Well, if your that bored you came to this page I'll give you a little information about myself. Try to stay awake now!

I was born in 1956 in Oxford, England. I completed a Bachelor of Education degree in Physical Education and Mathematics at St Luke's College, Exeter University in the UK. After teaching high school in Switzerland and England over a three year period I moved to Canada in 1982 to start a Masters Degree. My M.Sc. was in the area of mathematical modelling of the mechanical properties of human skeletal muscle. I have taught in the school of Kinesiology since 1983, including during my Masters degree and a two-year period of work as an Ergonomist with the British Columbia Research Corporation. I returned from B.C. Research to SFU in 1991 to teach full-time. I have taught many courses within the department, most recently Kin 140, Kin 143, Kin 201, Kin 301, Kin 342C, Kin 343 and Kin 380. Other courses that I have taught that are no longer offered were Kin 370, Kin 401, Kin 470 and Kin 471. I have been interested in physical activity since my youth, primarily in the area of competitive sports.

I have played Soccer, Field Hockey, Rugby, Tennis and Squash at a fairly high level. For example, I played in the Swiss National Rugby Final in 1981, the West Counties [Field] Hockey final in 1982 and was ranked thirteenth in the B.C. provincial squash rankings in 1991. Being English it is not surprising that I have played rep soccer all my life (for school, college, senior premier leagues, including for example the West Coast Over-30 Soccer League Premier Division at the age of 48). I still play over-40 soccer (it is football really you know!), tennis, ski, weight train and occasionally run or cycle for added cardio workouts. I often do two or three circuit training sessions per week (CrossFIt style workouts), which allows me to work all muscle groups as well as my cardiovascular conditioning. Another myth (along with a lot of nutritional information) is that you need to run long distances regularly to improve VO2 max. Despite doing very little distance running my Kin 143, soccer and CrossFit workouts allow me to maintain an excellent running cardiovascular fitness, witnessed by the fact I won the Stage 1 (40+ age group) in the 2007 Haney to Harrison relay race.

Make no mistake though, although I may be a decent athlete (depends who you talk to I guess!). I was never a professional elite athlete. The reason I have stayed so active is simply because I love being in shape and enjoy the challenge and variety of many sports. An understanding and appreciation of the range of human physical performance (including the amazing ability of elite athletes) is something you will learn if you take Kin 143, Kin 201, Kin 310 and Kin 343 at SFU.

As you can imagine from the above I am a big sports fan. I support West Ham Untied in the English Premier Football (soccer) league. I also watch Tennis and Rugby but I am not a fan of stop-start sports like Baseball and American Football. I also have a tough time watching basketball...except maybe the last 5 minutes of a close game. Ice Hockey is a pretty good game though and I will watch the Vancouver Canucks in the play-offs occasionally. I am of Irish decent but being born in England I mainly support English national teams (especially soccer and rugby).