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

Is Ostarine expensive. Jonathan Gault did ask him extensively what was the name of the drink and never got an answer.

I"ve told hiim to tell Mead we'd like to test it.

Notice that is says “Research Use Only” on the bottle.

No one would ever put SARMs in a pre-workout drink for a vending machine. Massive liability risk. That’s why there’s no such thing as a SARMs drink.

Going with "got a tainted vending machine drink" almost as bad as an excuse as "offal burrito"... almost...

You’ll have your answer when Mead does or does not take up the LRC offer to have the drink tested.

My money is him not offering up a drink to be tested.

According to the Gault writeup, Nike's support ended in July, after the World Championships.

Why are you guys looking so hard for a lie? Fabricating apparent pseudo-lies are poor substitutes for truth.

Mead's peak performances were 2014-2017. What's the thinking here?

Don't some athletes delegate whereabouts submissions to their agents, managers, or club?

I wouldn't be surprised if someone at OTC Elite administratively submitted his updated "default" whereabouts as a matter of routine within a thorough process.

I would also like someone to find the vending machine.

SARMS are labeled as 'not approved for human consumption' so the general public must be at risk and Mead should let everyone know where the vending machine was so it can be removed.

What a terrible excuse for doping though, seriously. You get mainstream drinks from vending machines, not random, potentially dangerous SARMS of all things.

This. Except he said to his coach: I can't afford top shelf untraceable anymor e, wots best for little money.

+1

Plus, he got the drink "from a vending machine at a Portland gym a few days before he was tested".

Must have been quite some contamination if it shows up in the test "a few days after", lol.

Or is the story now that he bought the pre-workout drink a few days before the workout, then got up at 5 am, drank it, did his workout and then the testers came at 6:45 am?

Another story with too many inconsistencies to count.

@rojo: ask him also why USADA sayid they tested him twice since October 1st, and he said they tested him once.

Obviously lying about the “pre-workout drink from a vending machine.”

Until he provides the name of the drink and place of vending machine, he’s reputation as a runner is ruined.

Totally⬆️ He kept filling out that "paperwork" for 3 months¿? Also, why would he even provide a sample at that point? Then everyone would say, Oh, that's weird, but he was retired.

He has. You don't put muscle on an ectomorph without some bodybuilding drugs.

Why would this matter?
He's retired anyway....
I see little evidence that he doped when he was an Olympian

Other than his testing positive. Either he doped all along and wasn't caught or he started doping late in life. That's a lot more evidence than never tested positive...

Right. But you said "no one dopes who has retired". But we all know that is false. It's easy to see why someone who has been incredibly lean all their life with years of low T would want to take a short cut to bulk up after retirement. If Meade came clean and admitted he intentionally doped post retirement, this would all be a lot more believable.

You sometimes give away that you are just a troll. You did it here. You have frequently said that there is no evidence that PEDs even help and now you are mentioning his peak years being some time ago as alleged evidence that he has not been doping. You have been busted as a troll.

Never thought 1500m specialist would run a marathon before this guy.