Welcome to episode 254 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! The off-season is upon us but that doesn’t mean that we will stop dropping fire episodes replete with knowledge bombs. Case in point…joining us this week to chat about the latest and greatest fueling and hydration sport science is the new Head of Sport Science at Precision Fuel and Hydration, Dr. Sam Shepherd. No time like the present/off-season to level up your fueling game and this conversation is worth its weight in carbs.

Welcome to episode 253 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great episode for everyone today. The fifth edition of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Austin is in the books and it was an awesome weekend all around. With Chipper on the DL, Chris raced the World Series distance in the mixed division with Viv Mroz of Team Monkey Sea, Monkey Run and she joins us to talk about how it went for Team Löw Tide Mönkeys on race day. Spoiler alert: they had a blast.

Welcome to episode 252 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Happy Halloween everybody! We’ve got a great show for everyone this week. Joining us from Cape Town, South Africa is Rich McMartin, founder of Torpedo Swimrun and host of the first Swimrun in Africa. The 2024 edition of this Swimrun is taking place on November 30th and we got all the details about the “coldest/coolest race in Africa. This was a great conversation and it’s more proof that the international Swimrun movement is...

Welcome to episode 251 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! ÖTILLÖ Austin is almost here and joining us to help us raise the stoke level for the final Swimrun on the U.S. calendar is race director and frequent guest Lars Finanger. Get all the race weekend details and updates for the 5th edition of this super fun event.

Welcome to episode 250 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got an extra special episode for everyone this week. To celebrate our 250 episode of the podcast we will be sharing our thoughts on the thoughts on the most surprising/interesting that we’ve learned about Swimrun (and ourselves) in the 4ish years that we’ve hosted the podcast. Thank you to everyone that has supported us on this journey. Let’s keep it going!

Welcome to episode 249 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got another race recap for everyone this week. Joining us to talk about their experience at the 2024 Coniston Swimrun are long time supporters of the show and our friends, Hannah and Nick Mathers, AKA Team Stumble Til You Crawl. The finished in 3rd place mixed team at this event that took place north of Manchester in the U.K. Be prepared to be both surprised and not surprised by how cool the event was!

Welcome to episode 248 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a special show for everyone this week. Fresh off of completing a feat of endurance for the ages, Nargus Harounzadeh (half of Team Därk Wäve) is back on the show to talk about her Manhattan Island 100km solo Swimrun. We’re talking a 50km swim around Manhattan followed by a 50km run around the perimeter of the island. If that wasn’t enough, she completed this feat a week after winning ÖTILLÖ Orcas Island Solo Long Course...

Welcome to episode 247 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a heartwarming episode for everyone this week. Joining us to share their ÖTILLÖ journey is Team Mamaa Boyz: Jarett and Pete. You might remember them from Episode 214 of the show where we interviewed them right after they found out that they qualified for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship and we asked them to come back to close the circle on their journey. If you’re not inspired after listening to this...

Welcome to episode 245 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for all you gear heads out there. Gear Talk is back with our good friend, Anne Molsberry, to discuss an issue (and solution) that effects a lot of Swimrunners: the need to wear earplugs while swimming. We delve into the issue and share the solution (Surf Ears) that we have found that worked best. Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 245 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got another race recap for everyone this week. Joining us to talk about the epic 2024 edition of the Rockman Swimrun are Ben Paxton and Cameron Holman. Did we mention epic? This race is a total beast at baseline and this year’s race course was extra beastly. In this conversation Ben and Cameron bring the race to life and make a very, very compelling case to add this race to your bucket list.

Welcome to episode 244 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! The 2024 edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship is in the books! The race takes place on the first Monday of September every year and no two years are alike. We’ve mentioned before that the legendary course is the main character in this Swimrun tale and teams must accept and go through all the challenges that it throws at them as they write their story. In this special episode, we share our race recap for what was a...

Welcome to episode 243 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! At time of release, we are on the eve of the 2024 edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship and we have a great episode to celebrate the big day. Joining us to talk about their forthcoming experience is Tracy Sesselberg and Sarah Haskell, A.K.A., Team Tracy and Sarah’s Excellent Adventure. This was a great conversation and we can’t wait to follow them on race day.

