EPO - where to get it and how to use it

dude...17 mins to mid 14s is a huge difference. At some point, you have to look in the mirror, and say to yourself that you are satisfied with your athletic achievements, knowing that most poeple will never run that fast. Just realize that you've had a good run, and that you will probably get slower as time goes on. Drugs are not the answer you are looking for. You seem to be very frustrated, and looking for an easy way out...well there isn't one, so just keep up the 17 min 5ks, and try breaking that barrier.

Why is EPO dangerous?

The same effect that improves endurance performance also risks the safety of the user. By increasing the thickness of the blood, EPO increases the risk of blood clotting which can block blood vessels causing a heart attack or stroke.

Use of EPO also causes hypertension, and can lead to seizures and congestive heart failure. Sport is about testing limits. Unfortunately, in the case of EPO the limit being tested is how high the red blood cell content of the athlete’s blood can increase before blood flow is impaired and the athlete dies.

Hematocrit is the proportion of the blood that is made up of red blood cells. Normal hematocrit levels are approximately 40-50% in men and 37-47% in women. EPO can boost hematocrit well above this range. As the athlete becomes dehydrated during training or racing, blood volume is reduced, further increasing hematocrit and the blood’s resistance to flow. During a marathon, the hematocrit of a non-doped runner may increase from 45 to 55. There is no set value at which a high hematocrit becomes dangerous, but the risk increases geometrically at hematocrit levels above 55%. If an EPO-doped marathoner starts the race at 52, his hematocrit could climb above 60 during the race.

I can only hope for our educational system that you were being sarcastic.

Letsrun Moderators--Ban Time wrote:

Remove this FUCKING insensitive cunt from the privilege of being here.

Why? I think you are being a little too sensitive. I don't think Bekele reads letsrun.com. Do you mist up when someone mentions his fiancee? I bet you couldn't tell me her name without looking it up. Maybe you should find a nice call-in radio show to call up and get righteous on. Bitch about something like parking meters.

How's about respecting the dead?

Bachelor Dave wrote:

How's about respecting the dead?

Get off your high horse. I think given Bekele's performances it is reasonable to suspect that he isn't clean. When cyclist die in their sleep because their heart rate drops to 20 bpm from pumping their sludge-like blood is it disrespectful to wonder what killed them? Extraordinarily fit, healthy young people don't usually die for no reason.

Troll

All I want to do is get down from from 17 to 14:30 in the 5k. I'm willing to take the risks. I'm running all the time and not improving. I have no family. I'm 40 -- and the next have of my life is all about decline. Why shouldn't I take some risks?

I think that I can give you some useful information.

I went from 14 1/2 mins down to 13 mins 20 in one season with EPO useage.

I imagine that you should see some substantial improvement as well.

Just drop me an e-mail on:

cheatingbastard@hotmail.com

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Look if you use EPO your pr's wont really be pr's they'll be # shown based on cheating. Second whats the difference in your life gonna be if you drop to 1430, thats not a world class time, you wont gain fame or fortune. So, basically all you are doing is endangering your health for no sound reason. If you still want to do it after this you need some therapy, really. Contact someone that can help you put your life back together.