Year: 2011

  • Llanelli Waterside Triathlon 2011. Oops.

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        This race didn’t really go as planned. For me or for the organisers. It was a super windy morning, and as the name of the race suggests, it’s right by the sea so it gets all the wind. Luckily the swim isn’t in the sea, but in the north dock. Even that had…

  • Triathlon no. 1, 2011

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    I’m racing my first triathlon of the 2011 season tomorrow morning at Llanelli. It’s a sprint distance race with a short open water swim that I entered for fun, because it’s local, as a test, and as preparation for Windsor next month. The funny thing is how different this feels to last year. Last year…

  • I hate cyclepaths. Sometimes.

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    I use cyclepaths every day when I ride to work, I support & regularly donate cash to Sustrans, the awesome organisation that has created thousands of miles of cyclepath in the UK and continues to drive new paths across the country, and I am cheered whenever I see one of those little blue and white…

  • Garmin Forerunner 610. It’s getting there.

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    Look at this thing. It’s almost the perfect triathlon watch. Slim(ish), GPS based speed and route logging stuff, heart rate monitoring, cadence & speed sensors for the bike, touch screen, stick all your intervals on it, a bit of navigation, and Ant+. It’s almost great for triathlon. All Garmin need to do for me is:…

  • Moti Gower Duathlon 2011

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    My excitement building up to the first multisport race of the season was fairly well deserved. It was a windy, early start on the western tip of the Gower peninsula at Rhossili, but the forecast rain didn’t really bother anyone too much. The wind had died down a touch from the projected 20mph+ too. Warming…

  • Thalamus: Netter’s Concise Neuroanatomy

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    Elsevier have a sample chapter of Netter’s Concise Neuroanatomy available for the thalamus, which I talked about today. It’s very nice, with the excellent illustrations that we’re used to and much of the relevant information about the thalamic nuclei and their motor, sensory and limbic system links summarised in tables. Have a look at the…

  • Testing times

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    Tomorrow is the first multisport race of the season for me, and will be quickly followed by another two this month. They’re training races, getting me prepared for the summer, but they’re also great fun and it’s fairly important to perform well in them. Tomorrow starts early with the Gower Duathlon, running from one of…

  • Getting ready for the weekend

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      A fun part of racing (for me) is getting all my crap together, physically & mentally. I’m digging kit out that was put away at the end of last year, checking it over, tweaking it all, putting new tyres on and so on.   Thinking about all this means you can’t stress about work…

  • Race season is here?

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    Suddenly it’s May, & it’s a busy May this year. I’ve entered the Gower Duathlon this weekend, we’re going away the following weekend, I’m racing in the Llanelli triathlon the weekend after that (after some crab fishing that will require wetsuits – I hope to get some YouTube worthy video of that), then it’s Kim’s…

  • 1 week on

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    Seven days after “retweaking” my right calf and resting it with just a couple of 10 minute runs in the week, it feels great. It feels strong, fresh and new. Going on previous experience with this problem I think I’ll rest it until the Gower Duathlon on Saturday though, to give it time to strengthen.…