ISBN: 9781865086798 - it's not about the bike: my journey back to life (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In 1996, 24-year-old Lance Armstrong was ranked number one cyclist in the world, but that October, tests revealed that advanced testicular cancer had spread to his lungs and brain. Here he reveals his journey from a 20 per cent chance of survival, to fatherhood and victory in the Tour de France.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 289 pages. cover worn, spine faded, writing on inside cover, text tannedIt is such an all-American story. A lanky kid from Plano, Texas, is raised by a feisty, single parent who sacrifices for her son, who becomes one of our coun try's greatest athletes. Given that background, it is understandable why Armstro ng was able to channel his boundless energy toward athletic endeavors. By his se nior year in high school, he was already a professional triathlete and was train ing with the U.S. Olympic cycling developmental team. In 1993, Armstrong secured a position in the ranks of world-class cyclists by winning the World Championsh ip and a Tour de France stage, but in 1996, he was diagnosed with testicular can cer. Armstrong entered an unknown battlefield and challenged it as if climbing t hrough the Alps: aggressive yet tactical. He beat the cancer and proceeded to st un all the pundits by winning the 1999 Tour de France. In this memoir, Armstrong covers his early years swiftly with a blunt matter-of-factness, but the main fo cus is on his battle with cancer. Readers will respond to the inspirational reco very story, and they will appreciate the behind-the-scenes cycling information. After he won the Tour, his mother was quoted as saying that her son's whole life has been a fight against the odds; we see here that she was not exaggerating.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 289 pages. Cover lightly creased.It is such an all-American story. A lanky kid from Plano, Texas, is raised by a feisty, single parent who sacrifices for her son, who becomes one of our coun try's greatest athletes. Given that background, it is understandable why Armstro ng was able to channel his boundless energy toward athletic endeavors. By his se nior year in high school, he was already a professional triathlete and was train ing with the U.S. Olympic cycling developmental team. In 1993, Armstrong secured a position in the ranks of world-class cyclists by winning the World Championsh ip and a Tour de France stage, but in 1996, he was diagnosed with testicular can cer. Armstrong entered an unknown battlefield and challenged it as if climbing t hrough the Alps: aggressive yet tactical. He beat the cancer and proceeded to st un all the pundits by winning the 1999 Tour de France. In this memoir, Armstrong covers his early years swiftly with a blunt matter-of-factness, but the main fo cus is on his battle with cancer. Readers will respond to the inspirational reco very story, and they will appreciate the behind-the-scenes cycling information. After he won the Tour, his mother was quoted as saying that her son's whole life has been a fight against the odds; we see here that she was not exaggerating.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 289 pages. cover worn, some light foxing, name ffep, In 1996, 24-year-old Lance Armstrong was ranked the number one cyclist in the w orld. But that October the Golden Boy of American cycling was sidelined by advan ced testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. His chance for rec overy was as low as twenty per cent. Armstrong embarked on the most aggressive f orm of chemotherapy available and underwent surgery-including brain surgery-to r emove cancer that the treatments could not reach. Five months after his diagnosi s he resumed training under a cloud of uncertainty. This is the story of a journ ey, from inauspicious beginnings through triumph, tragedy, transformation and tr anscendence. It is a story of early success, near fatal cancer, survival, recove ry, victory in the 1999, 2000 and now 2001 Tour de France, the Sydney Olympics, marriage and first-time fatherhood. Filled with the physical, emotional and spir itual details of his recovery, It's Not About the Bike traces the remarkable jou rney of this great athlete to a singularly inspiring appreciation of life lived to the fullest.--Publisher's description.…

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