Can raw speed be an indicator of using the juice? What do you think is the fastest possible clean time for an IM, HIM, OLY, mary, etc? Would you be automatically suspicious of someone broke 7:45 at an IM?
Think in terms of the very best (because you know I’m on something if I ever run a 2:30 mary…)- what might be the human limit?
Every human is a unique individual with a novel set of DNA, there is no limit.
OK, I know we’re all different (I’ll never do a 4-hr HIM, some other guy will never bench press his body weight 10 times, etc)- but there’s got to be some ceiling. Is a 3-minute mile achievable? How about a 1:40 OLY?
Nobody has any idea what possibilities exist for increased power, oxygen processing, or efficiency given the limitless combinations of proteins available to the human body.
You can certainly record some stats on the top athletes on earth and get some upper and lower bounds, but someone could come along and crush those in the future and you would never know if it was drugs or just a physiological mutation.
consider, that all forms of doping currently, are things the human body could do naturally with SLIGHT reprogramming.
More testosterone, no problem, just reprogram the max setpoint
More red blood cells? same thing.
I have decided that anyone faster than me must be a doper, so I suppose that my race times would be what you’re looking for. PM for details.
consider, that all forms of doping currently, are things the human body could do naturally with SLIGHT reprogramming.
More testosterone, no problem, just reprogram the max setpoint
More red blood cells? same thing.
I’m thinking with our current physiological parameters. Problem here is that a small tweak here or there might result in some significant unexpected side effects (often manifested as cancers). Seems like we may get into this realm in the near future w/ medicine- would those people who had treatments for a condition, which resulted in a significant boost is race performance as a side effect, be legal? Would they have an “enhanced division”?
Its an ethical Pandora’s box. Personally, I’d never dope to win a race, but if I could undergo a treatment to extend my life, or give me the vitality of a 30-year-old when I’m 80, I’d do it. Its easy to say that I’d just never race again, but then why regain/retain your youth? I’ll be honest, the thought of being infirm or unable to do for myself scares the shit out of me, and I’m 30, in the best shape I’ve ever been in.
Prolly a mutations in a few base pairs of DNA, or a lucky pair of chromosones from your parents could give you a freakish hermatocrit count. The downside is you can more easily die of a heart attack. That isn’t going to stop you from winning the tour while you are young =)