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
A week ago was the Guelph Marlins Aquatic Club annual banquet. I have been part of the club for 7 years now and it was my first banquet. Somehow I manage to miss them every year until this last one … Read More
What is next? This is one of the questions that many people often has asked me. Without exception I must have this blank staring face while in my head the process is something like: ¿? What? think, … think! and … Read More
A bit more than a year ago, I was on my knees in a hotel room in NOTL scared, praying, breathing deeply and asking to God, … to the universe and the lake to help me and to be gentle. … Read More