The Athletes

Why I took the pledge:
Lining up on race day, what separates us at the end is talent and hard work. Drugs have no place in that, they cheat the sport, they cheat the other competitors, and they ultimately cheat the user. Lets keep trail running DIFFERENT!

Why I Took the Pledge

The training and competition it’s a work very hard, it’s very important for me, the athletes are clean… For a continue working motivated
Thanks

Why I Took the Pledge:

Honesty and hard work are two things I don’t take lightly. I have competed in endurance sports for a long time and I have seen “cheaters” win, get busted, come back, etc.

I could not imagine standing on the starting line or the podium knowing that I got there via ill-gotten gains. Clean sport is the only way to play in my book and while I realize there will never be 100% clean sport we have to start somewhere so we can change the testing policies and mind-sets of athletes and coaches.

Why I took the pledge:

It feels incredible to compete, to do well, to feel and witness my physical limits, to see how I can push my body, and where it pushes back.

I race because it’s fun and inspiring to get out there with friendly competitors and to see where we can push each other.

Using performance enhancing drugs is misleading not only about that particular athlete’s body and performance, but it misleads us in our own endeavors. It also diminishes the pride one feels both at winning and feeling strong, and falling apart and touching the limits of our strength, endurance, and current abilities.

I want a clean sport because that’s what sport is about. Sport isn’t about survival, it’s about challenging ourselves and each other. It’s about having fun (even if it sometimes feels like a painful way to have fun!).

Why I Took the Pledge

In our society as in our sport is important to value the people who work in a consistent and clean.
No Doping.
Train Clean.

Why I Took the Pledge

I believe in a #cleansport because I believe in myself. What a beautiful gift it is to engage in the process of self-discovery, peeling back the layers to gradually uncover the depths of one’s ability. Cheaters not only rob themselves of this process, but they rob others too by holding them to an artificially high standard.

Why I took the pledge:
Out of respect for my competitors, the sport and myself.

Why I took the pledge:
Running is a fundamental part of human existence, for me it’s an essential part of my being. Our sport is based on moving naturally over our land and pushing our bodies to where they haven’t gone. What makes our sport is human effort pitched against mountains, trails and distance, using only the resources we have been gifted. PEDs aren’t a gift, they turn our sport into a cesspit focused on manufactured ‘glory’, not the boundaries of human existence. Those who use PEDs face fundamental psycho-social challenges that trail running is not about. Please stay away from our sport and those considering, think back to the Rift Valley when we first evolved and started to move, running is naturally what we’re supposed to do.

Why I took the pledge:

Being a Clean Sport in an aspect of any activity is the way to go! It lifts your spirit and inspires people to do the same!!!

Why I Took the Pledge

Por un juego limpio y propio en toda disciplina deportiva.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because our bodies are capable of little miracles on their own, and our sport is about creating a community that celebrates, cherishes, and nurtures them. When I look back at my life in running, I want to know that it was lived naturally, legally, and ethically, that my best efforts came from within, and that I gave it all I had from the inside.

Why I Took the Pledge

The mountain is part of my life, and I think that people who enjoy competition deserve to be equally treated in doping terms. Also, i think that training is the best and safest way to become a good athlete, not by taking any kind of forbidden and dangerous substances.

Why I Took the Pledge

I’m running to get good time, not a good time; to be outside; to see animals; to smell trees. Taking drugs when there is no real other judge than yourself? Better cutting down of sugar and losing some weight.

Why I took the pledge:
It is important to be a advocate for what you believe in. Trail running is a sport that I love. I am committed to giving my best and being a role model for generations to come. Enjoying nature naturally.

Why I took the pledge:
It’s important to stay clean and see how you can go beyond your limits with pure training

Why I took the pledge:
I love this sports for many reasons, one of which is to see what my body and mind are capable of. Competing naturally and clean is the only way to gain a clear understanding of what I am able to do and to remain truly connected with myself.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because we love sport, we love mountains, we love run…. we are fans of every trail runners we enjoy this sport having the same chances running clean and get dirty at mountains

Why I took the pledge:
Running is a passion that helps me be the best person I can be. Being a clean athlete shows respect to myself, to fellow runners, and to the sport. Honesty and integrity are more important than any race result imaginable.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because equality and cleanliness in sport should be the highest of any athlete, is the level that is

Why I took the pledge:
If I ever find myself in the situation that my desire to win has driven me to cheat, then I want someone to help me by removing the temptation of competition.

