Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast

Welcome to episode sixty of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We close out our inaugural “Partners Month” with another edition of Advanced Topics in Swimrun. In this episode, we discuss team tactics. For us, team tactics mean the things that partners can work on in practice and in races to take their team performance to the next level by being more deliberate/tactical in how partners prepare...

Welcome to episode fifty-nine of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Partner’s month continues with the return of the first team that we ever interviewed on the show: The Swimrun Monks. It was great to have our friends Sean and Phillip back on the show to talk about all kinds of stuff. More on our interview with The Monks later in the show. Shoutouts This week we’re shouting out Henna Rönkönhar...

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show! In this episode, we break down all the different training aids that you can use to take your Swimrun training/racing to the next level. Before we get into that discussion, we have a few gear updates. GEAR UPDATES Just a few gear updates this week. Brooke finally tried some HOKA ONE ONE shoes ( Speedgoats ) and she’s really likin...

Welcome to episode fifty-eight of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Partner’s month continues with a really fun interview this week. Today we have the Swimrun duo of Trista Mennen and Amy Bush, A.K.A Team ADORKable. Trista and Amy have been big supporters of the show and we’re super stoked that our listeners will get to learn more about their love for Swimrun. More on this later in the show....

Welcome to episode fifty-seven of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re officially in February and this month we are kicking off a series of interviews all about partners. This month we will be featuring teams from all over the world to chat about one of the funnest aspects of Swimrun. This week we are chatting with Toby and G Flo of Team Max Mockermann from Germany. They have been supporti...

Welcome to episode fifty-six of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We travel across the pond this week to chat with Nicola and Chelsey Bailey, the mother and daughter duo at the helm of As Keen As Mustard Events . This was a fun conversation with two amazing women trying to do their part to grow the sport of Swimrun in the UK. More on this interview later in the show. Shoutouts This week we’re...

Swimrun Adventure Gear Essentials Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show! In this episode, we chat about all the things you should consider when planning, executing, and experiencing an epic Swimrun Adventure . Before we get into that, we have some gear updates. GEAR UPDATES Just a few gear updates this week. Chipper went nuts and bought an ARK Sports VIGG and KORP su...

Welcome to episode fifty-five of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have one of the legends of the sport on the show this week. We are super stoked to share our interview with 5-time ÖTILLÖ World Champion Annika Ericsson. We loved having this conversation and think that you’ll enjoy listening to it. More on this important conversation later in the show. Shoutouts This week we’re shouting ou...

Welcome to episode fifty-four of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have a great show for you this week that seems really timely given everything that’s been going on in the world lately. We have Sociologist, Sports Psychologist, and elite Swimrunner Susie Moonan of Push On Coaching . This interview is all about the mental side of training and racing and worth every second. More on this imp...

Welcome to episode fifty-three of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This is officially year two of the show and we have something really special this week. So special in fact that we’re afraid that we may have set the bar too high for ourselves with this one.  On this show we have Co-founder and chief designer of Ark Sports , Daniel Sand. This is the guy that literally came up with the concep...

Welcome to episode fifty-two of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We are kicking off a new series called “Advanced Topics in Swimrun” where we deep dive into specific aspects of Swimrun. In this episode, we discuss Swimrun Flow. What do we mean by Swimrun Flow? It’s hard to describe but it basically means achieving optimal Swimrun technique and moving through nature as seamlessly as possible....

Welcome to episode fifty-one of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This episode is our inaugural Year in Review/Fireside Chat. In this show, we talk about the origin story of the show, how the show has grown, and our plans for 2021. We also discuss some of our favorite moments and how we’ve tried to keep everyone entertained during the pandemic. Finally, we chatted about our 2020 races and wha...

Welcome to episode fifty of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re dubbing this show our carbon fiber episode. Today we have the founder of Frank Paddle , Fredrik Bengtsson. As most, if not all, triathletes (current or former) would, we geek out a lot in this interview about carbon fiber, the design process, and the future of swim paddles for Swimrun . We can’t wait to share this interview w...

