Ep. 354: Overcoming a Fear of the Ocean to Become an Open Water Swimmer - Alexandra Heminsley
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, we talk with Alexandra Heminsley, author of "Running Like a Girl" and "Leap In". Alex overcame a deep fear of water to eventually become an open ocean swimmer. Both of Alex's books are written to provide the inspiration to get off the couch or out of the bar and do something beyond your comfort zone.
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 354, Overcoming a Fear of the Ocean and becoming an open water swimmer with Alexandra Hemingsley. |
| 0:14.7 | Instead of doing bigger, longer, more dramatic swims, I ended up swimming through the winter. And I completely |
| 0:24.1 | fell in love with cold water swimming and the total visceral thrill of continuing to get in the |
| 0:32.0 | water as the temperature drops and drops and drops and drops. |
| 0:38.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180 Tech. |
| 0:42.5 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation |
| 0:46.4 | you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:50.8 | Now here's your host, Kurt Lindville. |
| 0:53.6 | This episode is brought to you in part by Bissell |
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| 1:03.2 | slash Adventure Sports and be sure to use the coupon code adventure sports when you get a bark bath |
| 1:08.9 | for your dog. |
| 1:16.4 | Before we dive into today's show, I have a special request for you. |
| 1:19.6 | We love constructive criticism. |
| 1:23.7 | And the Adventure Sports podcast, it's about you, the listeners. |
| 1:25.4 | It has to be about you, the listeners. |
| 1:26.9 | Otherwise, we don't even have a show. And so it matters |
| 1:28.4 | to us that we're delivering the kind of content, the type of questions, the type of interviews |
| 1:33.3 | that you the listeners prefer. Just a reminder, if you have some ideas for the show, you can tell us |
| 1:40.3 | good job on this, or you can say, you know what know what this really stinks you need to clean this mess |
| 1:45.0 | up i promise that i will consider every criticism i may not always agree but that's okay i really |
| 1:51.7 | really appreciate it when you let us know things that we can do to help improve the show and you |
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