drug testing at usatf masters/worlds

So you won't compete if there is no drug testing?

I was never one to bother with how fast the competition was.

Too busy just worrying about getting myself faster.

I would hope that they didn't waste money on drug testing on something so unimportant and that didn't produce revenue.

i've only competed at one masters usatf track championship, but in my experience there is always the possibility of testing masters at any national championships, track and x-c. however, i've never been tested even though i've finished among the top runners. so, can they test? yes. will they test? probably not...

There is very little testing, only in-competition at Worlds/Nats. Even so, they popped the M60 shot put winner for steroids in Sacramento this summer. Probably a good number of the top guys use something but are not so stupid as to dope the weeks going into it. Personally I advise focusing on your own goals and pleasure of competition. Clean elite competitors in EVERY sport have to deal with this nowadays, it's no longer 1927.

Another cheater got busted at USATF Masters Championships in Ohio last summer. Supposedly, he was using something containing a steroid "under prescription." Goes along with Val Barnwell and a bunch more: I think more masters than elites have been busted for drugs in recent years.

They only seem to be able to afford drug testing for Masters Worlds and various Nationals (not just USA, and at least a couple of Europeans have been busted at their NC), but they do have drug testing at these now.