Year: 2010

  • Higher Education Academy mag & Turning Point clickers

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    I’ve been a proponent of using interactive feedback technology in lectures (which means I can ask questions in my lecture, students can answer using a remote control with 10 or so buttons on it and we can all see how well we’re doing) for some time. As such I’ve been occasionally pulled out to demonstrate…

  • Fading

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    Day 269: Fading, originally uploaded by samwebster. The results from Llandovery triathlon are in and they look nice for me. I had a fast swim, which I knew, but I also had the fastest bike split. That’s very nice as I don’t think I’m biking very well yet. My bike fitness has only just caught…

  • Again, OMG I live here!

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    Again, OMG I live here!, originally uploaded by samwebster. This is from last weekend (which, for some lovely reason, feels like an age ago) from Langland Bay. I swam with Thom and Holly early on a Saturday morning. Time: 8am. Air temp: 8C Sea temp: 8C Wonderful. And chilly. Incidentally, this is the route we…

  • I won a trophy today

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    Day 268: I won a trophy today, originally uploaded by samwebster. Hmm, not much of a race report for this one, from the Llandovery sprint triathlon. Swam fast (fastest ever), got on my bike (ooh, tricky), cycled fast (no idea how fast yet, but caught lots of slower fish), got off the bike (also tricky),…

  • Careful now

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    I wondered if I would become more careful after breaking my foot. It’s true that I’ve generally become more careful as I’ve become older (we learn from our mistakes?) but would the break or the time in plaster or the foolishness of it all drive me to wrap myself in bubblewrap in many aspects of…

  • Running around the bay

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    76 days after breaking my foot I went for my first run by the sea, in the sun, around Swansea Bay. It felt good to be running again, but it ain’t easy. I’ve been building up to this slowly with walking and walk – jog – walk intervals. The foot has been feeling fine and…

  • Sunny days on the Gower

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    Day 257: OMG I live here?, originally uploaded by samwebster. Mean no time for blogging!

  • Heart rate and power

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    Heart rate and power, originally uploaded by samwebster. Here is an example of why I think it’s helpful to know both heart rate and power. Here’s a screenshot of a part of today’s ride, climbing the main hill. You can see that heart rate rises early in the climb and continues to increase as the…

  • Neuroscience podcast no. 3 – Neurotransmitters

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    Phil tried really hard to teach me about neurotransmitters in our most recent podcast. We talked about how they work and went through a list of the key neurotransmitters and gave an overview of what they do. Many of them will be talked about in more detail in future podcasts! My poor brain. MP3: Neuroscience…

  • 46 days post-fracture

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    Messy, huh?