We have written regarding this subject before. We use the title to better understand a
phenomenon that receives different names but limits the comprehension on how it
works. We have seen different results on
doping and performance but doping does not explain the performance of some of
the doped athletes. Others factors more
important than simple physiological advantage play a role on performance for
the dopers. Cyclists discipline themselves
to dope systematically; in addition, believing in their own doping program
makes cyclists believe in themselves.
That is how white privilege works and makes a difference: “Doping is in
the head and works in the head.” The
doping culture feeds dopers’ beliefs as “white privilege” does it in the
USA. “Non-white privilege” exists but it
does not have the same results when competing or earning money; in Mexico, we
have “non-white privileges” where people siege the city with the support of our
government. The government sponsors the activities
to give a “carnival” to pseudo-protesters.
Coming from the doping culture and using his “white privilege,” Lance Armstrong
mentioned in Ciclismo a Fondo the following:
16 févr. 2012
In 2007, Armstrong was interviewed by Ciclismo a
fondo. 267: 46. He said: “The reason why Johan and I were
able to win was because we competed against a bunch of imbeciles. We had a modern planning…There were a bunch
of ranchers running around us…still the same situation in cycling.”
Let’s see some data regarding EPO and the so called advantages. Our previous post says something about it:
Enhancing drugs are used mainly to cover up our life
out of order; if we do not rest well because partying and not resting,
testosterone is available to quicken recovery.
EPO is available if we do not train well; but at the end, if you do not
have the proper technique and training we are going to be behind even with the
so called enhancing drugs.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Jun;75(6):1406-21. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12034.
Erythropoietin
doping in cycling: lack of evidence for efficacy and a negative risk-benefit.
Maximal oxygen uptake (
) before (
) and after (▴) treatment with rHuEPO in the different studies per treated group (bars
representing SD). N is the number of subjects in each group, with an
asterisk indicating that the article reported values only in litres per minute, which has been converted to
millilitres per kilogram per minute by dividing this value by mean weight of
the group for comparison purposes (no SD is given for these studies because of
this conversion). Studies above the horizontal red dotted line were performed
using subjects classified as untrained, while below the horizontal line the
subjects were classified as trained cyclists. Vertical dashed lines represent
minimal values of for different classifications of cyclists as suggested by Jeukendrup et
al. 77 (brown dashed line, trained; red
dashed line, well trained; green dashed line, elite; and yellow dashed line,
world class). 
, 
; ▴, 
; 
, trained; 
, well-trained; 
, elite; and 
, world class
) before () and after (▴) treatment with rHuEPO in the different studies per treated group (bars
representing SD). N is the number of subjects in each group, with an
asterisk indicating that the article reported values only in litres per minute, which has been converted to
millilitres per kilogram per minute by dividing this value by mean weight of
the group for comparison purposes (no SD is given for these studies because of
this conversion). Studies above the horizontal red dotted line were performed
using subjects classified as untrained, while below the horizontal line the
subjects were classified as trained cyclists. Vertical dashed lines represent
minimal values of for different classifications of cyclists as suggested by Jeukendrup et
al. 77 (brown dashed line, trained; red
dashed line, well trained; green dashed line, elite; and yellow dashed line,
world class). , ; ▴, ; , trained; , well-trained; , elite; and , world class
A
few words regarding this “non-white privilege.”
We have posted articles where we mentioned how difficult is to have the
right culture to create champions. We
need to create a “culture without privileges;” meaning to educate our athletes
so they can compete without privilege, based on what they know about life and
the world. In the year 2000, I went to
Nice to compete in the Long Distance Triathlon World Championship as an Age
Grouper for Mexico. The taxi driver asked
me a few questions and mentioned that “les arabes ne s’arrêtent
pas quand ils voient le feu rouge.” I
saw what he said. “Les impôts sont élevés parce que les étrangers ne paient
pas.” He was complaining about the
non-white-privilege that I was familiar with.
Non-white-privileges are attached to “sueños guajiros.”
1 janv. 2013
Savater wrote ÉTICA PARA AMADOR for his 15 year old
son to help him to overcome SUEÑOS GUAJIROS.
“Sueños guajiros” were said of the dreams the peasants from Cuba
had. Most of the peasants were poor and
are poor in Cuba. I do not have to make
a case; everybody knows this. I suppose without rhetoric. What they dream of without a real Santa
Claus would be impossible to achieve.
Savater tries to teach his adolescent son to think freely by using
metaphors, for example: In Genesis, Esau returned to his brother Jacob being
famished from the fields. He begged his twin brother to give him some "red
pottage". (paralleling his nickname, Hebrew: אדום (`Edom, meaning
"Red").) Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for
his birthright (the right to be recognized as firstborn), and Esau agreed. Esau
lost many things for a bowl of soup.
Savater tries to teach his son to think correctly to live a “happy
existence.” But you know what, Obama
spoke the same things without knowing Savater.
Well, Obama knows about “white privilege” and uses it
to his advantage when teaching his daughters.
The Brownlees are the example of what the “white privilege” well used
can do according to Simon Whitfield:
''They build them tough as nails in Yorkshire.
Seeing first hand where the Brownlee brothers grew up showed me some of the factors that made them the incredible competitors that they are. Tough as nails, grit and fiercely competitive.
An eye opening experience.
I had a poster on my wall as a kid, it said "the Kenyans believe they will win as surely as they know the sun will rise the next day" - belief is the key.
This belief is ingrained, its instilled, its earned.
I can only imagine the hours upon hours the young athletes in Yorkshire spend outside, flying up and down the dales, earning this belief.
The Brownlees love to train. I asked Alistair if he could see stopping and he simply replied "stop what? I love the training, I love being outside". He told me this on his second run of the day, an extra run just for me, showing off his playground "this is where I live, out there" he said from the top of the ridge.
It was cold, dark, wet and absolutely incredible.
He went on to tell me about his trip to mount Kilimanjaro last year with brother and his dad (both legends if you ask me). Blue lips and stumbling "like a drunk idiot" according to Jonny, they walked to the top. Apparently Alistair really struggled with the altitude, to the point it was dangerous but as their coach Malcolm told Lou and I, "those boys, they love to push themselves, they love getting to the edge and seeing what's on the other side". I believe what makes them champions can be summed up with one sentence.
EARN the COURAGE to BELIEVE in yourself.
And in their case, love what you do.''
Seeing first hand where the Brownlee brothers grew up showed me some of the factors that made them the incredible competitors that they are. Tough as nails, grit and fiercely competitive.
An eye opening experience.
I had a poster on my wall as a kid, it said "the Kenyans believe they will win as surely as they know the sun will rise the next day" - belief is the key.
This belief is ingrained, its instilled, its earned.
I can only imagine the hours upon hours the young athletes in Yorkshire spend outside, flying up and down the dales, earning this belief.
The Brownlees love to train. I asked Alistair if he could see stopping and he simply replied "stop what? I love the training, I love being outside". He told me this on his second run of the day, an extra run just for me, showing off his playground "this is where I live, out there" he said from the top of the ridge.
It was cold, dark, wet and absolutely incredible.
He went on to tell me about his trip to mount Kilimanjaro last year with brother and his dad (both legends if you ask me). Blue lips and stumbling "like a drunk idiot" according to Jonny, they walked to the top. Apparently Alistair really struggled with the altitude, to the point it was dangerous but as their coach Malcolm told Lou and I, "those boys, they love to push themselves, they love getting to the edge and seeing what's on the other side". I believe what makes them champions can be summed up with one sentence.
EARN the COURAGE to BELIEVE in yourself.
And in their case, love what you do.''
written by Simon
Whitfield
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