Bix Drug Testing and Elite Withdrawls

There aren't that many withdrawals, and the reason appear legit. For Huddle, who just ran 14:51 for 5000 on the track, to want to stay on the track seems very reasonable. And Meb's knee is Meb's knee.

I would have to agree, some of those names have been thought to use drugs in the past. A couple of them are on the downside of their careers so I wouldnt be surprised to find out they were on something illegal

Clowns of the Purple Sage wrote:

There aren't that many withdrawals, and the reason appear legit. For Huddle, who just ran 14:51 for 5000 on the track, to want to stay on the track seems very reasonable. And Meb's knee is Meb's knee.

I'm not suggesting Huddle is using drugs at all, but i not sure I buy that excuse. She just went 14:51. All the more reason to run Bix where she actually has a chance to make some money.

Attractive white girl running 14:51 probably commands an appearance fee. She'll be fine.

Huddle has likely had to undergo drug testing while in europe and will likely get tested again in whatever race she chooses to do over there - so if she were doing it to avoid testing I don't see how that would work out well.

huddle and meb both withdrew before said announced drug tests. all the other athlete's are pretty suspicious, and their reasons.

For some people, running a road race in Iowa in late July is not the most welcome prospect in the world. It's like...hot and stuff.

There's a 5000 in Stockholm on August 6 with Defar going for a world record. I'm sure Huddle, after her 14:51, can get into that race, even if she does finish 150 meters behind Defar.

keepitup wrote:

Attractive white girl running 14:51 probably commands an appearance fee. She'll be fine.

I don't think there's a great chance she will get much of an appearance fee at one of the races she's trying to get into. I doubt she's staying in Europe to run in a race where she'd actually be a sought after runner. She's most likely going to be entering races where she will be challenged and lose to several people like the last one, and all the appearance money will go to the super fast.

I could be wrong, just don't think she'd get much of anything in a race where 7 other girls are faster.

keepitup wrote:

Attractive white girl running 14:51 probably commands an appearance fee. She'll be fine.

I don't think there's a great chance she will get much of an appearance fee at one of the races she's trying to get into. I doubt she's staying in Europe to run in a race where she'd actually be a sought after runner. She's most likely going to be entering races where she will be challenged and lose to several people like the last one, and all the appearance money will go to the super fast.

I could be wrong, just don't think she'd get much of anything in a race where 7 other girls are faster.

I have inside information that she is MAINLINING chocolate gelato twice a day and that is her secret PED.

Mrr82 wrote:

keepitup wrote:

Attractive white girl running 14:51 probably commands an appearance fee. She'll be fine.

I don't think there's a great chance she will get much of an appearance fee at one of the races she's trying to get into. I doubt she's staying in Europe to run in a race where she'd actually be a sought after runner. She's most likely going to be entering races where she will be challenged and lose to several people like the last one, and all the appearance money will go to the super fast.

I could be wrong, just don't think she'd get much of anything in a race where 7 other girls are faster.

No, but there is tremendous satisfaction in setting new personal bests. Additionally, she's probably having the time of her life racing the best runners in the world, in great settings. She's won Bix before. She's reaching out to do things beyond her past level of running. We all know what a thrill that is, or else we would not be posting on this forsaken desert of a webpage. It's what makes runners open their eyes in the morning and work their way through another set of runs.

Look, if her other choice is in fact just a chance to wait two weeks while she's in racing shape to run in a gorgeous old stadium in a moderate climate in what is guaranteed to be a fast race, I can see why she didn't want to fly back to Iowa at this time of year. Nothing against Iowa, but, she needs to just go with the track flow for awhile, for at least one or two more races.

Flying back would be exhausting and time consuming. Not to mention a tough 7-miler instead of a track 5k or two. Further, if she has time incentives in her contract, chasing those may be worth it.

I'm usually skeptical when it comes to drug issues, but I don't see one for her or Meb. I'm not sure who the others were that withdrew ...

They have to take blood to test for HGH. Are they doing that and scaring the Portland based people ?

*stipe wrote:

Perhaps it was just the placement of the articles on the homepage, but it is hard not to wonder if there is a correlation between the announcement of drug testing and the elite withdrawls from Bix. While everyone has specific reasons is this common for so many elites to withdraw fairly soon before a significant race and US National Championship?

The juxtaposition of the links to the articles certainly triggered the same thought in my mind, and probably in the minds of many others. I remember the 1983 Pan Am Games, when most (if not all) of the U.S. weight team quietly withdrew and headed back to the U.S. after the announcement of a couple of positive drug tests from competitors in earlier events at the Games. There was little doubt that the withdrawals by the U.S. team members were motivated by the fear of getting caught for steroids. In the Bix case, it's unfortunate that the question even arises, but that's just where we're at in this sport.

What are the names of all the athletes that withdrew?

Blood Tests wrote:

They have to take blood to test for HGH. Are they doing that and scaring the Portland based people ?

Were any of the withdrawals "Portland based people"?

It was a national championship, testing would be expected.