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  • coachcommentsnicely
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    4 months ago 11/01/2020 11:23am CST
    re: the more important question
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    the more important question wrote:
    science is right wrote:
    Thyroid meds are about allowing the body to recover and heal quicker after hard training.

    Take for example a long run on Sunday. That will leave a natural athlete with fatigue, lower hormonal level, and soreness. He will need an easy day on Monday to recover.

    An athlete on thyroid hormones will recover quicker from the Sunday long run and will do an easy run on Monday morning and be ready for a hard workout by Monday afternoon.

    Multiple that by a year!


    Why do you have so little respect for science?

    Taking thyroid injections when you dont need them is a recipe for disaster.

    But then you are probably just trolling anyway, so what's the point?

    You have to remember these people have not taken a basic anatomy and physiology course. They don’t understand that having too much of any hormone has negative effects.
    Look up hyperthyroidism and ask yourself if that’s worth the risk, folks!!
  • kanovne
    4 months ago 11/01/2020 12:22pm CST
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    hurrikane wrote:
    briswiss wrote:
    hurrikane wrote:
    It is widely known that Goucher was not faithful. Alberto and Rupp were probably the only 2 men up there that she DID NOT kiss. It's clear this book is a hit piece, nothing else.

    Also, anyone who believes Magness started dating that girl after he left is a fool. It was going on while she was an athlete and he was a coach. They essentially fired him but didn't want to ruin his career so they didn't make a big deal of his sleeziness.


    True or not, you have made it clear that you too are a scum bag piece of sh*t. Let’s assume Kara was messing around, that doesn’t excuse her boss from trying to kiss her. Who the f*ck cares if Kara was messing around when it comes to this story. Salazar is a piece of sh*t and that really is all there is to it. And you’re a d*ck for posting that. The story is about her boss trying to kiss her. If she cheated on Adam that doesn’t change AS being a waste of life


    Clearly Goucher is lying about Salazar trying to kiss her. Or exaggerating in that Salazar tried to kiss her forehead in a nonsexual, fatherly way. Kara has no credibility, she just wants attention. Why would she sit on that allegation for 10+ years if it was true?

    Adam Goucher wanted to move the family away because Kara was sleeping around. That's the real reason she left NOP. All the excuses she came up with later, as legit as they may be, are NOT why she left NOP. She left NOP because Adam didn't trust her and was trying to save their marriage.


    it's hard to overstate how predictable "the woman was sleeping around, the woman was the problem, the woman is to blame" statements are. This is categorically untrue.
  • right said freddy
    4 months ago 11/01/2020 1:21pm CST
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    I’m pretty sure Dr. Brown, the endocrinologist who prescribed all these runner with hormone therapy has taken an anatomy and physiology class.

    He is facing bans and sanctions because of his unethical practices.

    So is Salazar.

    That’s why he is currently banned!

    It’s not a coincidence that all those top American runners saw the same endocrinologist, got the same hormone therapy treatment.

    In addition to it helping the athletes recover, it kept their body fat low.

    Solinski ate a huge amount of food, even the even before his sub 27 10,000m, yet he kept his body fat low.
  • coachcommentsnicely
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    4 months ago 11/01/2020 7:35pm CST
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    right said freddy wrote:
    I’m pretty sure Dr. Brown, the endocrinologist who prescribed all these runner with hormone therapy has taken an anatomy and physiology class.

    He is facing bans and sanctions because of his unethical practices.

    So is Salazar.

    That’s why he is currently banned!

    It’s not a coincidence that all those top American runners saw the same endocrinologist, got the same hormone therapy treatment.

    In addition to it helping the athletes recover, it kept their body fat low.

    Solinski ate a huge amount of food, even the even before his sub 27 10,000m, yet he kept his body fat low.


    Great reading comprehension!
    I was referring to the posters, not the doctors.
  • SeattleSilver
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    4 months ago 11/01/2020 10:41pm CST
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    hurrikane wrote:
    briswiss wrote:
    hurrikane wrote:
    It is widely known that Goucher was not faithful. Alberto and Rupp were probably the only 2 men up there that she DID NOT kiss. It's clear this book is a hit piece, nothing else.

