I was just checking out a website reporting Hematocrit figures pre, 4 hours post and 24 hours post the Boston marathon - taken from a sample of people, of different age groups. On average:
Runners started the marathon with a Hematocrit of 44. 4 hours later this had dropped to 43, 24 hours later this figure became 40.8.
This is after one marathon. How are the tour riders keeping their figures up for 21 days in a row? Surely the doping authorities are asking questions about this? if not, why not?
source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/446223_print
Runners started the marathon with a Hematocrit of 44. 4 hours later this had dropped to 43, 24 hours later this figure became 40.8.
This is after one marathon. How are the tour riders keeping their figures up for 21 days in a row? Surely the doping authorities are asking questions about this? if not, why not?
source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/446223_print