Why I Took the Pledge

It’s the only way to run and win.

Why I took the pledge:
Integrity. I want to know that any of my accomplishments are a result of honest, hard work.

Why I Took the Pledge

For my children.

Why I took the pledge:
I believe in the purity of sport, and the purity of the woods and mountains. I started running to clean up my life, body and soul, and drugs would jeopardize this new life. Trail running is primarily a meditation for me, and I have no intention of clouding that.

Why I Took the Pledge

I’m an honest person and an honest athlete. I train smart and believe that good food, plenty of sleep and sticking with a training schedule is all you need to be the best athlete you can be. I want to be a good role model for the sport of running and feel that using performance enhancing drugs should not be tolerated or welcome in this sport. I feel strongly about everyone staying true to themselves and staying clean. I pledge to always run clean/drug free and always run happy! Let’s work together to keep trail running honest!

Why I took the pledge:
What DBo said…

Why I Took the Pledge

Por un deporte limpio,donde lo conseguido sea resultado de un gran trabajo,sacrifico,disciplina y sobre todo pasion,lejos de trampas,lleno de ilusiones y sueños.
Donde las generaciones futuras puedan sentirse identificados y se les enseñe unos buenos valores y respeto hacia las personas y el deporte.

Why I took the pledge:
I am committed to a clean sport because first and foremost I believe in being honest with myself. Anything that I may accomplish in this sport would be a complete waste of time if I was not a clean athlete. I am glad so many others share those personal values.

Why I Took the Pledge

Fairplay!!!

Why I Took the Pledge

Running is about discovering your physical and mental limits through the hard graft of month on month, year on year, dedicated training. It’s about commitment, hard work and respect for the sport, your fellow athletes and yourself. Cheating, by taking PEDs, shows a total disrespect for everything that trail and ultra running stands for, it’s only by every athlete competing clean that our sport will flourish.

Why I Took the Pledge

Trail/ Mountain runners perform amazing feats. They tend to be involved in their communities in some positive aspect. As the public and future generations look at our sport, I hope that it is done with admiration and not skepticism. The clean athlete truly understands what it truly takes to succeed and to sometimes fail. Overall, I want to be proud of my accomplishments, be awed by my peers successes. Sending a clear message to our youth , that one can be successful , the good old fashion way. Dedication , commitment and a genuine love for the sport.

Why I Took the Pledge

I’ve had the misfortune of being directly cheated by dopers, including finishing off the podium (11th) at my first ultra due to a doped Russian (ultimately moved up to 10th). It was a huge disappointment and lifetime low. I don’t wish anyone to experience the pain, disgust, and heartbreak I’ve felt from being cheated like this– and most importantly losing out on lifetime moments, which I can never have back. Having been in USADA’s out-of-competition testing pool, we’re educated to be responsible for ‘everything’ that goes into our body. I’m very conscientious of everything I consume, esp. traveling internationally (even food/meat and water are concerns!). I want to be a legend and leave my mark on the world, and no way would I want to tarnish my legacy by cheating myself and others. I work very very hard and want my performances to be a reflection of my hard work and blue collar morals and values– show that others can be great too through hard work, and nothing more!

Why I took the pledge:
I am clean because I want to keep running pure. To me, running is about finding that place where I am raw and real, stripped down the basis of who I am. I crave that feeling, that simple primitive state and I want to preserve this among our sport. My passion is above competition and winning, and there is no room is our sport for those who put winning at all costs ahead of the pure, simple joy of running on a trail.

Why I Took the Pledge

Drugs of such kind that gives you “fake powers” to push your body to it’s max isn’t what life is about in my eyes.

Why I took the pledge:
Out of respect for the sport I am privileged to be a part of and the athletes I am privileged to know.

Why I Took the Pledge

Being not clean is against the nature of NATURE

Why I Took the Pledge

Running is part of a healthy lifestyle. When PEDs start coming into the picture, the lifestyle of the elites ceases to be healthy and worthy of emulation.

