Het is niet gemakkelijk Lance Armstrong te zijn. Hoe doe je dat als je gaat trainen en tegelijk je telefoonoproepen wilt beantwoorden en je e-mail wilt checken?
'As we dropped into place Lance was already on the phone, a recurring part of his life. Imagine that your cell phone rang at least every 10-15 minutes, all the time – welcome to Lance’s life. Now he often sends the calls to voice mail to handle later, but there are so many facets to his daily life that to be out of contact for several hours a day would just not be possible. And in order to handle email, we would also hand off his Blackberry every 30-45 minutes so he could see if there was anything pressing that he needed to handle. If there was, he’d either call the person or pull over and type out a message before heading off down the road again.'
Bron: The Paceline, dat samen met de websites Lance Armstrong Foundation en Team Discovery Channel.com deel uitmaakt van Lancearmstrong.com.)
P.S. Ook gelezen op The Paceline: 'Did you know that raising only his thumb while riding at full speed adds 20 grams of drag, costing him precious time?' Ik zal er voortaan aan denken als ik mijn duim nog eens opsteek tijdens het fietsen.