My new book.

I'm reading a new book called Game Of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. The book is about the use of steroids in sports. One part of the book that really made me think was right in the beginning; they were talking about all these Olympic Athletes. I learned that on top of unhealthy amount of exercise (at least about 7) these athletes take incredible amounts of drugs and, legal and illegal. One such story was of female runner Marion Jones. Jones ingested about 35 things a day that helped her train. These included creatine monohydrate, vitamins A, C, E, D, B1, B2, B6, B12, omega- 3 fatty acids, dextrose, tyrosine, folic acid, and ZMA tablets. My first reaction after hearing all of these things was that it was incredibly unsafe. After that the book named a lot of the athletes that had healthy problems because of the all these drugs. I guess that this book has so far given me a peek at the darker side of Olympic sports.