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

How does Katie Ledecky befriend pain

Katie talks about how she feels about what she’s achieved in her 22-year career in sport

What is Katie Ledecky’s why in swimming

How Katie Ledecky fuels to train and perform

How much sleep does Katie Ledecky get and what she does when she doesn’t get as much as she’d like

What it was like for Katie to follow in her brothers footsteps in the pool

Katie Ledecky confesses she didn’t get her drivers license until college

What Katie Ledecky’s relationship is with goal setting and how that has evolved since she started swimming

What are Katie Ledecky’s current goals

How does Katie Ledecky reframe negative self talk

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

What does self talk look like for Katie Ledecky