The annual Stratford upon Avon Regatta took place last weekend and the results platform designed by Ambition Design was successfully used to record the results of each race. The software has been in development for several years and is now approaching its finished state with all the major functionality required now incorporated in the system. The system can be used … Continue reading
Last week I finally finished my university degree in mechanical engineering at Oxford Brookes. It’s been five years in the making and think I’ve learnt a lot in the process. Without a doubt though the most useful aspect of the degree was doing a years placement with an engineering company. I learnt much more about practical engineering during this year … Continue reading
This week we tried part 2 of the new weights program, this time focusing on the lower body. This again comprised of three sets of exercises; the first set involved back squats supersetted with power cleans. Four lots of 15 reps were completed back to back. I managed ok with the squats, but struggled slightly with the cleans, having not … Continue reading
On Tuesday I started a new weights program with a friend of mine. Unfortunately for me he is now a full time professional athlete. Me being me I tried to keep up with him, but now I’m paying the price! The session started off with some pull ups supersetted with inversed rowing. There were 4 sets of 12 reps for … Continue reading
On Sunday I attempted to play squash again for the first time in about four years. I think it’s fair to say my body is now regretting the decision. We got the rules slightly wrong, thinking that the points were up to 21 rather than 9 so having played 5 games of the best of 21 my body was understandably … Continue reading
The big race went ahead on the 25th April. The weather was really nice, it was a little bit drizzly at the beginning of the day, but then got gradually hotter and hotter. I was almost too hot by the end of the race, but thankfully the water stations were positioned just in the right places. The start of the … Continue reading