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Lance Armstrong has published a commentary on CNN addressed to President-elect Barack Obama, focused on how the government can fight even more passionately against cancer.

Read it here!

Lance Armstrong presented at Web 2.0 yesterday, and he devoted part of his talk to this very site! You can watch the video right here:

Read more at The Official LIVESTRONG Foundation Blog!

Tomorrow, September 24th, CBS’s The Early Show will be featuring Lance. He will be on their Plaza at the GM Building located at 59th Street and 5th Avenue.

If you’d like to show up in person, CBS advises that you should arrive by 7:15am.

And of course, if you want to see Lance’s appearance, make sure you tune in!

Chris Brewer from the Lance Armstrong Foundation has a great post up about the day the LAF learned of Lance’s return to competitive cycling.
 

And with that, Lance quickly said, “Yes, I am coming back to the sport of professional cycling and intend to win the Tour de France.” To say there was an audible hush in the room would be an understatement. But then Lance went on to detail that this was not a decision made in a vacuum. He had consulted his closest advisors, friends, and ultimately his children and their mother, and all had responded unequivocally with a hearty, “YES!” And so it begins…

As some have speculated, Lance Armstrong has announced that he’s un-retiring.

One more reminder about our ongoing YouTube contest. Lance and LIVESTRONG.COM dare you to share your story — and you could win an autographed Trek bike!

Tell us in a short video how you dared to make a difference in your life or the life of someone else. How did you dare to overcome an obstacle? Did you battle an illness? Did you help someone else in need?

It’s your chance to tell the world. We’ll post the top 12 stories on the homepage of LIVESTRONG.COM and YouTube.

Are you up for the challenge? We dare you.

Submit your video entry by THIS MONDAY: September 8th, 2008, as a video response to this video on YouTube.

He does! You can find Lance’s LIVESTRONG.COM blog on his profile. 

Most recently, he’s blogged about his participation in the Leadville 100. Here’s the video!

LIVESTRONG.COM Advisory Board Chairman Lance Armstrong wrote a great blog post about the launch of this site:

LIVESTRONG.COM is not just another web site packed with health information and expert advice. In my opinion, there is plenty of information already out there and furthermore, sitting at your desk surfing the web is not the key to a healthy, active life. LIVESTRONG.COM aspires to be a totally interactive community, where you can connect with people of similar interests and health concerns and obtain easy to find, specific advice from respected experts. We’ve made a strong effort to have the tone of the site be upbeat and motivating, rather than dry and academic. Consider this distressing news from a recent survey fielded by Harris Interactive: 86% of Americans attempt healthy lifestyle changes but only 46% are successful. I don’t think this failure rate is due to lack of knowledge, but instead with a flawed approach. As an athlete, I know it’s easy to set goals – whether it’s winning the Tour de France, lowering my marathon time or trying to eat a little healthier. The hard part is follow-through: staying focused and motivated over the long term. We envision you using LIVESTRONG.COM to get motivated, focused and then take real-life, decisive action to achieve your goals.

Read the whole thing here.