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Posted by marty on 2/7/2006, 9:01 am, in reply to "Swimming in the land of OZ" They managed to keep this quiet before the start of the 2k a couple hours later! We are having a good time, finally living like real beach bums. There is a good master's squad just a 12 min jog from our place so that will keep us motivated, riding is very nice and the local run trail is just spectacular. Vegemite omelettes, Bri loves them! ;-) Marty --Previous Message--
Hey Bruce,
: Marty,
:
: Just read this on www.SlowTwitch.com. Good
: thing you didn't swim in the Cole Classic
: 10k. Not that you would have ever been one
: of the slowest swimmers in the water! Stay
: safe down under my friend. Sounds like
: you're having a blast. I am totally
: jealous! Here's what I read:
: Shark stalks Sydney swimming race
:
:
: More than 20 swimmers were hauled from the
: water during an ocean swimming race in
: Australia when a three-metre-long shark
: started stalking swimmers.
:
: The 10km (six-mile) Cole Classic race off
: Sydney's Manly Beach was abandoned halfway,
: local media reports said.
:
: Twenty-one swimmers were picked up by boats
: and jet skis while other boats chased the
: shark away, organisers said.
:
: The rescue came weeks after three sharks
: killed a 21-year-old Australian woman off
: Brisbane.
:
: 'Mass evacuation'
:
: "The shark was on the surface so the
: best thing we could do was start a mass
: evacuation straight away," race
: director Stephen Ford told Australia's Daily
: Telegraph newspaper.
:
: The race involved some of Australia's top
: long-distance swimmers. The shark's dorsal
: fin was seen slicing through the water
: behind the swimmers.
:
: The woman who died off Brisbane in January
: was the 10th to be killed by a shark in
: Australian waters since 2000.
:
: In September of last year a surfer fought a
: five-metre-long (15 ft) great white shark in
: waters of South Australia's Kangaroo Island.
:
: Talk to you soon.
:
: P.S. Stay away from the Vegemite. That
: stuff taste like total $hit!
:
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