03-18-2018, 12:27 AM
(03-17-2018, 10:08 PM)RockyMountainBengal Wrote: What I'm saying is they can't/won't test everyone. They pick and choose who they test and they focus on the ones they know will be easy targets. Its a slippery slope to suggest all or most are doing it, but since you brought up the cycling analogy, yeah... NFL players stand to gain so much more than a pack-fill cyclist. I'm the last to defend the likes of Lance Armstrong. I've seen plenty of folks get away with it when their peers know whats going on. I've seen others targeted because they're easy targets.
Doping sucks. It happens at your local 5k, marathon, racquetball tourny, nascar race, curling competitionetc. The reality is its easy to get around the tests when you know your'e not going to get tested, or know what your levels need to be. If local joes can get around WADA testing, NFL players can too. Hence, I take these reports with a grain of salt.
And in response to your insinuation that I dope. I'm currently not racing because I had a Bi-Lateral Pulmonary Embolism (blood clots in both my lungs) last year and taking meds to recover. Those meds would require a TUE. (Therapeutic Use Exception) which is a huge pain in the ass. I choose to race clean and will hope that I recover and can get back at it sooner than later.
Just don't believe all you hear.
cheers. Who Dey
I don't believe all I hear. Like most of your post.
It's pretty rare for a competitive athlete to have a PE let alone bilateral PEs. But, the treatment for PEs would be anticoagulants and thrombolytics. I just checked the WADW list of prohibited substances and didn't see either on the list. So what medications are you taking for PEs that require a therapeutic use exemption?
