I may be mistaken, but I think Alex Steida is Canadian! Edward Albert, Chappaqua, NY, USA
Edward Albert, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
>>> <d-gordon@sbcglobal.net> 03/17/07 6:14 PM >>>
Hello group:
I thought you might like to hear about the Chris Carmichael (Lance's
coach) event in Santa Monica, Ca, last night. Was anyone else there on
this
list? Anyways, someone asked Chris something I was always wondering, and
that is why Lance said after the NYC Marathon, that it was the hardest
thing
he has ever done. For me, and many others, it didn't make sense. After
all,
how could someone say that after experiencing the Tour de France, etc.
Chris's answer was that he said that because it was true. And the reason
for
that fact was because he says Lance didn't train for the marathon. Chris
said that he never ran further than 11 miles and simply didn't put any
seriousness to the event at all. To add to that, Chris said that Lance
had
to be wheeled off in a cart because he couldn't walk after the marathon.
Anyways, I was pleased to have gotten to the bottom of answering a
question
that many have had. Other than that there were some really good TdF
stories
about the 1986 TdF, when the first American team (7-11) entered the
race. I
can share more of the stories if you guys are interested. Just email me
and
I will post them. Another good story is how in their first race
(prologue of
the TdF), they took the yellow jersey and managed to almost be
eliminated
from the entire race in the second stage, because they only made the
cutoff
time by 38 seconds while America's Alex Steida was wearing the yellow
jersey! Amazing story, I think.
-Dee Gordon
Los Angeles, CA