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[RC] Rider Drugs - apology - k s swigartindiancp said: LOL some who love to play the devil's advocate and some just like to play holier than thou!! It has come to my attention that some people are of the opinion that I was boasting or am playing "holier than thou" with my admonition to not be so cavalier about administering drugs to ourselves in order to complete endurance rides. I apologize if I created this impression, it was not my intent. In fact, it was exactly the opposite. I mentioned that I have done thousands of miles of endurance riding without using any drugs to demonstrate that it can be done, and if I can do it, there is no reason that other people can't as well. Unless everybody does believe that I am genetically superior to everybody else and so am some alien exception, endurance is entirely doable by the population at large without using drugs. I am willing to concede the possiblity that I might be genetically superior to everybody else :), but I am unwilling to claim it for myself. I prefer to think that I am NOT an exception, but that it is within the reach of most people as long as they don't automatically treat ibuprofen as some sort of essential vitamin. And, I contend, that most people will be able to do more endurance for longer if they don't. Because if you do, you risk having to substitute Vicodin or other stronger narcotics to manage the pain that has progressed to the point where OTC NSAIDs are no longer "strong enough" to do the job, or it gets to the point where you have to hobble around in the morning for 10-20 minutes before you get "warmed up." Whatever the case may be. My intention was not to come off as "holier than thou." But rather to say, "I ain't so special so you could do it too." It is everybody else who is pointing out that I must be some genetic freak or young enough that I don't know any better. I prefer to think that I am just like everybody else, and that everybody else could do the same as long as they have not already overused their body to the point of irreparable damage (or are starting out with some serious genetic disadvantage, I concede that such people also exist, but that THEY are the exception, not me). I may be wrong. I might truely be the genetic oddity that many people seem to think I am. I hope not. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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