The Second That matters: Armstrong

Autobiographies don't follow a certain pace,or a certain storyline. In fact they play out in front of the reader as the events unfold in the individual's life. For Armstrong Life was always in cruise control mode and he didn't shy away from telling it all in his latest offering "Every second Counts"

Coming to think of it Armstrong probably has too many stories to tell. Winning the most grueling sporting event in the world 6 straight times is an event itself and doing that after recovering from a life-threatening disease is a story which will go down the ages and probably generations might even take it as a myth if we remove all the web content on Armstrong's miraculous climb to the summit 6 straight times.
The book opens up with his reference to his previous best-seller It's Not About the Bike and takes it from there to provide us with a story of determination, hard work and a team standing together to win the most difficult cycling race in the world. He talks about how cancer stays with you even when you have conquered it,how it reminds you constantly of its larger-than-life presence and how he felt the futility of frustration in other things when he would meet fellow cancer survivors. We have read all about it but to be fair to him to read a book by Armstrong and not find cancer and cycling in it would be stupid. We all read him,listen to his stories just to remind us that there is no such thing as an obstacle that cant be overcome with the strength of mind. He sticks to what he does best; talk about his US postal service team and their sacrifices in making him look the poster-boy and his continued efforts for cancer victims. He carefully avoids topics which could probably have added more depth in an otherwise one-dimensional book by not mentioning about how did fame affect his marriage or how and why did his religious feelings turn out this way ?
Was he ever pissed off with God for choosing him to suffer from Cancer and his almost fighter like qualities so extolled in the book actually make you feel that Cancer is easily surmountable ; that is OK but it would have been better had he talked about the looming fear of death even as fought to stay alive.
Only if he had added just that sprinkle of drama in his book like one of his Tour victories where he crashed again and again to win it finally!!