Quote Originally Posted by Margarine View Post
I hope I don't sound naive, and this is a genuine question - is it possible for ANY athlete to compete and succeed at the very highest levels of sort without taking drugs, assuming that at least a proportion of their competitors will be doing so?
Again referring back to my previous point, surely Paula Radcliffe is doing so. I am sure that someone will correct me but using this as an example I think is a false example as performance enhancing drugs are used mainly in distances far less than what could be classed as endurance events.