Cheating in amateur sports

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Fenland (Fenners) Runner Apr 2017 12:02pm, 17 Apr 2017 11,875 posts	0 Fenland (Fenners) Runner I really don't get cheating. No empathy at all. But then I don't care about the extrinsic it is all intrinsic reward for me.
Dvorak Apr 2017 12:09pm, 17 Apr 2017 13,487 posts	0 Dvorak Just been reading that in fact, Stuart. Story looks a lot deeper that simple "fantastist pulls wool over people's eyes". Wonder if his feet will have recovered enough to run at London. And if eg a well known sock brand will still be sponsoring him for that? What gets me about this is the sheer lack of any bullshit-checking that seems to have gone on along the way. Media look for good news stories; charities want funds; people in general want to believe the best of other in such endeavours, I think. But it wouldn't have taken much digging to find out that this was ... unlikely. A fifteen minute run with the person would probably have done it.
The_Saint Apr 2017 12:31pm, 17 Apr 2017 6,006 posts	0 The_Saint The 2016 VLM result looks very "interesting", especially the theory of user "Timing Matt"
speedy rob Apr 2017 2:17pm, 17 Apr 2017 157 posts	0 speedy rob Curiosity draws me into reading about doping (including this forum, which I noticed today), but I'm usually left feeling a minor dent in positivity towards sport, and they fuel my scepticism. As I watched the snooker yesterday I couldn't help wondering whether players were on smart drugs: I know they banned beta-blockers. For me WADA rules are fine, and I have no qualms about beetroot juice, allowed levels of caffeine and other optimisations of normal diet. The next big issue I suspect will be the extent of springyness of trianers, such as used in the Nike breaking 2 project, but like millions of others (well probably approaching millions) I wore trainers that claim higher energy return in recent races...
Jambomo Apr 2017 4:41pm, 17 Apr 2017 6,229 posts	0 Jambomo Which thread is that on, The_Saint? I have not come across it yet.
The_Saint Apr 2017 8:50pm, 17 Apr 2017 6,007 posts	0 The_Saint letsrun.com There is one persistent troll that can be ignored fairly easily
mr d Apr 2017 10:42pm, 17 Apr 2017 2,540 posts	0 mr d I was going to do some work tonight so I not knee deep in shit at work tomorrow instead I read about 1000 vitriloic posts on letsrun.
McGoohan Apr 2017 11:11pm, 17 Apr 2017 28,846 posts	0 McGoohan Have just cycled through Germany but wearing my wrist TomTom - which will only do 'Running' or 'Running -Treadmill' - it was set up to sync with Strava. That of course logs 60 mile 'runs' as if I'm a turbo powered Mo Farah. I am now being emailed by annoyed Germans who think I'm cheating on ~~strava~~ - just spent the evening correcting the sodding entries...
mr d Apr 2017 11:28pm, 17 Apr 2017 2,541 posts	0 mr d Good luck you might be outted on letsrun before you finish.
McGoohan Apr 2017 11:35pm, 17 Apr 2017 28,849 posts	0 McGoohan Jeez - how did you sit through 1000 posts on there? I backed out of there pretty quickly. Angry, angry site.