drug taking in sport

[Wheeze]

Using and declaring salbutamol at Radcliffe's level requires the medication to be signed off by a doctor. The doc works under very strict protocol handed down from UKA. She would not be getting (or declaring) the drug unless the diagnosis had been made. So the suggestion that she is using salbutamol for performance enhancement is a non-starter. A long winded way of saying boll*cks but there we are.

[CL]

Maybe you two ought to read what I put and also what Christopher Leigh wrote, his terminology implies (to me at least) he does not believe Paula Radcliffe suffers from asthma when he says 'a condition she claims to have' (claims being the key word), all I did was simply challenge him to call her what so obviously believes her to be. I am sorry (for both of you) if you did not understand this.

Notlob I say claims because we don't know one way or another.Thats the problem.The point I make in my messages, is that Salbutamol increases performance through its SIDE EFFECTS not its main effect, for which people take it.Paula Radcliffe isn't cheating because the rules allow it.I say the rules
shouldn't allow it, because regardless of whether an athlete genuinly needs it or not it increases their performance.

Regards Chris Leigh

[Chris]

In fact in 1994 I was invited to a drugs in sport conference at Old Trafford stadium.

So you can't be talking crap!

[Wheeze]

Sorry, Chris. I strongly disagree. For anyone to have overcome the difficulties imposed by asthma or even just exercise-induced bronchospasm (which is probably all she has) and to have compteted at her level deserves all the support she can get. The 'performance enhancing' effects you mention are negligible and completely irrelevant compared to the negative effects of airways restriction. Any 'normal' person taking the stuff is unlikely to notice any effect.

Although I've just looked at a weight lifting forum where they chug the stuff to burn fat!!!!
Ho hum, I'm too naive!!

[Chris]

It was sarcasm, Wheeze.

For goodness sake, I've already had to tell Daz that one of your previous post was rhetotical!

[Wheeze]

Chris, you got the wrong Chris!!

Doh! Now I'm confused!!

[daz h]

It was sarcasm, Wheeze.

For goodness sake, I've already had to tell Daz that one of your previous post was rhetotical!

yes its true i was becoming hysterical
i cannot see why we are debating paula , its totally legal FFS

whats the problem

[daz h]

wheeze , a question mate and im not having a go or anything , just want your opinion on this one
you can tell me to get stuffed if you want

here goes
think of me as joe public at the side of the road watching last years tour de france not daz h.

why is it that such a high number of asthma sufferers become professional road cyclists and 40% of last years tour riders was registered asthmatics being allowed to use sabutimol to a certain level.
its a fair question even you will agree


damm bloody derby have just lost again

[Guick Dotto]

Maybe you two ought to read what I put and also what Christopher Leigh wrote, his terminology implies (to me at least) he does not believe Paula Radcliffe suffers from asthma when he says 'a condition she claims to have' (claims being the key word), all I did was simply challenge him to call her what so obviously believes her to be. I am sorry (for both of you) if you did not understand this.

So...you're not calling Paula Radcliffe a drugs cheat then, but only being provocative with regard to Christopher Leigh's views. OK. On a close reading I can see what you're getting at, I think.

[Wheeze]

Daz, I reckon all 'asthma sufferers' should post their pre and post salbutamol peak flow rates for public consumption to prove their airways reversability. I'd be happy to show mine. When I was a kid, I suffered the ignominy of never being picked for the playground soccer kick-about coz I was crap. Why? I could not breathe! The scars last a lifetime, hence the nom de forum. I am asthmatic but I run in defiance of it. It has defined my life. Two fingers to the lot of you!!!!!