Mark Johnson has been around the endurance community as a participant and as a reporter and photographer.
He shares with The Nation his new book, “Spitting in the Soup – Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports”.
In this book, Mark teaches us about the history of performance enhancing drugs in sports. Doping has been around for a long time, for many reasons, but only recently banned. Take a listen to this podcast and then go read the book. It will give you a much more informed perspective about drugs in sports.
Just want to say that it helps prevent inflammation, which is very beneficial to runners especially ultra runners. This is one of the reasons it has become a mainstay for many ultra marathoners.