Re: Surprise! Yet another EPO user busted.

[Donald Munro]

dupedcyclist wrote:

> Olympic champion Marion Jones tested positive for the banned
> blood-boosting drug erythropoietin at the 2006 U.S. Track and Field
> Championships in June, according to Tribune sources.

Why would a sprinter take EPO ? Anyway I thought sprinters didn't dope.

 

[RonSonic]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:48:40 +0200, Donald Munro <[email protected]>
wrote:

>dupedcyclist wrote:
>
>> Olympic champion Marion Jones tested positive for the banned
>> blood-boosting drug erythropoietin at the 2006 U.S. Track and Field
>> Championships in June, according to Tribune sources.
>
>Why would a sprinter take EPO ? Anyway I thought sprinters didn't dope.

Same reason everyone else does, to train enough to win.

Ron

 

[Donald Munro]

Donald Munro wrote:
>>Why would a sprinter take EPO ? Anyway I thought sprinters didn't dope.

RonSonic wrote:
> Same reason everyone else does, to train enough to win.

Taking EPO helps one do more anaerobic training ?

 

[Michael Press]

In article
<[email protected]>,
Donald Munro <[email protected]> wrote:

> Donald Munro wrote:
> >>Why would a sprinter take EPO ? Anyway I thought sprinters didn't dope.
>
> RonSonic wrote:
> > Same reason everyone else does, to train enough to win.
>
> Taking EPO helps one do more anaerobic training ?

EPO raises the O2 carrying capacity of the blood. Now the
sprinter sprints, then must rebalance the O2 depletion.
Increased O2 carrying capacity reduces the time interval
to recover. Result: more sprints in a given training
session, or shorter sessions.

Of course, my only experience is with performance
impairing drugs.

--
Michael Press