but does an increase in lean body mass = an increase in performance for diabetics? generally as a type 1 diabetic, if you inject more insulin, it means you are eating more. if you don't eat more, or treat the hypo, you die. so it stands to reason that a type 1 diabetic will gain weight from injecting more insulin. whether that has performance enhancing benefits for a diabetic remains to be seen.

Because insulin is banned in an out of competition, I asked USAT about a TUE and they had no clue at all. Said to ask USADA. So I asked them. USADA said to ask my governing body, USAT. I went back and forth with calls to people at both organizations who were supposed to know. USAT really didn’t seem to know and USADA was of the opinion to just fill out a TUE and you’d be covered.

Amen.

And once you elect to take these supplements, you should bow out of competition and stick to posting pictures of your buff 54-year self all over Facebook.

The argument of doping T up to normal levels seems to be a constant in these threads... One of the main flaws with that argument is that you can suppress T levels just by training hard. So your argument is that everyone should be allowed to dope up to some magic number. OK, train hard enough and drop your levels below that number, take some T to get back, rinse and repeat. You effectively make T supplementation a requirement of competition. For endurance athletes the main advantage of taking T is the ability to do more work. Wouldn't it be nice to totally smash a workout and be able to back it up the next day instead of three days later? You bet, compound that over months and years.

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I skipped a bunch, but this is a good one. Steven Strickler. Busted for the "good stuff" at the Dana Point Grand Prix.

Over the past decade has been an elite SoCal masters crit racer in the 45+/55+ range, influencing most races he was in, almost always in the top 5. Essentially started his own, well-sponsored team 2 years ago. Prior to that raced for other elite masters teams.

Though the sanction doesn't mention it, I suspect his test at Dana Point wasn't all that random. He came in 10th, and usually they test the podium places. So either USADA is getting crafty (masters testing at Dana Point has been as predictable as death and taxes) or someone tipped them off that maybe they should test Steven. Either way - good job, USADA.

Actually, he won the 55+ race that day. I looked it up at USAC after it was announced, but before they updated his results. (List as 0th place now.) Did he maybe get 10th in the 45+ race also?

FYI, Rich Meeker who got popped at master's nationals in Bend in 2012 was 3rd in the 55+ race that day.

Ah, thanks for the correction. I thought I'd checked it earlier (his name was in rumors for months prior), but must have missed it.

There's a rumor that there's a second masters dude at Dana who refused to be tested and is still in the USADA pipeline.

Pretty bold to know with complete certainty you'll be tested, and still go for the podium anyway. And it's not about being "stupid." Strickler is, by all appearances, a very successful, smart guy. And a "nice guy" because there's very little social shaming going on here in SoCal as compared to Kayle, who no one liked.

Yeah, and bummed about Meeker. Not so much his being back, but how warmly welcomed he seemed.

Ralph20 wrote:

"many of which are shown to have major side effects". I'm not arguing your position, but this is the type of gross over generalization that seems to accompany any talk of medications on this forum. Some medications have varying side effects and some don't. We can certainly do better by speaking in more scientific terms than this. Especially when a great deal of science and research exists on these topics.

Reference your topic about taking medications to mitigate the effects of aging. Again, a perfectly reasonable statement. But what makes you think that we are aging normally? There is an abundance of research showing the impacts that environmental chemicals are having on our bodies. The chemicals, known as endocrine disruptors, have metabolic impacts including low testosterone, obesity, and diabetes. The evidence is overwhelming that endocrine and metabolic disorders are increasing in prevalence. And not just by a little. I think the conversation around this is a little more nuanced than what some of the comments here would convey.

Hello seeyouincourt and All,

One of our sons is an attorney ..... are you looking for a barrister?

Sorry you got the run a round on your TUE .... anyway looks like you know how to get covered now.

You are probably aware of this information but I'll post it for general curiosity.

Many years ago we had an employee whose brother as a teenager with Type 1 diabetes did not stick to his diet and would occasionally rebel and eat a lot of candy .... resulting in a hospital admission .... and a lot of worry about his life.

We sold that business ..... and many years later ran into the employee and asked how her brother was doing. He had a pancreas transplant and no longer needed insulin and was in good health.

"The National Kidney Foundation estimates that a pancreas transplant will cost$125,800, including the cost of the evaluation, procedures to obtain the donated organ, hospital charges, physician fees, follow-up care and immunosuppressants." Wiki

We had a customer who had an insulin pump and had some near death events ..... sometimes waking up in a partial coma (her husband saved her) and she took it all in stride (life with diabetes is not easy to say the least) . When we would have lunch together she usually skipped desert (and we did too) but occasionally she would say, "lets have a piece of cake." and she would press the button on the insulin pump for about 3 'beeps'.

I hope you are not worrying about what people are thinking about your insulin use. The informed understand and disregard the others.

I skipped a bunch, but this is a good one. Steven Strickler. Busted for the "good stuff" at the Dana Point Grand Prix. .....