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
The Arizona training camp that former olympic coach Barrie Shepley invited me to help with the swimming portion of triathlon and a week of training for myself took place about a month ago. It is really easy to get caught … Read More
Last week at the talk I gave at the University of Guelph, the organizer and director of the Better U program Annie Eleveld, read an article that the Guelph Mercury published with a quote from John Marsden.Since then I … Read More
The better U program at the University of Guelph started a few years ago and I was lucky enough to be invited to coach this group of determined employees of the university with a common goal of exercise, eat … Read More
A few weeks ago former Olympic coach Barrie Shepley invited to a weight loss contest. I was petrified as many people are when comfronted with this kind of voluntary health challenges. After all if there is something I enjoy is … Read More
A few days ago I had an interesting conversation with a co-commuter on our way back home.Was about those not so rare people with a lot of talent. Then the next morning while swimming, I was really trying hard to … Read More