http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/bo...lmen.html?_r=1

I admit he fooled me. But then, I gave him the benefit of the doubt because I wanted to believe someone could achieve greatness in sports through the shear force of will and dedicated hard work. Actually, that IS possible. But in endurance sports, like cycling, the body takes such a pounding it is difficult to rise to the top, and nearly impossible to stay there.

Armstrong, as this article mentions, was driven not only to legitimately train hard, but to also cheat hard! I admire any athlete so driven to be the best. But....do it the right way. Otherwise, even if you get away with it, it has no meaning. ('cept maybe the $millions you can earn).

For me, when they really cracked down sometime around 2005 or so, and great riders like Jan Ullrich, Vinakourov, Landis, etc.. were all caught with improved testing means, and Armstrong, the MOST scrutinized was not, I accepted the man wasn't doping. How could he possibly pass such tests if he were?

Wrong!

He was just better at it.

Too bad too.