Welcome to episode 242 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! If you’re racing Worlds in a few weeks, you’ve likely reached the “throw money at the problem” stage of your training. At this point the hay is in the barn but you want to make sure that you’ve got your kit dialed in for the demands of what is, for anyone not doing the One Water Race, the longest Swimrun that most will face. In this episode, we will share our thoughts on the ideal Swimrun kit for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World...

Welcome to episode 241 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this episode we share our fourth race report of the year for ÖTILLÖ Casco Bay. This was our fifth time racing the long course/World Series distance. It was also our twentieth Swimrun as a team! It was an amazing weekend in Portland, all things considered, and we can’t wait to share our experience at America’s original Swimrun with all of you.

Welcome to episode 240 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great episode for everything this week. Joining us for a third time on the podcast is elite Swimrunner, Sociologist, Sport Psychologist, Performance and Mindset Coach, and our friend, Susie Moonan. In this conversation we discuss taking on big challenges and she prepares to take on the biggest Swimrun challenge of them all: The One Water Race. We loved this conversation and can’t wait for you to check it out!

Welcome to episode 239 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this show we share our race recap for the 2024 edition of TBF Racing’s Folsom Swimrun. We raced the short and long courses and had a ton of fun participating in the only Swimrun race in California. The positive vibes were high and it was great to see this event keep growing year over year.

Welcome to episode 238 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this week’s show we share our top 5 (10) fueling tips for Swimrun. Our fueling strategies have gotten so much better over the years and we have to give a lot of credit to the folks at Precision Fuel and Hydration for most, if not all, of the insight that we share in this episode. Get your notepads out for this one!

Welcome to episode 237 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great episode for everyone this week. Joining to talk about all things swimming is the founder of Effortless Swimming: Brenton Ford. If you’re not following their IG account for the wealth of swim tips that they share, you will by then of this conversation!

Welcome to episode 236 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Thank you for listening and/or watching the show on Youtube! Make sure to like, subscribe, comment, and leave us a review! Our second race of 2024 is in the books and it was a blast. In this episode, we share our race report for ÖTILLÖ Whistler and take you on our journey (with families in tow) to the first ÖTILLÖ event in Canada. Spoiler Alert: much fun was had, core memories were formed, and copious amounts of poutine was...

Welcome to a bonus episode of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Thank you for listening and/or watching the show on Youtube! Make sure to like, subscribe, comment, and leave us a review! We are live from Whistler and joined by Ötillö race director Staffan Björklund.

Welcome to episode 235 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great show for everyone this week. We’ve brought back our fan-favorite Countdown to ÖTILLÖ format from the LTBz vault to discuss our upcoming ÖTILLÖ Whistler race. In this edition, we discuss our training, what gear we’re planning on using, nutrition, hydration and race strategy, and so much more. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Canada and can’t wait to race!

Welcome to episode 234 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Thank you for listening and/or watching the show on Youtube! Make sure to like, subscribe, comment, and leave us a review! We’re trying something new this week. In this episode, we will be quizzing each other on how well we know how the other thinks by guessing the contents of some top five lists about random aspects of Swimrun. This will be a “family feud” style game and we hope that you will learn some things that will help...

Welcome to episode 233 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this week’s episode, we chat with EX Swimrun Co-Founder, fellow Swimrun evangelist, and our friend, Nicholas Roman. He is back on the show to give us his race recap of this year’s EX Swimrun Super Sprint World Championship and EX Safari events. It’s always great to have Nicholas on the podcast and if you’re not planning a Swedish Swimrun vacation for next May after listening to this conversation, there’s still time for you to...

Queue the first Rock Flute intro for 2024! Welcome to episode 232 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got our first race report of the year for everyone this week. We just got back from racing Quest Races’ Bellingham Swimrun and we had a blast! It was great to be back racing again in the Pacific Northwest and the vibes, the course, and the community did not disappoint.