Interesting article on Landis currently

Thought the subscribers might be interested in this article on Landis currently. Any athlete with no fall back position if not working in their sport, I feel bad for. This really seems to show all the human sides of Floyd.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/sports/playmagazine/0819play-floyd.html

Being a rec cyclist and tri-geek, I don't post here, but the post makes interesting reading and learning.

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