Year: 2010
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Summer’s here?
Just as I was getting used to the long, mostly easy riding, running and swimming my training has switched at last to more race-like speed work. Of course, I’ve been racing since April or May, so I’m a bit out of sync with my original and current training plans. I just finishing my winter training,…
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Teaching
I’ve given a couple of lectures over the last couple of weeks on the first 18 days of development and the embryology of the cardiovascular system. If you’re a Swansea student looking for my blog notes go back to Blackboard and you’ll be able to download the whole lecture plus the other stuff I linked…
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Llanelli 10k (2010)
Finishing speed, originally uploaded by samwebster. Check out the heart rate for this sucker! It was hot yesterday so my HR was a tad high, but see it kick up again at half way! It hits 95% of max HR by the end. It’s a positive split but I reckon the second half of that…
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Windsor race report
I wasn’t going to bother writing a race report, but I haven’t blogged for a bit & it’s getting a bit work biased here, so I’ll write a short bit about the weekend. I’m also writing this on an iPad so let’s see how good this virtual keyboard is. I also raced the Gower…
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Neuroscience podcast 4: autonomic nervous system
Phil & I recorded another neuroscience podcast. Number 4 covers the autonomic nervous system and we talk about the anatomy, the wiring of the neurones, and the neurotransmitters involved. I might have to listen to that neurotransmitters section a few more times. MP3: Neuroscience podcast 4 – autonomic nervous system. iTunes: Neuroscience podcast 4 –…
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Anatomy & embryology podcast 24
OK, I finally finished the latest podcast in which Rhiannon and I talk about what we think are the important aspects of the anatomy of the lower limb. This is the first part of two, and is 45 minutes long. We talk about the bones of the foot and ankle, the knee, the sciatic nerve,…
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Learning
Here’s a great blog entry about learning for educators and lurners alike: Donald Clark Plan B: 10 techniques to massively increase retention There’s a lot of really good stuff in there, hopefully stuff we’re already trying to do in Swansea. Note number 9: mobile technology. The author talks about drip feeding assessment via those mobile…
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Anatomy: the lumbosacral plexus and the lower limb
On Monday we started looking at the structure of the hip, the muscles there and the nerves involved in motor and sensory innervation. In my station we talked about the lumbosacral plexus. Lots of nerves! A nerve plexus is merely a lot of separate nerves (it’s probably best to think of long, individual nerve cells)…
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Why I don’t listen to music on the bike
Why I don’t listen to music on the bike, originally uploaded by samwebster. Fast music kicks in (in this case, Gorillaz’ Stylo) & you end up popping 500watts on an easy pootle. Sheesh.