Lance a bit pants on Twitter

Lance Armstrong has blocked Cycling Weekly on Twitter because they questioned whether it was right that he participated in a small race not (in theory) open to top pros called the Tour of Gila.

I guess that also means his "black book" of people he won't talk to has been reopened, and Cycling Weekly is back on the list (he took them off the list to give them this interview, which won the interviewer an award http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Lance_Armstrong_exclusive_interview_article_273248.html).

So, the LIVESTRONG anti-cancer message is now no longer received by the UK’s best-selling cycling publication. Who wins?

Runners on Twitter

Finding runners on Twitter has proved much harder than finding cyclists. And the runners who are on Twitter tend to Tweet less often. Someone should so a study...

Anyway, here's some runners on Twitter

twitter.com/Flotrack (Track website)
twitter.com/track_news (very good)
twitter.com/tashadanvers (British hurdler)
twitter.com/PreRaceJitters (Track website)
twitter.com/TysonGay (appears to be the real deal, but no Tweet since Beijing)
twitter.com/nyrr_pro
twitter.com/runningtimes
twitter.com/runnersworld
twitter.com/USATrack_Field
twitter.com/JeffGalloway (Olympian)
twitter.com/ShannonRowbury (Olympian)
twitter.com/treyhardee (Olympain - decathlon)
twitter.com/bryanclay (Olympic gold medallist - decathlon)
twitter.com/joshcoxrun (US 50km champ)
twitter.com/RunBlogRun

Where are all the British athletes? Australian athletes? Japanese athletes? If anyone knows please post your finds below.

Cyclists on Twitter

I've been following Twitter a lot lately, and I've been enjoying the Twitter posts by various cyclists around the world. Here's a list of the cyclists I'm following:

twitter.com/PhilLiggett - Commentator Phil Liggett
twitter.com/ghincapie - George Hincapie
twitter.com/kmoerenhout - Koos Moerenhout
twitter.com/taylorphinney - Taylor Phinney
twitter.com/axelmerckx - Axel Merckx
twitter.com/velonews - Velo News magazine
twitter.com/ChristianVDV - Christian Vande Velde
twitter.com/LizKreutz - Liz Kreutz photographer
twitter.com/tourdownunder - Tour Down Under
twitter.com/bikeworld - Bike World (very good)
https://twitter.com/dzabriskie - Dave Zabriskie
twitter.com/carlossastre - Carlos Sastre (real?)
twitter.com/christianmeier - Christian Meier
twitter.com/KankiKnight - Japanese cycling/product news
twitter.com/TeamSlipstream - Team Slipstream
twitter.com/EdwardPickering - Cycle Sport writer
twitter.com/SRichardsonCW - Cycling Weekly writer
twitter.com/lionelbirnie - Cycle Sport writer
twitter.com/neilroad - Road Magazine
twitter.com/jimochowicz - Jim Ochowicz
twitter.com/mickrogers - Michael Rogers
twitter.com/TwitEndurance (very good)
twitter.com/steephill Steephill TV

...and there are others I choose not to follow, such as Ivan Basso, Lance Armstrong and the Ouch! team of Floyd Landis.

You might notice I've included my site: twitter.com/KankiKnight
I focus on Japanese design, but I always pass on news about Japanese cycling products from Shimano, Araya, Bridgestone etc.

I'm Tweeting

I've begun Twittering on art, architecture, design and travel in Japan. I'll be posting on bicycle design a lot as well as some running oriented stuff such as buildings used in the '64 Olympics and new shoe designs from Japanese brands.

You can find me here:

www.twitter.com/KankiKnight