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Scanned through those. All it does is talking up the phenomena of Bolt & co. Would love to see where the next generation of world beaters are. Good publicity, but that is about all it is. Replace all of those with Armstrong / Cancer / Determination.... same story of human perseverance in the face of adversary and challenge. Good motivational stuff but not a real explanation. I'd love to be wrong, trust me but I just call it as I see it. Sport has been tainted by money and that is a fact. Remove the money and we'll get truer results again, but until then the best sport can be is entertainment - and then the question should be asked: Why have a ban / limitation on PEDs?

No... natural selection get them to the top rung in their sports. dope keeps them there

So where are the next wave of Jamaicans now that Bolt is slowing down? There was this sudden 'spike' in performance, and Jamaica was the country to be beat for a while. Fluke? Maybe. Nurture... maybe, but where are the others. There is big money is sporting trophies & records. Better to assume they are all doped to the gills (or within the legal limits/leves), and then NOT be surprised when they are caught out / come clean. Far less emotional outbreaks and defences that way round. Cynical? Maybe, but the course of action with the fewest false hits on it. So maybe not as gullible as assuming athletes don't doubt. I'd rather be cynical but right than gullible

Doubt it is a myth. More money in sport in the Western nations. We might just not want to admit that our heroes are not 'normal humans'. we need to get over this 'oh no, he/she is such a cheat. A doper! OMG, WTF. Why? Never expected that" Jaimaca had a surge or sprinters beating all records a while ago? REALLY? What was the influence that caused that sudden sprinters surge? Sport = Money. PEDs = better performance = more money.... We need to get over it (Our high horses that is!)

.... bicycles!?

Lance Armstrong about an hour ago via Mobile Jan Ullrich? Warm hearted. Amazing athlete. Great competitor. Loved toeing the line with you my friend.

The human condition is worse than anything we do whilst suffering from the human condition. The human condition ALWAYS ends in tragedy!

Amen brother, amen! Swimming ain't no sport. People drown when they stop to take a breather. Or as I always say "Swimming is a survival skill, NOT a sport"

I know this has been punted elsewhere (where I've dropped a some trailing zeros) but I prefer to donate directly to anybody I feel like donating to. Sending moolah through a few layers allow other people to direct MY money to causes I might not feel particularly aligned to (not that they are non-deserving causes).

The 94.7 kiddies ride is really not worth the effort. However it is cool as they receive a t-shirt, okay that is the only cool thing about it! You do have to gnash your teeth quite hard for it though. It is really busy, runs very slow and the kids are generally kept in the sun, or under a baking tent out of the sun. Mine has done two of these, and I am really glad that he is now too old to participate. Much rather take him for any of the fun distances on a proper MTB race. 5-15km.

That is like 6.4 bar? Snakebite territory for most road bikes 120psi / 8 bar for me thanks

Just imagine all the slime over the country side with botched bombings by MTB'rs!

Agreed! Let us do this!

Fabes & 'em have an oven. Maybe they can get it to you?

try this to export stuff from Strava (even if you are not a [premium] member). http://cosmocatalano.com/strava/export/index.html It will stop working by the end of this month

You want L'Alpe d'Huez as a gpx?

No. Everybody has always been able to do it Now to create meaningful segments and not name all of them after the closest big road! Have fun!

Last week, after a decent taper post Kremetart I ran my fastest (or is that the non-slowest?) 5km of 2012 & 2013. Still in shock about that. Think I need to rest some more... Need to start tapering for the Audax ride at the end of the month

You have one for the 94.7 yet? I can offer both road and 50odd MTB(2011)

Think I'll skip this one. Got me bee-hind handed to me by a Mr. Low. Time for a secret training camp. No 'racing', just train train train train..

JoziHustle start venue

... skidd & ?

There is a MTB duathlon at the end of the month in Blue Hills.I have my mind set on an Audax ride for the same day though. Would have loved to have done the duathlon on my singlespeed and running in my sandals

Cycling takes up way more time than running. The rewards from running spill over into cycling Not the other way round

Anyrhing I hunt is mine. No pack sharing