258. Jessica Long, Swimmer & 16x Paralympic Champion
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Season 14, HELLO! Kicking things off with Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long. Born without legs in Russia and adopted at an early age, to say Jess has learned how to deal with adversity would be an understatement. For episode 258, she talks about what it's been like to learn true perseverance in pursuit of her big dreams, and how she shows up when the hurdles keep coming. Plus: How she manages her own big expectations, what it was like to step into her own beyond being a top athlete, how it felt to be featured in a 2021 Toyota Super Bowl commercial, and why her new partnership with Ally is so meaningful. To learn more about Ally, click here.
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| 0:00.0 | you know, I didn't start off swimming thinking I was going to win gold medals or awards or have a |
| 0:04.1 | Super Bowl commercial. I truly started because it gave me this freedom that nothing else |
| 0:09.3 | ever could give me, right? Every day I still walk into heavy prosthetics. Every day I'm still |
| 0:13.5 | reminded that I'm an amputee. But in the water, it's still a place that I'm weightless, no matter what. |
| 0:30.4 | Hey everyone, Emily Abadi coming in with season 14 of Hurdle. A wellness focus podcast where I |
| 0:39.6 | connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their |
| 0:44.0 | highest highs, toughest moments and everything in between. We all go through hurdles in life and my |
| 0:50.4 | goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention |
| 0:56.0 | so that you can strive toward your own big potential. And of course, have some fun along the way. |
| 1:03.6 | Season 14, episode 258. This is crazy. There are now officially more than 600 episodes in the |
| 1:11.4 | entire catalog. I feel like it has been no time at all and also that I've been doing this forever. |
| 1:17.9 | And I do think that at the top of the new season, it's appropriate for me to give a little bit of |
| 1:22.7 | context on who I am, what we're doing here. My name again, Emily Abadi. I live in Brooklyn. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm in my mid 30s. I am an avid marathoner. I have a slew of different certifications, |
| 1:36.9 | including my CPC certified professional coach. You can liken that to a life coach, CPT certified |
| 1:42.2 | personal trainer. I'm level one precision nutrition certified. And I'm also a UESCA certified |
| 1:48.8 | run coach. And I got all of these certifications because I want to have more informed, safe, |
| 1:55.2 | considerate conversations that really serve you, the hearthlers, my audience. I am a veteran |
| 2:02.4 | journalist, previously the fitness editor itself magazine. And I started the show almost six years |
| 2:08.9 | ago now on a mission to help women everywhere live healthier, happier, more motivated lives. And so, |
| 2:16.5 | we're back with season 14. If you ask me if I thought that we would be here almost six years ago, |
| 2:21.2 | the answer is, oh my god, no way, but I could not be happier. There are heardlers in almost 200 |
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