Yes, absolutely agree 100%.
We can make endless discussion on kenians , europeans, americans,, but they are nonsense. We are all people no matter what you call us, same morals everywhere, when i hear somebody say oh kenians cant dope cose they have a different morals or no no they dont need, EPO dont have effect on them!!! HA HA HA aren't they human beings? Aren't they made of flesh and blood? The truth is that is the same all over the world , corruption and abomination can happen in africa like in europe or america. As good things can happen everywhere.
The fact is : with EPO and other substances the gain in a Marathon is about 4 or 5 minutes , of course this can change from athlete to another athlete.
Now 4 or 5 minutes is an enormous gain when we talk of a top runner.
I believe to a runner that have been caught with doping and had a
life time ban , He did mistakes paid for those mistakes but He has said the truth about his long time experience
with doping. Said he was able to run 2h14 totally clean,
with doping he made 2h10.
with doping he was able to train harder and harder and never feel tired considering that he was also having an 8 hours job in a factory at the same time.
That he was feeling like wake up in the middle of night and start to run. He had a 6th place in a New York city Marathon.
Of course after been caught he has been like outcast from Italian federation like he was the only doper in Italy!!
HA HA HA!!
Here in Tuscany often I met him at local races where he still run of course without number cos he has a life time ban and at 50 years old and now absolutely no doping he still run very fast and he run cos thats what he has done all his life, just for the joy of run.But I think today he can walk the streets with his head up high. I cannot say the same for many long distance runners so much celebrated of the past and of the present days.