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"Energy" pill for the switchbacks and beyond... #56095 11/23/08 05:15 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 20 Ron M Member
Ron M Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 20	http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/sports/23viagra.html?hp

Re: "Energy" pill for the switchbacks and beyond... Ron M #56097 11/23/08 01:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 144 Altadena, CA Scott L Member
Scott L Member Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 144 Altadena, CA	I ran track competitively in college a little over 5 years ago and my teammates and I were trying to persuade each other to go to the health center and ask for the pill thinking it would increase our performance in competition. Seeing this article now makes me really wonder.

Re: "Energy" pill for the switchbacks and beyond.. Scott L #56102 11/24/08 12:09 AM
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Ron M Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 20	If it was a coed college perhaps it would not have been allowed!

Re: "Energy" pill for the switchbacks and beyond... Scott L #56146 11/25/08 06:10 PM
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Pokey92544 Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 28 Carlsbad, CA	I remember reading a story a couple of years ago about that 2006 trial involving cyclists. What I remember is a line to the effect that participants couldn't tell who was given Viagra and who wasn't while they were on the bike ... but they could tell in the shower afterward. Phil

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