Why I Took the Pledge

If you are truly an athlete and love your sport, you don’t cheat. It’s that simple. Take pride in what you do. Respect the sport, respect your fellow athletes, and respect yourself!

Why I Took the Pledge

To me, there is nothing worse than cheating. In a sport where we feed off of the accomplishments of others to fuel our own inner drive, knowing that someone cheated to get there collapses all of that. Also, in extreme ultra distance races, I enjoy pulling for those that win with their determination and ability to push through (doing it th right way). The pain and grit that they demonstrate is too important to be overshadowed by a cheater overshadowing them.

Why I Took the Pledge

Keeping the sport simple and clean is what trail running is all about. Let’s be the sport that keeps its friendly, happy, welcoming, no-fuss reputation.

Why I took the pledge:
I like fresh air and big mountains. I think that’s the way it ought to be. Simple.

Why I Took the Pledge

It’s really pretty simple: cheating is cheating, no matter what form it takes. The essence of our sport lies in its pure simplicity, and that can only mean doing it clean.

Why I took the pledge:

We don’t litter in the mountains, so let’s keep the woods clean. If you want to “be the change you wish to see in the world,” now is your chance.

There’s really too many reasons behind signing this to delve into them all.

Why I took the pledge:
Drugs are never the answer.
I believe every competitor should appreciate what they’ve got and do the best that they can with what they were born with. I find it character building when things don’t always go my way. I become a better person; wife, mother, daughter, friend.
It’s also about setting a good example for my kids. They see me put the time and effort into my passion of trail and ultra running AND thriving off the challenge of it. They see the benefit of hard work but also the ups and downs of racing, and I would never want too lose that.
Our sport is based on integrity. Let’s keep it that way.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because character matters everyday and in all aspect of life. Our sport is about freedom of movement in a simple form and needs to remain that way.

Why I Took the Pledge

Competing to me is about commitment, hard work and challenging yourself to be the best you can be with your God-given ability. As a mother, I want to lead by example and demonstrate how hard work & dedication pays off step after step, mile after mile, hill after hill, mountain after mountain…no short cuts!

Why I took the pledge:
I believe in fairness and equal playing field.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because I compete for more that just for myself.
Because I have kids that I coach who look up to me, fellow running community members that believe in me, sponsors who support me, teammates that depend on me, a cat that hopes I bring her home the good food, competitors whom I respect, race directors who believe in me. Because the very thing I am running in, the mountains and trails, are natural and I choose to be the same.

Why I took the pledge:

I transitioned into this sport because it reflected how pure and natural running was to me. Running and competing is raw and stripped in nature. It’s important to ensure that very spirit is sustainable in the sport I love.

This community has become my family. We support, push and celebrate eachother at all levels. ANYONE who is dishonest to their family has betrayed that bond and has forfeited their right to compete amongst the peers they have cheated. As a competitor, runner, friend and human, I cannot support the dishonesty.

As we grow together a family and a sport, we need to mature under the united pledge that we accept nothing more than a clean sport and competition.

Why I took the pledge:
…why wouldn’t it be?

Why I Took the Pledge

I run clean because running and working out is the purest escape in my life and a true gift from God. Between the 1st world struggles of just this week including shattering my iPhone screen, causing a fender bender in a company car and having like 10 text messages I haven’t responded to.. I have enough to stress and feel guilty about. Not to mention the balancing of 3 part time jobs, finding a “real” job, and still asking my parents for money. When I go run or hammer in the gym though, I can forget about everything for a moment. Running has always been simple and that’s what I love about it. Just me and the miles ahead. Nothing will ever taint that for me.. Except for injuries, injuries kind of complicate running sometimes. But only in a way in which we come out stronger having to overcome. Not like drugs where the person who really loses out it the one taking them cause shortcuts never lead to anywhere worth while.

Why I Took the Pledge

Trail running is a community and family like no other. When you make the conscience choice to cheat, it’s not a lapse in judgment. It’s a calculated decision that cheats every single runner out there who gives it everything they have in the honest and truthful fashion. There is simply no room in our sport for cheating. It devalues everything we represent.

Why I took the pledge:
I want to respect and share in the effort of friends who are training and suffering on the trails with me.

