First learning she tested positive for a banned substance via email this January, the runner says she was initially unfamiliar with the drug she was accused of ingesting. “When I got that email, I had to read it over about ten times and google what it was that I had just tested positive for,” she explained. “I had never even heard of nandrolone. I have since learned that it has long been understood by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) that eating pork can lead to a false positive for nandrolone, since certain types of pigs produce it naturally in high amounts. Pig organ meat (offal) has the highest levels of nandrolone.”
After creating an extensive food log “of everything that I consumed the week of that December 15 test,” she realized a local food truck may have been the culprit of her positive test. “We concluded that the most likely explanation was a burrito purchased and consumed approximately 10 hours before that drug test from an authentic Mexican food truck that serves pig offal near my house in Beaverton, Oregon,” she continued. “I notified the AIU that I believed this was the source.”
The runner’s lawyer also doubled down on this notion, adding that although runners may treat themselves to a delicious burrito from time to time, they aren’t likely to benefit from the steroid in question. “It is not a substance any runner would take,” explained attorney Paul Greene, who has represented athletes accused of taking performace enhancing drugs, per the Washington Post.
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