According to her Strava she was back on the Nike Campus today working out. Her “training restrictions end Thursday” and she can do her “next workout with anyone.” Does this mean she’s still with/has always been with Nike? Will she return to BTC? Would her returning causes others to leave again? Other thoughts?
8x mile with 1min rest Splits: 5:20, 5:19, 5:16, 5:17, 5:16, 5:13, 5:09, 5:07 Didn’t feel great but still felt strong. It just felt harder to hit these paces today. Felt a little better as the workout went on though. 🟡 Train...
According to she was back on the Nike Campus today working out. Her “training restrictions end Thursday” and she can do her “next workout with anyone.” Does this mean she’s still with/has always been with Nike? Will she return to BTC? Would her returning causes others to leave again? Other thoughts?
According to she was back on the Nike Campus today working out. Her “training restrictions end Thursday” and she can do her “next workout with anyone.” Does this mean she’s still with/has always been with Nike? Will she return to BTC? Would her returning causes others to leave again? Other thoughts?
Disagree, an athlete caught doping should be banned for life and stripped of all titles and medals. At this point I don’t even know why an elite athlete, particularly if they’re on the bubble for making teams/ medaling, wouldn’t cheat. You probably won’t ever get caught, and even if you do, you still keep all the money you made and can just get a real job after a minor punishment and some hate on Instagram. Honestly, you can just skip tests and make up a ridiculous excuse for why and never face any consequences.
An athlete caught doping should be banned for life and stripped of all titles and medals.
Really? I think that all sports have this same problem. So why is it that only running is unable to accept that (most) people who get banned will eventually come back?
I fully accept that people like Lance Armstrong who lied 500 times, sued the people who told the truth, and ruined people's lives should be banned for life. I get that. But what about the young guy whose manager or coach pressures him to "try it" after an injury, gets popped, admits it, does his time and moves on?
Are all doping cases the same to you? I think there is a reason we have "degrees" of punishment for crimes. Crimes are not all the same - 1st degree murder is worse than manslaughter.
Disagree, an athlete caught doping should be banned for life and stripped of all titles and medals. At this point I don’t even know why an elite athlete, particularly if they’re on the bubble for making teams/ medaling, wouldn’t cheat. You probably won’t ever get caught, and even if you do, you still keep all the money you made and can just get a real job after a minor punishment and some hate on Instagram. Honestly, you can just skip tests and make up a ridiculous excuse for why and never face any consequences.
you should really listen to her talk about what it's been like after getting busted. she went from being a pro athlete with Nike paying her bills to being flat broke, having to move back in with her parents and drive an Uber to make money. not to mention years of embarrassment and shame. what she went thru should scare the sh!t out of any runner considering doping. she's a cautionary tale.
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When I first heard the news I believed her. I was shocked, she was my favorite athlete.
And then....I slowly started to realize the naysayers kinda had a point. How did she not know what nandrolone was? A burrito? Really? Was it pausible? And how come so many in running media came to her defense?
Shelby's ban revealed the extreme bias running media has towards their faves. Their white american faves. That they will do anything to provide cover for someone they like. And that's pretty unsettling.
But a ban is a ban. Shelby had to serve it. To those who are saying she served her time, I get it. But remember, Shelby has claimed the whole time and will continue to claim she's innocent with no evidence proving she is. She has sown doubt into anti doping process. And once a doper always a doper. She can't be fully trusted ever.
I won't be rooting for Shelby. I don't like people who chose to cheat. I'm glad she was caught as it opened the door for athletes like Heather McLean, Corey McGee, and others to have their moment. I'd take heather any day over Shelby.
Disagree, an athlete caught doping should be banned for life and stripped of all titles and medals. At this point I don’t even know why an elite athlete, particularly if they’re on the bubble for making teams/ medaling, wouldn’t cheat. You probably won’t ever get caught, and even if you do, you still keep all the money you made and can just get a real job after a minor punishment and some hate on Instagram. Honestly, you can just skip tests and make up a ridiculous excuse for why and never face any consequences.
you should really listen to her talk about what it's been like after getting busted. she went from being a pro athlete with Nike paying her bills to being flat broke, having to move back in with her parents and drive an Uber to make money. not to mention years of embarrassment and shame. what she went thru should scare the sh!t out of any runner considering doping. she's a cautionary tale.
