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- From: tomk@netcom.com (Thomas H. Kunich)
- Subject: Re: Cyling [sic] and Doping
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.082553.20833@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Dec22.160230.18662@cbnews.cb.att.com> <1992Dec27.071550.27901@netcom.com> <85855@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:25:53 GMT
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- In article <85855@ut-emx.uucp> kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
-
- >According to Edmund Burke (Cycling Healh and Physiology, p. 214), a study in
- >the late 1970's found that cyclists who ingested 330 miligrams of caffeine one
- >hour before exercising at 80% of their max aerobic capacity could pedal 19.5%
- >onger than control subjects that didn't use caffeine.
-
- These "studies" when examined invariably are about as 'scientific' as a crap
- shoot. Two or three individuals without double blind testing cannot demonstrate
- _anything_ that requires statistical analysis.
-
- One thing is _certain_, _if_ 330 mg of caffeine caused a 20% increase in
- endurance then a couple of espressos would have a measureable and _marked_
- effect on _everyone_. The very idea that such a figure as 19.5% would
- be bandied about is almost proof positive that the study is pure bunk.
-
- >The fight is fair if we're both on caffeine, or if neither of us is. WHAT'S
- >THE DIFFERENCE?
-
- In case you haven't been following the thread, caffeine is _legal_ already.
- Apparently it's OK to tilt the playing field only somewhat.
-
- >I say to you, if you are so terrified of racing without the advantage of
- >caffeine, I would suggest that you not race at all.
- >
- >But you are also missing the entire point of the
- >noble side of athletic competition.
-
- Yeh, we've all seen this nobility in the hockey rink.
-
- >Your problem here is that you obviously value the money and the public
- >admiration that comes from winning more than you do your own pride in a job
- >well done.
-
- Gee, when did you learn so much about me? Public admiration? What a schmuck!
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