Word: stamina
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...federations can tailor testing schedules and tip off their constituents. Steroid creams can be flushed from the system in 24 to 48 hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized tests. It is said that EPO, which increases stamina by boosting an athlete's red blood cell count, can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed...
...federations can tailor testing schedules and tip off their constituents. Steroid creams can be flushed from the system in 24 to 48 hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized tests. It is said that EPO, which increases stamina by boosting an athlete's red blood cell count, can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed...
...mystery: Why do we shun our pedaling heroes? The only explanation I can come up with is that we're just intimidated by the whole cycling world. The physical and mental stamina required to win a Tour is worlds beyond anything demanded in traditional American sports (which may be why Americans are so put out by cycling - most of us realize we can never, ever be that fit, and it makes us vaguely uncomfortable). So we go back to our putting greens and swinging our little metal sticks, and avoid contemplation of our inadequacies...
...Students at other colleges, most of whom live in minuscule two-person boxers with cinder block walls and linoleum floors, tend to get jealous when they see pictures of elegant Harvard quarters. And with good reason. Harvard's dorms have some drawbacks, of course; students need to develop the stamina to climb stairs and a high tolerance for old architecture. But a housing system that involves working fireplaces, wooden floors, spacious rooms and beautiful landscaping isn't such a bad start to a Harvard career...
...outset, I should say that when it comes to incipient memory loss, I've got good reason to worry. I'm in my mid-40s, the age at which most no-longer-babyish boomers begin to notice that many of the faculties they used to take for granted--eyesight, stamina, the ability to fit into slim-cut khakis--are starting to go. If those things fade, why shouldn't memory? Then there's genetics. While the members of my extended family often live deep into their 90s, by the time they hit their 70s, a lot of their cognitive lights...