Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast

Welcome to episode 192 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! “Oops, [we] did it again!” - Britney Spears In this episode, we will be sharing our race report for the 2023 ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship . We are recording this the day after the race so it will likely come off a bit stream-of-consciousness-y but hey that’s show business! We feel extremely blessed to be able to come back t...

Live from Sweden! We have a chat with Oscar Olsson about Ötillö. Hear from some fellow US teams, World Champions and more!

Welcome to episode 191 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this episode, we chat about our second trip to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship . We discuss how we’re feeling about the whole thing, how our training went, what we did differently from 2022 , and what our goals are for the race. By the time this show airs, we will be in Stockholm enjoying FIKA, meeting up with friends, and...

Welcome to episode 190 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re headed to France this week to chat with Team Surprise Nu Swimrun, A.K.A., Benjamin Dupain and David Pesquet. They are one of the top French teams heading to Stockholm for the World Championship and we caught up with them to chat about their 5-year Swimrun partnership, how they are preparing for the big day, and the importance o...

Welcome to episode 189 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got an epic show for everyone that is only fitting because the topic is an epic race, namely, the second edition of the One Water Race . This ultra-distance 250km adventure Swimrun is taking place from August 22th through the 24th and joining us to talk about the event is Team 3 - USA : Alyssa Godesky, Jarrod Shoemaker, Kristen...

Welcome to episode 188 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have another edition of Gear Talk with Annie and Brooke of the Swimrun Labs this week. In this episode we (finally) discuss the Ark Sports VIGG and the brand new VIGG AIR Swimrun wetsuits. It was surprising to all of us that we haven’t given this suit proper review treatment but it was likely because Chris, in particular, has been...

Welcome to episode 187 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This week Chris is interviewing Chipper for his double Swimrun solo day at the 2023 Folsom Swimrun put on by TBF Racing. Chipper had himself a day and won both the short course (3.5 miles starting at 8am) and the long course (8.5 miles starting at 9pm). We get into all the details of the weekend and break down his race day nutrition,...

Welcome to episode 186 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This week we are sharing the final installment in our three part series providing a detailed overview of the ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship course. Sept. 4th is fast approaching and we are officially super stoked for the big day! In this episode we cover the final third-ish of the legendary course from the start of the run on...

Welcome to episode 185 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re back with part two of our three part series providing a detailed course overview of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship . The big day is less than two months away and if you’re like us, one way to keep the nerves at bay is to get as prepared as possible for the adventure that awaits in Sandhamn on Sept. 4th. In this episode...

Welcome to episode 184 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay took place over the weekend and we were there for all the highs...and lows...and highs of our favorite race on the U.S. Swimrun calendar. In this race report we will share all the details for what was supposed to have been our 4th running of the Casco Bay Long Course and report on everything that happened. S...

Welcome to episode 183 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Welcome to the latest addition to our ad hoc Swimrun 101 series. This edition is all about Swimrun travel. We joke that one of the best things about Swimrun is that you don’t have to travel with a bike and while that is indeed a lovely feature of the sport, getting you and your gear to your Swimrun destination is its own unique puzzl...

Welcome to episode 182 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great show this week that showcases one of the things that we like to see most, namely, new Swimrun races!! Joining us in Studio G to discuss the revival of Breca Swimrun is none other than Swimrun Evangelist and new Race Director Jon Littlewood . We are stoked to share this exclusive conversation about Breca Swimrun 2.0...

Welcome to episode 181 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great show for everyone this week. Joining us just a few days after ÖTILLÖ Utö is the new ÖTILLÖ race director, Staffan Björklund. We had a wide ranging conversation about his stout adventure racing and Swimrun roots, his love for the sport and what the future holds as he begins to write the next chapter in the storied hi...

Welcome to this bonus episode of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay is coming up in a few weeks and we wanted to share a bonus episode with all the latest information about the 2023 edition. As some of you may know, the Casco Bay courses typically change every year or so. This year’s Long and Short Courses will be the same as 2022. As such, we will be re-sharing our c...

Welcome to episode 180 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got an inspiring episode for everyone this week. We are joined by Claudia Glass,  the co-founder of Swijin , to chat about her new company that is taking the Swimrun world by storm. But that’s not even the best part! Claudia had a dream, chased it, and is achieving it while doing right by everyone that is involved in it. It’s t...

Welcome to episode 179 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have a MEGA show for everyone this week. Joining us in Studio G for a discussion on “the Swimrun relationship” is clinical psychologist, author, and all-around amazing human, Dr. Yael Schonbrun . This was a great conversation about partnership, values, and so much more and we can’t wait to share it with all of you! But first… Trai...

Welcome to episode 178 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have another edition of Gear Talk with Annie and Brooke of the Swimrun Labs this week. In this episode we discuss the newest Swimrun shoe to hit the market, the Vivobarefoot Hydra ESC . This minimal shoe packs a lot of features in a small package. (Spoiler alert: we all thought it was amazing!) This shoe is an upgrade from the Tem...

Welcome to episode 177 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got something new for everyone this week. As we start wrapping our heads around gearing up for another ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship, we thought it would be helpful to do a deep dive into the course and share a more granular course overview. We will be splitting the course overview into three parts. For this first epis...

Welcome to episode 176 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Welcome to the latest drop in our ad hoc Swimrun 101 series. This edition is all about Swimrun gear. We will break down the essential pieces of the Swimrun kit and give you our latest thinking on what you need to have a great Swimrun experience in both training and racing. While we can literally talk about this stuff forever, we will...

Welcome to episode 175 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a fun episode for everyone this week. Joining us to do a deep dive on the Bellingham Swimrun is race director Brent Molsberry . This local event in northern Washington is perfect for beginners and seasoned Swimrunners alike and we touch on everything you need to know to put this race on your list…we even let you know which...

Welcome to episode 174 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Joining us in Studio G are one of only three mixed teams from the U.S. heading to Stockholm in September for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. Formerly known as Team Dr. Evil & Dr. Strange, Nargus Harounzadeh and Ben Paxton are now called Team Därk Wäve . This was a fun conversation...

Welcome to episode 173 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we don our alternate personas of “The FOMOBUSTERS” as we recap this past week’s Swimrun Lake James. We’re almost positive that if you weren’t at the race, that your FOMO level was off the charts and we are here to help! Joining us to recap the event are Matt Skavnak and Pat Lowam, A.K.A., Team The Water Buffaloes...

Welcome to episode 172 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this show we are doing a course preview of the only U.K. ÖTILLÖ Merit race: The Precision Fuel and Hydration Hokey Cokey Swimrun Roseland . We seem to have backed into a cool theme for this month so we’re just going to go with it. We asked Mad Hatter Sports Race Director, and former guest of the show , John Yelland to help us give...

Welcome to episode 171 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! On this week’s show we go “down under” for a race recap of this year’s Transcape Swimrun . Joining us on this walkabout are special guests Fatima and Roxan Maestro, A.K.A., Team Tethered Since Birth. Fatima and Roxan are twin sisters, great humans, and super stoked on Swimrun so when we saw that they raced the event on Strava, we kne...

Welcome to episode 170 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this episode we are sharing a course preview of Swimrun Portugal’s Tâmega Swimrun . This event offers three distance options including an ÖTILLÖ Merit Race distance, which is new for 2023, plus some events for kids. We’ve been a fan of Swimrun Portugal Series since episode 35 where we interviewed series director Bruno Safara and h...