Think [censored] Pound is a Dumbass?

Actually, I believe that there is a totally different argument for
banning altitude tents,
that they simply cost too much. This puts athletes with lesser
resources at a
disadvantage. On the other hand, it should up to WADA to decide on this
basis.
As usual, WADA and [censored] Pound are completely off the mark in their
opinions
(and all their statements come down to their opinion, not to facts).
I'm living
in Montreal this summer and am eagerly waiting to run into [censored] Pound
(when I'm driving and he's not).

-ilan

Eric Hollenbeck said:

Think Pound deserves some good ol fashion rbr smack regarding the
possible ban of altitude tents? Tell him so here

http://www.altitudeforall.info/athletes_letter.html

Eric

"ilan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Actually, I believe that there is a totally different argument for
banning altitude tents,
that they simply cost too much. This puts athletes with lesser
resources at a
disadvantage. On the other hand, it should up to WADA to decide on this
basis.
As usual, WADA and [censored] Pound are completely off the mark in their
opinions
(and all their statements come down to their opinion, not to facts).
I'm living
in Montreal this summer and am eagerly waiting to run into [censored] Pound
(when I'm driving and he's not).

If it true that Haven's bill from Fuentes was over 43,000 Euros (annually?),
that would pay for quite a few altitude tents. Heck, two years would
probably pay for a rather nice altitude tent equipped motor home.

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Eric Hollenbeck said:

Think Pound deserves some good ol fashion rbr smack regarding the
possible ban of altitude tents? Tell him so here

http://www.altitudeforall.info/athletes_letter.html

Who cares besides the altitude tent industry? Here's a little tip my
friend - They're total BS - Just a mask for the guys doing EPO so they
can have an excuse for their hematocrit to be exactly at 49.9%.

Anyway, the real question that is puzzling me is:
How do you test for an altitude tent?

ilan said:

Actually, I believe that there is a totally different argument for
banning altitude tents, that they simply cost too much. This puts athletes with lesser
resources at a disadvantage.

Not nearly as expensive as living somewhere that "live high, train low" is
possible.

Ron

On the other hand, it should up to WADA to decide on this

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basis.
As usual, WADA and [censored] Pound are completely off the mark in their
opinions
(and all their statements come down to their opinion, not to facts).
I'm living
in Montreal this summer and am eagerly waiting to run into [censored] Pound
(when I'm driving and he's not).

-ilan

Eric Hollenbeck said:

Think Pound deserves some good ol fashion rbr smack regarding the
possible ban of altitude tents? Tell him so here

http://www.altitudeforall.info/athletes_letter.html

Eric

"Alec Sander" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Eric Hollenbeck said:

Think Pound deserves some good ol fashion rbr smack regarding the
possible ban of altitude tents? Tell him so here

http://www.altitudeforall.info/athletes_letter.html

Who cares besides the altitude tent industry? Here's a little tip my
friend - They're total BS - Just a mask for the guys doing EPO so they
can have an excuse for their hematocrit to be exactly at 49.9%.

Anyway, the real question that is puzzling me is:
How do you test for an altitude tent?

Do you really think they are harder to detect than 3 parts per 1000 of
13C?
When WADA comes knocking on your door at 2-00am, try flushing one of
those suckers down the toilet :-)

Seriously, it will be ownership and not usage after the fact, and the
whole thing sounds totally ridiculous to me

Phil H

On 2 Aug 2006 20:20:29 -0700, "Alec Sander" <[email hidden]>

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Anyway, the real question that is puzzling me is:
How do you test for an altitude tent?

With six guys in bullet proof vests knocking on the door with a 200
pound door knocker. If its WADA or UCI, they'll bring media to record
the event right up front...

And you thought bicycle racers had trouble getting sex before. Wait
until they burst in and film a bike racer with his SO, oh wait, never
mind, the odds are pretty low of that happening. What, on the one day
a month? Less if you're Sean Kelly...

Speaking of which, what's the effect of a altitude tent on drinking
and having sex? If you get caught with one, is it effectively
admitting you are a celibate teetotaler?

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

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On 2 Aug 2006 20:20:29 -0700, "Alec Sander" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Anyway, the real question that is puzzling me is:
How do you test for an altitude tent?

With six guys in bullet proof vests knocking on the door with a 200
pound door knocker. If its WADA or UCI, they'll bring media to record
the event right up front...

And you thought bicycle racers had trouble getting sex before. Wait
until they burst in and film a bike racer with his SO, oh wait, never
mind, the odds are pretty low of that happening. What, on the one day
a month? Less if you're Sean Kelly...

There are exceptions. I just happened to read that Mariano Martinez, winner
of the polka dot jersey in 1978, was convinced that a rider should have sex
the day before a difficult mountain stage. He was convinced that his
daughter, a promising young cyclist, has been conceived the day before a
Puy-de-Dome stage. He also told that Luicien van Impe never had sex between
the first januari and the Tour.

Benjo

Eric Hollenbeck said:

Think Pound deserves some good ol fashion rbr smack regarding the
possible ban of altitude tents? Tell him so here

http://www.altitudeforall.info/athletes_letter.html

Eric

Great idea. Let's force all Columbian riders to train at sea level
while we're at it. And ban training in Colorado too.

Z
(who would be banned)

Zeno schreef:

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Let's force all Columbian riders to train at sea level

They already do.

--
E. Dronkert

Zeno schreef:

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Quoted message said:

Let's force all Columbian riders to train at sea level

Ewoud Dronkert said:

They already do.

You're flogging a dead mule.

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Actually, I believe that there is a totally different argument for
banning altitude tents, that they simply cost too much. This
puts athletes with lesser resources at a disadvantage.

Ilan, isn't it more of a disadvantage that high end teams can send their
members to high altitude training camps? This altitude tent business seems a
little silly to me. I expect that it was just a ruse for blood doping anyway
but what the heck, it concievably helped someone who couldn't afford to stay
a couple of months at 9+ thousand feet. You know living at Crestted Butte,
Colorado, is pretty expensive.

I thought it was more like 6 feet under.

-ilan

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Zeno schreef:

Quoted message said:

Let's force all Columbian riders to train at sea level

They already do.

--
E. Dronkert