Hassan Mead popped - Tests positive for ostarine and is banned for 3 years.

He's not going to do that, because it's made up.

Vending machines are stocked with popular drinks that sell... not niche SARM supplements. So easy to track it down if it were true.

Isn't that what he basically said? Except for the regret it part.

Yes - Correct! He was basically all the way there, except he added this dumb drink from a vending machine excuse instead of just saying that he bought the stuff online from Peptide Paradigm or wherever.

No it isn't remotely the same. He is claiming he impulsively bought some drink that had SARMs. That isn't a believable story. Saying you decided to dope to get huge and didn't realize you were in the testing pool still is almost believable.

And the likely story is more like "I retired, decided to ask my drug supplier for the last decade what he recommend for mass and he said try these SARMs" is obviously one he can't tell us....

Pretty sure Mead retired as pro sometime back in the spring. Hopefully he will explain things but he did not have the career you would think of from a doper.

Are we confident his contract was expired? most professional contracts end on 12/31 and other members of OTC (which was disbanded after world champs) are still being paid through 12/31 despite not being renewed by Nike and being shopped to other training groups.

if his contract ran through 12/31 and he retired formally he would NOT get paid.

No one dopes who has "retired". It's like someone keeping his driving license because he still intends to use it.

They are even more innocent than those who have never taken drugs.

Buff is a more general term for looking toned and fit actually.

You would be a fool not to think that Ryan Hall doped after his retirement.

If he was retired why did he submit his fourth-quarter whereabouts documentation, complete with his new address, instead of his retirement paperwork? It seems like he had a hunch that his best days were behind him, he wasn’t sure that he was going to commit to another year of hard work in hopes of continued success, but he hadn’t drawn a line under his career just yet.

I'm confused - why did he agree to take a test if he's retired?

I just spoke with my buddy who is a part owner of a gym that contains vending machines and is in the testing pool due to the level he competes at in his sport (not running). He knows a lot about SARMs, research chemicals, and some of these crazy pre-workout drinks. He speculates that Hassan most likely drank mead.

You have to updated your whereabouts quarterly. Yes, you can hit the default to fill prior info- but only you can do it. Why’d he do that if he was retired and had just been tested in June? Fishy.

Let's not forget that he moved in September. So much for "default location", lol.

Guy whips his d!ck out to pee in a cup in front of a stranger in his house AFTER he retired from running. Come on! Not like that is some kind of fun for 'ol times sake.

Let's not forget that he moved in September. So much for "default location", lol.

So he "admitted" the violation as in "oops I shouldn't have trusted that vending machine."

Vending machine? It's Ostarine, not Ovaltine.

Someone should find this machine and get some samples to verify they're dispensing research-only chemicals

She will be faster thank Parker Stinson for sure.