Swimming the Amazon

Posted on Apr 08, 2007 - 9:07pm by MarkFu in Current Affairs, Sports

No workout for me today. The nasty cold Val had last week has hit me hard with a fever and no energy. This pales in comparison to what Martin Brel of Slovenia had to go through. Read his story here.

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