Category: Event

Book Launch Event

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of Swim Training Patterns: Plan your Training Sessions with the Power of Mathematics by Christoph Bartneck, published by Routledge.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: University Book Shop, University of Canterbury
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zLsx55xFePJVmu33A

This exciting new book explores how mathematics can be used to structure effective and engaging swim training sessions, offering fresh perspectives for coaches, athletes, and anyone passionate about swimming.
Join us to celebrate the release, hear insights from the author, and enjoy an opportunity to connect with fellow swimmers, coaches, and academics.

Drinks and finger food will be served. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. We look forward to seeing you at the University Book Shop to celebrate this special occasion.

Swim Training Patterns Work Out

I have spent far too much time in the pool training for the 2025 New Zealand Masters Swimming National Competition that took place last weekend in Auckland. I varied my training using Swim Training Patterns. They kept from going insane by swimming up and down the lanes.

All that training worked out rather well. I managed to win the gold medal in my age group for both abled and para swimmers. It is likely the first time a para swimmer has also won the able-bodied swimming competition, but I might be wrong on this. The results and times are available.

 

Peer Review Review

Please come and join me for a Nerd Nite on October 4th (6:30pm) at the Little Andromeda theatre. I will be ranting about about the peer review process. Here is a short summary of the talk:

The peer review process is essential to modern science. Researchers conduct studies and submit their results to a journal. An editor manages a review process involving external experts. But what happens when you study the peer review process itself. How do scientific organisations react when they become the subject of an experiment? Not well, to say the least.