19 months ago was the last time I wrote something here. There are innumerable things that can happen in such time and yet there are things that do not change and will not change. Amongst the many things that happened … Read More
Apart from another great weel of training and coaching, driving the bikes back to Ontario on my own has given me a unique opportunity to be really with myself for a long time. Some times it is refreshing not to … Read More
Que chinga compa! My long time friend Ricardo wrote on facebook. Sort of "freakin painful pal" And yes, driving back non stop to Arizona from Guelph was long and at times hard, yet I got to see things that … Read More
Well now that the Olympic games are over and many will have this withdrawl symptoms including panic of what would they watch or read… Here I'm back! Ha!… Joke apart, the 10Km. marathon swim nationals on Saturday were the best … Read More
Many things had happened since last time I wrote. And now that I am sitting with just a few minutes to write, I realized that has been over a month! I feel that somehow I got into a treadmill and … Read More
On June 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. the Guelph Marlins Aquatic Club was a host of a special swim lesson at Centennial Pool as part of The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ to build awareness about the vital importance of … Read More
Hello there. Some how with the great work that Kendra (my coach for the lake crossing) is doing we got to be part of this great event: The World's Largest Swimming Lesson. On Thursday June 14 at 11:00 a.m. … Read More
Many are paying quite a bit of money to see them in London. I was lucky enough to be invited to watch them running a few blocks from my house at Exhibition park in Guelph: Canada's best marathon runner Reid … Read More
Santiago Vadillo paddles beside Miguel Vadillo on the shores of Lake Ontario on August 9, 2010.Photo: Jim Rankin Last Saturday, June 2, 2012 I went down to Welland, Ontario where an Open Water seminar for the 2012 great lakes … Read More
Getting up at 5:00a.m. going to coach the Guelph Marlins Masters swimming program on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays, trying to swim the other days of the week, picking up Santiago (my son) cooking breakfast, driving him to school, doing … Read More