Shelby Houlihan Needs To Go Away For American Distance Running To Move On

After Shelby Houlihan’s 4 year doping ban was upheld by CAS there were still many questions swirling around her defense, and if her team would ever accept the consequences of her positive Nandrolone test.

From day 1 Houlihan — and much of the US Distance community — was steadfast in her innocence, blaming a pork offal food truck burrito from the night before. However, Nandrolone (also referred to as Deca) has long been used in athletics and has even shown to improve recovery from symptoms of Long Covid, which could have been one rationale behind Houlihan’s sudden use of a banned substance… or at least a possible excuse for why someone would be using Nandrolone in this era of testing.

In reality Nandrolone is incredibly effective in combating many of the symptoms of overtraining as the core benefits of usage include;

• Muscle-growth, creating strength and power gains.
• Tissue repair after damage, improving recovery from hard training, allowing for an increase in training load before…