According to this piece at Runners World, Dathan Ritzenhein was the most tested runner in the United States in 2012, with 17 tests. Mo Farah, the double world and Olympic champion over 5,000 and 10,000 meters, speaks of being tested constantly in a recent interview with the Telegraph.
Of course it is necessary to test elite runners in the struggle to keep the sport clean, but it's not fair to test some athletes constantly while others are barely tested. It makes sense to require elite athletes to regularly take the same type and number of tests.
This begs the question, who administers and pays for it all. How about the shoe companies and other corporations that sponsor athletes and competitions?
I'm the first to admit I'm pretty naive about the PED situation. At the gut level, and as a fan of the sport, I think it's time to standardize testing.
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