    Also, anyone who believes Magness started dating that girl after he left is a fool. It was going on while she was an athlete and he was a coach. They essentially fired him but didn't want to ruin his career so they didn't make a big deal of his sleeziness.


    True or not, you have made it clear that you too are a scum bag piece of sh*t. Let’s assume Kara was messing around, that doesn’t excuse her boss from trying to kiss her. Who the f*ck cares if Kara was messing around when it comes to this story. Salazar is a piece of sh*t and that really is all there is to it. And you’re a d*ck for posting that. The story is about her boss trying to kiss her. If she cheated on Adam that doesn’t change AS being a waste of life


    Clearly Goucher is lying about Salazar trying to kiss her. Or exaggerating in that Salazar tried to kiss her forehead in a nonsexual, fatherly way. Kara has no credibility, she just wants attention. Why would she sit on that allegation for 10+ years if it was true?

    Adam Goucher wanted to move the family away because Kara was sleeping around. That's the real reason she left NOP. All the excuses she came up with later, as legit as they may be, are NOT why she left NOP. She left NOP because Adam didn't trust her and was trying to save their marriage.


    You begin your post with "Clearly", but nothing that follows makes it clear that your statement about Kara's allegation is correct.

    Frankly, other than potential slander it really doesn't matter. There are plenty of other reasons to consider AlSal a cheat, jerk and sleezeball without that incident.
  • fhdhejjdjdn
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 12:42am CST
    re: hurrikane
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    hurrikane wrote:
    briswiss wrote:
    hurrikane wrote:
    It is widely known that Goucher was not faithful. Alberto and Rupp were probably the only 2 men up there that she DID NOT kiss. It's clear this book is a hit piece, nothing else.

    Also, anyone who believes Magness started dating that girl after he left is a fool. It was going on while she was an athlete and he was a coach. They essentially fired him but didn't want to ruin his career so they didn't make a big deal of his sleeziness.


    True or not, you have made it clear that you too are a scum bag piece of sh*t. Let’s assume Kara was messing around, that doesn’t excuse her boss from trying to kiss her. Who the f*ck cares if Kara was messing around when it comes to this story. Salazar is a piece of sh*t and that really is all there is to it. And you’re a d*ck for posting that. The story is about her boss trying to kiss her. If she cheated on Adam that doesn’t change AS being a waste of life


    Clearly Goucher is lying about Salazar trying to kiss her. Or exaggerating in that Salazar tried to kiss her forehead in a nonsexual, fatherly way. Kara has no credibility, she just wants attention. Why would she sit on that allegation for 10+ years if it was true?

    Adam Goucher wanted to move the family away because Kara was sleeping around. That's the real reason she left NOP. All the excuses she came up with later, as legit as they may be, are NOT why she left NOP. She left NOP because Adam didn't trust her and was trying to save their marriage.


    I’m indifferent one way or the other in regards to the whole NOP story but you’re making some pretty crazy accusations without offering an ounce of evidence or anecdotes.
  • rekrunner
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 2:34am CST
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    science is right wrote:
    Bob Kennedy
    Galen Rupp
    Ryan Hall
    Matt Tegenkamp
    Chris Solinski
    Alberto Salazar

    All on thyroid hormone! What does that tell you?

    For morons, I’ll spell it out:
    For the last three generations of US distance, the most competitive runners on the world stage where on thyroid hormone.

    They all used performance enhancing drugs. Banned or not, they clearly appear to be performance enhancing, and a prerequisite for sub 13 5000m running.

    Caffeine is performance enhancing. So is sugar.
    WADA has looked specifically at thyroid hormones finding insufficient evidence for ergogenic effect.
    Thyroid hormone is a false issue.
  • rekrunner
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 2:36am CST
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    God and country wrote:
    rekrunner wrote:
    science is right wrote:
    Ryan Hall was taking the same thyroid hormones as Rupp and visiting the exact same doctor.

