Month: October 2011

  • Stu MacCormac

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    Sadness. I think I’ve cried more this year than I have in the last 20. Rest in peace buddy. Link (cardifftri.net). Link: BBC News Link: BBC News tributes

  • iBike update

    The wired handlebar mount for my iBike cycle computer died this summer, and I’m quite impressed with myself. Unusually I didn’t panic (too much) about being unable to collect data, and I didn’t run out and drop £800 that I didn’t have on an upgrade to a Powertap. I was helped a little by the…

  • Week 107 – kidneys, nearby viscera and the nervous system

    On Monday we spent the morning looking at the kidneys and suprarenal (or adrenal) glands. You saw their anatomy and histology in other stations, but with me we had a quick look at the anterior visceral relationships of each kidney, and then talked about the overall scheme and structure of the nervous system. The kidneys…

  • Tendinopathy

    I think my right Achilles (calcaneal) tendon has been sore pretty much since I started running again a few years ago. Well, probably after a while of building up my mileage anyway. It’s nothing too nasty, and often only presents as a scratchy sensation a few cm above the tendon’s insertion into the calcaneal bone,…

  • A Partnership with Sunwise

    I used to run to and from work alongside the river Taff when I was living in Cardiff. When I switched to cycling my optician noticed changes to my eyes and recommended that I start wearing glasses to protect them from dust, insects and drying. Sure, I used to wear glasses all the time when…

  • Fresh?

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    I’m well into the R&R part of my year, training-wise (not work-wise: still no sign of a break from that yet). I’ve had 4 weeks off training since Bala, with a teensy, weensy 10k race with 3999 other people 2 weeks ago, but I’m really not feeling very fresh. I’m doing a little running every…

  • Autumn fixes: ibike upgrade

    Since the speed sensor for my iBike power meter died late in the summer I’ve been keeping one eye on eBay for second hand power meters and the other on the upcoming slew of next generation PMs. Garmin announced their pedal based Vector power meter, but at a price much higher than expected. Powertap announced…

  • Swansea Bay 10k

    Last weekend I ran the Swansea Bay 10k for the first time. I’ve lived here for, er, 6 years or so, and watched my brother run it but I’ve never entered myself. After Sunday’s run I reckon it’s cracking to be able to run with 4000 other people by the sea, on a sunny day,…