Fear Is the Thing with Fins

An episode of the The Briny podcast, hosted by Matt Frassica, titled "Fear Is the Thing with Fins" was published on January 11, 2021 and runs 14 minutes.

January 11, 2021 ·14m · The Briny

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After a shark scare when she was a teenager, Pat Gallant-Charette never liked wading past her waist. So when she decided in her 40s to compete in a 2.4-mile ocean swim, she had to suppress her fears. Now an internationally decorated marathon swimmer, Pat still wrestles with anxiety on every swim. And she has seen sharks. But she tells herself: "stay focused, and swim."

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