Lance Armstrong Foundation LiveSTRONG Summit

My impressions from three days I will never forget...spending time deep in the heart of Texas as a member of "Lance's Army."

I am still gathering my thoughts and emotions, trying to form the words to convey the events of that weekend. Keep checking back...I'll get it together before too long.

You're listening to "Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow" composed and performed by Wide Awake, a Texas band. Awesome, eh? You can download this tune from ITunes at the band's Web site. It's only 99 cents and all proceeds benefit the LAF.

They performed this at the Summit. It was powerful, joyous, emotional, rockin'...

Hear Lance recite the LAF Manifesto in this video. I heard him read these words two years ago at the Ride for the Roses in Austin. Instead of giving a speech during the opening ceremony that year, he simply stood on the stage and read the Manifesto.

Imagine 7000 cyclists in the early morning light, silent as one body, listening to these powerful words, the words and Lance's voice touching each one of us. You could have heard a pin drop. With his last words, the cheering, the "victory shouts" if you will, the fists raised in the air, the defiant and joyous embracing of the day...of life.

I stood on a hill overlooking the staging area alongside a young man...never knew his name...we had simply exchanged "g'mornin" prior to Lance speaking....but we shared that moment...It is a photograph of a moment...in my memory...captured forever.

My story is one of strength, rebirth of the self, joy, and hope. If you would like me to speak to your organization about the Lance Armstrong Foundation and my cancer experience and you are located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area,
send me an email.