Sorry for being a little spotty in my posts over the last week. Team camp has taken up more of my time than I expected. Maybe I should get back in the saddle – just kidding.

Doug (who hijacked my blog yesterday) sent me a note today from a big supporter of the LAF √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú it is too good and too mind-boggling not to share. Here’s her note and make sure you click on the link to the Time Magazine story she references.

I came upon this article from TIME dated March 22,1937. I am sure you have already read it or know…

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From time-to-time I want to use this blog to give a voice to other people who are in this fight with us and let them talk about topics that are close to their hearts. Today I want to introduce the President of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and founder of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, Doug Ulman. Doug is a three time cancer survivor, diagnosed for the first time at the age of 19. He is well aware of the issues, ignorance and insufficient support that the young adult cancer population faces.

I asked Lance for this opportunity today, because…

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I’ve been out at Discovery Team Camp for the last week getting to know all the new riders and catching up with old friends. During some downtime today I picked up a copy of USA Today and was disappointed to see that President Bush has proposed to cut funding to the National Cancer Institute for a second consecutive year. In the article – White House spokesman Tony Fratto says, “We’re proud of the significant investment that we have made in cancer research. We’re also proud of the results showing that researchers are delivering on that investment.”

While I think we all can…

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With all the attention that cancer has received in the past few weeks – the President’s visit to the National Institutes of Health, the news from the American Cancer Society about declining mortality rates and all the stories sent in response to my article on CNN.com – I tuned into the State of the Union Address (and Democratic response) hoping to hear about our country’s plans for the war on cancer. Hell, it would have been nice if someone had just said the word cancer for a change.

But again we were left on the sidelines waving our hands in the air…

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I’m excited to let you know that registration for the 2007 LIVESTRONG Challenge is open. In 2006 over $10,000,000 was raised to help support the more than 10 million people living with cancer in the U.S. After much deliberation and hard work by the LAF team we’ve decided to make some tweaks to the 2007 Challenge that we think will make for a truly inspirational event. Our hope is for a sea of yellow at each event that will let the nation know how serious we are in our battle against cancer. You can run, ride or walk – and each event…

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