was just as exciting and inspiring as I hoped.

The downside is that HighBridge was dumb enough to make each CD a single track of more than an hour. So if you listen to the CD for 45 minutes on the way to work, when you drive home you have to manually position the tape back to the 45th minute. Most CDs I've commuted with are divided into tracks of 10-15 minutes each. A few particularly bright designers make each track only about 5 minutes. This is the first time I've every seen an audio book that I have to postion manually.
It's a shame because Armstrong's story is great.