Year: 2009

  • Serious Recovery

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    Alan Couzens has written a great article about recovery (Serious Recovery For Serious Athletes) on his blog. More chillaxing and hot baths for me then, but how can I freeze that much ice? Less food and more water in the freezer I guess. Sorry Kim. Link: Serious Recovery For Serious Athletes.

  • Back home & back to work

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    Stocks, originally uploaded by samwebster. Yep, we’re all back to the routine today. I thought I was tired running around after this lot last week but my brain seems to be working much better after a break from work. And I only came back to 200 emails, so Easter might not be a bad time…

  • Away!

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    Students: I will be away next week. Most of you are asking me similar questions so if you work with each other you should be able to share this information. You might want to organize yourselves for embryology tutorials when I get back, if you need them.

  • Even more shoes

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    I’ve got a good pile of shoes developing at work too with the addition of some light flats (the red ones). I didn’t notice the detail text on the heel until last night. Show your opposition a clean pair of heels, eh?

  • BMW’s Smart Car Doors Stay Shut When Danger Is Around

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    Gizmodo have noted the development of car doors that won’t open when danger is approaching; for example a cyclist passing a parked car. Great idea! I’ve been caught by a couple of car doors and each time it has been disastrous and expensive. “BMW has teamed up with Technical University of Munich in creating these…

  • Bunny

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    Annabel is getting attached to her bunny to a neurotic level. She can’t sleep without it. That’s a given. If she wakes up in the night and can’t find bunny, we all wake up. During the day when she realises she hasn’t seen bunny for a while she has to find it, and runs up…

  • Video games good for your eyes

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    Isn’t that the opposite of what your mother always said? A study published in Nature Neuroscience found that playing action video games improved contrast sensitivity. Players were able to better discern very small changes in shades of grey as a result of playing games “where they had to be constantly ready to react to unpredictable…

  • Next phase

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    I finished my low mileage transition month with my last run today. I was worried that I was getting a little too comfortable with these easy weeks, given that some of my training weeks have been as tough as hell and for some reason I’ve scheduled worse ones in the near future. Also, when you…

  • New shoes

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    I’ve said it before, but is there anything better than new shoes? Annabel got her first pair of proper walking shoes (and I got new running shoes). When your mileage goes up you really start getting through shoes. I need to buy another couple of pairs too.

  • Trooper

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    Jack bought me a badge for my birthday. Watch out for it in meetings.