My 3 miles with Lance

[WrensMom]

How freaking cool!! What a great story, and great memories. You are awesome for keeping up with them so long too

[Bluetree]

That is so cool!!!
It reminded me of the conversation I was having with a friend while watching the Tour. On a rest day, LA rode up a mountain (Alp D'Huez I think) just for the hell of it. A lot of cyclists, tourists and fans were testing the mountain that day and I said, "Can you imagine climbing that hill, seeing a guy blow by you, looking over... and it's Lance Armstrong!" We were both in awe at the mere thought.

[ChainsOflove]

Its In The Book!!! You Were Riding Next To Lance's Coach!!!

[Eden]

Its In The Book!!! You Were Riding Next To Lance's Coach!!!

College is certainly Lance's friend, but he's definitely not Chris Carmichael. He's pretty funny though (saw a lot of him on Road to the Tour or something last year) and he did crash the bus at the Tour de Georgia once.
Anyway betagirl -that's really cool - with the number of folks who do RAGBRAI, sounds like you were one of the very lucky ones.

[RoadRaven]

Well - it may sound repetitive... but that is !!!WAY COOL!!!!

wicked
buenÃ*simo
smokin'
awesome
qué padre!
excellent
chévere
phenomanal
fantastique!

[ChainsOflove]

You are right, the book says the guy's name is John Korioth, who they call "college", its in "Lance Armstrongs War"

[Kitsune06]

You know... that had me thinking... we were running out of gas and making the final twists and turns along the road when a pack of maybe 10 guys nodded, waved and zipped past us in a blur. We all said "Heh! Speedy kids!" and gave little thought. We made the last turn and saw that in their speed, they'd gone past the last turn and had had to double back to the end. We *eventually* made it to the finish line (slooow, slow, slow... we were tired!) only to be told that Lance had finished about a minute before us. I STILL wonder if he was in/leading that pack of guys who rushed past us (and the turn before the finish!)

[massbikebabe]

I'm speechless...you have had the ride of my dreams!!!!!!!!!! Tell me, was he riding a Trek??? I have this thing about brand loyalty...




karen

[wannaduacentury]

I'm glad you got to ride w/ Lance. 3 miles is pretty darn good in that heat @ 26 mph in Iowa. I saw him twice @ the Tour de Ga and got his autograph and a few pics. He does have nice legs. I can't believe so much energy comes out of the compact 5 ft 10 body of his. and he's a nice guy. This yr I saw Landis and got his autograph and he won the tour. both of em TDG & TDF. I hope he can get his doping mess straightened out.

[betagirl]

Tell me, was he riding a Trek??? I have this thing about brand loyalty...

He was riding a Livestrong bike, which is a Trek Madone I believe. So yes, brand loyalty

I think these are my fav pics of Lance from the week (from the Des Moines register's website). I've tried to find a picture of me with him, but haven't had any luck. There were news crews ahead of us the whole way in the back of a pickup truck filming. So who knows, I may have been on the news. But they were filming him most of the day. I'll keep looking around though. I was in our team's bright orange jersey that day, so it'd be hard to miss.





and of course having a beer:

[Denise223]

Are you still replaying the events of that wicked special day in your head over & over ?? That's like a "once in a lifetime thing".... I'm sure it will be "permanently etched in your brain".

Thank you for posting the pictures.... He really is quite handsome/adorable, isn't he??? Very tasty morsel .

Have a wonderful day!

Denise

[leighko]

Awesome story....Thanks for sharing. I heard he was going to be there and tried to imagine what it might be like to be riding along in Iowa and have "the Lance" cruise upon you....