Palm Beach to Shelly beach
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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Rottnest 2013
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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Saturday swim La Perouse
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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Sydney 16-year-old to swim the English Channel
Fellow swimmer Lochie hinds was on 2GB on Wed am. He trains with us on says and joined us in melb for the HTFU cold water training camp. He will be the youngest Aussie male to swim channel when he goes this July and is doing it for
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VLADSWIM Swimmers
We have a number of Vladswim Swimmers still available. If you are interested, please email Louise – louise@vladswim.com.au
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Melbourne Trip – otherwise known as the cold water swimming bootcamp
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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