Wedding Cake Island – Coogee Ocean Swim Well – we have started the Ocean swimming season with lots of Vlad swimmers taking part and we started with a BANG. Briefly we had 12 take part in the 1km swim with Louise S, Talbot H and Damien S getting first in their respective age groups and…
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Number 2 of the Ocean Swims Series and a few other events The main event of the weekend was Bondi to Bronte but before we get to that a few squad members have snuck in a couple of sneaky events beforehand. Aside from just swimming, a few of the guys do that thing called a…
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Greetings from what has been an incredibly windy Dover. Hopefully my experiences will assist you guys in the planning of your upcoming challenges and adventures! My window has been completely blown out. That means no swim because of weather – namely gale force winds – this normally happens in August, and has never happened in…
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Last Saturday we had planned a swim of more than 8 hours as part of English Channel preparation. Question was, where were we are going to do this swim. After perfectly timed email from Iain McGregor , Tori, Ali and Wayne, decided to join them in a 8 hours swim in different ocean water direction…
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This year the lure of the Rottnest challenge (19.7km from Cottesloe beach to Rottnest Island in Western Australia) proved too great for 13 VLADSWIM individuals and a family duo to go and attempt. For some this was a repeat appearance and for others their first experience. I headed over on the Wednesday before hand and…
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Swim Report Sat 23rd saw us venture to La Perouse for a lazy 1 to 4hrs. Conditions were almost the complete opposite of the previous week at Shelly to Manly. A very good example of how unpredictable and how different the open water can be. Last week we dealt with big swell, strong currents rough…
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