On December 4th, I swam in the
Bondi to Bronte Community Ocean Swim with Trevor, Tori, and Illona. The swim was ~2.4 km on the open sea. This is an event that supports the local Surf Life Saving Clubs (SLSC). These clubs are basically lifeguard groups that patrol the local beaches. The event had about 2000 swimmers in a variety of classes. The race was broken up into heats based on age group. We were all in the 25-29 age group.
The morning started out beautiful and sunny. The race started off with a lot of adrenalin that was needed to break through the rough surf at Bondi. By the time I made it around the southern point of Bondi, the clouds rolled in and the swell seemed to pick up. I am not a strong swimmer and didn't put much effort into training for this event, but I managed to finish in 1 hour and 12 minutes. There were 7 guys from the same age group behind me, so at least I wasn't last! My body was shot and when I finally scrambled onto the sand at Bronte beach, my legs were weak and wobbly. I was the last of our group of friends to finish and it was just in time to get out of there before the rain.
This is the longest distance I have ever swam and although the conditions were very challenging, I'm glad I did it. There is another swim in Coogee around wedding cake in April, maybe I'll be up for it!
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| Sorry about the swimwear, but it was required... |
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| Our heat is off - note the beautiful weather for the start |
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| Busting through the break at Bondi |
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| Buoy about 1k into the swim, the weather has turned |
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| Rescue boats and splashing swimmers |
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| Big break at the Bronte finish |
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| Surf life savers having a bit of fun in the big waves |
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| I made it! |
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