In this speech I talked about Lance Armstrong, his use of performance enhancing drugs, and the use of performance enhancing drugs month other professional cyclists. I didn’t have a ton of statistics, which might have made the audience feel a bit un trustworthy of me. In other words, I should I have given more statistics demonstrating the amount of doping that goes on in the world of cycling, and should have said where I found this evidence, which I did not do. I also think I could have made it a bit more entertaining, and maybe gotten the audience involved more, or atlas had some sort of activity that made the audience participate and engage more. I couldn’t tell if everyone was interested or not, but I thought maybe they would have been if I could have spoken a little bit more confidently.

Hey everyone today Im going to talk to you about the use of  performance enhancing drugs in professional cycling, and more specifically Lance Armstrong and his involvement with them. So how many of you know who Lance Armstrong is? Cool, for those of you who don’t he is a former professional road racing cyclist who won’t 7 Tour De France’s in a row, which is a record and that is the oldest, international, and most prestigious cycle race in the world. He was a professional cyclist who had some achievements, but in 1996 he tested positive for testicular cancer, which he beat, and 3 years later won his first of 7 consecutive Tour De France’s. Throughout this time period, from 1999 to 2005, he lost many friends and forged many terrible relationships because of his use of performance enhancing drugs. Many of his teammates tried to turn him in, but he threatened them and insulted them and called them traitors until they backed down, but one man didn’t care and was able to launch a full fledged investigation, and it even became a federal investigation, given the severity of the issue. It got to a very bad point in Armstrong’s life where he had lost too many friends and the lies had become too much, so in 2013, as a guest on Oprah, he confessed to using performance enhancing drugs during all 7 of his Tour De France victories, as well as before he tested positive for cancer. As a result, he was stripped of all of his Tour De France medals, and forever banned from racing professionally. It is a shame because he was an idol to so many people and such an inspiration for beating cancer and accomplishing what he did.

Armstrong isn’t the only cyclist to dope though. From 1998 to 2013, 12 Tour De France winners have been linked to doping, and during these years 65% of the top ten finishers have been linked to doping. Many other cyclists use performance enhance drugs, so many that cycling organizations have implemented new and ore extensive drug tests that can detect the use of performance enhancing drugs, but they cannot detect blood transfusions which is also very common. Hopefully even more measures are taken to prevent the use of these drugs so that cycling can recapture its true spirit and the sport will once again have integrity, and those who work hard will see the results. Thanks for listening and I hope you guys learned something new today. Any questions?

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Chase Bailkin

Speaking of Bicycles

Jonathan Hunt

March 6, 2017

Second Speech Outline

1. Open with question: how many of you know who Lance Armstrong is?
2. He is a former road racing cyclist who won Tour De France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005
3. Tour De France is the oldest and most prestigious bike racing event in the world
4. Armstrong beat testicular cancer in 1996, and went on to become the most recognized cyclist in the world
5. His image was defiled when, after years of allegations, he admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during all seven years of victories
6. His close friends and teammates tried to turn him in, which made him very angry and ruined many relationships between him and his friends and his fans – he is banned from cycling forever
7. This is an example of a big problem that many professional cyclists in this generation commit
8. Many professional cyclists use performance enhancing drugs such as testosterone, blood transfusions, and Erythropoietin which give these riders unfair advantages
9. Riders are banned from professional competition for life if they are caught, like Lance Armstrong
10. It is an epidemic and ruins the integrity of the sport and ruins the true competitiveness for riders who don’t dope
11. From 1998 to 2013, 12 Tour De France winners have been linked to doping and 65% of the top ten riders in this time period were also linked to doping
12. Random drug tests are administered to prevent the use of these drugs, but infusions and blood transfusions cannot be tested
13. Hopefully more measures are taken so that we can enjoy the sport in its purest form and people who work the hardest can be rewarded

http://abcnews.go.com/US/lance-armstrong-confesses-doping/story?id=18244003 – This source helped me very much so in obtaining knowledge on Lance Armstrong’s confession to doping and the relationships that he ruined throughout his career because of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cycling – This source gives me a good idea of the quantity of professional cyclists who used performance enhancing drugs.

http://www.businessinsider.com/lance-armstrong-doping-tour-de-france-2015-1 – This source is very good because it helps prove my argument of how common doping in professional cycling is.

Chase Bailkin

Speaking of Bicycles

February 13, 2017

Speech #1 Outline

1. Introduce yourself
2. Tell the class who you are (name, age, origin, major, goals)
3. Explain the reason you chose the topic (how biking will help your job)
4. Explain your job
5. Start slideshow
6. Give reasons on the difficulties of travel in San Francisco
7. Tell personal account of being late to an appointment
8. Provide reasons on why having a bicycle is a better way to travel
9. Show pictures of nature
10. Show picture of fat guy who lost weight
11. Explain the negative effects of having a bike
12. Make a pros and cons list of having a bike right now
13. Determine if having a bike would be worth it
14. End slideshow with a quote and a smile and ask if there are any questions