#154: Tara Diversi on Swimming the ‘Ice Mile’

Sparta Chicks Radio: Mindset | Confidence | Sport | Women

English - January 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 52 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Tara Diversi is a woman of many talents.

A Sports Dietitian and an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Tara is also an accomplished athlete and marathon swimmer, having completed the English Channel, the Gibraltar Straight, the Rottnest Island swim and the Palm Beach to Manly swim here in Sydney (amongst many others).

But the focus of today’s conversation is on her most recent, and coldest, challenge - becoming the first Australian woman to complete an Ice Mile.

That is swimming one mile (1.6km) in water that is 5 degrees or less.

To put that into perspective, ice baths used by athletes to help with recovery generally sit around 14 degrees.

So why does a woman who lives in tropical Far North Queensland set a goal to swim a mile in ice water?

Let's find out!

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