Netters
Now back to the drugs. It is my feeling that IF I took drugs and I
took the right ones correctly here is what would happen. This is
based on what I have read about the drugs themselves and what
others have said they could do..... then again I might be way off!
A drug like stanzanol, also known as winstril I believe, would do
several things.
1) My tendency towards inflammation in the tendons would be
reduced allowing me to train more with less risk of injury.
Winstril is sometimes used with cortisone injections to strengthen
the tendons after the injection. Cortisone can weaken the tendons
with prolonged use. The winstril was added to help counter that. A
doctor I was working with on a tendon offered as a treatment for me
back in 1990 for a severe case of tendonitis in the interior of the
knee. I refused it and went on with treatment for two more years.
2)The decreased recovery time from being able to take up extra
glycogen and protein across the cell membranes would allow me to
walk more volume at a faster pace and train more often. For
example, I can now either walk 90 miles per week at an average of
9:00 min/mile or I can walk 50 miles per week avg 8:00 min/mile. If
I took the drug and continued the same regime then I feel I would
perform the same. However, if I then train 90 miles per week at 8
min pace then you would see about a 3 minute improvement on my
20k time (1:29 to 1:26).
Because I don't train to make my muscles hypertorphy they
wouldn't - even with the drugs. WHich reminds me some one else
wrote about that. Body builders get bigger using those drugs
because of the way they train - you can also use them to stay lean.
3) I have no doubt that the training would still be hard but it is my
understanding that the long term dibilliating effect would be
reduced. I would then be able to spend more time doing what i call
"core work." Which in turn would make my technique better
allowing me to go faster.
That would be just 3 points from that drug.
HGH
With its ability to metabolize fat and aid in increasing lean dense
muscle my body fat rate would drop from a low of 7% to maybe 3%.
Reducing my weight by 6lbs - the distance folks know what that
mean about 30 seconds at 5k and a corresponding increase in VO2.
The two together (winstril and HGH) could improve my 5k time by
as much as 90 seconds - that would possibly put me down to the 1:23
range. But I would still have to do the training.
EPO
Since I live at altitude this would have less of an effect then it would
a sea level athlete. But though I haven't walked but one PR since
moving here I have competed at a much higher level then before.
At the OT I beat several athletes that have PR's 3-4 minutes faster
then mine. I am sure the the extra gram of HG has helped me -
especially in late stages of the races. (My HG went up from 14.1 to
15.2). Now I know that Tim Seaman (OT Champs and first to be
thrown out of the dining room) has a natural HG count of 16 and
Jeferson PErez, the of the incredible technique is naturally 18! If I
took EPO I am sure I could get the HG levels up to 18. Dropping
me to the 1:20 level but I would still have to do the training and of
course as I got faster and did more I could train more.
This would take me from being an ok walker to world class but I
think it would still take at least 3 year. And even then I would have
to learn with the mental side of competing at the next level (let me
att'um let me att'um:). My feeling is that I could possibly get to the
1:26 level in two years, clean, IF I stayed healthy. That is a huge IF
because I have had such bad luck with car accidents (and other
accidents as well). Which would put me in line to approach the A
standard at 50k which I think would be possible with in the year
with drugs.
My belief is that three are some walkers using but that someone
like Jefferson is clean and that walkers can get to the 1:18 or so
level clean and Jefferson at least can be on the ground at that speed.
Don't know if all this adds the the conversation or not but I hope it
has. If I screwed anything up on what the drugs might do feel free
to correct me. :)
Good Training,
Michael Rohl
