At the end of April a group of 8 Vladswimmers and myself headed down to the glorious water of Brighton, Melbourne to harden up and enhance their channel training with a spot of cold water swimming. The coach was very kind to them and only made them swim twice a day in water that was

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On 22nd of December just 3 days before Christmas a simple 5Km and 10km Balmoral swim was organized. Vlad, Viki and Charm with other volunteers focused on one thing that day – to run the first Vladswim open water event smoothly. The 10Km swim was organized for swimmers who needed to qualify for other oceans

On a cloudy and windy morning at 6am we jumped into the water for yet another morning swim session. Like every morning we enjoy sunrise, fresh air, salt water and great swim team atmosphere. However today was special. Everyone who came to the session also received a memorable experience. At around 7am from behind Mrs

7.30 am Tori, Wayne, Dean and I met in front of North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club. On that day we decided to swim for approximately two hours. The conditions were gorgeous, however the air temperature was only at 8C. That did not mean alot as in 10min we were all ready to dip into the

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Last Saturday Vladswim swimmers didn’t spend time in bed or in a cafeteria with a newspaper, they did the opposite. They jumped into the ocean and swam between 2 to 4 hours in really, not friendly, weather of Sydney. The first group of Channel ‘cold’ swimmers started swimming at Balmoral beach from 7.30am Charm (coach)

Another great Saturday training session last Saturday 23rd July at 645am. I met with 3 of the early bird swimmers at Balmoral to discover that instead of improving overnight the conditions had worsened. Ever the optimistic Stuart, Iain and Tori greased up, explained their dietary needs and plunged into the dirty 14 degree waters of

Last year, Louise, Scott, Duncan, Cameron and Nicola were part of the Vladswim team for the Rottnest Channel Swim. All swimmers succeeded in the solo swim with great performances. 2010 was a great year for Louise as she won the swim in a time of 5hrs 06 min, placing 5th overall and she delivered a