Building in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
My blog has been silent for the past few weeks, but I have not been hibernating. In fact, I have been quite active since my last blogpost on January 23rd. Here is a brief update on what I’ve been up to:
Luxembourg
Lecturing at the Luxembourg Academy of Sports Medicine, Kinesitherapy and Sciences. The lecture was co-sponsored by the Olympic Committee of Luxembourg and the Public Health Research Center. I also consulted on training and performance related topics with the national cycling and swimming coaches, visited the center of Luxembourg, and took a day trip to a beautiful German town called Trier, with impressive Roman ruins.
Luxembourg old town. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Porta Nigra, Trier (Germany). (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Vitoria-Gasteiz
University of the Basque Country: two days of lecturing, five hours per day, at the Masters degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
Sagrado Corazón school: within the framework of a week dedicated to the Basque Language, I did my annual presentation on sport science and triathlon and cycling coaching for high school seniors. It did not take long for the group to start asking questions and get a good conversation going.
A group photo after a nice exchange with the students. (Photo: Fermín Garde Etayo)
Barcelona
Ramon Llull University: twelve hours of lecturing in two days at the Masters degree in Physical Activity, Health and Sports Training
Israel
Ten hours of lecturing in two days with team sport coaches, cycling and triathlon coaches, and national coaches and sport science staff at the Wingate Institute in Netanya. I was fortunate to have some time off and wander around Tel Aviv.
Announcement of my lectures at the Wingate Institute.
Climbing the walls of Jaffa. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Belgium
Brussels: I attended Kevin De Pauw’s doctoral dissertation entitled “Post-Exercise Recovery: Impact on Cycling performance and Brain Functioning. Cycling, recovery and the brain”. The following day I lectured at a very interesting symposium entitled Optimizing Exercise Performance. It was a great opportunity visit Brussels and catch up with good friends and excellent sport and exercise scientists such as Romain Meeusen, Shona Halson, Jos De Koning, Maria Francesca Piacentini, Yann Le Meur, Hein Daanen and Jan Bourgois.
The Atomium in Brussels. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Marbella
A quick trip to sunny Marbella, where Spartak Moscow Football Club has been finalizing their winter preparation for the last eleven matches of the Russian league. I’ve been consulting for them from the beginning of the season.
Spartak´s team talk before training. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
I’ve also been watching sports, including youth basketball, cross-country running, team handball, and as much of the action from Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics as I could on television. By the way, Russia won the overall medal tally, but you may want to know that Norway won the medal count relative to the country’s population; The Netherlands won relative to the number of athletes participating in the Olympics; Slovenia won relative to the country’s GDP; and China was the best female team. You can find all of this information here:
http://www.lequipe.fr/infogs/Jo/le_revers_des_medailles.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/did-russia-really-win-the-sochi-medal-count/284025/
Time out. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Iván Fernández Anaya, running to his 6th Basque Championship title. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Semi-finals of the Israeli Handball Cup. (Photo: Iñigo Mujika)
Watching the Sochi Games on TV.
As you can see, I may have been silent, but certainly not hibernating!
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