Cyclist/Triathlete, Speed & Mass
Here's the story:
I have been lifting weights for about ten years. Applied some Tren in a DMSO solution when I was WAY younger than I should have been. Learned a lot about different things from friends that were into body building. And as such I don't carry with me most of the myths that most endurance athletes hold regarding AAS.
The last couple of years I have been moving toward endurance sports. I just started cycling, I did my first Half Ironman this year, I have done 8 or so other tri's, and 5 marathons. I am continuing to progress on each of these fronts, but I am hitting a place where I either lose weight (I am 170lb 5'8" now, I was down to 155lb right before my marathon), and strength and get faster, or I increase my lean mass and strength, and... get slower.
I know of people that are much faster than I, that are also bigger and stronger. I am not looking to look like my bodybuilder friends. I would like approach something closer to David Goggin's athletic abilities. I want to be wicked strong, and still be able to run a 17 minute 5k. I don't have the medical resources to do EPO and have liver enzymes checked on a regular basis.... Are there any recommendations on something that will (1) allow me to improve my performance, and (2) allow me to achieve the appearance I am looking for?
Any refs would be greatly appreciated. The cycling/marathoning/triathlete communities would rather ignore the existence of AAS (or play some moral high ground), and most of the educational lit I find on steroids is geared toward the bodybuilding community. Thanks for the help.
Ahhhh - I should probably include something regarding my workout routine eh?
I usually run about 30 miles a week. There is one hard track workout, one long run (12-22 miles depending on the time of season) and a number of short runs throughout the week. I try to cycle once or twice a week, and average 60-120 miles a week. Strength training has left the conventional gym and moved it's way to a Crossfit gym where I workout three days a week. I usually get one day in with my boxing trainer each week.