With his brand in tatters, Lance Armstrong’s chance to redeem himself missed the mark. Published in the Edinburgh Journal 20 Jan 2013. It’s all a game, the further you venture, the deeper you fall, the harder it is to pull a U-turn and tell the real truth. Armstrong was particularly gifted at this game. HeContinue reading “Armstrong’s confession disappoints”
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Poster boy’s fall from grace
Published in the Journal newspaper – 25/10/12 Another legend stumbles, and he falls as he raced- hard and fast. Lance Armstrong is no longer the unstoppable hero of a sport; he is human and he is a cheat. Former US Postal Service cyclist Lance Armstrong received a lifetime ban on 24 August this year afterContinue reading “Poster boy’s fall from grace”
Book Review: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle
All the press releases, the articles, the tweets, the news bulletins and the radio presenters mumblings. Everyone shouting the news at you, pushing it into your face. Stacks upon stacks of information to process. I couldn’t keep up. I didn’t get it. Who was the bad guy; Armstrong, the UCI, USADA, all pro cyclists, theContinue reading “Book Review: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle”
Review: “It’s Not About the Bike”
“I want to die at a hundred years old screaming down an alpine descent on a bicycle at 75mph.” This is how it begins, with his end. This exhilarating pace doesnt waver an inch throughout this pumping novel. Lance Armstrong’s, “It’s not about the bike” tracks the cyclists life before he finally climaxed winning theContinue reading “Review: “It’s Not About the Bike””
Orla O'Muiri 