Say for instance a lifetime runner never was better than 1:56 for the 800m, he's mid twenty's and decides to spare no expense with investing in every performance enhancing drug until he works his way down to 1:44.5, then he stops with the roids for 6-9 months. After having them out of his system he runs at usa's makes the world team and get sponsors, blah blah blah. What, if anything, could the usatf do about a guy like that? He cheated to get there, regardless of the fact he's clean now....
when they test, they can not do anything unless they find something in the test. They can not take a tool's word for it.
Its not cheating if he isn't on drugs win he wins. He maintained fitness years after using PEDS he should be credited with such accomplishments, many people can't do sub 1:50 with PEDS.
If he went off the drugs for 6-9 months, a guy like this would not run fast enough to make the team because his basic speed of 1:56 would take over.
Unfortunately you changed my question and gave your opinion to his ability prior, my question stated that somehow he maintained it, and did make the team, i just feel that morally, i couldn't respect someone that cheated to get up to the top, then cleaned up, when you have guys that train hard their whole careers to make a final at usa's and do it clean....
Must be stoned wrote:
Unfortunately you changed my question and gave your opinion to his ability prior, my question stated that somehow he maintained it, and did make the team, i just feel that morally, i couldn't respect someone that cheated to get up to the top, then cleaned up, when you have guys that train hard their whole careers to make a final at usa's and do it clean....
Sorry to say this brother, but you probably wouldnt have a lot of respect for many college and pro track and field athletes...
Indeed...if only i could run 156 now haha, instead of 230....downhill!
I doubt any drug is going to drop you from 1:56 to 1:44. If they could, you would find a lot more people using them.
Darn Tough to Make It wrote:
If he went off the drugs for 6-9 months, a guy like this would not run fast enough to make the team because his basic speed of 1:56 would take over.
So you think that a 1:56 guy will magically maintain his new found 1:44 performance level without the drugs that he used to get there in the first place? Huh? How would that happen. At some point after "cleaning up" he wouldn't be able to train at the same intensity, or recover as fast. He would revert to a lesser performance level guaranteed. So how does he make a USATF final or a world team? I guess it really would be magical.
Hence my "handle" everything is magical on the sweet sweet chiba
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