Joe Cipale
But the 'news outlets' do not wnat to sell it as yet antoher drug abuse story. They can cover that any day. Put a taint of 'cheating' and it suddenly sells. Remeber the motto of the media outlets in the US of A:
"If it bleeds, it leads"
Joe
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> The bottom line is that this is not so much a cheating issue, as it is most
> commonly presented, but more of an issue of substance abuse.
>
> Mike Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of galen mittermann
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:10 AM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Vino's Reality (doping works)
>
>
> There was just an interesting thread about this on the google wattage lists.
> Some of the posting, regarding "How much does doping help?" is copied below.
> For clarity: AWC = anaerobic work capacity, CP = critical power, FTP =
> functional threshold power
>
> The whole thing is here, in case anyone is subscribed
> http://groups.google.com/group/wattage/browse_thread/thread/d3391fb39060e818
> /7e6b8af72e1217de#7e6b8af72e1217de
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> "I thought I saw this sort of calculation here before,
> but haven't had any luck finding it. To keep things
> simple, let's just consider EPO/blood transfusions.
>
> Suppose you have an FTP of 400 and you use
> EPO or tranfusions to raise your hematocrit from
> 42 to 49. How much would Vino's -- er, I mean "your"
> FTP increase to?
>
> For extra credit, would this have accounted for
> the entire gap in the ITT?
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>
> -- jens "
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> "I don't know but I thought this was interesting. . .
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> If I understand the abstract, reduce haematocrit by 3%, reduce VO2max by 3%,
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> I couldn't tell you the direct effect on FTP.
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> http://tinyurl.com/2reu98
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> Jason. "
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> "Hematocrit was reduced from 44% to 41% ( 93.2% ), reducing VO2peak
> from 3.79 to 3.64 (96.0%). This is suggests a transfer ratio of
> ln(0.960)/ln(0.932) = 0.57.
>
> So Rider V's CP, assuming proportional to VO2peak, would increase
> (49/42)^0.57 - 1 = 9.2%.
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> Assuming AWC stays the same, and AWC/CP = 2 minutes, then AWC accounts
> for 1/30th of the power in a 1 hour time trial, and therefore FTP
> increases by 30/31 * 9.2% = 8.9% to 436 watts. This would shave a bit
> more than 2 minutes from a 1 hour time trial.
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> Dan "
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