Crankyfeet said:
Thanks Bro. Great articles. Very interesting read in the context of later developments. You could see the Landis spin wheels at work, even before the TdF, trying to build up all the reasons why Floyd was suddenly a much better rider at 30. Floyd's take - "Its just training harder than everyone else - overtraining just means that you didn't train hard enough to begin with". Then we hear that in Floyd's very public training log, he averaged 3.5 hours of training/riding a day. Huh?
But he believed in training to as near to death as possible ever since he was 16....why is it suddenly the reason for his jump in performance. And that he suddenly discovered training anaerobically occasionally "In the red zone". Yeah right.
The guy is probably a stand-up guy. And I do believe that the pros are left with no choice other than to dope, if they want to compete. Its not ideal. If testing was better, then it wouldn't be the case. But it was the case, especially then.
yeah, there was so much spin.
The "hip replacement" WAS NOT a hip replacement. They would have known what was likely prior to the Tour when they gave Sam Abt the story to seed in the weekend magazine in NY Times.
It just made a great public narrative to weave to the public, and opportunity to sell medical prosthetics.
He just "trained" harder, read: unsaid, doped better, at greater personal risk.
Lots of lies. Lots more lies.
He started to lay the groundwork, in Jan, with info saying he had increased his 5 minute anaerobic efforts and improved power by 20% in the off-season, working in that threshold. Lim had evidently worked out he could have WON the tour if he had improved those shorter power efforts, and that was the only thing preventing him from being with Armstrong.
So much BS. 2 draft beers, atleast 4 shots of Jack. Dehydrated, yet imbibing alcohol like a drunk sailor. Imbibing alcohol but getting IV rehydration saline solution.
Never seeing any dope, never being offered it, but saying he considered doping when times were bad and no results forthcoming. Why would he consider something he has never seen, nor been offered?
Never seeing dope, but previously telling his home coach/GP Dr Arnie about the pharmacopia he had been exposed to.
Pointing to his new timetrial position as evidence of his mastery of that discipline.
Floyd Fraud Fund.