    It appears that Tegencamp and Solinski were on it too. As was bob kennedy.

    Are there any US sub 13 5000m runners with a drug cloud over them?

    Thyroid hormones are not banned by WADA -- from an anti-doping perspective, this red-herring is a non-issue.

    Legal does not equal ethical.

    If it is not performance enhancing, and not banned, what exactly is the ethical issue?
    How is it different than say, iron supplements or multi-vitamins?
  • blame game
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 4:15am CST
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    There is certainly a huge stigma surrounding Thyroid Meds. This is why athletes will not come forward and admit that they take them.
    Desiree Linden has been on thyroid meds for years but never a whisper from Hansons about it. Why? Because they don’t want to be lumped into the Nike stuff and considered dirty.
  • casual obsever
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 5:40am CST
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    blame game wrote:
    There is certainly a huge stigma surrounding Thyroid Meds.

    And rightfully so. Meds are for sick people, not for athletes who want to lose body fat.
    Basically these athletes are picking a corrupt doctor to get diagnosed with hypothyroidism so that they can get hormone treatment. Huge difference to taking a vitamin C just in case.
    Remember "Dr. Brown treats runners for a disorder not known to afflict them. His patients' medal count: 15 Olympic golds" from WSJ? Yes - that corrupt doctor where our athletes flew to from all over the country, who is now banned for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct while acting ... as a paid consultant for the NOP on performance enhancement and as physician for numerous athletes in the NOP".
    Among the three anti-doping rule violations committed by this cheating doctor we find "Tampering with patient records" - sickening, that what this doctor is. So glad none of my kids went there.
    No wonder that athletes do not want to be associated with him anymore. But of course people like that have their defenders on letsrun, including the usual suspects.
  • asfafasf
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 5:46am CST
    re: rekrunner
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    rekrunner wrote:
    God and country wrote:
    rekrunner wrote:
    science is right wrote:
    Ryan Hall was taking the same thyroid hormones as Rupp and visiting the exact same doctor.

    It appears that Tegencamp and Solinski were on it too. As was bob kennedy.

    Are there any US sub 13 5000m runners with a drug cloud over them?


    Thyroid hormones are not banned by WADA -- from an anti-doping perspective, this red-herring is a non-issue.


    Legal does not equal ethical.


    If it is not performance enhancing, and not banned, what exactly is the ethical issue?
    How is it different than say, iron supplements or multi-vitamins?


    Why are you condoning quackery? It is unethical because it was supposedly performance enhancing, when it just messes up a healthy person's natural thyroid function.
  • rekrunner
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 6:09am CST
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    asfafasf wrote:
    Why are you condoning quackery? It is unethical because it was supposedly performance enhancing, when it just messes up a healthy person's natural thyroid function.

    Am I condoning quackery? I asked why it is unethical.
    WADA doesn't consider it performance enhancing.
    If it is supposed to be performance enhancing, but WADA doesn't consider it so, then what is the ethical issue again?
    Caffeine is performance enhancing, and not banned, nor considered unethical.
  • lame game
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 6:23am CST
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    blame game wrote:
    There is certainly a huge stigma surrounding Thyroid Meds. This is why athletes will not come forward and admit that they take them.
    Desiree Linden has been on thyroid meds for years but never a whisper from Hansons about it. Why? Because they don’t want to be lumped into the Nike stuff and considered dirty.


    More likely they are just as guilty. Hansons sent Neely Spence to Dr. Brown and of course had no problem with Ritz abusing thyroid meds and doing infusions. They also didn’t bat an eye at Ritz putting his own athletes, like Leah O’Conner, on thyroid meds. All these coaches are the same and should be considered dirty.
  • asfafasf
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 6:49am CST
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    rekrunner wrote:
    asfafasf wrote:
    Why are you condoning quackery? It is unethical because it was supposedly performance enhancing, when it just messes up a healthy person's natural thyroid function.


    Am I condoning quackery? I asked why it is unethical.
    WADA doesn't consider it performance enhancing.
    If it is supposed to be performance enhancing, but WADA doesn't consider it so, then what is the ethical issue again?
    Caffeine is performance enhancing, and not banned, nor considered unethical.


