Preparation was a term I was to hear more and more. It had another more sinister meaning. If you were prepared, it meant you were doped.

“Nothing was being done to help the non-dopers, to encourage or support them. Ev…”

“It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top …”

“I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.”

“The past is as important as the future, but we only live in the here and now.”