This post was under a different thread, but I didn't think it'd get any exposure and I'd be interested in finding others who feel similarly...
"It's unlikely Michael Johnson put on 20 plus pounds in a dramatic fashion as you've stated. He was listed around 6'1" 170 I believe. For him to have gone from 150 to 170 in any less than 2 years should be suspect to drug usage, but it's doubtful that happened, plus others would have pointed it out. What's more likely is his awareness has always been at a much higher level than the rest of us, and by him putting in several hours a day towards increasing his already promethian (sp?) level of awareness he became the leading energy utilizer in his sport. His records will not stand very long in the grand scheme, we are progressing at an increasingly accelerated rate.
Those of us that dwell on the "fact" that those on drugs will run faster have lost faith in themselves and humanity and Jesus/Buddha/Other Masters who taught us that we will all eventually do greater than they had. How many of you "faith full" Christians don't think Jesus could tear Haile's 12:39/26:22 to shreds...dude walked on water! We all come from the same seed, and it is a seed that can sprout to infinity...What will be a great statement of humanity's progress is when women and men run equally fast at the top levels of the sport.
Just as USATF and IAAF spent half as much in the courtroom as they did on drug testing, many elites are spending half or "X" amount of their own limited supply of energy on more or less gossiping about the competition instead of using 100% of their vital energy to take them where their vision is. I believe Bob Kennedy talked about the benefits he got when he stopped caring whether the competition was on drugs because, regardless, they were still the competition.
Side note to something that passed through last night while riding my bike/pumping blood to my brain... I think Paula Radcliffe's body has a vision of breathing that is exceptional. I havn't had the pleasure of seeing her run, but the descriptions people have given, about swaying to the left and right on a 4 step cycle, lead me to believe she is breathing in when her left foot reconnects to Earth on step 1, the Earths energy runs up her left/feminine/negative channel until it peaks at her head, then like an alternating current switches direction and goes out her right foot on step 4 through her right/masuline/positive channel. She is an awesome combination of the animalistic mannerisms seen in the great cats and the cobra. Focus your energy on how she moves and to the construction of her body if you want to get faster, not to whether or not somebody, who got fooled into believing we have limits, is on drugs. I vote to have Paula Radcliffe pose nude, in the manner of Leonardo's canon, to show us the beauty of a drug free body that can propel itself exceptionally well. Help us increase our awareness Paula.