I over the last few weeks I have done a lot towards my EPQ. Having weekly mentor meetings, finishing the book "The Secret Race", created a Gantt chart from my timeline and watched the movie "The Program". The book and movie helped expand my knowledge of the area of doping around the time Lance Armstrong rode. The Gantt chart has been useful for me as it is visual and I can see what needs to be done by when. Over the summer I will continue to research in further depth, after I read the book I found a section for further reading, over the summer I wish to read these texts.
Mid Project Evaluation For my project, I decided to explore the question “How can Doping affect the performance of a cyclist?”, this was due to both my love of cycling and of the sciences; biology and chemistry, I have been a keen cyclist for all my life and joined a cycling club aged seven and have progressed through the ranks ever since. I also thoroughly enjoy the subject’s chemistry, both of which I am considering studying at A level to expand my knowledge and understanding. Another reason for me choosing the question as I title is that over the years there has been countless offenses by cyclists for the use of drugs to improve performance, the most famous of all Lance Armstrong, he had won seven Tour de France’s only to have all his titles stripped away for the use of performance enhancing drugs. I have carried out a lot of research on the topics of: EPO, Blood bags, haemoglobin based oxygen carriers and perfluorocarbons, I have also begun research on anabolic steroids thou...
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