I confess - I can not lie about any longer:  I use performance enhancing substances!  That's right, back in 1988 I starting using the wonder drug  "Vitamin CO turbo" and I have used it ever since.  It makes me faster.  It makes me more alert and more aggressive!  It cures the bonk in seconds!  And, everyone else uses it so is it really cheating?  Is it safe?  Probably not in large quantities, but I only used 6 a day - alot on the surface but relatively not that much (now that I'm old and semi-retired I only use 2 a day, partly as a result of Shane's books).  Is it WADA legal - yes, in limited quantities.  For awhile it wasn't legal in Olympic circles- but I used it anyway - I was addicted afterall, and it worked so great!  But just recently WADA made it legal again, in limited quantities -so I'm legal NOW.  I ask forgiveness, and to be trusted - I am legal now so my past use is just that, in the past.  So everything is okay, right? 

Just kidding... After consulting with my lawyer and my sponsor, I've remembered that I never really tried "Vitamin CO turbo", but I did attempt to use it, just once, back in 1988.  Really!  I swear on my stack of  Velonews...

Oops, after further review - and about a hundred of my ex-teammates coming out to refresh my memory - I can now confirm that I did indeed use "Vitamin CO turbo" on more than one occasion.  I'm sorry, again.  Really.

What is "Vitamin CO turbo"?  You haven't guessed?  If you haven't guessed then you have been had - that's right, "Vitamin CO turbo" is good old fashioned ( I like the Classic) Coke.  You know, in the red can, the stuff you see all bike racers and adventure racers gulping down after about 4 hours in a race, ya, that stuff.  It used to be illegal, can you believe that?  So, before you go off on you anti-doping tirade next time, think about how ridiculous the anti-doping rules really are...

Not that I, you know, use the stuff.

Rick