get past the fear...

You can still do it even if it's scary!

Check out this article about are Olympic open water swimmers and their fears:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canadas-olympic-open-water-swimmers-confess-their-fear-of-the-deep/article4470855/

and Canadian's Richard Weinberger won bronze in the Olympic 10k open water swim!
http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/aquatics/story/2012/08/10/sp-olympics-swimming-marathon-open-water-weinberger.html

Yay! another swimming medal for Canada!  Congrats for overcoming those fears, big time!