I admit it ...

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steven L. Sheffield said:

... I used to dope when I raced.

you couldn't afford to dope (plus what would be the point? 12mph to
13mph)...but you definately are a dope. there's a difference.

In article <[email hidden]>, Steven L. Sheffield

Quoted message said:

... I used to dope when I raced.

Yep ... I loaded up on caffeine and pseudoephedrine ... and I smeared
cortisone cream on my chamois to help prevent saddle sores.

Say it ain't so Steve! We have so few heros left.

-WG

"Steven L. Sheffield" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

... I used to dope when I raced.

Yep ... I loaded up on caffeine and pseudoephedrine ... and I smeared
cortisone cream on my chamois to help prevent saddle sores.

Thankfully, I was such a lousy racer that I never had to [censored] in a jar,

and

Quoted message said:

thus never tested positive ...

But it does give another datapoint to show that doping won't turn a donkey
into a thoroughbred ...

I don't know when the sarcasm starts and the reality ends but your testimony
is certainly accurate.

Since I became ill as a side effect of meds I took for a back injury, I have
taken some of the banned drugs alleged to do the most for endurance athletes
(aside from meds that enhance RBC production or productivity). None of them
did much at all except allow my body to recover slowly with a lot of hard
work. There have has been no losses of any kind as a result of stopping any
one them. OTOH, I was taking therapeutic doses and I suppose it is possible
that much larger doses would be more effective, but I would never risk my
health in order to find out. Training and eating right always works for me
and anyone else I know that has the drive. Oh yeah, I even have taken
Sudafed with coffee as you indicated and it sure helps the clogged sinus
problems I get. I guess that helps go faster compared to not breathing
correctly. Somehow I don't feel guilty taking that stuff to clear my nose.
Again, it could be that some are taking huge doses. I have been told that
pseudo-ephedrine is used to make various street stimulants that are very
powerful. I think a lot of these banned drugs should merely be controlled as
to quantity, like caffeine is.

On 09/05/2004 06:26 AM, in article
[email hidden], "crit pro"

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steven L. Sheffield said:

... I used to dope when I raced.

you couldn't afford to dope (plus what would be the point? 12mph to
13mph)...but you definately are a dope. there's a difference.

Tell me something, EPO-boy ... How do you know what I can and cannot afford?

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In article <[email hidden]>, Chris

Quoted message said:

I think a lot of these banned drugs should merely be controlled as
to quantity, like caffeine is.

According to WADA, UCI, IOC, etc., as of 1/1/2004 caffeine no longer
has limits on quantity.

-WG

"warren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Chris

Quoted message said:

I think a lot of these banned drugs should merely be controlled as
to quantity, like caffeine is.

According to WADA, UCI, IOC, etc., as of 1/1/2004 caffeine no longer
has limits on quantity.

The reason is that they found that caffeine has about the same effect in
very small doses (about a cup of tea) as in large. You can still kill
yourself with caffeine suppositories if you like, but it won't make you any
faster.