Last week I talked at Blackwell's bookshop
as part of the Manchester Science Festival (hence the dodgy photo). As usual a
very keen and knowledgeable audience. Some interesting questions about drug use
in pro. boxing and mixed martial arts. Here I am on side with Victor Conte, for
once, about the need for more effective testing. His view is to focus on the
pre fight period. For sure some consistency here would be good. But, as noted here, as long as there is no off season testing even
this might not be enough. It was a shame to see some unsubstantiated
rumours about famous athletes getting an airing in the Q and A. But I guess not
really surprising in the wake of the Lance Armstrong story.
Next week on Nov 14 I get to do a hometown
event in Colchester at the Minories Cafe as part of the Cafe Scientifique
popular science movement. Should be fun.
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