Month: March 2009

  • Dexter James DeWreede

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    Rhiannon Fish/DeWreede gave birth to a baby boy yesterday! The second year students will remember Rhi from anatomy teaching last year & of course you all know Rhi through our podcasts. Dexter James DeWreede was born at 2pm by caesarian section and weighed 9lb 8oz! There seems to be a trend in big babies amongst…

  • The Oath

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    I noticed that Welsh and English versions of “The Doctor’s Oath” had gone up in the School of Medicine’s foyer today.

  • Boys win a quiz

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    I hear the boys finally won an embryology quiz after Jo Bishop’s urinary system lecture. Thats 5:1 to the girls, with 4 left to play! I’ll be teaching you the embryology of endocrine organs on Monday afternoon so get prepared.

  • Llanelli Half-Marathon Race Report

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    I ran my first half-marathon race on Sunday, at Llanelli. Here are my mile splits: Mile 1: 6:14 Mile 2: 6:43 Mile 3: 6:37 Miles 4 & 5: 13:04 (missed the mile marker, about 6:32 min/miles) Mile 6: 6:01 Mile 7: 6:06 Mile 8: 6:02 Mile 9: 6:17 Mile 10: 6:22 Mile 11: 6:32 Mile…

  • Yee!

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    Yee!, originally uploaded by samwebster. Happy running!

  • Flying

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    I ran a short 8.4km tempo run today that included a 5km stretch of about 6:20 min/mile pace. Well, that was the plan. The distance is a bit weird because of the landmarks I use, but it’s enough for me to measure my pace on. The aim was to remind me how bad I’ll feel…

  • From runner to runner? (Part 1)

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    My sporting history looks like it has come full circle. But I expect it to disappear off again in a new direction. At school I played the usual sports, and had good speed playing rugby and whatnot. But the other boys got bigger and I didn’t, and my ball handling/kicking skills were never up to…

  • Chocolate Milk as a Post-Exercise Recovery Aid

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    Going back to the milk, protein, latte notes of an earlier post, here’s a study looking at the effectiveness of chocolate milk in recovery. What a lovely idea. The study used 9, highly trained cyclists, depleted their glycogen stores and compared the abilities of chocolate milk, Gatorade and Endurox R4 (a carboydrate recovery drink) to…

  • Riding with my shadow

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    Multisport athletes are very lucky. I’m getting very tired of running, both mentally and physically. That’s as it should be as I’m reaching high levels of fatigue in the weeks before a race, and my legs feel like they’re in top condition (aerobically anyway, but there is some imbalance and tightness). The last two weeks…