I have just written an overview of doping issues in light of recent activity in Ireland, including a historical perspective, and overview of what’s legal and banned, as well as a few relevant links over on my life in the vertical blog.
I was torn between putting it up on this blog and my more conversational one in the end I felt that due in part to its content I preferred not to place it here, due to my belief that I take on climbing as my DNA made me, whilst I would never criticise anyone for taking legal performance enhancing substances like Creatine, I believe that a good diet and proper training can lead to the grades that I am more than happy with.
Who knows one day I might change my mind, but for the time being I am neither greedy nor overly competitive. If you are interested in some background knowledge then jump across and read the article, I just didn’t want people thinking that I was an oracle of doping knowledge, as it was just one of the many topics I covered in performance physiology as part of the taught element of my MSc.