Nuala Moore

And then, you know, it meant like the swim didn't have the value as much as I discovered looking around had the value.

So in 2011, you know, my dad lived with me and I suddenly became a carer for my father.

And it's not that you suddenly became a carer for my father.

I became more aware of my family commitments.

So I was offered the opportunity.

I was at New York.

I was out in New York and we became aware of the ice mile, which now is quite a thing.

And I remember at the time, Anne-Marie Ward and I were in New York and Rambar Kai was doing a presentation on the ice, ice swimming.

And there were six men at that time who had swam a mile in water under five degrees.

And like Anne-Marie and I were like rolling our eyes going, she really could do that.

And it was this thing, well, sure, why not?

And all I could think of was where I was normally swimming six hours, like a really long swim in ice is 30 minutes.

I'm in.

So it wasn't about the hardship.

It was about the time.

It was like, that really suits me.

But it was the fascination that I could actually do something that would be difficult.

And it wasn't that I had, marathon swimming is just repetitive.

And the challenge I had lost.

So therefore, the ice was fascinating.