Age Groupers Doping, Why? Social Media?

by Bill Plock | Sep 26, 2019 | Triathlon

By Bill Plock Yesterday, September 25, 2019, IRONMAN released a story (Article HERE) announcing the four year ban of four athletes who tested positive for doping. All age group athletes. Why? Why does anyone use performance enhancing drugs? To win, do better, go...

90 year old stripped of title, the rest of the story

by 303cycling | Jan 16, 2019 | Commentary

From Cycling Today 90-year-old cyclist hits back after failed drugs test: Testers are wasting their time (AP) – With each pedal-stroke of his 80- and now 90-year-old legs, Carl Grove sought to show his fellow Americans that old age can be rich and rewarding. His bike...

Colorado Cyclist Jennifer Schumm dealt 4-year sanction by USADA for Doping

by 303cycling | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured, Hot Topic

Apparently, 41-year-old Schumm tested positive for testosterone at the 2016 Koppenberg Boulder Spring Classic in Superior, Colorado. From USADA USADA announced today that a three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has rendered its decision in...

Colorado’s Mavic Haute Route featured in Doping movie: Icarus’s Director Only Wanted to Try EPO Doping in a Bike Race – Now He’s Nominated for an Oscar

by 303cycling | Jan 26, 2018 | Cycling Video, Featured

JAN 23, 2018 Bicycling.com The film sets out to tell the story of cyclist and filmmaker Bryan Fogel’s plan to take EPO before racing Colorado’s brutal Mavic Haute Route. The documentary takes a turn—and what Fogel uncovers is far more sweeping and ominous than the...

Drug testing comes to ultra running: Western States Will Have Drug Testing at 2017

by Bill Plock | Jun 1, 2017 | Hot Topic

From Runners World Western States Endurance Run Will Have Drug Testing at 2017 Race – Runner’s World Athletes who are lining up for the 2017 Western States Endurance Run, the country’s prestigious 100-mile race that starts on June 24, in Squaw Valley,...

UPDATE on Triathlete Banned for Doping Racing Ultras, Balogh’s Justification

by Bill Plock | Mar 9, 2017 | General News, Hot Topic

From Jackson Hole News and Guide Balogh said prohibited substance was for medical use, not sport. Jackson amateur triathlete Holly Balogh tested positive for a prohibited substance last year and accepted a four-year suspension from Ironman, according to a press...

US age-group triathlete banned for doping competing in ultras under maiden name

by Bill Plock | Mar 2, 2017 | Hot Topic

Exclusive for 303Triathlon By Tim Heming A US age-group triathlete banned for four years for doping is now competing in ultra marathons under her maiden name. Holly Balogh, 46, a Kona qualifier and Ironman All World Athlete champion in 2014 and 2015, tested positive...

Pants on Fire – Cheating in Endurance Sports

by Bill Plock | Feb 25, 2017 | General News, Hot Topic

From Marathon Investigation Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Runner Disqualified After Claiming 2nd Place in Fort Lauderdale Half Marathon The initial 2nd place finisher of the Ft. Lauderdale A1A Half Marathon was disqualified Sunday night. She cut the course. Splits: 10K...

Pants on Fire: This Week’s dose of Doping and Cheating in Cycling and Triathlon

by 303cycling | Feb 14, 2017 | Community

Last night’s news of Lance Armstrong’s “major defeat” has the news wires buzzing, and recent features on bike motors, pro triathlon suspensions, and legal painkillers that possibly should be banned have all been in the headlines … From...

2017 Triathlon Business International – Day 2, Lance Armstrong

by Bill Plock | Jan 23, 2017 | Hot Topic, Triathlon

Basketball… “Flat, Challenging” times in Tri … and Lance Armstrong: “I went from the stars to the ground, seemingly overnight” The Monday morning start of Day 2 at TBI began early, with a group workout at the local Dallas YMCA, put...