Comments on: Floyd Landis in Arlington

By: Blacknell.net » 2007 DC Area Cycling & Adventure Racing

Blacknell.net » 2007 DC Area Cycling & Adventure Racing — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:33:46 +0000

[...] Shenandoah Mountain 100 September 2, 2007 Harrisonburg, VA This is the Shenandoah Mountain 100 that folks were cajoling Floyd Landis into doing (when he was here at the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse earlier this month). I’m giving serious thought to trying to pull this off. Yes, that’s 100 miles on a mountain bike, going well into the night (if you’re me, anyway). Here’s the course map, times from last year, and a ride report worth reading. Also, a good Cycling News story on it. Honestly, it may turn out to be way beyond my abilities, but if there’s ever a time to set and reach for ridiculous goals, it’s early in the year, no? [...]

By: MB

MB — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:13:45 +0000

Thanks, Bruce. The WADA claims never seemed right to me, either. It’s not that I can’t contemplate Landis doing it (Tyler Hamilton was a golden boy, too, yes?), but that given what we have, it just makes no sense. If Landis were going to dope, it certainly wouldn’t have been with anything that could have led to the results that have been reported. So, between that, and WADA/LNDD’s apparently complete inability to follow their own rules, or share any additional information, I’m firmly on the side of Landis, in this.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:55:05 +0000

Well said. I got into cycling as a way to get back into shape after 20+ years wrapped up in my kids lives. I found the tour facinating, and Floyd’s story compelling during the Lance years, and was cheering for “My man Floyd” all the way through this year. The tests never rang true, and the TBV coverage and efforts to show the Emperer (Pound) has no Clothes have become daily obsessions.
Serious cyclists tell me there is a lot of extreme measures taken to be competitive as a pro, but this doesn’t ring like it could be true.
Besides - I think I’m related to Floyd by a marriage back in 1728! You have to back a cousin!