Why I took the pledge:

I believe wholeheartedly in the spirit of a level playing field, testing your innate physical skills and fortitude of mind and spirit, all within the common goal of being the best you can naturally. This is not WWE, there are not millions up for grabs. I’m sorry some did not earn enough ribbons, medals, trophies, or parts on the back from their parents. But I deplore those that decide that cheating will cure all their insecurities. I can’t imagine how cheating serves any individual, sport, or community of athletes.

Why I Took the Pledge

I will always run clean because I’ve learned (the hard way) that we’re running a much bigger race than the one immediately in front of us. I’m more interested in that crown. Our sport exemplifies this more than any other and I’m proud to be a part of such a powerful group of winners. Let’s be the example to the rest of the sports world. We may just be some niche sport up in the clouds, but we are honest and we are growing, and we do things right up here. God bless!

Why I took the pledge:
As a competitor in mountain, trail, and obstacle course races, I race against a broad spectrum of athletes and feel we should all share a commitment to competing with integrity. Beets, sweet potatoes, kale, and bacon provide more than enough performance enhancement.

Why I took the pledge:
Running is natural, pure, and simple. We all toe the same line and run the same course, no shortcuts getting to that finish. This sport is no place for people who think otherwise.

Why I Took the Pledge

Honesty, fairness, and equality are qualities that should be appreciated in all aspects of life. Over the years I had wanted to believe that the sport of running, while not immune to cheating, was dedicated to efforts to promoting a clean sport. It is now clear that our sport is in crisis and that an intense dedication to addressing drug use is needed. I don’t want my children associated with a sport that does not care about promoting healthy and fair competition. If the current situation does not improve and cheating continues to be tolerated with competitive running, we can just go run in the woods, but I don’t want that to happen. I have benefited tremendously from my experiences with healthy and fair competition on high school, collegiate, and post-collegiate teams. Tolerating cheating sabotages lessons of dedication, persistence, resilience, trust, and honesty. I do not accept throwing the arms up in the air and saying that nothing can be done in any other aspect of my life, and I won’t accept it with drug use in running. We need to do better, and we can do better.

Why I Took the Pledge

running is a way of life-i just want to find my own limits, and enjoy….”run clean and accept your own limits”
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laufen ist eine Lebensphilosophie-respektiere deinen Körper, deine Gegner und die Natur- “laufe sauber und akzeptiere deine Limits”.
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courir est un art de vivre, respecte ton corps, tes concurrents et la nature. “court propre et accepte tes limites.

Why I Took the Pledge

It is important for the health, safety, and fairness for all. Let’s keep this sport clean and real.

Why I Took the Pledge

Dirty athletes undermine every person who works so hard to train and do their best in our sport. There is no place for cheats in ultrarunning. As athletes we have to take a stand now before we come just like the sport of cycling.

Why I took the pledge:
Racing drug free is not only important it’s a life style for me .

Why I Took the Pledge

The essence of trail, mountain and ultra running is how you deal with the physical and mental challenges offered by nature. It includes a personal element (you against the elements, a certain distance, the clock) but also a competitive aspect (you against the performance of others, either in organized events or other peer to peer measures). Using artificial and banned substance is not only cheating others but also yourself and nature. Since PEDs are changing the nature of that game, irreversibly, competition bans should not have time limits. The beauty of trail and ultra running lies in their natural form, let’s keep our sport 100% clean for the current and future generations!

I certainly pledge to forgo any concept of competition or ranking if I’m ever to be convicted of cheating with PEDs but I also pledge that I will simply not use any banned PED.

Why I Took the Pledge

I run because It’s something that connects me with the nature. Sometimes, I run as fast as I can and sometimes not. It’s all about having fun, explore the mountains and enjoy everything with friends. Those who use doping to be faster, shouldn’t be running with me.

Why I Took the Pledge

Debido que muchos otros participantes son ya reincidente en casos de dopaje, se debería haber una comisión de investigación de análisis de competidores con esos casos de dopaje.

En el caso de Costa Rica tenemos que hacer una asociación de corredores por montaña y asi poder lograr que todos esten a favor de realizarse dichas pruebas de dopaje.

