My dr. proscribed it along with a topical cream when my cyclical acne reared its ugly head again after subsiding for several years. First few days I take it it makes me sleep like 10 hours a night because it can lower blood pressure, and I already have like a 90/70 on a normal day. Had to quit the spiro.
Turns out readjusting my diet (reduce sugar, mostly) did the trick. The guy who quit plants ... weird.
Not weird...necessary, for many reasons beyond skin affliction as well. I avoided refined sugar most of my adult life and then went plant-heavy keto, acne got better but did not vanish until I went full carnivore. Today I can tolerate fruit but no other plant products.
bummer. the worst news here is that she won't be allowed to participate in certain high-level trail races (like western states) because she's served a drug ban. and any time she competes, she'll be listed on irunfar as having served a doping ban.
Yeah I'm surprised no one has brought up the fact that she's a Nnormal sponsored athlete now (not sure how much money), Kilian's new trail shoe brand. Not a good look when she's just transitioning to trail, a sport that severely lacks OOC testing while athletes only enter a handful of competitions per year. Agreed this was probably laziness but it's really just horrible optics, especially after Athlete Special called out TUEs. I hope some trail journalist has the balls to ask Kilian about this at Cham next weekend if he decides the carbon footprint of the flight from Norway isn't too high.
My dr. proscribed it along with a topical cream when my cyclical acne reared its ugly head again after subsiding for several years. First few days I take it it makes me sleep like 10 hours a night because it can lower blood pressure, and I already have like a 90/70 on a normal day. Had to quit the spiro.
Turns out readjusting my diet (reduce sugar, mostly) did the trick. The guy who quit plants ... weird.
Not weird...necessary, for many reasons beyond skin affliction as well. I avoided refined sugar most of my adult life and then went plant-heavy keto, acne got better but did not vanish until I went full carnivore. Today I can tolerate fruit but no other plant products.
Is your real name Jordan Peterson? Have fun with your heart disease.
I would honestly love to watch one of these jokers do a YouTube series where they transparently run cycles of all kinds of stuff. Document it and we could see how much some of these substances really help an average runner. Sure it would be bad for the kids watching, but you're telling me you wouldn't love watching Seth Demoor learn to shoot testosterone into his ass? Kofuzi's selfie-stick arm getting jacked as f*** from running some SARMS? I'm in. I'd donate to a Patreon to make it happen.
Not YouTube, but there was an Outside Magazine article that did this. Looking for it now... it was 20 years ago:
You really need someone that is much better unless you are worried about placements at the turkey trot. Have Spencer go run a 4:02 mile and then go get all the tests done. And then have him go hard core for 6 months and see if he is a 3:53 runner... Granted he would probably just decide he doesn't need to train...
There are all sorts of issues in that they couldn't get in the races and the like. The closest we will ever come would be if someone like Lombard came forward about when he started and what is dosages were like.
Funny that she got 4 months and Gwendolyn Berry got 16 for the EXACT same use of the drug in question.
Also, this "masking agent" nonsense is making people believe the drug does something magical to hide PED use; it doesn't, it's a diuretic that makes you pee. Drinking water is a masking agent as well.
I honestly feel terrible for her. She clearly shares her mental health struggles openly because it gives her a way to A) cope and B) turn negatives in her own life into positives for others.
Can you imagine putting yourself out there as an open wound, and then having the entire world debate whether or not you are a bottom feeding drug cheat, simply because you are uncomfortable with your acne?
I hope for her own good she shuts down her accounts and just spends some time with family/friends before returning to the sport and racing off of pure hate.
]I hope some trail journalist has the balls to ask Kilian about this at Cham next weekend if he decides the carbon footprint of the flight from Norway isn't too high.
"trail journalist" - isn't that an oxymoron? And who is Kilian? Is that the guy that faked an Everest summit?
The lack of perspective by the moronic drug inquisition mob on this board is incredible. No one outside this board would even know she's a professional runner. She's trying to make a few bucks on social media because a few people remember she was an NCAA champion at Boise st.. Judging by you idiots, she committed some horrible act that was secretly disguising some far more nefarious drug! The fact that she will never make a dime on the track is completely lost on all of you. But let's give her a lifetime ban anyway! Oh, and while were at it, let's smear some other runners (Hassan and Kipyegon) who have never failed a test.
honestly the reason she has bad acne is her body is finally fully maturing/developing/going through puberty at this late stage post-ED treatment- this is classic for girls who under-eat for years and therefore do not get their periods like they would naturally otherwise as pre-teens/teens. when they finally do get the nutrients they need, the body absolutely races to fit in all the changes that would have happened more gradually otherwise (including acne forming) which would have been less noticeable because most other girls around you at the time would have been experiencing the same, likely less aggressive, changes at the same time (12-18yrs old rather than 26yrs old).
don't get me wrong. i think she's annoying as hell and apparently also careless but the testosterone acne hypothesis is mean-spirited and wrong
Allie Ostrander is a clear cut doper. I guess the transparency was an act. Time for her to find a non-running related career. She can’t be gone soon enough.
Not weird...necessary, for many reasons beyond skin affliction as well. I avoided refined sugar most of my adult life and then went plant-heavy keto, acne got better but did not vanish until I went full carnivore. Today I can tolerate fruit but no other plant products.
Is your real name Jordan Peterson? Have fun with your heart disease.
LOL 1963 called and they want their diet-heart "hypothesis" back so they can give it a proper funeral.
One of the main drivers of my journey was to cure my worsening heart arrhythmias caused by a lowfat plant heavy diet.13 years AFib free and running like a champ at 67.
Thanks for the flattery, both Jordan and Mikhaila are looking fantastic!
honestly the reason she has bad acne is her body is finally fully maturing/developing/going through puberty at this late stage post-ED treatment- this is classic for girls who under-eat for years and therefore do not get their periods like they would naturally otherwise as pre-teens/teens. when they finally do get the nutrients they need, the body absolutely races to fit in all the changes that would have happened more gradually otherwise (including acne forming) which would have been less noticeable because most other girls around you at the time would have been experiencing the same, likely less aggressive, changes at the same time (12-18yrs old rather than 26yrs old).
don't get me wrong. i think she's annoying as hell and apparently also careless but the testosterone acne hypothesis is mean-spirited and wrong
I don't know Spence or Allie, but gotta give Spence props for keeping it together. The boards see him as lazy, a bum that just mooches off Allie, doesn't train hard and fails to race in Europe.
Meanwhile he's keeping his head down, grinding away and being supportive and protective of Allie. He doesn't bite on LR, diss the haters on youtube or allude to anything that is holding him back.
Not many would know for sure, but for me the above explanation is pretty plausible. The ban itself was short, which says something.