[L.N. Smithee]

"The craziest thing is, we're closer now and better friends than ever before," Lance Armstrong said the Austin American-Statesman in Thursday's editions. "We're truly committed to maintaining a good relationship, but not a marriage."

My first instinct at seeing this quote is to laugh and comment on what ends up on the boots of many ranchers in Texas. But if Lance isn't just blowing smoke for publicity purposes, this means their marriage wasn't built on friendship in the first place, which is sad.

[Guenevere]

#4...sounds to me he should have put more effort in his marriage instead of his cycling abilities.....

...how much worth is in gaining the acclaim of the world, and losing your family, children....

...divorce has more than an immediate impact on children.....it's something they struggle with decades to come.

I guess I don't get it.....he has the will & drive to overcome cancer....win races that take not only skill, but perseverance and endurance and planning....

...but fail to put the same effort & drive into saving his marriage.....!

[kinghorse]

"The craziest thing is, we're closer now and better friends than ever before," Lance Armstrong said the Austin American-Statesman in Thursday's editions. "We're truly committed to maintaining a good relationship, but not a marriage."

Translated means:"French wimmen are ze bombay but those endorsements are nice and so help with keeping her living in a manner in which she is accustomed, therefore, we make nice for our adoring publik"

[q_an_a]

His wife is the one that got him off his butt and back on his bike after cancer; my comment is comes form many articles and interviews from the past threee years.

What this shows is how easy it is for people to give up even when they have overcome adversity. The marriage vows are not taken seriously by too many people. If two people can tough out cancer they can change their actions to be of help to a mate. Saving a marriage is about not making the choice to quit, unless there is abuse.

I want to be happy is the problem not the solution. You are happy because you become mature in accepting life's changes. Too bad this is not a happy ending.