No, he's a letsrun hero, you're just too naïve to see it. He explained why correct training will optimise oxygen delivery. And there's a wealth of science to back this up.
As for testosterone, why do you think that you might be lacking in that department to optimise your recovery?
The very last of the bad apples.https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/purity-komen-among-four-kenyans-provisionally-suspended-by-aiu-2023110612133135694
And don't say I don't believe in the effects of doping. I don't believe in effects of EPO as main reason of the continuous improvement in the performances of long distances, but is my convinction that steroids can increase the performance also at top level. Under this point of view, also myself thinks that if I administered some illegal steroid to my athletes, probably the WR of Shaheen could be under 7'50" and the marathon of Mosop under 2:02'.
And don't say I don't believe in the effects of doping. I don't believe in effects of EPO as main reason of the continuous improvement in the performances of long distances, but is my convinction that steroids can increase the performance also at top level. Under this point of view, also myself thinks that if I administered some illegal steroid to my athletes, probably the WR of Shaheen could be under 7'50" and the marathon of Mosop under 2:02'.
I don't agree with Renato on this point. Steroids decrease natural testosterone secretion. Recovery comes from fitness. How many posters here really built up s huge training load?
And don't say I don't believe in the effects of doping. I don't believe in effects of EPO as main reason of the continuous improvement in the performances of long distances, but is my convinction that steroids can increase the performance also at top level. Under this point of view, also myself thinks that if I administered some illegal steroid to my athletes, probably the WR of Shaheen could be under 7'50" and the marathon of Mosop under 2:02'.
That explains all the sub-2:02s in the 1980s in the steroid era.
That explains all the sub-2:02s in the 1980s in the steroid era.
Cute, but illogical, i.e. as desperate deflection from you. Do better. Canova's claim was not that everyone could run under 2:02 with steroids, but that Mosop could. In other words, steroid doping helps top marathoners by at least 1:07 (using Mosop's Boston best of 2:03:06) or 3:04 (using his record-eligible marathon PR of 2:05:03).
Back in the 90s when the EPO situation was really getting out of hand, The Italian National Olympic Committee CONI - Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano did an investigation into finding a way of educating athletes, cyclists in particular to understand that they were being manipulated by some unsavoury characters.
They studied the real Science and concluded that the optimal hematocrit wasn't over 50% but actually the usual 42-43%. Obviously they were ignored, but perhaps Renato learned something from this study?
Unfortunately when it comes to steroids, his head is still stuck in the 70s/80s on this issue.
But he is now over 80 years old, so he's not going to change his mind.
That explains all the sub-2:02s in the 1980s in the steroid era.
Cute, but illogical, i.e. as desperate deflection from you. Do better. Canova's claim was not that everyone could run under 2:02 with steroids, but that Mosop could. In other words, steroid doping helps top marathoners by at least 1:07 (using Mosop's Boston best of 2:03:06) or 3:04 (using his record-eligible marathon PR of 2:05:03).
Do you know what really makes the difference in performance? Are willing to engage in a serious debate, or just surmise?
