Katie Flood drug test fiasco

That's too bad for Katie Flood, but I think it would be worse to let athletes say they're dehydrated and let them give a sample the next day. That would just encourage people to use stimulants or other PEDs that leave the system quickly and false claim they were unable to give a sample.

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She could have just slept in that morning. Drug testing's annoying, but that isn't a big enough deal to necessitate an article about.

I think they need to keep testing immediately after, at least until they find a better way. No reason to make an exception.

I think running a hard race the day before is likely going to impact my performance more than moving my sleep schedule back an hour will.

eh, bad luck. But probably a hard line has to be taken on these things - you can't let an athlete leave a required drug test - that would be an awful precedent. I'm sure that 12 hours would be enough to add masking agents, false urine or whatever they've come up with.

What the hell was she doing in there for 3 hours? Clearly not drinking much water.

I've twice been pulled for a drug test after a race and both times there was unlimited amounts of tea and water. Yeah its a pain in the arse but just get it done, piss in your cup and get out of there.

PRO TIP: Get the warm drinks into you to speed up the process.

The warm drinks would definitely help you go out the other side as well, not that they're examining stool samples yet!

agip wrote:

eh, bad luck. But probably a hard line has to be taken on these things - you can't let an athlete leave a required drug test - that would be an awful precedent. I'm sure that 12 hours would be enough to add masking agents, false urine or whatever they've come up with.

I agree. I also don't think a few hours of lost sleep is going to impact you that greatly. She was racing twice in two days, slightly sick and dehydrated. Why blame her bad race on staying up late?

And, as someone above pointed out, why not just sleep in late?

What a terribly written article! What is going on in Journalism schools today?

She knew she might be tested. She knew she was running at altitude. No reason to be that dehydrated. At this level, there's more to running than showing up on the line. She should have been prepared for a national level meet not another free for all at Dempsey. This is no different than Olympians complaining about not being given proper warm up because they are corralled so far in advance of their event. It's the same for everyone. Prepare for it.

all tied up wrote:

agip wrote:

eh, bad luck. But probably a hard line has to be taken on these things - you can't let an athlete leave a required drug test - that would be an awful precedent. I'm sure that 12 hours would be enough to add masking agents, false urine or whatever they've come up with.

I agree. I also don't think a few hours of lost sleep is going to impact you that greatly. She was racing twice in two days, slightly sick and dehydrated. Why blame her bad race on staying up late?

And, as someone above pointed out, why not just sleep in late?

To be fair, neither Flood nor Metcalf implied the fiasco had anything to do with her performance on Saturday. That link was made by the article's author.

Steve Kelley is a haughty dipshit. Who cares?

Not a fiasco - she needs to suck it up and pull on her big girl panties. sorry sweetie, drink up and take wiz for the testers or find another recreational activity.

The Truff of da Matter wrote:

Not a fiasco - she needs to suck it up and pull on her big girl panties. sorry sweetie, drink up and take wiz for the testers or find another recreational activity.

Gross. "big" and "panties" should rarely ever be used in the same sentence.

reminds me of when some girl who i dumped for being a pathological lier told me she was pregnant and i asked her to do a pregnancy test for me. took her like 3 hours to pee and show me the negative result.

Whether she should have been held in there or not is one debate, but the article states she sat in the room tired and hungry until providing a sample at 1:15am. It is certainly plausible that not eating for 3+hours after the race would impair preparation for the next day. Particularly if she was sick and dehydrated to begin with.

at least the article is unbiased.

I still remember the good old days of the early 80s at Canadian nationals: doping control had all the beer you could drink until you produced your sample.

zzzzzzz wrote:

What the hell was she doing in there for 3 hours? Clearly not drinking much water.

I've twice been pulled for a drug test after a race and both times there was unlimited amounts of tea and water. Yeah its a pain in the arse but just get it done, piss in your cup and get out of there.

PRO TIP: Get the warm drinks into you to speed up the process.

huskyjuice!