    Doctor Brown is regarded as a quack on this message board is he not? I agree with this. And his treatment of runners is unethical because he was messing up their endocrine system by diagnosing them all as hypothyroid and giving them injections.

    And I don't believe caffeine is performance enhancing. Natural adrenalin is the real stuff.
  • rekrunner
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 7:01am CST
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    asfafasf wrote:
    rekrunner wrote:
    asfafasf wrote:
    Why are you condoning quackery? It is unethical because it was supposedly performance enhancing, when it just messes up a healthy person's natural thyroid function.

    Am I condoning quackery? I asked why it is unethical.
    WADA doesn't consider it performance enhancing.
    If it is supposed to be performance enhancing, but WADA doesn't consider it so, then what is the ethical issue again?
    Caffeine is performance enhancing, and not banned, nor considered unethical.

    Doctor Brown is regarded as a quack on this message board is he not? I agree with this. And his treatment of runners is unethical because he was messing up their endocrine system by diagnosing them all as hypothyroid and giving them injections.

    And I don't believe caffeine is performance enhancing. Natural adrenalin is the real stuff.

    I can't speak for this message board, or their qualifications.

    The post I responded to singled out athletes, and not the doctor: Hall, Rupp, Tegencamp, Solinski and Kennedy, asking about a drug cloud.
  • ritz too
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 11:10am CST
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    You forgot to add Ritzenhimer to the list of US sub 13 5000m who took thyroid hormone.
  • ritz too
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 11:13am CST
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    If you don’t understand the difference between a banned doctor and a banned coach injecting athletes with hormones and someone drinking a caffeinated energy drink, you should really just keep your stupid mouth closed.
  • rekrunner
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 11:31am CST
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    ritz too wrote:
    If you don’t understand the difference between a banned doctor and a banned coach injecting athletes with hormones and someone drinking a caffeinated energy drink, you should really just keep your stupid mouth closed.

    But they were not banned for thyroid hormones.
    None of these were the questions I asked -- what is the ethical issue for athletes to take a substance that is not banned by WADA and not considered by WADA to be performance enhancing.
  • casual obsever
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    4 months ago 11/02/2020 12:22pm CST
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    rekrunner wrote:
    None of these were the questions I asked -- what is the ethical issue for athletes to take a substance that is not banned by WADA and not considered by WADA to be performance enhancing.

    Classic downplaying. You are obfuscating again. They did more than just "take a substance that is not banned"; they went out of their way to fly to a special corrupt doctor (who got later banned for tampering, among other anti-doping rule violations) to get hormone treatment, despite being healthy, just to be able to run faster. The fact that these athletes prefer to not talk about it speaks for itself, no matter how much you imply that there is nothing to see here.
  • thyroid injections ...
    4 months ago 11/02/2020 12:33pm CST
    re: rekrunner
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    rekrunner wrote:
    science is right wrote:
    Bob Kennedy
    Galen Rupp
    Ryan Hall
    Matt Tegenkamp
    Chris Solinski
    Alberto Salazar

    All on thyroid hormone! What does that tell you?

    For morons, I’ll spell it out:
    For the last three generations of US distance, the most competitive runners on the world stage where on thyroid hormone.

    They all used performance enhancing drugs. Banned or not, they clearly appear to be performance enhancing, and a prerequisite for sub 13 5000m running.


    Caffeine is performance enhancing. So is sugar.
    WADA has looked specifically at thyroid hormones finding insufficient evidence for ergogenic effect.
    Thyroid hormone is a false issue.


    You have responded to others but you have not denied that thyroid pills or thyroid injections lower body fat for sedentary individuals and athletes. Thyroid injections lower body more quickly than any banned diet pill supplement. Since most elite women runners, 1500m to Marathon tend to weigh less than 1.9 pounds per inch; since most elite male runners, 1500m to Marathon tend to weigh less than 2.1 pounds per inch, how can thyroid pills or thyroid injections not be performance enhancing?