beston wrote:
Fleck wrote:
If it's true that he was doing drugs while he was competing in running how is it different from "cycling" doping? All recreational drugs are on the banned list so if you want to be technical about it... yeah, he doped. I have to wonder about some of this.
Ross Rebagliati was caught with traces of marijuana in his blood after after winning the Gold Medal in the dual slalom snowboarding event. Think about it for a second - would a drug, that slows your reaction time as well as rendering other negative effects on the body and the CNS, be looked upon as an ADVANTAGE, in an event where you are hurtling down an icy slope at 50+ miles/hour, having to make split second decisions and pushing muscles to there limits?
Just saying. Just asking.
Not saying it's a good thing to do, but taking a barbituate can actually increase performance. I can't find the study for the life of me, but the finding was something like professional drivers were actually faster on a closed course after a few drinks of alcohol. ...The reason being is that they (the drunk drivers) took more risks out on the course that sober people wouldn't! So, a drug like alcohol or marijuana can slow your mind, but that doesn't mean that it will alway be to the detriment of performance.
Only time I have ever been KOM on Strava was on a descent on a post lunch ride after having a few beers at lunch. So perhaps there is something to this...