Damn the pressures!

I’m so torn on the ever-developing Marion Jones saga.  She used to be one of my favorite athletes (along with Justin Gatlin) and now I just don’t know what to think.  It’s funny, a part of me feels betrayed, like a little kid finding out one of the many white lies we’re told as children, and another part of me feels sympathy for their situation.  As an athlete I recognize the pressure these people are under to perform, to constantly be moving forward and showing results.  It’s sort of like the stock market in those terms, often finicky traders will look less at the quality of a company as a whole and more only at the bottom line, so it’s all about producing results, and producing them now.

But that certainly doesn’t excuse them - many amazing athletes before them have created history (Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis) without doping.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Marion Jones, more importantly it will be interesting to watch the olympics this year as history is again created.

Ever hear of Usain Bolt?  If you haven’t, you will this summer.

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