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This morning I received this - So basically what looks OK to the sports person may not be OK. Not easy to be 100% clean! I don't think the defense of I was not trying to cheat will hold up. "Dear Peter Thank you for your query on Linctagon C, Airmune and Lifepak Nano. Please read my comments below carefully regarding the guidelines on the status of Linctagon C, Airmune and Lifepak Nano Linctagon C, Airmune and Lifepak Nano are all classified as alternative products We do not include Complementary/Homeopathic or Alternative Products/Medications/Ingredients/OTC or Sport Supplement Products/Substances on our database for the reasons below. However, I am able to provide you with guidelines on the status and use of the listed ingredients of the above-mentioned product Please read my comments below very carefully. We do not endorse the use of any Supplements Products/Substances and Complementary/Alternative Medications/Products/Ingredients as it does not adhere to a quality assurance programme and its use is not regulated. We will only give comment on its stated ingredients as companies that manufacture Supplement Products/Substances and Complementary/Alternative Medications/Products/Ingredients are not obliged to list all their ingredients on its packaging AND MAY INCLUDE PROHIBITED INGREDIENTS THAT ARE NOT LISTED. We only endorse and approve registered medicines and drugs as its use and ingredients are regulated by a central body, the Medicines Control Council. The Institute does not endorse the efficacy (do what it claims to do) of a Supplement Products/Substances and/or Complementary/Alternative Products/Medications/Ingredients or Supplements. We can however comment on the listed ingredients of a Supplement Product/Substance and or a Complementary/Alternative Product/Medication./Ingredient and whether any of the ingredients or its metabolites fall on the 2014 List of Prohibited Substances in Sport. The listed ingredients of Linctagon C, Airmune and Lifepak Nano does not fall on the 2014 List of Prohibited Substances. In conclusion it is important that I communicate the following to you when you are considering using supplements: There are no guarantees that a supplement is safe to use You need to assess the need for you to use supplements You need to assess the risk involved of using supplements For further information on supplements I would also like to direct you to the Informed Sport website http://www.informed-sport.com/ for a list of supplement batches that are tested by that organisation. This status recommendation is made on the current information supplied. Ingredients may change without notice. As a result you use these products at your OWN RISK (irrespective whether the ingredients are permitted) and individuals should approach the use of it with caution. I have also attached our sports supplement position statement for your perusal Herbalife Products This consists of a wide range of products and falls into the Complementary/Homeopathic or Alternative Products/Medications/Ingredients/OTC or Sport Supplement Products/Substances category. If you can provide me with the names of the specific herbalife products as well as the individual links on the internet where I can find the listed ingredients, I can provide you with guidelines on its use. FAHMY GALANT General Manager"

Yes I have and was only told this last week, instead of 4 gold medals at National track championship I now will be awarded a 5th in replacement off 1 of my 2 silvers medals. I would be quite willing trade all these medals for just 1 medal at world track champs next month - does not matter the color! Not particularly angry with Mr Short at the track championship event but I will never know if he was negative at SA road champs - he may have cost me the victory their a few months before track champs. What does surprise me is why somebody would knowingly race on a stimulant. What even surprise me more is SAIDS cannot give an answer to certain product sold in RSA! Last week I sent them a email sighing a few product which I would like to know if legal or illegal - still no answer! One of the product I believe I was given in the Cycle tour goodie bag - Airmune. I was thinking of using it before traveling to Worlds in Manchester as I have a tendency to pick up "viruses / cold" on long haul flights. I am not a doctor or a chemical engineer - personally I think the stimulant list is way too long and as Mr Short discovered, a product over the counter can land you with a 2 year ban. The drug list in my opinion should be not much longer than 10 items (we cannot even obey the Biblical 10 commandment) containing those items which definitely improve perform - EPO, Blood doping, Steroids etc On the testing front, WADA need to design test (which can test beyond masking agents) for what they are trying to prevent sports people from using. For WADA / SAIDS to say caught because of a masking agent is almost a guilty as the sports person (my opinion) - design the test to catch the sports person for the drug not a masking agent! The test must be able to be good enough to test / see beyond a masking agent - yes easier said than done but is it impossible?

I cannot really comment here as last year although I qualified by age to ride Vet cat 40 to 45 I choose to ride Vet cat 35 to 39. I think 1st part of the year was the only time I have ever raced against Mr Short. What I can say is at SA road champs he was really strong - I witnessed this 1st hand - I am not one just to though in the towel!

Ask your mate to pass the funds raise over to those Vets who are all self funded going to World Track champs next month in Manchester. I sure all the RSA competitors going would appreciate a little help - let the funds be divided equally amongst all going!

What I will never know is if he was positive at SA road champs where he caught me after about a 90Km solo break by myself - his pace destroyed me and I became a DNF in this event! Possible win for myself under other circumstance.