Welcome to episode forty-nine of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this week’s episode, we have a long-time friend of the show who we were lucky enough to meet in Catalina: Helen Wikmar. She was a previous guest way back on Episode 9 of the podcast and then again on our ÖTILLÖ Engadin Course Preview episode. It was great to have her back on the show to talk about her story and how she’s pe...

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show! In this episode, we chat about all things cold open water swimming. We breakdown the science, strategy, and gear for swimming in the cold with a smile. (Smile optional) Before we get into that, we have some gear updates. Gear Updates Just a few short gear updates this week. Brooke tried out some curved paddles at the pool and sh...

Welcome to episode forty-eight of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have a great interview this week. In this episode, we take you to the South of France to talk with Laurene William and Irina Kondratieva of Team Swimrun Mermaids and organizers of the Mermaids Swimrun Club. This conversation was a lot of fun and we’ll talk more about that later in the show. Adventure Time! We took a week o...

Welcome to episode forty-seven of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re stoked to have Brent Molsberry on the show this week. He’s a race director, adventure racer, Annie Molsberry’s husband, and our tour guide for awesome Swimrunning spots in the great state of Washington. Adventure Time! Our plans are starting to come together for our Swimrun adventure in Lake Sonoma, CA. We will start go...

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show! In this episode, the gang shares their holiday gift ideas for the Swimrunners in your lives…or just yourself. Before we get into that, we have some gear updates. Gear Updates Just a few short gear updates this week. Annie tried out the Seavenger SeaSnug socks during a walk in her neighborhood and got a blister on her foot. She p...

Welcome to episode forty-six of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This week we have John Stevens on the show. He’s a coach with Purple Patch Fitness , Assistant Race Director with Ödyssey Swimrun , endurance adventurer, and a stud Swimrunner in his own right. We had a really great chat with him and look forward to sharing that with you later in the show. Training Update/NEW SEGMENT ALERT No u...

Welcome to episode forty-five of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a special episode this week. We just finished racing Ödyssey Swimrun Austin on Sunday, November 8th and we’ll be sharing our race report from our weekend in Texas. We were super stoked to be able to race and hope that you enjoy our thoughts on how that whole thing went. (Spoiler alert: Stoke level is still super high...

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs swimrun gear review show! In this episode, we discuss the NU Lapa Bra for women (and men.) Annie and Brooke swear by this undergarment for Swimrun and we get their full download in this episode. You can also read their review on the Swimrun Labs website . Before we get into that, we have some gear updates. Gear Updates Brooke has been traini...

Welcome to episode forty-four of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Like some of the most popular superheroes with alliterative names, this week’s guest definitely fits in. We’re not talking about Matt Murdock, Clark Kent, Bruce Banner, or Peter Parker. This week we have the one and only, Oscar Olsson on the show. While he needs no introduction, we should do one anyway. He’s widely regarded as...

Welcome to episode forty-three of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This week we have Shane Chaplin on the show. If you don’t know who Shane is, well you should. He’s an Australian living in Sweden who’s witnessed the early days of ÖTILLÖ, he’s sailed the world, skied all over the world as well, raced the XTERRA World Championship, he’s a marine biologist (that works at a bank), and last but...

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show! In this episode, we do a deep dive into the Seavenger SeaSnugs sock and give our impressions on Brooke’s favorite socks. Not to be confused with the Seavenger Zephyr which she mistakenly mentioned in the budget swimrun gear show, the SeaSnugs are the socks that Brooke swears by for training and racing.  Before we get into that,...

Welcome to episode forty-two of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This week we have our first AMA-style episode with Tower 26 coaches Megan Melgaard and Jim Lubinski. We were lucky to get these super experienced coaches on the show and it was a lot of fun. We asked them a bunch of listener questions about open water swimming and, it’s safe to say, that we learned a ton and think that you will...