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Monthly Archives: February 2011
A huge LOST milestone!
We had our first LOST swimmer swim in a swim meet!!! Unbeknownst to me, Anna-Marie Purvis swam last weekend in the Burlington Masters “Winter Splash” swim meet… and she did really well!!! For those of you who don’t know Anna-Marie, … Continue reading
A new 50m Aquatic Complex…
I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I’ve still been busy with swimming, indirectly at least. I haven’t been in the water in about 3 weeks but I did do my bit for swimming in Oakville last week… have … Continue reading
Big River Man…
So here is the trailer for “Big River Man”, you may have seen the movie, but if you haven’t, it’s worth it. Unlike the “Chasing Legends” movie trailer I posted recently, which inspires one to want to ride hard and … Continue reading
The First World Junior Open Water Championships Awarded To Canada
This is the race that Darren and I drove down to do in Welland last summer… and met swimming legends Kim Lumsden and Colleen Shields! It’ll be a great venue and really exciting!!! Cheers, Rob . Friday, February 4, 2011 … Continue reading
To Make a Positive Impact – Just Keep Showing Up
This is from a blog of a friend of mine out in California, Bruckner Chase. Bruckner and I met in Dover in 2006 waiting for decent weather to make our English Channel Crossing (ironically, neither of us made it!) but we … Continue reading
Swim the Suck!
So the Open Water Swimming community is pretty small… in two degrees of separation you could be swimming Suck Creek, in the Tennessee River Gorge! LOST Swimmer, Madhu, used to live in San Francisco and swam with the South End … Continue reading





