I'm genuinely confused why so many people are apathetic about this. Drugs cheats are drugs cheats, whether vying for Olympic medals or not shouldn't change your perspective on them.
Doping yourself, trafficking and doping others, plus competing despite a ban...a severe punishment is called for. His corruption goes far beyond himself, so the fact that he runs a 1:19 half, is irrelevant.
AIU about to pull up to my local turkey trot and hand out 12 year doping bans to the winners
Really, I am glad a doper got nailed but this one seems so odd. World class athletes who are dopers get four year bans which they can shorten to three if they admit they doped and a guy with a 1:19 half marathon gets thirty six years? If anything it should be the other way around.
I did a search for Braconi. I don't know how indicative that 1:19 is of his ability. He seems to race almost exclusively in mountain and trail events so it's impossible to compare times. But he's nothing spectacular at all in terms of places. His places are things like 50th in a field of 501, 3rd in a field of 7, 28th of 376, etc. Why on earth would someone take illegal PEDs to get those sorts of results? I feel like there must be more of a story here.
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Kind of interesting. There's a new masters runner in my area that reminds me of this guy.
Muscled up, pitches supplements on social media. Poses for pictures constantly.
Runs 20-35 miles per week at 9 minute pace. Usually nabs one or two strava CRs, but other than that, no structured training.
Then, approximately 2-3 weekends per month, he'll double up on races. Has been setting half marathon PRs Saturday, followed by 5k-10k PRs the very next day. Will try to find races he can win both events, or run two separate events.
It's all fishy, most of the local runners think something is up, but the end result is we all actually feel bad for the guy. Not sure how I'd feel if he was banned.
These guys are the lowest of the low. Doping to be mediocre and farm social clout from running is pathetic to the extreme. Pitching their snake oil that piggybacks on the gains of their stack is just the icing on the cake. Fitness community is full of these jokers and I think bans are too light a punishment and they should have to face the music to all the kids they're ruining with their unrealistic expectations to.
Kind of interesting. There's a new masters runner in my area that reminds me of this guy.
Muscled up, pitches supplements on social media. Poses for pictures constantly.
Runs 20-35 miles per week at 9 minute pace. Usually nabs one or two strava CRs, but other than that, no structured training.
Then, approximately 2-3 weekends per month, he'll double up on races. Has been setting half marathon PRs Saturday, followed by 5k-10k PRs the very next day. Will try to find races he can win both events, or run two separate events.
It's all fishy, most of the local runners think something is up, but the end result is we all actually feel bad for the guy. Not sure how I'd feel if he was banned.
These guys are the lowest of the low. Doping to be mediocre and farm social clout from running is pathetic to the extreme. Pitching their snake oil that piggybacks on the gains of their stack is just the icing on the cake. Fitness community is full of these jokers and I think bans are too light a punishment and they should have to face the music to all the kids they're ruining with their unrealistic expectations to.
If you read the article, there are factors mentioned that suggest the ban isn't just for doping:
- He was also popped for trafficking/attempted trafficking
- He was then caught flaunting the ban
So the guy's not just a doper, but a trafficker who's getting others to dope, and then he acts like the rules don't apply to him. Sounds like he earned his 36-year ban. Good riddance. May the same happen to ever other doper/trafficker/scofflaw.
If you read the article, there are factors mentioned that suggest the ban isn't just for doping:
- He was also popped for trafficking/attempted trafficking
- He was then caught flaunting the ban
So the guy's not just a doper, but a trafficker who's getting others to dope, and then he acts like the rules don't apply to him. Sounds like he earned his 36-year ban. Good riddance. May the same happen to ever other doper/trafficker/scofflaw.
If you read the article, there are factors mentioned that suggest the ban isn't just for doping:
- He was also popped for trafficking/attempted trafficking
- He was then caught flaunting the ban
So the guy's not just a doper, but a trafficker who's getting others to dope, and then he acts like the rules don't apply to him. Sounds like he earned his 36-year ban. Good riddance. May the same happen to ever other doper/trafficker/scofflaw.
That makes a lot more sense. Obviously no random hobbyjogger is going to voluntarily take a test if he's doping and authorities wouldn't be authorized to unless he was breaking a law.
If you read the article, there are factors mentioned that suggest the ban isn't just for doping:
- He was also popped for trafficking/attempted trafficking
- He was then caught flaunting the ban
So the guy's not just a doper, but a trafficker who's getting others to dope, and then he acts like the rules don't apply to him. Sounds like he earned his 36-year ban. Good riddance. May the same happen to ever other doper/trafficker/scofflaw.
That makes a lot more sense. Obviously no random hobbyjogger is going to voluntarily take a test if he's doping and authorities wouldn't be authorized to unless he was breaking a law.
I'm genuinely confused why so many people are apathetic about this. Drugs cheats are drugs cheats, whether vying for Olympic medals or not shouldn't change your perspective on them.
I'm genuinely confused why so many people are apathetic about this. Drugs cheats are drugs cheats, whether vying for Olympic medals or not shouldn't change your perspective on them.
Ban them all, who cares if they only run 79mins.
I actually have no issue with amateurs doping depending on the motivation. If you’re perfectly healthy and doping to beat your own pr, that’s kinda weird and shouldn’t be encouraged but I don’t really care. I’d just judge you and think you’re kinda a loser but whatever. I have no issue with amateurs doping to overcome an injury that the other wise couldn’t as this is just to improve their quality of life. I think this should actually be encouraged by doctors to some degree. There are so many people with chronic injuries out there. The negative side effects of “doping” to overcome these injuries don’t come close to the impact of living with a chronic injury