A Facebook friend, not a good swimmer at all, just made a claim that there were lots of "juicers" at the USMS National Championship that ended on Sunday, 28th. She's made this claim before. I think part of it is a frustration that she isn't all that good, isn't in the top 10 in any events, and consistently gets beat by large margins.
I think that comment is absurd. I have been to USMS meets, and no one really stood out to me as being on PED. I saw some outstanding swims, for sure, but I just chalk it up to swimmers who were really good at one stage of their lives staying good. I wonder if I am being naive. I just think there's not really much at stake for a 30-60 something to use PED for something as low-key and with as little at stake as masters nationals in swimming.
So this is one of the questions: am I naive to think that Masters swimmers (or triathletes or runners or cyclists) are on the juice? What's really at stake here?
What does ST World think about the specific claim of masters swimmers, but also the general claim of masters athletes?
So, WTF to the claim?
I think that comment is absurd. I have been to USMS meets, and no one really stood out to me as being on PED. I saw some outstanding swims, for sure, but I just chalk it up to swimmers who were really good at one stage of their lives staying good. I wonder if I am being naive. I just think there's not really much at stake for a 30-60 something to use PED for something as low-key and with as little at stake as masters nationals in swimming.
So this is one of the questions: am I naive to think that Masters swimmers (or triathletes or runners or cyclists) are on the juice? What's really at stake here?
What does ST World think about the specific claim of masters swimmers, but also the general claim of masters athletes?
So, WTF to the claim?