Perhaps their adrenaline and excitement levels are so boosted by the perceived gains that it leads to a better performance even if slightly. Sort of an added confidence.
Physiologically speaking, what noticeable changes are there to using a stimulate or other banned substance that show up in mid-race, or immediately before and immediately after a race?
How do you prove without a doubt that the drug itself led to the improved performance on any given race day?
It's not the drug that's making them faster.
The drug gives them the ability to do things that will make them faster. It boosts recovery. If you can get in 4 good workouts a week compared to 2 or 3 without breaking down, then the drug is working.
Which to me shows that there is an element of moral goodness in there and thats its not just an athlete trying to take the easy way out. That should be considered. They are basically doing something to ehlp them train harder and longer, thus work harder. In any other setting, something like that would be considered a good thing, revolutionart. Like how computers, phones, other digital devices increased productivity in certain work environments.
Why cant we look at it like that, and just move past the old age philosophy that doping is a substitute for hard work, when in reality its to give one the chance to work harder?
Well wouldnt they just give them a placebo so they'd run fast and never test positive? duh!
Dude steroids WORK and the work well!! People said the same thing about all the baseball players, listen if they didnt work athletes wouldnt take them.