Would steroids benefit a marathon runner or a 100 meter sprinter more?

Answer 1

Most steroids would have more of a benefit on a 100m sprinter than a marathon runner. Sprinting requires a lot of strength and speed, whereas endurance running requires more muscular endurance than pure strength. Look at pictures of top sprinters compared with elite marathoners to see this. However, steroids help with decreasing recovery time from hard training, which would benefit both groups of runners. HGH would also benefit both in a similar manner. While traditional anabolic steroids might favor sprinters, marathoners also have their own holy grail... EPO. EPO stimulates red blood cell production, which makes it the single most beneficial doping agent in an endurance athletes arsenal. Other drugs act in this manner, such as CERA and Hematide. But as the old saying goes, it is the magician, not the wand that counts. All the steroids in the world will only go so far without the genetic makeup of an elite athlete and years of dedicated training.