The Independent Commission investigating corruption of the IAAF and doping in Russia released a bombshell of a report today. While others have summarized the findings better than I can, which included bribery, doping cover-ups, over 1,400+ doping tests destroyed, and much much more. I wanted to give a quick reaction to the report and some…

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Today was drug Sunday.  If you haven’t been living under a rock, the first big name to fall was American record holder Tyson Gay.  The man who was supposed to challenge Bolt tested positive for an unknown substance.  Following that up, 5 Jamaican athletes including former WR holder Asafa Powell will miss the world championships…

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With Lance Armstrong’s confession being the major news item of the moment, I figured I’d throw my two cents in and give my perspective.  I had a short interaction with Lance when I worked with Nike.  Essentially we had to help Lance with his running form and training a little as he transitioned into triathlons.…

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New Drugs in Endurance Sports Coming… This is not something I really look forward to writing, but I figured I might as well get the word out there to the general public. The recent admission of Mark Mcgwire made it relevant again. I’m doing a research paper on the mechanisms of EPO/RBC production in response…

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First, read this post by Vern Gambetta: http://www.elitetrack.com/blogs/details/4804/ While I might not totally agree with how he applies it, the concept of taking complex things and making them simple is one that hits home. Before I headed out to Virginia, I spent two days with the man I think is the best track and field…

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And my thoughts on drugs continue… I was browsing letsrun.com and came across a link to this: http://www.cuttingedgemuscle.com/Forum/forumdisplay.php?s=12e206fcf28860ac463e094c83c8bff1&forumid=9 Take a minute and read some of the things posted on that web site. In many cases you have average cyclists who are talking hard core about all these doping regimes. Let that sink in….average cyclists who…

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