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246. The Greatness Equation: 4x Olympian Katie Ledecky Shares Her Recipe For Gold, Goal Setting Tactics & Feelings On Inspiring The Next Generation
Katie Ledecky, welcome to Hurdle. (That's a sentence I've wanted to write for 7+ years now.) To be able to have this conversation during Women’s History Month, coming out shortly after International Women's Day, is a dream come true. In today's episode, Ledecky brings us back: Talking about her first-ever goals in swimming and how she got into the sport in the first place. The 4-time Olympian shares her perspective on the work that’s been required of her to get to where she is today, spending 20+ hours in the water a week not to mention time out of the pool. Plus: Family impact, what it’s like to drop into a pool and swim during open swim for an Olympian, and what balance looks like. She also touches on what it means for her to be a role model, and how that got a lot more meaningful when she joined Athleta's Power of She collective.
IN THIS EPISODE
(6:42) How does Katie Ledecky befriend pain
(9:55) Katie talks about how she feels about what she’s achieved in her 22-year career in sport
(10:55) What is Katie Ledecky’s why in swimming
(22:50) How Katie Ledecky fuels to train and perform
(22:51) How much sleep does Katie Ledecky get and what she does when she doesn’t get as much as she’d like
(25:00) What it was like for Katie to follow in her brothers footsteps in the pool
(25:28) Katie Ledecky confesses she didn’t get her drivers license until college
(35:52) What Katie Ledecky’s relationship is with goal setting and how that has evolved since she started swimming
(37:00) What are Katie Ledecky’s current goals
(39:15) How does Katie Ledecky reframe negative self talk
(42:40) How Katie Ledecky shifted her mindset after she got to a point where she realized that she can’t break a world record every single race
(44:21) What does self talk look like for Katie Ledecky
(52:00) Katie talks about the most difficult hurdle of her professional career
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Katie Ledecky, welcome to Hurdle. (That's a sentence I've wanted to write for 7+ years now.) To be able to have this conversation during Women’s History Month, coming out shortly after International Women's Day, is a dream come true. In today's episode, Ledecky brings us back: Talking about her first-ever goals in swimming and how she got into the sport in the first place. The 4-time Olympian shares her perspective on the work that’s been required of her to get to where she is today, spending 20+ hours in the water a week not to mention time out of the pool. Plus: Family impact, what it’s like to drop into a pool and swim during open swim for an Olympian, and what balance looks like. She also touches on what it means for her to be a role model, and how that got a lot more meaningful when she joined Athleta's Power of She collective.
IN THIS EPISODE
(6:42) How does Katie Ledecky befriend pain
(9:55) Katie talks about how she feels about what she’s achieved in her 22-year career in sport
(10:55) What is Katie Ledecky’s why in swimming
(22:50) How Katie Ledecky fuels to train and perform
(22:51) How much sleep does Katie Ledecky get and what she does when she doesn’t get as much as she’d like
(25:00) What it was like for Katie to follow in her brothers footsteps in the pool
(25:28) Katie Ledecky confesses she didn’t get her drivers license until college
(35:52) What Katie Ledecky’s relationship is with goal setting and how that has evolved since she started swimming
(37:00) What are Katie Ledecky’s current goals
(39:15) How does Katie Ledecky reframe negative self talk
(42:40) How Katie Ledecky shifted her mindset after she got to a point where she realized that she can’t break a world record every single race
(44:21) What does self talk look like for Katie Ledecky
(52:00) Katie talks about the most difficult hurdle of her professional career
SOCIAL
@katieledecky
@emilyabbate
@hurdlepodcast
OFFERS
SEQUEL | Head to trysequel.com/ and use code HURDLE at checkout for 15%
BROOKS | Head to BrooksRunning.com to check out the Glycerin 22
JOIN: THE *Secret* FACEBOOK GROUP
SIGN UP: Weekly Hurdle Newsletter
JOIN: The Daily Hurdle IG Channel
ASK ME A QUESTION: Leave me a voice message, ask me a question, and it could be featured in an upcoming episode!
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