Christian Hesch doping article in the NY Times/Competitor.com

Maybe the reason Hesch seems almost smug in his Tweets, etc. is that he knows he has the power to out some fellow elites, or so it's implied. I can't believe how active he's being on the Internet.

Also, I wonder what God thinks of him now? He's pretty religious, and not just in name.

After sleeping on it overnight, a few things for you:

1) If you have proof of other athletes cheating, turn their names over to USADA.

2) After your suspension is up, stay away. No one wants you back in the sport.

3) I'm sure you've claimed all that prize money on your taxes, right? If not, I'm sure you'll come clean with the IRS, too.

Huge name dropper. He loves to do a flotrack interview and drop the elites' first names. "Alan said..."

Remember when he said he ran 13:40 in Ethiopia? Everything was about "Addis".

this makes me sick. this guy is the definition of scum.

During the timeline while he was supposedly coming clean and admitting his guilt he won the Oregon Wine Country Half, netting $500 cash.

http://www.run4oregonwine.com/race-info/results.aspx

Mr Hesch has no credibility. He has robbed other runners who have trained without the benefit of performance enhancers. He has stolen from race organizers who were generous enough to give cash prizes to enhance the competition in the sports.

He continues to distort the truth if he states that he only took EPO to recover from an accident and injury. What about other runners who get injured? In Mr Hesch's opinion would it be alright for them to dope up if they pulled an Achilles? What if that person finished ahead of him in a money race? How would he feel then? Mr Hesch should not be allowed to race for money, age group awards, or any type of recognition again. Let him buy a number and run, but do not let him steal from runners who earn their times through hard training, not short cuts.

Some of you are suggesting a lifetime ban but can it be reasonably enforced? just like there are "under the radar" runners like this loser there are also thousands of "under the radar" road races out there that give some pretty cool prizes in terms of $$$ and products, and those neighborhood race directors do'nt have a clue who he is, what USADA is, even what USATF is, and lack the time and/or effort to pursue this clown and others.....

So he can still run one of these races and get a few pairs of shoes, running suits, airline tickets, even some small cash prizes....

Another shod runner dopes. Sigh.

sweet

whatever man wrote:

This person on NIKE TEAM LA is a good friend who told me about it right when this came up in June. They were appropriately offended and long story short they did a great thing in a tough, tricky situation. I told them to take it to the club and decide what to do. The members of that club were stand-up about handling it for sure.

This person just wants to be left alone, that is reward/props enough. I'll start. "Ya did good!"

Yep. We need more people like this.

2nd placer at the wine country half has also served a doping ban.

I wonder how much local, hard-working, stolen (miniscule) glory there is throughout all these results.

Some pretty big names are chiming in on twitter and I have yet to see any support for Hesch. Fleshman, Ray Flynn, Fam, Hanson, just to name a few.

suckstobe3rd: I didn't know that, my point stands that they should both be ineligible for any race prizes.

j2scoop: Fascinating that in 2011 he registered nearly 3 times as many races as any other year excepting 2008, also coinciding with use of a drug that aids in recovery. His "Apology" letter states in his defense that his times are consistent and don't spike. Doing 3 times as many races with no regression in times is a pretty big spike.

What are they saying?

Is it really cheating if everyone else is doing it too?

lazy wrote:

What are they saying?

That he's a shameless, delusional fraud and good riddance.

I agree. I think if getting caught doping doesn't ban you for life, it should at least ban you from receiving any more prize money even after the ban is over. That would at least make dopers think twice, knowing that when they get caught they will never be able to receive prize money again.

I have just contacted a lawyer about the legal stance that I would have in getting my prize money back. Looking back, having placed second to Hesch numerous times, I've lost more than $3500 in prize money/course record bonus money. I will let you know what I hear.

Also, its obviously getting very easy to buy these PED's, and the amateur ranks are starting to see the effects (actually, who knows how long...) I think race directors should draft a common clause in their release forms stating that ANYONE caught using PED's, past present future, would be debted to the race, and other participants who would have seen the podium.

If someone signed a release before a race stating that they would owe the race director 10,000, or whatever is decided, to pay for misguided prize money, bonuses, etc, it may help deter prick like this from cheating in the future.

Hmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

Is it really cheating if everyone else is doing it too?

I wasn't aware that every single runner was doped in the races Hesch the f*cktard won $. Thanks for letting us know.

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