Personally I thought the most interesting tidbit in the article on the leaked USADA doc from the Sunday Times was how Alberto Salazar discussed with Lance Armstrong l-carnitine. It shows they had a closer working relationship than I thought.
The article doesn't say in what year this was but that it was before Armstrong's downfall (he was charged by USADA in 2012) and that Alberto was so excited about L-Carnitine that he emailed Lance and said, “Lance call me asap! We have tested it and it’s amazing"
I'd like to know what you all think Alberto knew about Lance at the time. The whole thing confuse me because I would say most people who followed cycling not even that closely would have concluded Lance was a cheat way before he was busted.
That's where I also sort of laugh at the whole Nike sub 2:00 thing. This NIke lab that is supposedly is so smart and is going to produce a sub 2:00 marathon either a) didn't know Lance was doping or b) presumably knew about it and said nothing. I don't think either makes the lab look good.
So with Alberto it seems.
1) He really didn't know or think Lance was doping. Personally if I thought somebody was doping I wouldn't be all excited to email them about a lesser substance and be like "hey this is great!! call me". This interpretation also gives credence to Alberto could be operating under the USADA rules. Hey "I found this great legal thing no one knows about."
2) He knew about Lance doping but still though L-carnitine was great. If personally don't get this logic but I want to see if most of you lean to #1.
3) What are some other possibilities?