With all the hub bub about the Mitchell Report on steroids, I have had trouble not thinking about the issue. Personally I think the report was very transparent so people would think that MLB was doing something about the problem. My way of thinking is if they really wanted to do something about it and find out to what extent players were using performance enhancing drugs they would have investigated every team in baseball.
But as I ponder the issue as it pertains to all of sports, whether it is football, baseball, cycling or even triathlon, I keep asking why do athletes do performance enhancing drugs. I know, I know, I am not that dumb. It is to get better. But why would you want to succeed by using false means? I love knowing that my hard work and nothing but my hard work is making me better. To know that my body is performing better with something other than hard work would be disappointing. As I get older I know there is a limit to how much better I will get each year. But the feeling that you can push yourself harder and harder because you worked hard is a great feeling. Imagine if you won your age group in a race and you were doping and you beat somebody who you knew was clean by a few minutes. Would you really feel good about your performance? Deep down you would have to realize that you are not actually faster and that it was something illegal that allowed you to win. You might as well have tripped the person to win. Think about Roger Clemens. He has tarnished his whole career if the report about his use of drugs is true. All those great years when he was first in baseball to me are diminished. How do we know he was not doping then. We don't. Also think of the shadow is cast on all athletes. How about Bret Favre? He is having a great season at age 38. Now I have to question if it is because of something illegal. I hate having to do that and I hate having to be so skeptical, but that is what performance enhancing drugs have caused.
OK I will get off my soap box for now. Time to get back to work.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Borrrrring...but good
OK....this may look like my first post but is actually my second. I deleted the first post.
So this past weekend I was suppose to do a 3 hour ride on Saturday. Unfortunately I had to do the USO 8K race expo on Saturday and it was also raining most of the day so I did not get to ride. So I went to the gym instead and ran for the first time in 3.5 weeks on the treadmill. After the run I did weights. On Sunday I knew I had to do a ride. With it still being cold and wet outside I decided to do it on the trainer. Yes that is right 3 hours on the trainer. I am happy I was able to watch the Chargers and two episodes of the final season of the Soprano.
As I got 30 minutes into the workout I realized doing 3 hours straight was going to push me over the edge. I decided to make it a brick workout. After each hour I would run 15 minutes. This would give me a total workout time of 225 minutes(3 hours, 45 minutes). The run portion proved to be very important. It showed me that I was ready to run again with no pain after being hurt for 3.5 weeks. Add in the fact that I use a Cyclops trainer which offers more resistance as you go faster it became a good strength workout too since Felipe wanted me to do my long ride in heavy gears this week.
I can't believe I finally posted a blog about a workout. I guess I can't make fun of others now for talking about their workouts. What I would like to do is have this not only a personal blog but an informative one also. Maybe I will post articles on training, injuries, interviews with athletes and coaches among other areas of interest. I think that would be cool.
God Bless!
Dave
So this past weekend I was suppose to do a 3 hour ride on Saturday. Unfortunately I had to do the USO 8K race expo on Saturday and it was also raining most of the day so I did not get to ride. So I went to the gym instead and ran for the first time in 3.5 weeks on the treadmill. After the run I did weights. On Sunday I knew I had to do a ride. With it still being cold and wet outside I decided to do it on the trainer. Yes that is right 3 hours on the trainer. I am happy I was able to watch the Chargers and two episodes of the final season of the Soprano.
As I got 30 minutes into the workout I realized doing 3 hours straight was going to push me over the edge. I decided to make it a brick workout. After each hour I would run 15 minutes. This would give me a total workout time of 225 minutes(3 hours, 45 minutes). The run portion proved to be very important. It showed me that I was ready to run again with no pain after being hurt for 3.5 weeks. Add in the fact that I use a Cyclops trainer which offers more resistance as you go faster it became a good strength workout too since Felipe wanted me to do my long ride in heavy gears this week.
I can't believe I finally posted a blog about a workout. I guess I can't make fun of others now for talking about their workouts. What I would like to do is have this not only a personal blog but an informative one also. Maybe I will post articles on training, injuries, interviews with athletes and coaches among other areas of interest. I think that would be cool.
God Bless!
Dave
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