A friend of mine told me about it over a couple of drinks, a couple days ago, and I refused to believe it. And then I told to another friend about it tonight, over a couple more drinks, and he didn't believe it either.
So I was just a bit surprised to find the printed story in a newspaper article I found on the subway ride home.
On Friday, in a 47 KM tim trial on the twelfth stage of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong lost thirteen pounds in under an hour.
Thirteen pounds. He ran out of water two-thirds of the way through the course and sweated out almost ten percent of his body weight in under sixty minutes. And he came in second. And I don't even need to mention that this is a guy who was near-dead from cancer a couple years ago.
Lance Armstrong has officially reached superhuman status.
Lance, holding on to his lead over fellow superhuman Tyler Hamilton, who managed to win today's trial with a collarbone broken in two places, summed it up pretty well:
"I'm not overly satisfied with my performance," said Armstrong, "but it could have been worse."
13 lbs in 60 minutes? He should start an infomercial!
If you really want to get an idea how dedicated and tough Lance Armstrong is, read IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE, which he wrote a couple of years ago. The guy rides the bike 8 hours a day when he is in training.