longjack wrote:
what you do to avoid testing positive is find a lab, and then run your test protocol using a dummy, a person that is not subject to testing. then you find the threshold for microdosing, and get a read on the blood passport.
the more backing you have, the more money you can put into the protocol, the more likely your PED results will be effective and the chance you'll test postive is reduced to near nil.
that means the rich get richer, if you have several athletes getting top dollar for a nike, then you have the budget to get it right.
meanwhile, the small guy gets busted, and PEDs will be temporarily be routed out of the 3rd world.
but then the protocol will get out, and everybody will be on the PEDs again, or a lot.
finally, the testing people will catch up and lay down a new test.
again, the guys without notice, the guys without sportsmed back up, will get busted.
and so goes the PED saga.
there is no wisdom, there is no foresight, to the obvious pattern, sheesh.
It isn't Nike behind the mess. It's political in terms of the people doling out the cash. However, Nike will find things rather uncomfortable if the truth about guys like Kipchoge etc. comes out, and we're not talking about him actually being 4 years older than what he claims. It's his doping.