102407. Last night the club set-up for a big meeting, the last of the year. Guest speaker: Floyd Landis, the '06 Tour de France winner, stripped of his title due to doping allegations, which were challenged by Floyd, then the WADA decision found him guilty, and now he's appealing.
Controversial and changing times in the world of cycling right now, and LA Tri Club had a front seat!
Pictured here is the mini-EXPO that takes part before all of our meetings.
Warren and Brooklin showing off their new MyBands. 
The brat pack... team GymSkinz, in the house...
No matter where you fall in regard to Floyd's doping scandal issue... there is not doubt that he's an amazingly-talented cyclist and super nice guy. Here I am bothering him while he tries to consumer his dinner before heading to the stage.
Konrad took the honors to introduce Floyd to our packed room of over 300 multisport athletes and roadies.
Ian Murray placed moderator, plying Floyd with the questions we'd collected from the QuestionBox at the Expo. Floyd answered every question in the box. Using Ian's words, "In the end the room was very supportive of Floyd and Floyd was open, charming, and funny. When we sat down before he went on to look over the written questions he didn't hesitate on any of them and was open to everything. He was self deprecating and supremely respectful to multisport athletes. The questions ranged from..."how many grams of protein do you eat in a day of typical training?" (his answer was "huh"? - taken to mean - I don't pay attention to those details) and the follow up that I pulled from the pile "what's your favorite type of Jack Daniels?" (his answer was - "my favorite drink is the one that is free") .....to....."was the lab test about synthetic testosterone or a ratio of epitestosterone to testosterone?" (his answer was....too long to recount here)......to...."could you explain how you got to your preying mantis TT position and do you think you'd remain there if you were to ride a 112mi TT?" (his answer was something to the effect of "my longest TT is 40mi and there's no way I'd ride a 112mi TT and I got there because it was a more comfortable spot based on the UCI saddle limitations, if I could have gone forward more with the seat I'd likely have flatter bars")." 
After the presentation, Floyd happily met fans, signed autographs and posed for pictures.
All these photos are by me or Paul Hekimian. I thought this one was kinda cool.
Floyd --- Good luck with the next appeal... and, in whatever you do next. For more about Floyd, visit: http://www.floydfairnessfund.org/ and
