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Another Day in A&E

Alan Cole — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:27:00 +0000

Well, I wasn’t expecting that! I had some neck, back and chest pains on Monday evening. They felt muscular so I wasn’t too worried, it just felt like a stiff neck, along with the chest pains that I get on and off all the time since my heart attack. I had an uncomfortable nights sleep...

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Foot Injury Updates

Alan Cole — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:31:03 +0000

Yeah, you know what this means don’t you? You lucky people are going to get to see more photos of my feet! Bet you can’t wait. Since returning home after hurting my ankle on a Coast Path run on Saturday things have improved. It didn’t actually look too bad immediately after the run, there was...

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Is Clotting the Problem?

Alan Cole — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:08:27 +0000

I’ve been wondering about clotting recently. First some background for context. As you may know, I was super-fit, super healthy and the last person on Earth that anyone expected to have any heart issues. Despite that I had a major heart attack earlier this year and have been recovering since. As is often the case,...

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A Home Defib

Alan Cole — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:21:00 +0000

Defibs in Borth and Ynyslas Borth and Ynyslas doesn’t have many publicly available defibrillators really. The nearest one to us is at the Visitor Centre in the dunes. There is now another in Ynyslas at the Cambrian Coast Caravan park. This one is available to the public if needed but is really for the caravan...

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Heart Attack Medical Records

Alan Cole — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:13:19 +0000

People have been asking for updates on my heart attack recovery progress. There isn’t a huge amount to report here yet. As you can imagine, I haven’t really been doing much so don’t have much to blog about. I have been chilling on the patio in the sunshine though. I am feeling a little better...

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Helicobacter Gut Infection

Alan Cole — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:47:37 +0000

As I think I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve been back and forth to the doctors recently for some blood tests. First I was referred by the opticians Second I was due a routine cholesterol check-up Third they asked me back by mistake when they received a letter from my opticians Fourth because of a few unusual...

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Sleep Tracking Comparisons – Garmin Fenix 3 and Xiaomi Mi Band

Alan Cole — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:03:55 +0000

I’m not the greatest of sleepers – sorry, but I can’t be good at everything! So, I’ve always been interested in sleep tracking just how much sleep I do actually get. My Garmin Fenix 3 does this for me thanks to it’s inbuilt sleep tracking abilities (just one more reason why I love it), but...

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Weight Trend – Withings WS-50

Alan Cole — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:51:53 +0000

Ooh, a new ‘Weight Trend’ screen has suddenly appeared on our Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyser Scales. Ok, it’s not ground breaking news but it’s still quite nice to get an update to a pair of scales without asking for it. Weight Trend Screen The new weight trend screen is displayed after the weight measurement screen...

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Ramp Test and DXA Scan

Alan Cole — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:16:16 +0000

As regular readers of this weblog will know, I often volunteer as a participant in various studies at the Sports and Exercise Department at Aberystwyth University. Most of these require a fair bit of my time to do but often prove interesting and painful in equal measure. Interesting from a point of view of getting a measure on...

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Supplements to keep me active

Alan Cole — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:00:00 +0000

As promised in my recent blog post about the “Keys to Consistency in Triathlon Training” I was going to go into more details about some of the main points I thought had helped. These were: Changes to my diet, A few well chosen supplements, A strength and conditioning program specifically targeting injury prevention, Regularly changing...

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