72-yr-old Masters World and National Champ Busted - Dude was an all sorts of PEDs!!!

So, where can someone score some of this stuff? Asking for a friend.

Here are the revised results:
1. Linn 19:43
2. Larsen 20:19
3. Bell 21:06
Fu#k Qualls and all his records and wins should be expunged at least back to age 70.

Thanks for this informative post.

I spent much of my running years chasing the faster runners. They were always helpful. This was in the mid1980’s. To say we overtrained would be an understatement. 40 years later there is a lot that has changed in the sport for good and bad. Sadly, local road race times are much slower now than then, the data is there to see.
Using the information from this post and my own lack of knowledge about steroid usage (no need to worry unless fish oil, and Vitamin B supplements from my GP are a problem-I should look into these supplements-before trying to compete again), I will have to talk to my doctor about taking me off of adhd medication as that would probably be a banned substance.
Thanks for this thread and shining a light on guys that are absolute weasels for using PEDs.

If you are faster than me, you are definitely on drugs.

The number of people getting anabolic steroids from trainers and lifting bros at the gym, not to mentioning ‘anti-aging’ clinics, is absurd.

gq.com

Why Is Everyone on Steroids Now?

Rosecrans Baldwin

Across the internet and in gyms everywhere, body-modifying drug use has become ubiquitous, effective and... normal. Can this really be a good thing?

Link:www.gq.com/story/why-is-everyone-on-st...

I can understand that a person would want to maintain a degree of fitness even into old age, just to be able to live life as fully as possible. The years may bring wisdom, but how might that be given expression, if the body or mind become infirm?

So, I continue to run.

What he sought through competition, however, seems to have been an attempt to preserve not simply the spirit of youth, which can be admirable, but youth itself. It is as though we need not die, do not require salvation, and have no life of the spirit which survives.

In interviews, he spoke to his training and discipline as the reasons why he had become successful in vanquishing his competition. This revelation of his use of performance enhancing drugs calls all that into question. He cheated those he ran against and also himself, by not playing it straight, which is the only way once can compete in sports and derive satisfaction.

I feel a little sorry for him, though. Everyone wants to believe that he is special and worthy of love, and some will go some ways afield to justify that belief. Even so, the sins committed in darkness are always revealed. Perhaps for him, this is the beginning of wisdom.

We are some of the only ones, buddy. I’ve had 100-110 alcoholic drinks in my lifetime, no cigs, no tobacco, no vapes, no street drugs, no Rx stims, took half dosages of nsaids to recover from a painful surgery and tossed the opiates they gave me in the trash after my parents encouraged me to fill the prescription.

I even nixxed 100% of caffeine and chocolate from my diet

This is how I choose to look at the world as well. You're right it's a choice. If it's obvious someone's cheating/lying/slacking then I don't ignore it, but otherwise I assume the best of people. I couldn't imagine living otherwise.

Looks like the dude is on the Nick Bare gear.

seriously. Living well is the best revenge. Don't let other people dictate your life.

Sad to say that there are plenty more of these. By private admission in one case, plus outlier results and physique in general, there were other age group winners in age 50 and older divisions at Club Nationals in Tallahassee that are doing TRT. It's a shame that there isn't more testing.

I don't really understand you guys who are saying "hey, no reason to focus on those guys and just compete against yourself." Sure, it's not healthy or productive to obsess over it, but we're all competitive and a lot of the fun of racing is getting after it against guys our age. What's the point of flying to some place like Tallahassee otherwise? I can race plenty in my own area if I just want to compete against myself. So, yeah, it pisses me off that some guys are blatantly cheating, and the podium-type cheaters absolutely know TRT is cheating. F them.

I’m right there with you.
this guys ego must be massive and his quest for attention unparalleled.
If I am still racing in 3 years and he is on the line you can bet he is going to hear it from me.

the motive is always similar:

99% of us live unremarkable lives. Nothing special, nothing all that exciting.

But our lives can turn remarkable if we can win a race.

Using drugs as an amateur to help win races is a way to feel important, of high quality and remarkable.

The humiliation...keep an eye on him probably not mentally well.

I would caution that in less than a decade, TRT will be considered legal. That's the way legislation is moving through the courts. It's a better life experience for many as we evolve into anti-aging therapies. Remember, aging is a DISEASE. It has a right to be battled and TRT may be one of the early modalities for health in men. Sure, he didn't need to compete, but if he felt healthier and fitter, good for him. Just bad timing.

Um, that is literally cheating.

It doesn’t matter “why” you take exogenous androgens like testosterone replacement; they are banned from sport and athletes need to know that.

I'm a younger masters runner who has never had to race this guy (except maybe on the roads), and even I knew exactly who you were talking about before I went and looked it up to confirm. Sometimes things are so obvious it's pathetic.

I'm actually shocked he got tested. I did one of these masters events last year and they only tested guys who placed overall (guys in the 40-44 range), they didn't test anyone over 45.

WTAF.

I guess you’re fine with sprinters taking steroids after age 30?