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Another <strong>Selwyn</strong> athlete swims Taupo<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
WHEN ANGE Moir, 49,<br />
first started swimming she<br />
struggled to swim 250m in<br />
45min.<br />
Five years later and the Lincoln<br />
swimmer has conquered<br />
Lake Taupo – swimming a<br />
mammoth 41.5km.<br />
Moir is the second <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
resident this year to swim the<br />
FortyPointTwo Lake Taupo<br />
Marathon Swim.<br />
Starting at 3.11am, it took<br />
the mother-of-two 15hr 38min<br />
to cross the lake.<br />
“I did it really to show to<br />
myself and others you don’t<br />
have to have a background of<br />
swimming to be able to succeed<br />
in something like this as<br />
long as you get stuck in and<br />
get the work done,” Moir said.<br />
Having a steady stroke<br />
count of 51 per minute, it is<br />
estimated she did about 48,000<br />
strokes.<br />
Earlier this year, Rolleston<br />
resident Hannah Drury was<br />
the first swimmer of the year<br />
to achieve the marathon swim.<br />
Swimmers have been taking<br />
on the challenge since 1955.<br />
Moir never thought she<br />
could swim far until she began<br />
getting coaching from Fit and<br />
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SUCCESS: Ange Moir (second<br />
from left) at the finish line with<br />
her support crew, Philip Rush,<br />
Dan Abel and Mike Cochrane.<br />
(Right) – Moir swimming<br />
alongside her support boat<br />
on Lake Taupo.<br />
has successfully swam across<br />
Cook Strait 88 times.<br />
She said to this day, she<br />
believes she would still be<br />
trying to swim 3km if it wasn’t<br />
for Abel.<br />
She spent three years<br />
training for the swim at the<br />
Waltham Swimming Pool,<br />
Aqua Gym Indoor Swim Centre<br />
and in open water.<br />
Moir said a major part of<br />
enduring the swim was maintaining<br />
a positive attitude.<br />
Her support crew on the<br />
day included Abel, marathon<br />
swimmer Mike Cochrane,<br />
and current world recordholder<br />
for the fastest two and<br />
three-way swim of the English<br />
Channel, Phillip Rush.<br />
“You wouldn’t do these<br />
swims if it weren’t for this<br />
amazing crew. It just about<br />
makes you want to cry when<br />
you think about what they did<br />
for you actually,” she said.<br />
While she was allowed to<br />
stop to eat and drink throughout<br />
the swim, she would be<br />
disqualified if she touched the<br />
boat.<br />
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Moir’s husband Barry and<br />
friend, Melissa Hempstalk,<br />
were also on a large boat<br />
which would cruise past<br />
throughout the swim.<br />
At the end of her swim,<br />
Moir said she was determined<br />
to “stand triumphant” and<br />
have photos taken before it “all<br />
turned to custard”.<br />
“The thing I had been looking<br />
forward to for 15 hours<br />
was a meat-lover’s pizza,” she<br />
said.<br />
Her next goal is to swim the<br />
Cook Strait.<br />
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