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[RC] AERC drug policy and glucometers - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: ti Tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Interesting. Aren't there blood tests that are done for studies during rides? Are those considered invasive and thus reason for DQ? Or is it the way the information is used taken into consideration to decide whether a rule was broken? If the rider had not added corn syrup, but had just taken the sample to be analyzed later, would that be ok? My other questions are still valid, as I would imagine this would be an interesting thing to see in training and would transfer over to rides, even if the glucometer is a no-no at a ride. April On 8/3/05, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: There are some indications that use of these devices at an endurance ride would be in violation of the AERC drug policy since > Don't use a glucometer at and AERC event, then. The glucose response curve of the indivial horse to a specific type and amount of feedstuff remains constant for a very long time--until the horse's whole metabolism has been changed through conditioning, or disease. the same goes for numbers derived during work--do your tests privately as a part of the conditioning routine--you'll only attract nasty attention if you publish the results on Ridecamp. ti =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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