Story: The Secret Of The World’s Leading Amateur Women’s Distance Swimmer
The Texas Monthly was quoted in a June issue of Reader’s Digest from 1981.
The quoted section featured a story about Kim Linehan.
Who was she?
Kim Linehan held the world record in the Women’s 1500-meter freestyle.
Not only that, but according to her coach, Paul Bergen, the 18-year-old was the leading amateur female distance swimmer in the world.
But don’t be fooled.
Her success didn’t come easily or without effort
Kim performed endless exercises and swam 7 to 12 miles a day.
But do you know what the hardest part of her regimen was?
“Getting in the water,” she said.
Do you know the main thing that keeps most of us away from the success we so greatly desire?
It’s the same thing that could’ve kept Kim from success – if she let it.
It’s getting started.
What do you need to get started on today?
Photo by Jim Bahn
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