Year: 2013

  • TriExercise Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon 2013

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    Between the European Triathlon Championships and the British Champs this year there’s a tricky 4 weeks of working out how to recover, kick the fitness on, and try to “peak” again. There’s not much you can do or expect from 4 weeks, and as you dropped most of your training load & fatigue for the…

  • European Triathlon Champs 2013

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    A couple of weeks ago I raced as an age grouper in the Euro champs in Alanya, Turkey. Since coming back I’ve been busy catching up after taking only a handful of days away from work. I’ve also been mulling over what happened, how I’m performing and what to change. The venue was pretty good.…

  • Up and away

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    I’m off to Turkey tomorrow for the European Triathlon AG Championships in Alanya. I’ll be racing in the standard distance event on Friday morning, and I’m looking forward to having a good crack at it. I think my form is coming around, and Friday will be a test of my training over the last x…

  • Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon 2013

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    Nope, not racing this weekend! I took photos this morning at the club’s Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon. A beautiful location, an altered bike course, and a fair bit chillier this year. Have a look at the Flickr set. Well done all for completing this, especially the fella that almost gave up near shore. Big effort!

  • Deva Triathlon 2013

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    Oh dear. They say you learn more from your bad races than from your good ones, so I’ll try to do that here. The Deva Triathlon up in Chester was a World Age Group Triathlon Championships qualifier, and as we have a home World Champs this year, and a home World Champs on the Olympic…

  • TTG Gloucester Triathlon 2013

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    The first race is in the bag! It was good to get that out of the way, and great fun on a sunny day in Gloucestershire. The TTG Gloucester Tri is a sprint distance race starting athletes off in a 25m pool at 1 minute intervals, so it feels like a time trial. It was…

  • Skull Osteology iPhone App

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    I’ve updated the Skull iOS app. It is now a universal app, so it will work on your iPad or your iPhone. The iPhone version has pretty retina-ready images and is sized for the iPhone 5 (it will work fine with 4, 4S and 3GS iPhones that I’ve tested it with). Go download it (it’s…

  • Circle of Willis

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    Steve Atherton built this 3D computer model that nicely illustrates the Circle of Willis and the cerebral arteries between (and within) the brain and the bones of the skull. We worked on it a while ago and I’ve used it in teaching (it looks great on a 3D TV) but I’ve only just got round…

  • Weight training & endurance athletes

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    I’m getting older, so regular strength training is even more important for me now than it was when I was younger. I enjoy it more these days too. Olympic lifts are fun, and sometimes it’s nice to train indoors where it’s dry and warm. Many endurance athletes worry about strength training. I think their concerns…

  • Try-a-Tri 2013 Photos

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    My photos from yesterday’s Try-a-Tri run by Cardiff Triathletes are up on Flickr: Full resolution photos are in there (have a hunt). A Creative Commons License is attached to the Flickr page but they’re free for competitors’ usual uses.