EEL’s Ash Willmott and three MSc students (Hannah, Luke and Zander) assisted ultra-marathon runners Nick and Andy as they prepared for a 220km race in Cambodia. “The support provided by each of Hannah, Luke and Zander was excellent in all regards, and proved extremely helpful to both me and Andy in completing the ultra marathon Read More…
Category: Sport
Congratulations to Dr Gareth Turner – Awarded PhD!
Gareth Turner was awarded his PhD subject to minor corrections on Thursday 8 December. His PhD thesis, entitled “Hypoxic exposure to optimise altitude training adaptations in elite endurance athletes” was examined by Dr Charlie Pedlar (external examiner, via Skype) and Professor Jo Doust (Internal Examiner). Dr Neil Maxwell (supervisor) sat in on the viva and Read More…
EEL Receive Awards at International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation
Congratulations to Dr Jess Mee and Dr Oli Gibson (former Technical Instructors and PhD Students of SaSM and allied to SESAME) for separately being winners of the American Journal of Physiology–Regulatory, Integrated, and Comparative Physiology Poster Awards at the 6th International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation, Slovenia. Congratulations should also be Read More…
School Prizes to Carl James and Rebecca Relf!
Congratulations to Carl James and Rebecca Relf for winning the 2016 School of Sport and Service Management prizes for the following categories, respectively; Research Student award for best piece of work and Best Masters Student piece of work. The awards were given for Carl’s 4th PhD study: “Short term heat acclimation improves the determinants of Read More…
Marathon Des Sables 2016 SESCU Support
Multi-stage, ultra-endurance events within extreme environmental conditions are becoming increasingly popular with endurance athletes. Deemed the “toughest foot race on earth” the Marathon des Sables (MdS), is a ~250 km multi-day race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco, which attracts around 1000 competitors annually from around the world. During the MdS race, competitors are self-dependent, Read More…
Congratulations Dr Carl James – Awarded PhD!
Carl James has now been awarded his PhD – entitled ‘Optimising strategies to enhance endurance running performance under hot and humid conditions’ – now he has attended to some minor amendments. Carl was examined by Dr Mike Price (Coventry University) and Dr Chris Tyler (University of Roehampton), who made him work hard with a 3 Read More…
EEL’s Research Student, Carl James, Engages with the Media!
Carl James showed us the way on how to use the media to share his research! New York Times BBC News Canada’s Globe & Mail The Times The Spectator Health The Cosmopolitan Hello Giggles Carl once again worked with the media as he was interviewed by an Irish radio station Read More…