Spinning class tonight. Class was smaller than normal. Amy led a pretty tough class with more "climbing" and "time trialing". Not much sprint work tonight. I found myself looking at the clock more than usual so it must have been a pretty hard class.
Background: The fall of '02 found me finally putting out the money for a true 'cross bike. A couple years on the old Trek with equipment that didn't lend itself to CX and then another of year of Mike being nice enough to lend me a bike for the season and I knew a bike needed to be bought. My Bianchi Axis is what I would consider to be a mid-range CX bike. It is not particularly light and has no fancy components but it does fine. You can take it out and give it a pretty good beating without too much worry. About the only thing I have changed is switching to some Tufo tubular clinchers. Nice tires.
News Item of the Day: The World-Anti Doping Agency (Wada) has discovered a second "designer steroid" in the wake of the ongoing THG scandal, BBC Sport has learned.
A sample of the new steroid has been seized by Canadian customs officers at the border with the USA. Wada says the drug has been developed specifically for use by athletes. "This is the second designer steroid we have found," said Wada's Olivier Rabin on Tuesday. "We believe this was created purely for doping in sport." The new steroid was created in a laboratory and would have a similar impact to testosterone if used, increasing strength, muscle bulk and stamina.
Several leading track athletes, including double world sprint champion Kelli White and Britain's European 100m champion Dwain Chambers, have been banned after THG (tetrahyrogestrinone) was discovered in 2003.
Rabin, Wada's scientific director, said a desoxy-methyl-testosterone (DMT) had been discovered after an anonymous tip-off and a test had been developed. "This proves that THG was not a one-off," he said. "This new substance has been discovered so quickly after THG because we learned some lessons from the THG story.
Rabin said the discovery of the new steroid had put Wada "ahead of the dopers", adding: "This shows them how serious we are."
Viewpoint: Here we go again. This really sucks.
Background: The fall of '02 found me finally putting out the money for a true 'cross bike. A couple years on the old Trek with equipment that didn't lend itself to CX and then another of year of Mike being nice enough to lend me a bike for the season and I knew a bike needed to be bought. My Bianchi Axis is what I would consider to be a mid-range CX bike. It is not particularly light and has no fancy components but it does fine. You can take it out and give it a pretty good beating without too much worry. About the only thing I have changed is switching to some Tufo tubular clinchers. Nice tires.
News Item of the Day: The World-Anti Doping Agency (Wada) has discovered a second "designer steroid" in the wake of the ongoing THG scandal, BBC Sport has learned.
A sample of the new steroid has been seized by Canadian customs officers at the border with the USA. Wada says the drug has been developed specifically for use by athletes. "This is the second designer steroid we have found," said Wada's Olivier Rabin on Tuesday. "We believe this was created purely for doping in sport." The new steroid was created in a laboratory and would have a similar impact to testosterone if used, increasing strength, muscle bulk and stamina.
Several leading track athletes, including double world sprint champion Kelli White and Britain's European 100m champion Dwain Chambers, have been banned after THG (tetrahyrogestrinone) was discovered in 2003.
Rabin, Wada's scientific director, said a desoxy-methyl-testosterone (DMT) had been discovered after an anonymous tip-off and a test had been developed. "This proves that THG was not a one-off," he said. "This new substance has been discovered so quickly after THG because we learned some lessons from the THG story.
Rabin said the discovery of the new steroid had put Wada "ahead of the dopers", adding: "This shows them how serious we are."
Viewpoint: Here we go again. This really sucks.
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