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Lance Armstrong kicks his wife to the curb
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AlmostFunny
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Its AlmostNews 😉
Any pro cyclist is hard to live with...hell even amateur racers like me are hard to live with. You're gone racing all the time, when you're not racing you're out training 3-5 hours per day, when you're not training you're trying to recover so you're sleeping or sitting on the couch. Not much time left over to be available as husband/dad unfortunately. Add to that all the demands the Lance Armstrong Foundation and his media commitments put on him and you can pretty much guess what happened.
SaltBoy
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I wasn't thinking about his cycling commitments -- I was thinking more along his personality. I honor and respect his accomplishments a GREAT deal (coming back from testicular cancer to win the Tour de France five times?!), but IMHO personality-wise he seems like a real jerk.
That's bike racing. It takes a tremendous amount of time to train, especially if you're gunning to win the Tour. Even at my level my wife and her friends joke about being "bike widows" because we're out training all the time. Most days I don't see my wife until about 8:30pm as I head right back out the door to train as soon as I'm home from work. I'm putting in 10-15 hours per week on the bike whereas Lance puts in 20+ hours. It's difficult for both halves of the relationship.
Personality-wise, Lance has toned down a LOT from when he first started racing. He was really a cocky SOB in his pre-cancer days. He may still be in private but he's projects a pretty low-key public persona most of the time.
he pretty much says as much in his book "It's Not About the Bike."
He's a great athlete, but not so great a human being (like most athletes). The line that really gets me is:
This is why 50% of all marriages fail. The old "I love her, but I'm not IN love with her excuse."
I guess he just doesn't have the ba... err, he doesn't have the heart to stick it out for his wife and kids. 😛
SaltBoy
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Okay, I can't speak for his wife. However, if I apply MY experience with other people that have a personality like Armstrong, I know he and I wouldn't get along at all. He's an extremely, EXTREMELY fierce competitor that will not slow down for others that aren't as gifted as he is. His mind appears to be focused on two things when he's cycling -- winning AND taking all the credit for himself for winning. Sure, that personality and mind-set without question could produce the best Tour de France competitor ever in the world, but it also seems to have robbed him of compassion and sympathy for others that don't have the gifts that he has been blessed with.
I'm willing to accept failure from myself and others every now and then because I am human. He doesn't seem to have that ability. If his soon-to-be ex-wife could get along with a person like that, then his personality isn't the problem. Maybe it IS the time commitments. But I personally think it's his hard-nosed personality.
I have to semi-disagree with you here. The first thing out of his mouth after every stage of the Tour is praise for his team. He mentions by name who did what every day and how hard they all worked to set him up for the win or whatever. He is indeed a fierce competitor, but far from ungracious where his teammates are concerned. Just for the record.
It's more than likely a bit of both. 😉
Jesus, he's getting divorced not busted for assault and crack possession. Most other facets of his personality and lifestyle fall into the "good role model" category; work hard to get what you want, don't give up in the face of adversity, eat right, exercise, no drugs, no shortcuts to your goals, etc.
My turn to chime in. 🙂
Don't dis living in Girona for 6 months out of the year... I would LOVE to live in that town half of the year. I can see why an American woman wouldn't be too happy there without her husband, though (which language does she learn? Spanish? Catalan? French for when they go to France? all three?). Lots of good places to ride there, btw.
Let's not forget that Lance's mother is on what, marriage number four? Not the best role model there. Don't get me wrong, I've been a Lance fan since he was an amateur (went to see him in '92 Olympic road race wo0t!), and I don't want to be knocking his mom, but hey, what do you expect?
In addition to that, let's not forget what I think is a very key issue: religion. Lance is a true NON-believer, whereas I understand that his wife is a Christian. Sure, Lance has been wearing a cross around his neck lately, but supposedly it was because some poor cancer lady gave it to him and it has sentimental value (don't quote me on this, I heard it from my brother).
It's a real shame, if you ask me. I wonder if Lance will ever marry again? He likely won't be having more children (just how much did he "donate" before his treatments?), so that could be a problem for him.
Bah, it's not my business to speculate on his personal life, but as a long time fan, I'm saddended by this news :brokenheart: and feel the need to post here. 😀
Don't dis living in Girona for 6 months out of the year... I would LOVE to live in that town half of the year. I can see why an American woman wouldn't be too happy there without her husband, though (which language does she learn? Spanish? Catalan? French for when they go to France? all three?). Lots of good places to ride there, btw.
Let's not forget that Lance's mother is on what, marriage number four? Not the best role model there. Don't get me wrong, I've been a Lance fan since he was an amateur (went to see him in '92 Olympic road race wo0t!), and I don't want to be knocking his mom, but hey, what do you expect?
In addition to that, let's not forget what I think is a very key issue: religion. Lance is a true NON-believer, whereas I understand that his wife is a Christian. Sure, Lance has been wearing a cross around his neck lately, but supposedly it was because some poor cancer lady gave it to him and it has sentimental value (don't quote me on this, I heard it from my brother).
It's a real shame, if you ask me. I wonder if Lance will ever marry again? He likely won't be having more children (just how much did he "donate" before his treatments?), so that could be a problem for him.
Bah, it's not my business to speculate on his personal life, but as a long time fan, I'm saddended by this news :brokenheart: and feel the need to post here. 😀
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