https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2013/01/6598/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2013/01/6598/#comment-642 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:44:05 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=6598#comment-642 “Lance took enhancing drugs. So what?”
With all due respect to your friend, I disagree with his assessment. Ethics shouldn’t be thrown out just because it’s entertainment. A clean cyclist doesn’t see his own career and livelihood as “entertainment”. He sees someone stealing money from him, hindering his own ability to take care of himself and his family.
No matter how you slice it, it’s always called cheating, whether it’s in sports, politics, on a math test in grammar school, or embezzling money from your employer. Wrong is wrong, period.
In addition, the often overlooked other reason to not use PEDs is that it’s not healthy to push a body beyond the proverbial red-line called pain. Just as in a car, the red-line/pain is there to prevent damage. Pass beyond it enough times in your car and you’ll do irreparable damage to your engine. The same is true to our bodies.

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