Running/Cheating after college?

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4 years ago 10/08/2019 11:39am EDT

With all this controversy surrounding NOP and the cheating scandal I got to thinking... As a graduated post collegiate runner who has no ambitions to ever race a pro race/any race where I would be potentially tested - is it okay for me to cheat?

Let's say hypothetically I would be able to get my hands on some of that NOP stuff or that thyroid medication that coincidently every single distance runner is on (lmao) anyway would it be / *how much* would it be frowned upon for me to take that and go run some sub-elite times?

4 years ago 10/08/2019 11:43am EDT

re: Loophole1212

Hypothetically , If it doesn't bother you , you are probably too F'Up to worry about whether someone else frowns on it. That's how it works 100% of the time.

4 years ago 10/08/2019 12:31pm EDT

re: Loophole1212

Loophole1212 wrote:
With all this controversy surrounding NOP and the cheating scandal I got to thinking... As a graduated post collegiate runner who has no ambitions to ever race a pro race/any race where I would be potentially tested - is it okay for me to cheat?
Let's say hypothetically I would be able to get my hands on some of that NOP stuff or that thyroid medication that coincidently every single distance runner is on (lmao) anyway would it be / *how much* would it be frowned upon for me to take that and go run some sub-elite times?

You'll still be slow and lose to the real runners!

4 years ago 10/08/2019 12:54pm EDT

re: Loophole1212

You should stop cheating

4 years ago 10/08/2019 2:35pm EDT

re: Loophole1212

If it really didn't bother you, you wouldn't call it Cheating!

4 years ago 10/08/2019 3:04pm EDT

re: truther

truther wrote:
If it really didn't bother you, you wouldn't call it Cheating!

That's not necessarily true. Objectively, according to the IAAF taking / doing certain things is considered cheating whether I agree with it or not. In addition, people who read this and get salty should imagine this post is a thought experiment.

Hypothetically, if you're incapable of running 2:18.99 for a marathon after yearsssssss of training, you only race major marathons so you won't even see the front of the race at that time (which in case anyone doesn't know is the OTQ for 2020) but then you dope, run 2:18.98 and qualify to race at the OTQ, you go out have a great time, come in the bottom 10% of the race, have a beer and go home.

Why would that scenario be bad for anyone?

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