{"id":41390,"date":"2021-06-05T04:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=41390"},"modified":"2021-06-05T09:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T22:13:12","slug":"challenge-and-sense-of-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/challenge-and-sense-of-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge and sense of community flows from ocean swims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personal challenge was Kirsty Tweddle\u2019s motivation behind a swim she recently conquered between Queenscliff and Portarlington.<br \/>\nThe mum-of-two swam the 21.5-kilometre route on May 16, which took her just under seven-and-a-half hours.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m turning 50 this year and wanted to do something big to celebrate, and prove to myself I\u2019m not an old hack just yet!\u201d Kirsty said.<br \/>\n\u201cI used to be a pool swimmer growing up, but now as an almost 50-year-old I\u2019ve lost my youthful speed, and just want to see how far I can swim, and how my cold water tolerance holds up.\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said another big part of her motivation was her daughters \u2013 aged six and eight.<br \/>\n\u201cMy older daughter has had some challenges in life,\u201d she said. \u201cI really want to show my girls that with hard work, training hard, commitment, discipline \u2013 and of course having lots of fun along the way, they can achieve big things.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m also passionate about women in sport, and showing girls they are strong and powerful and can achieve their goals.\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said she was keen to challenge the stereotype of women\u2019s bodies in beauty magazines, and show that strong bodies and strong minds were important.<br \/>\n\u201cStrong, sporty female bodies can be diverse, and should be celebrated for what they can do, not the way that they look,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41417\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41417\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirsty said another big part of her motivation was her daughters &#8211; aged six and eight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty said she worked towards her first 5km swim last summer, and then towards her first 10km earlier this year.<br \/>\n\u201cI loved every second of my 10km swim event, and had plenty left at the end, so I was excited to try a longer swim to test myself, and answer the question of \u201chow far can I swim?\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said she started working with a coach \u2013 marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas (the first person to swim the English Channel four ways non-stop) and had the opportunity to give something longer a crack under her guidance.<br \/>\n\u201cMy first instinct was to do the well-established Rottnest Island swim from Perth to Rotto,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cHowever, with COVID the borders were shut, and also made doing anything interstate nerve wracking.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are very spoilt on the Bellarine Peninsula with many beautiful areas where we can swim, sheltered from any prevailing wind.\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said she heard a podcast with Grant Siedel (organiser of The Rip Swim), who used to organise a relay along the Bellarine coast, and a solo swim from Portarlington to Point Lonsdale.<br \/>\n\u201cI thought that\u2019s it \u2026 that\u2019s my swim,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter many recce swims along the Bellarine coast from Portarlington around to Edwards Point (south of St Leonards) and Point Lonsdale north along Swan Island with my swim buddies, I settled on swimming Queenscliff to Portarlington \u2013 21.5km.\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said she loved encouraging people to swim.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve formed a gang of ocean swimmers down at RAAFS beach in Ocean Grove \u2013 an off shoot of the RAAFS Icebergers,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was the Icebergers who first inspired me and introduced me to winter swimming.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have a great gang \u2013 and we welcome anyone to come and have a go at ocean swimming regardless of their age or speed. One of our older swimmers is 74, and there\u2019s no slowing her down!\u201d<br \/>\nShe said her swimming community was very supportive of each other and they all had some great swim adventures across the Bellarine, with lots of fun and laughs along the way and great camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41416\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41416\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Kirsty-swim.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirsty says she loves encouraging people to swim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty said her next challenge was a few other swims \u2013 two or three within Australia, as well as an English Channel relay (or maybe solo) booked for 2022.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m also planning an Ice Mile in the mountains at Thredbo or Tassie this winter, and the winter Rip Swim in July.<br \/>\n\u201cAn Ice Mile is swimming a mile (1.6km) in water under five degrees Celsius.<br \/>\n\u201cI was meant to do it last year, but lost it due to COVID borders being shut.<br \/>\n\u201cOne of the bonuses of my Big Bellarine swims was that I accidentally swam an English Channel qualifying swim (not my intention) which requires six hours in less than 16 degrees.\u201d<br \/>\nKirsty said she wanted to thank RT Edgar Bellarine for sponsorship of petrol, Steve Di Sauro from Bellarine Fishing Charters for his amazing local marine knowledge and great customer service, her wonderful crew \u2013 Nik, Karen, Adie, Murray, Hedley, Fi, Robbie, Steph and Alix in particular, Andrew and Cathy, and her husband and girls for all their support over the journey.<br \/>\nIf anyone wants to contact\u00a0Kirsty about swimming, find her\u00a0@sunriseswimmeraus on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal challenge was Kirsty Tweddle\u2019s motivation behind a swim she recently conquered between Queenscliff and Portarlington. 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