She hasn't worked a full time job in four years despite attempting to grift money from the running community with her gofundme yet continued to travel with BTC to altitude camps and train with them by "bumping into them" making others uncomfortable. You are all acting like she was serving a jail sentence, and she was skirting the rules the whole time.
you should really listen to her talk about what it's been like after getting busted. she went from being a pro athlete with Nike paying her bills to being flat broke, having to move back in with her parents and drive an Uber to make money. not to mention years of embarrassment and shame. what she went thru should scare the sh!t out of any runner considering doping. she's a cautionary tale.
She hasn't worked a full time job in four years despite attempting to grift money from the running community with her gofundme yet continued to travel with BTC to altitude camps and train with them by "bumping into them" making others uncomfortable. You are all acting like she was serving a jail sentence, and she was skirting the rules the whole time.
i didnt know she did a gofundme. but her suspension is as close to a jail sentence as you can get in this sport. Four prime money making years of her running career with zero to show for it.
Shelby back! Can't wait to see this talented athlete back in action. All the haters will be seething 🙂
Shelby will be 32 on February 8th. Her best days as a track athlete are now behind her. She has absolutely no chance now of being a global medalist. That is the price she has paid as an athlete. Shelby might be able to make a World Championship team but she will not make an Olympic team, as she will be too old.
If anyone wants to cut her some slack ask if you’d do the same if this was an athlete from East Africa or Russia. She’s allowed to compete again per the rules but we are not obligated to root for her
When I first heard the news I believed her. I was shocked, she was my favorite athlete.
And then....I slowly started to realize the naysayers kinda had a point. How did she not know what nandrolone was? A burrito? Really? Was it pausible? And how come so many in running media came to her defense?
Shelby's ban revealed the extreme bias running media has towards their faves. Their white american faves. That they will do anything to provide cover for someone they like. And that's pretty unsettling.
But a ban is a ban. Shelby had to serve it. To those who are saying she served her time, I get it. But remember, Shelby has claimed the whole time and will continue to claim she's innocent with no evidence proving she is. She has sown doubt into anti doping process. And once a doper always a doper. She can't be fully trusted ever.
I won't be rooting for Shelby. I don't like people who chose to cheat. I'm glad she was caught as it opened the door for athletes like Heather McLean, Corey McGee, and others to have their moment. I'd take heather any day over Shelby.
+1 (except her doping became increasingly obvious because of her progression and body shape changes)
What's worse: she actually didn't do her time, as she continued training with BTC during her provisional suspension. Stupid CAS didn't realize that when they ruled that the 4 years include the provisional suspension.
Shelby will be 32 on February 8th. Her best days as a track athlete are now behind her. She has absolutely no chance now of being a global medalist. That is the price she has paid as an athlete. Shelby might be able to make a World Championship team but she will not make an Olympic team, as she will be too old.
I don’t see any reason she can’t be competitive in the 5,000m in the 2028 trials. And her body will still be benefiting from the experience of training and racing as hard and as fast as she did while doping. She may have served her time, but the unfair advantage continues.
An athlete caught doping should be banned for life and stripped of all titles and medals.
Really? I think that all sports have this same problem. So why is it that only running is unable to accept that (most) people who get banned will eventually come back?
I fully accept that people like Lance Armstrong who lied 500 times, sued the people who told the truth, and ruined people's lives should be banned for life. I get that. But what about the young guy whose manager or coach pressures him to "try it" after an injury, gets popped, admits it, does his time and moves on?
Are all doping cases the same to you? I think there is a reason we have "degrees" of punishment for crimes. Crimes are not all the same - 1st degree murder is worse than manslaughter.
Isn't it the same with doping?
Sure there are different degrees. Whereabouts failure can be a multi-year suspension. A failed drug test is auto ban for life and stripped of all titles and records.
I am surprised this take is unpopular here, track is an absolute joke when you go and look at Olympic medalist and the podium 10 years later doesn’t have any of the same athletes as the podium in real time.
I honestly don’t know why someone from an underdeveloped country wouldn’t dope, absolutely no reason to not give it a chance. The sport is honestly a joke, I don’t feel bad for Shelby who knowingly cheated and paid the consequences. If I cook the books and commit fraud in my accounting job, do I get to come back as an accountant after a 4 year suspension?
