Another Age Grouper Doping Case - Tri This Time

I live in Atlanta and have been involved in triathlon since the late-90s.  This has been long suspected of this individual since before I got into the sport, as well as this his drafting antics.

That's just sad. Now being a newbie, I'll be thinking that everyone or most that get to the podium is probably cheating one way or another LOL!!! Not that I care since I'm doing this for health and fitness reasons.

So Moats is only banned for ~3ish months since the ban is effective 30 Jan 2012.  That's sad.  While I applaud them for cracking down on the doping, this sentence is ridiculously short. 

Not enough penalty, but MUCH better than not testing.  Kudos to WTC, keep it up.

The hit to the guy's reputation is probably more significant than the penalty.

And as an Iron Joe Bonness fan: It's about freakin' time they get this guy!

Yeah but timing is good for WTC with all the Armstrong press this week.  Lots of articles mention his "foray" into triathlon.  WTC can look good saying "Look at us, we even test amateurs...."

I had asked this before but it think it got buried in the ST thread.

If the athlete is not a USAT member,, just is doing a one day pass.  are they able to be OOC ??   they were only a member for that one day correct

I said it in another thread......as a 50+ triathlete, I have been asked quite a few times by other triathletes in my age group if I get Testosterone supplements. (not necessarily because I'm faster than them)  I have been told time and again how easy it is to get a prescription from a doctor because our testosterone naturally drops as we age and there are plenty of docs willing to prescribe supplements.

This AG'er simply didn't have a note from his doctor.....or we'd never hear about it.  Much ado about nothing in this particular case.

I think the point that is trying to be made here is that the only thing that stands between an athlete legally taking testosterone and competing is some upfront paperwork(TUE). 

This is what I was wondering about in my first post, but after reading the thread on ST, it sounds like this guy has been accused of a number of things over the years, and this was just the one that stuck.  Kind of like the IRS nailing Al Capone for tax evasion.

Ok, Shane, then what does?  It's been my understanding that a TUE is relatively easy to get....especially for older AG'ers.

Yeah, I actually went to the USADA site to see about TUE's for testosterone.  I've been seeing the same doc for 20 years and we socialize a bit as well.  I'm going to print out the info and the forms and take them to him to get his take on it.  No, I don't take T supps...and I won't just to do triathlon, but we have had a discussion or two regarding lower T as I age and continue to exercise. 

I bet there is a point for most men, somewhere in the aging process, where a TUE for testosterone wouldn't be hard for a doctor to get behind.

That's what I figured.  the WTC Kona OOC...   I'm was more curious just about the one day licence though.

I see others have writen about obtaining a TUE for low T.  While it might be easy to get the prescription. Getting a TUE for it is a bit tougher.  For some reason I believe you have to have additional testing and pay out of pocket for it.  It's not a matter of them seeing the script and rubber stamping it.

Discloser I'm on Testerone, and don't have a TUE for it. mostly since I"m only running these days and not tri's.  When I looked into getting the TUE, it seemed more complicated than I thought it would be.  usually levels would be for men in my age rage 400-500 ish with down to 200 being considered within range.  Mine was 85.  So even my doc thought it was strange that with all the testing she did, that I would have to undergo more

Yeah, I don't know.....I'm interested to hear what he says about it.