See www.factmonster.com/.../lancearmstrongtimeline.html for a timeline of Lance's life. It says he and Kristen divorced in 2003 and he began his relationship with Sheryl Crowe in 2004. I've read two of his books. The first one, "It's Not About the Bike," primarily tells the story of his battle with cancer, and it also talks about how he met Kristen when he first began his foundation. She helped him with publicity, they fell in love, and married. It is a common misconception that she nursed him through the cancer. They did not in fact meet until after he was cured. In the second book, "Every Second Counts," toward the end he says that his marriage is in trouble, but they're trying to work it out (this book was published in 2003, so it was probably written in 2002). He ascribes their problems to not talking enough, and him spending so much time training.
I am a big fan of Armstrong, one of the reasons being that he offers so much hope to cancer patients and survivors, and right now my cousin is battling leukemia. So I may not be very objective, and freely admit that I believe Armstrong about the drugs because I CHOOSE to believe him. I also think it's really unfair for him to take heat about his marriage and his celebrity girlfriend. He's not the first person to have a failed marriage, and he is entitled to a private life. People hear a rumor, take it as the gospel, and conclude he abandoned his wife and three children for a rock star. He's probably not a saint, but in this case people have not got their facts straight.
See www.factmonster.com/.../lancearmstrongtimeline.html for a timeline of Lance's life. It says he and Kristen divorced in 2003 and he began his relationship with Sheryl Crowe in 2004. I've read two of his books. The first one, "It's Not About the Bike," primarily tells the story of his battle with cancer, and it also talks about how he met Kristen when he first began his foundation. She helped him with publicity, they fell in love, and married. It is a common misconception that she nursed him through the cancer. They did not in fact meet until after he was cured. In the second book, "Every Second Counts," toward the end he says that his marriage is in trouble, but they're trying to work it out (this book was published in 2003, so it was probably written in 2002). He ascribes their problems to not talking enough, and him spending so much time training.
I am a big fan of Armstrong, one of the reasons being that he offers so much hope to cancer patients and survivors, and right now my cousin is battling leukemia. So I may not be very objective, and freely admit that I believe Armstrong about the drugs because I CHOOSE to believe him. I also think it's really unfair for him to take heat about his marriage and his celebrity girlfriend. He's not the first person to have a failed marriage, and he is entitled to a private life. People hear a rumor, take it as the gospel, and conclude he abandoned his wife and three children for a rock star. He's probably not a saint, but in this case people have not got their facts straight.
