Way back in the day when I ran track (5th grade on) we had some very good pre-Olympic runners. It was back, I think, before there was testing, especially on young athletes. Some of our better female runners started getting very muscular and started looking pretty masculine in their facial features. We had doctors that worked with the teams and I remember my parents talking about steroids and some of the runners - the good runners, that is. I am glad, in retrospect, that I wasn't that good. It's very sad, I wonder how they are all doing now? Some did get into the Olympics and were known but then burned out. Another reason to aspire to mediocrity, I guess.



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