You mad Bro?
Larisa, you cannot hide anymore, your shitty ass business is coming to an end, and it will not be long before your scum ass is out of the country, and or your applying for food stamps. Everyone is on too your games. Your GAME is about OVER.
You think I'm Larrisa? Man, LR slueths are better than that. I'm just commenting on the "elite" who got all bent out of shape about not being elite.
See there was this other marathon that same day and one the Monday before glass city where the true elites ran. If that guy wants to change his status, he needs to fix his training, cause it ain't working for him
Claim down Larisa. We all dont need Drugs to win races.
Thanks I will "claim" down.
Drugs forever!
Wonder where the Newport, or Hebron Group is this weekend ?
same boat wrote:
How did the elite director respond to your remarks? I'm curious as I was very surprised when all of these athletes showed up last minute. Especially with the whole anti-doping spiel email from the elite director.
I also wanted to say that I hold nothing against the athletes themselves. I chatted to a few before the race and I don't believe they have any ill intentions. I believe they're absolutely taken advantage of by the agent and the focus should really be on the agent. Not that it hasn't been, just wanted to reiterate that.
I could tell he was regretful they could not keep the group from competing. He was well receptive of my concerns. The thing you have to realize about the doping control letter is no one actually expected to get tested that day. There was no chance they budgeted, or made it a priority, for USADA to be present. Segway into in-competition testing, who really cares what they are on at the race? It's the doping used in training that really matters.
fr wrote:
Good points. I'm curious though - do you know if they were comped or if they paid their entry?
I do not know. My guess is if they had a bib that said elite, they were comped entry. If not they were paid entries. I say this because I had one athlete we decided to take at the last minute and could not get a comped entry so we paid for one.
rjm33 wrote:
I agree with you. It is not anti-Kenyan but anti-doping that is the key factor.
This group is obvious and they need to be stopped. The agent is now trying to hide by changing the address.
Based on this thread, her plan is not going to work for much longer.
They were using both Newport and Hebron before all this media attention.
I work with Kenyan athletes as a full time job. I've spent a lot of time living in Kenya the last few years. While I do think the majority of doping comes from the western managers and coaches, I don't think these athletes are clueless about what is going on. Some perhaps know and are sucked into that culture while others know something is going on but don't want to ask for more information than they need so they can claim ignorance. And why not! If they can completely change their lives from humble village life to owning land, apartments, build a permanent house why wouldn't they? Rita Jeptoo has lost nothing in life, maybe taken off a few years at the end of her life or perhaps suffer from some health issues later in life, and has gained more than she could probably imagine as a child. She makes millions of dollars then is told don't compete for two years. Who is going to make sure she isn't doping during that ban? Who is going to make sure she isn't training during that ban? What's going to stop her from coming back and making millions of more dollars? We have seen a number of sprinters come back now and all have shoe contracts before their first year is over. She's already set for the rest of her life, why wouldn't she come back on the dope and wait to get banned again. She has nothing to lose and neither do a lot of these other athletes.
**I don't have any evidence to the degree of doping going on with Kenyan (east african) athletes. I am speculating based on my experience.
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a USADA mechanism for targeted testing? I am not even sure USADA would be able to do such thing given that the athletes are foreigners, but maybe send a guy to their training grounds during the off season, collect a few samples, bust the agent, and end this nonsense.
This is Correct, End this Russian after all. Get her out of her!
Dittodid wrote:
This is Correct, End this Russian after all. Get her out of her!
Exactly.I could not of said it better myself.
Well...close enough for Letsrun.com
Do you also do the front page here. Here is one of the headlines from today at the Letsrun.com front page:
Good Read: Teleconference Highlights Catching Up With Christian Taylor Taylor is in a training group that includes 200m world champ Dafne Schippers and he admits to making sure he runs faster than in her out of pride.
Yes. It is real.
Why are there only 5k results on their site now?
http://glasscitymarathon.org/glass-city-marathon-race-info/glass-city-marathon-race-results/
All the other show "no data" for me, but the results were there earlier this week
This is very Interesting. Do I smell a DQ of the Men's Overall Winner in the Marathon ??? who is a Hebron Athlete ? if this is the case then 6th place finisher will move up two 5th and collect the $400. and Everyone else in the top 5 will move up a spot in the prize money.
Also I think she had a guy in the top 5 (4th) I believe in the Half Marathon.
This could be a Good Thing after all, as they (GCM) had mentioned numerous times, that it will take 4-6 weeks before money is mailed.
Bump
MonDrinu68 wrote:
Wonder where the Newport, or Hebron Group is this weekend ?
They are in champagne-Urbana for the Illinois marathon.
Yeah, i seen them as well as i was walking into my hotel. Looked to be 4 guys and a female runner with larisa.