It'll be interesting to see if anyone is stupid enough to get popped.

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o shit i hope they don't find all the ayahuasca in my piss i've been making soooooo many 3rd eye gains lmao BIG chakras

This is encouraging to hear but may I ask how do they know which doors to knock on? I have never had to fill out anything to indicate where I would be staying so how are they finding these people in the first place? (age groupers that is),

They were getting them as they registered today.

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yep - that would make sense vs the knocks at the door comment. This is progress me thinks !

So at a time when anyone with a clue would have timed it so everything had cleared his system. Brilliant.

maybe but I just don't think that age groupers are as clever as Lance Armstong and his team of Dr's were.

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Well, a lot of folks here complain about the AG'ers on TRT. Wouldn't necessarily be so simple to pass the test for that on race day, they might catch some.

Some AGers were tested 2/3 weeks ago for testing as well. Hope that is targeted from specific intelligence.

Not a bad thing, but IIRC it's been going on for a few years at Kona. Pulling out AG and maybe some pros at pre-race registration. The body of testing I think is "OOC".

Not really sure if "targeted" IE they pull you out while in line, before registration.

Maurice

A Team Zoot athlete Matt Bach who won the Maryland race was tested twice back at home in NJ and got pulled yesterday as well for a test.

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I think by targeted he meant they had some intel via complaints or tips THAT/THOSE person(s) might be on something so they're being tested IE there was nothing random about some of the testing.

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USADA has an anonymous tip line on their website.

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I saw it two years ago it appeared to be at least partially random. IE it looked like they were selecting athletes before they showed ID, also a thread on here somewhere about a legacy athlete (from a few years ago) getting pulled out of line at random.

Maurice

Makes me wonder what would rise to the level of them investigating a tip further. I guess if the tip was very explicit and detailed but how many tips are ever going to be from direct and detailed knowledge. If I sent in a tip that Bryan Dunn is on T, EPO, HGH, etc. at what point would they ever look into that if I didn't have very specific information. My guess is most of their tips are of that variety - I think Joe Schmoe is doping but I don't have any proof.

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Joe Schmoe's race results are very suspect. I also suspect that his mate Joe Sickspack plans on cutting the course in the Energy Labs. His results have never made sense to me; how can a guy with a beer belly run a sub 2:50 marathon?

But, have you seen his brother's times? JoeMamma ran a 4:45 mile in high school.

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Pssshhhtttt. Down a hill maybe. Sure you're not getting confused with Joe Blow?

Does anyone recall Joe Dirt from Ironman Arizona in 2012?

http://www.pbase.com/...pius/image/147402652

I guess we'll see when people we know don't race?

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I think Joe Schmoe, Joe Blow, and Joe Dirt all use the services of Dr. Papschmear.

And don't forget Joe Cool. He's always looked shady to me.

it's the same every year... they test on Mon-Tues

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