Why I took the pledge:
The sport needs to make a statement that it is different to the other disciplines where PED’s are more common because I think PED’s are being used, sadly I think we are already in a position where we cannot say the sport is clean. Whilst MUT is undoubtedly interested in athletic excellence it’s not the be all and end all of the sport, it’s about a genuine love of running on the trails and mountains first and foremost. Running for me is about hard work, discipline and consistent long-term work towards a goal, not short cuts and cheating. But we also shouldn’t forget that doping also risks lives, it’s that serious. It’s not purely about cheating. Those coaches who encourage young runners to dope risk the lives of those runners. Runners should make the pledge to keep the sport clean, it’s important the community makes a statement that we want a clean sport, this along with need more testing at any major championship, especially where there is money will help the fight.

Why I took the Pledge

We need to create a racing culture committed to fair and clean sport. In the absence of organizing bodies capable of enforcing doping offenses across a variety of disciplines, and faced with the logistical difficulties of testing in the nascent sport of trail running, we must create clear lines of acceptable behavior for all athletes. The importance of this is not only to encourage fairness for current runners, but also to maintain the legitimacy of the sport for future generations of athletes.

Why I took the pledge:
I run because I love the process of adventuring every day and I love being a part of the trail community. Running dirty would betray both.

Why I Took the Pledge

I believe in putting in hard work to get results you’re proud of. If I were not a clean athlete, I would find no joy in the sport of ultrarunning.

Why I took the pledge:
For me it is important to be a role model for my little daughter. I could not explain the difference between doping or drugs. I want to compete against the best athletes but only what is human possible. Without doping is the only way to make our sport authentic, natural running

Why I Took the Pledge

I firmly believe that cheating of any form in racing is something that should never be tolerated, whether it’s course cutting, littering or even more serious areas like taking substances that have been banned within the sport of athletics. It’s undoubtedly a complex subject with a lot of debate on details, but the key principle is that if a substance is banned in competitive racing at the international level then by starting any race there’s an implied agreement with those rules.

Winners never cheat and cheaters never [really] win. We’ve got a good thing going in the great sport of ultra-running. Let’s not allow it to be tainted. Hard work, love of the trail, and a healthy respect for all aspects of our sport should be all the performance-enhancement we need to see the results we’re looking for.

Why I Took the Pledge

I believe in integrity.

I believe the human body is made to do amazing things and there is no need to lie, cheat, and use harmful substances to get it there. It is pure guts and glory and also a lot of honest hard work.

Why I Took the Pledge

It is simple: I believe in treating my body with respect by eating healthy food, getting plenty of sleep, and staying physically active. I believe in treating my fellow competitors with respect by bringing my best effort to the starting line and running to the best of my ability — with no performance enhancing drugs in my system to aid me. And I respect the trail by following the Leave No Trace philosophy.

Why I Took the Pledge

No excuses, do the work. This I believe. Don’t cheat your body or your mind in the process. And bookmark http://www.globaldro.com/US/search to keep yourself, friends, and fellow competitors informed.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because I love running and as a sport it is pretty basic and about having fun. Let’s not forget that. Plus, I hate thieves…

Why I Took the Pledge

I love this sport and the philosophy derived from it. I sign this form for all the people that have helped me and have been helped by me during the races I have participated. To keep this sport as authentic as it is now.

Why I took the pledge:
Clean Sport is important to me because it ensures that clean athletes will not be at a disadvantage to those who cheat.

Why I Took the Pledge

Overcome yourself every day is a challenge that helps us become better athletes but also better people. When you lie to the sport, you lie to yourself and those who trust in you, too.

Why I Took the Pledge

I am committed to clean sport in all running/athletics and want to win or lose fair and square so let’s get out there and throw down and see how it shakes out.

Why I Took the Pledge

Because I like to work hard. And nobody likes a cheat.

Why I Took the Pledge

Running trails is about purity and connection with the environment around you. Anything that gets in the way of that is damaging to the purpose of what I enjoy doing. Drugs seem to used to improve speed, but I couldn’t give a shit about how fast or slow I run as long as I enjoy and immerse myself within the moment and the environment I’m in.

Why I Took the Pledge

The playing field ought to be level.