Lance Armstrong is known as a competitive bike racer who has accomplished a great deal throughout his life including seven tour de France victories and surviving deadly cancer. His life includes many ups and downs and is full of successes and failures. Even though Lance Armstrong battled with cancer he was still able to fight and accomplish his goals. Lance Armstrong’s call to adventure started when Lance received his first bike realizing that biking was going to be something that would ultimately change his life. He said, “When the other kids were swimming at the country club, I was biking for miles after school, because it was my chance” (Armstrong 26).
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After hours of riding my bicycle and monkeying around with friends, I grew tired and hungry. I turned around, got off my bicycle and began walking back to my house while bringing my bicycle along. While heading back, I noticed my neighbors in their little motorized truck heading towards
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Sal’s hobbies are riding his bike and doing BMX tricks on his bike because he says that makes him relaxed and gives him the opportunity to be free. He also likes to snowboard in the winter with his friends. He also likes to play video games such as the Wii, XBOX 360, and PlayStation 2 on his free time or when he has nothing else to do. One of his main hobbies that will soon to be, would be, to volunteer for the Sequoia National Park forestry in September for a couple of days, so that way he can get the feeling and the experience he needs in order so he can practice his
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Armstrong then went on to ride a broken bike past all other racers and win the stage. Lance is arguably the greatest and most courageous athlete to ever walk the earth. If it was not for his near death experience he would have never had the drive to work at racing and become a more determined person. These words by Armstrong sum up how much his life changed from the moment he was diagnosed. “Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year.
It was early Sunday morning, when I arrived at my favorite paradise: The Motocross track. As I began to gear up, I was pondering the goals I would exceed. I slid my helmet over my head, buckled it, knowing that I had just committed to exceeding my expectations and accomplishing my goals. The feeling grew stronger as I swung my leg over the bike. After one firm kick, the bike roared.
He was given a temporary cast and crutches to wear for approximately a month. This exceeded the soccer season, as he knew he wasn’t going to recover at a fast rate. In order for this injury to heal, Kanan was told to attend daily physical therapy after removing the cast. “I was very disappointed to hear that I wasn’t going to be able to finish the season, but I was happy to hear my knee would eventually get better,” said Kanan. After about a year, Kanan is back and playing on the Varsity Soccer Team.
This dangerous decision would not be the only one we made that day. This near suicide idea came to us on a quiet, weekend while Alex, my brother and Joey’s best friend, was at work. The three of us were a close trio, always hanging out and riding together. On that day though, Joey and I had been left with nothing to do during the afternoon. We rode on our casual routes throughout our neighborhood and the surrounding ones, eventually coming to a rest at our neighborhood pool.