Illegal Intakes?

[Skipper]

Pre-ride I often take on board a strong cup of caffeine, with a sugar boost. Often have some high carbo foods the night before as well. These are all 'performance enhancing' products, that presumably make me go faster for longer, and train harder. But they are all legal? Just wondering where the line is between legal and Lance Armstrong?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Yes.

 

[Boris Bajic]

If the coffee is drunk from a plastic container or has artificial sweteners in it, it is illegal.

If it is served by someone who has a job in a caff, but calls themselves a 'barista', it is illegal.

If you are offered almond or hazlenut syruppy stuff in it or asked "What can I get you today?", then it is illegal.

If you had to pop open a single-serving sachet and felt (however briefly) like George Clooney as you inserted it into your absurdly complex coffee maker, then it is illegal.

The rules are complex, but they are there for your benefit. If you find them harsh, it is already too late for you.

 

[HLaB]

Apparently meat these days can be illegal

 

[simon the viking]

[QUOTE 2560006, member: 30090"]Dunno, have a gander at the link and see if sugar and caffeine is included.
http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/W...hibited-list/WADA_Prohibited_List_2010_EN.pdf[/quote]

woah...... what a list, now I see why professional athletes can't just go to a chemist for lemsip

 

[HLaB]

woah...... what a list, now I see why professional athletes can't just go to a chemist for lemsip

I dont know if you remember the skier Baxter. He's an astmatic and used an inhaler all his life he ran out during the olympics and used a local US one; he won bronze and was disqualified the inhaler on public sale! apparently contained one of the banned substances

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

woah...... what a list, now I see why professional athletes can't just go to a chemist for lemsip

Bit out of date though http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/W...ed-list/2013/WADA-Prohibited-List-2013-EN.pdf

 

[simon the viking]

I dont know if you remember the skier Baxter. He's an astmatic and used an inhaler all his life he ran out during the olympics and used a local US one; he won bronze and was disqualified the inhaler on public sale! apparently contained one of the banned substances

I can see it could happen very easily

 

[Banjo]

Paying over £3 in costalot coffee for a cardboard cup of something vaguely coffee like should definitely be banned.

 

[simon the viking]

[QUOTE 2560179, member: 259"]Well, the steaks can be very high...[/quote]

shall I get your coat.........

 

[Rob3rt]

I get the feeling you are trying to make some sort of point, can you just get too it?

 

[Hacienda71]

I dont know if you remember the skier Baxter. He's an astmatic and used an inhaler all his life he ran out during the olympics and used a local US one; he won bronze and was disqualified the inhaler on public sale! apparently contained one of the banned substances

It was even less suspicious than that.

 

[on the road]

Pre-ride I often take on board a strong cup of caffeine, with a sugar boost. Often have some high carbo foods the night before as well. These are all 'performance enhancing' products, that presumably make me go faster for longer, and train harder. But they are all legal? Just wondering where the line is between legal and Lance Armstrong?

If you're not entering races or time trials then who cares?

 

[HLaB]

It was even less suspicious than that.

Thats it an inhaler, how could I forget I think he took up cycling but I never heard much after that (or was that someone else?)

 

[Skipper]

If you're not entering races or time trials then who cares?

But I was thinking of entering the tour next year. Simply have to double my speed, treble my distance, halve my weight, and sign for SKY.