Before and After Summary and Analysis

Lance Armstrong is a world renown cyclist known best for his multiple wins of the Tour De France. But while he conquers many challenges in the sport of cycling, his story in this book is about the challenges off the bike when he faced life-threatening cancer at the age of twenty-five. Just when he was winning races and becoming a force on the cycling circuit, his body showed signs of illness, which a hard training and driven athlete like Lance found many excuses to ignore. Finally the symptoms became dangerous and obviously serious. Suddenly, in one afternoon, Lance describes how he became a different person. Lance fights the nearly fatal odds and survives cancer. He meets the women he will marry, Kik, and together they face the struggles of Lance's return to racing. Lance overcomes obstacles to...