NOT True email received this morning so that means 5 Gold for me instead of 4! Hi Everyone Please can the following riders return their medals that were awarded in the 1500m and Scratch race at the SA Track Champs in April to Bianca: · Chad Short · Peter John Wheeler · Christhonie Geldenhuys · Jaco Scholtz Due to an adverse analytical finding reported by SAIDS the results of the races mentioned above have been re-worked and the correct medals will be issued at the Durban Grand Prix on Sunday 9 November, as follows: 1500m 1. Peter John Wheeler 2. Jaco Scholtz 3. Gregory Albert Scratch 1. Peter John Wheeler 2. Christonhie Geldenhuys 3. Werner Moolman For any information regarding the issuing of the medals please contact Bianca. Regards, Greg

The road is now closed for about 10 days - basically traffic been sent up Boyes drive at Kalk Bay. Road open again at Muizenberg traffic lights. This of course means the road is very quite and excellent to ride on. The contractor did not seem to mind pedal bicycle passing - but please be polite and take it slow. Motor bikes not permitted

Should a post titled "DSTV - they suck" be started or is it MTN?

Just stats and a comment stated by a good friend of mine! In the past 48hrs: Motorists hospitalized by cyclists: 0 Cyclists hospitalized by Motorists: 4 Can't blame cyclists for being aggro when your life is always at stake every time you ride

Facebook 14 min ago Ciska Du Plessis Austin Jevandre Pauls in serious condition following this morning's incident. Head injuries and bad facial fractures. In ICU on ventilator and kept in induced coma. Brainbleeding and swelling being monitored.

Off Ciska Du Plessis Austin facebook status 29 min ago: Both Jevandre Pauls and Craig.i.am Symons awake - waiting to hear about all injuries....

Look at the aerial shots in between you will notice alway too the right of the motor bike! But even if behind the motor bike it's not the cyclist duty to decide where the motor bike should be relative to the bunch thats up to the Commisairs!

Event Date: Event Name: Race Time: Position: Gender Position: Start Group: Group Position: Age Group: Age Position: Avg Speed: 09/03/2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour (109km) 02:47:11 104/31046 103/24262 $ 104/158 M 40-44 3/3595 39.12 http://results.racetec.co.za/images/icons/spacer.gif 09/03/2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour (109km) 05:49:32 25803/31046 20905/24262 OE 363/489 M 40-44 3185/3595 18.71 It looked like a spread sheet - then I pressed post!

$ group 1st lap time 2:47:11(31st ACT and 22nd sub3 hours) Last groups 2nd lap time 5:49:32 (result to be confirmed). Rode with my sister who did it for the 1st time - my arm were more sore than my legs by the end! (32nd ACT and 1st over 5 hours!) Do I have the biggest time difference? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152253074750310&l=3431545461024662635

As stated already - I also find Tee tree oil works well - PnP sometime has a 15% solution of Tee tree Oil which worked the best for me - have not been able to find it recently!

Event Details 2 March 2014: Century City, Century Way Registration will be on Century Way and opens at 13:00pm and will be closed to entrants 30 minutes prior to their category. Timing chips available at the Registration as per the League Timing chip – About2Time at a cost of R50.00 should you not already have one. The format for the 2nd March will be as follows: Cat 4 – start at 14:15 race for 45 minutes and 1 lap / R50.00 entry fee – Inter Club CCC Cat 3 – start at 15:15 race for 30 minutes and 1 lap / R50.00 entry fee – Youth (U12, U14, u16) Cat 2 – start at 16:00 race for 45 minutes and 1 lap / R150.00 entry fee – Open, Vets, Masters and Ladies Cat 1 – start at 17:00 race for 60 minutes and 1 lap / R150.00 entry fee – Elite Men Prizes: Category 4 Interclub Men – 1st, 2nd, 3rd (R1000, R500, R250) and CC Medals Interclub Ladies – 1st, 2nd, 3rd (R1000, R500, R250) and CC Medals Category 3 Overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd – (R200, R150, R100) and Medals Category 2 Vets – 1st,2nd, 3rd (R500, R250,R125) and Medals Masters – 1st,2nd, 3rd (R500, R250,R125) and Medals Open – 1st,2nd, 3rd (R500, R250,R125) and Medals Ladies – 1st,2nd, 3rd (R500, R250,R125) and Trophies Category 1 Elites – 1st,2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (R1500, R1000, R750, R300, R200) and Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cat 1 – Hot Spots 2 hotspots amount to be drawn on the day Come and enjoy a day of fun in the sun while being entertained by top local DJ Adam Spence. Witness the most spectator friendly road racing. Top South African and local athletes will race their heart out to become the HERO!

The pic is not taken by me - I found it on my Facebook page!