Our Drug Testing Experiences As Athletes + Some Ideas To Fix Issues

Track action resumed last week with a star-studded Silesia Diamond League and the NACAC Championships. Eric and Aisha are back to discuss the top results while also touching on some more of the recent off-track headlines involving some of the United States' biggest sprint stars.

In this episode, Eric and Aisha discuss:

– Aisha's rescue mission in Crested Butte

– Eric witnessed a man getting thrown out of a bar for being weird

– Aisha considers taking adult swim lessons

– Off-track drama: Rae Edwards claims that he gave drugs to Marvin Bracy and they're both provisionally suspended

– Shadow doping suspensions in track and field and issues with transparency

– Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for doping

– Eric shares what it's like to be drug tested as a professional athlete

– Silesia Diamond League recap: Keely Hodgkinson's return was dominant; Gudaf Tsegay did it again; Men's 1500m races are still fast but becoming more tactical; Kishane Thompson beats Noah Lyles in the Olympic rematch; Melissa Jefferson-Wooden stays dominant

– What happened at the NACAC Championships?

– Voicemails: We need a warning label on these podcasts; someone took issue with Eric's comments on Sophie Rain + Aisha's tablemate from NXN calls in

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