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Category Archives: Swimming
Wicked Wednesday
Surfmuppet gets to training this morning. Loading everything into the car by 515am to get to the pool by 6am, he places his morning brew on the centre console between the front seats while hitting the button to start the … Continue reading
First Week of Summer
Summer kicks off in Sydney with the annual Bondi to Bronte 2.5kM swim. By 9am the sun is high, the ocean benign and the 2,000 odd swimmers, in waves of age and gender, melee around the southern end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Shows, Swimming
Tagged Balmoral Beach Club, Erik Mather, Keil Shillington, The Telling Bones
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Awesome day in the sun at Coogee
Stroke for stroke with Rumpole goes Surfmuppet out to sea in the 2.4km at Coogee last Sunday. Eyeball to eyeball. Mano a Mano. Mexican standoff with Rumpole forcing the pace and the muppet keeping up with him. Squad mates once … Continue reading
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Tagged Aqua Sphere, Coogee, Rumpole, View, View V820S, Wedding Cake, Wiggle
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Dawny Swim around Cockatoo Island
Surfmuppet gets there early through all the lashing rain thinking what kind of disease will be the most prevalent amongst the cadre of swimmers out this dreary November day when the rest of the citizenry of Sydney are coddled up … Continue reading
Bush fire smoke, dead mutton birds and the heebeegeebees
There’s a blue Toyota Yaris with a yellow kayak on top in front of the surfmuppet coming down the hill into olde Manly towne. Should have twigged it is the Vlad meister himself on the way to Shelley beach for … Continue reading
Posted in Swimming
Tagged Ocean Swimming, Reef, Shelley, Squad, Tasmanian Mutton Birds, Vlad
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Clovelly Washing Machine
After missing Saturday’s surf swim at Bondi due to a sick wife, SM decides to go to Clovelly on Sunday for a bit of a session. Checks the weather and tides and gets there just after four in the afternoon, … Continue reading
Swim for Sight 2013
Back in the water last Sunday at Shelley Beach. Last time in the ocean was Galway Bay about 7 weeks ago. Struggling since to get back into training, with a desultory couple of sessions a week with the Vladster. Met … Continue reading
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Tagged Fred Hollows Foundation, Harkeet, James Pittar, North Steyne, Shark Shield
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Blackdog Night at Tattersalls Club
Surfmuppet and wife enter the hallowed halls of the Tattersalls Club Friday night to take part in the fund raiser for el supremo blackdog himself, Sir Justin of Vladland, and his upcoming swim across the English Channel. Catch up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Dog Institute, Bob Katter, English Channel, Justin Hanby, Tattersalls Club, Trent Grimsey
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Back in the Pool
Taken longer than expected to get back into the pool and start training again. Tuesday 13th August – Jetlag getting a bit better after a horror few days of 3 to 4 hours sleep a night. Waking up at 2 … Continue reading
Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim
Saturday 27th July Butterflies not so much dancing but leaping around inside as the brother slaps on a potent mixture of sunblock and Vasoline onto surfmuppet. Looks like a combination of Lazarus coming out of his coffin and a dugong … Continue reading
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