This, on the face of it, might seem to be a naïve question (from the point of view of expecting any cyclist to admit doing this) but here goes.
Have you ever doped ?
If you have taken stuff – have you suffered any side effects ?
Did it help you to train/cycle harder ?
Do you regret having taken stuff in the first place ?
If you haven’t used dope, have you ever been tempted to do so and why were you tempted ?
I cycled competitively (amateur national level) and I managed to resist the temptation to dope.
I was a good, average cyclist - I trained long and hard for hours on end.
I was what one would call, a good team man.
I was never the best cyclist nor was the worst cyclist either.
But to be honest, I knew that I did not have the ability to ever make a career for myself in cycling, and I was too scared to try using products which would help me to train harder.
I did cycle with three team mates who did dope though.
One team mate died of liver cancer – several years ago – at the age of 32.
Knowledge of his use of dope was, I believe, unknown to his family.
His autopsy showed that his liver was banjaxed from overuse and his doctor suspected that his system couldn’t process the products he was taking.
Another team mate, went to the USA and cycled competitively over there but he subsequently developed a cocaine habit.
The last I heard of him was that his marriage had collapsed and that he had become involved in petty crime to feed his habit.
The third person, is now retired from competitive cycling and his health is fine.
He has suffered no long terms effects from his use of dope and on the face of it, he is
fine (good career,job,marriage).
Three stories – with three different outcomes.
Have you ever doped ?
If you have taken stuff – have you suffered any side effects ?
Did it help you to train/cycle harder ?
Do you regret having taken stuff in the first place ?
If you haven’t used dope, have you ever been tempted to do so and why were you tempted ?
I cycled competitively (amateur national level) and I managed to resist the temptation to dope.
I was a good, average cyclist - I trained long and hard for hours on end.
I was what one would call, a good team man.
I was never the best cyclist nor was the worst cyclist either.
But to be honest, I knew that I did not have the ability to ever make a career for myself in cycling, and I was too scared to try using products which would help me to train harder.
I did cycle with three team mates who did dope though.
One team mate died of liver cancer – several years ago – at the age of 32.
Knowledge of his use of dope was, I believe, unknown to his family.
His autopsy showed that his liver was banjaxed from overuse and his doctor suspected that his system couldn’t process the products he was taking.
Another team mate, went to the USA and cycled competitively over there but he subsequently developed a cocaine habit.
The last I heard of him was that his marriage had collapsed and that he had become involved in petty crime to feed his habit.
The third person, is now retired from competitive cycling and his health is fine.
He has suffered no long terms effects from his use of dope and on the face of it, he is
fine (good career,job,marriage).
Three stories – with three different outcomes.
