I mean seriously? We all know super shoes have played a huge role in the drop of times the past 5 years but in the last 2 years since Maurten released their Bicarb gel in 2023, look how much faster everyone is running. Not just the top of the top but everyone overall.
This product is totally legal sure, but how is it different from any other doping that has been outlawed? It’s “natural” you could say as it is naturally made in your body and isn’t a synthetic drug you are injecting or consuming like steroids per se, but so is HGH. Blood doping is technically natural as well as it is quite literally using your own blood to give yourself an advantage… This is not like a supplement you can take everyday such as Tart cherry that can give small recovery benefits. It quite literally is changing the chemical pH and affecting the acid-base system your body naturally has…
I mean it has been banned in horse racing because it has been seen as a performance enhancing drug since the 80’s. So why is it so openly accepted in the track world? We do not know long term side effects of ingesting this substance anyways. It already has horrible side effects like putting you on the toilet all day, so imagine over time what effects it may have on your GI tract long term? Ulcers? Chronic diarrhea? I mean we have no idea.
Anyways, I digress. I am surprised more people aren’t talking about this. What do you guys think? Is it ruining track?