Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Open-Water Part 1: Olympian Alex Meyer
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Open-Water Part 1: Olympian Alex Meyer
In part one of our two-part show on open water swimming, we talk to elite open water swimmer and 2012 Olympian Alex Meyer.
Some of the topics we covered include:
His career as an All-American at HarvardThe rather rapid transition from pool distance swimming to open water marathon swimmingThe runup to the 2012 Olympic 10km race in LondonWhat brought him to the Knoxville to train with the Tennessee Aquatics Elite Team and coach Tyler FenwickThe race he hopes to win before retiring this year, the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean 32kmAlex also fields questions from the listening audience, including:
What his open water training looks likeTips for keeping momentum while sightingA discussion of how to maximize drafting and how he ditches drafters who don't observe proper etiquette.
View all episodes
By Aurelia Smith, Josephine BL, Sam MIllerIn part one of our two-part show on open water swimming, we talk to elite open water swimmer and 2012 Olympian Alex Meyer.
Some of the topics we covered include:
His career as an All-American at HarvardThe rather rapid transition from pool distance swimming to open water marathon swimmingThe runup to the 2012 Olympic 10km race in LondonWhat brought him to the Knoxville to train with the Tennessee Aquatics Elite Team and coach Tyler FenwickThe race he hopes to win before retiring this year, the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean 32kmAlex also fields questions from the listening audience, including:
What his open water training looks likeTips for keeping momentum while sightingA discussion of how to maximize drafting and how he ditches drafters who don't observe proper etiquette.