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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 knew we had to get them on the show to get their race report. The event took place on March 11, 2023 and they share all the sights, stings, and sounds of their experience in Western Australia.

But first…

Training Update

Training is in full swing and the “work” is getting done.

Unfortunately, it’s looking like Sunriver Swimrun won’t be happening due to…wait for it…permitting issues, so we will be refocusing on Casco Bay in July and will be engaging in random feats of endurance before then to get ready.

Shoutout

This week’s shoutout goes to Mario Fraioli (previous guest on Episode 30 of the show) and Dr. Justin Ross. Mario recently had Dr. Ross, a sport psychologist on his podcast, the morning shakeout, and we highly recommend that folks check out that episode which was all about mental training as a key component of physical training. Solid gold stuff!

Wisdom Nugget of the Week

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle

Feats of Endurance

This week’s winner is Marvin Mitschulat for posting an epic looking skiing day on the slopes of St. Anton am Alberg in Austria. We’re not skiers but 33 miles of skiing in 15 runs seems pretty epic to us!

Make sure to sign up for our LTBz Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.

This Week in Swimrun

Now for the “news.”

Swimrun season in Brazil starts this weekend with the Hero Swimrun taking place on April 15th. This event offers 5 different distance events including a new 23km long course that takes athletes through 17 beautiful beaches in the coastal city Armação de Búzios, which is about 160kms east of Rio de Janeiro. You can learn more about the Hero Swimrun and race director Fabian Iskandarian on Episode 61 of the show.

It’s almost Swimrun season here in the U.S. with Swimrun Lake James taking place on April 22nd. They still have slots available so if you’re able to go, we would highly recommend this event. You can learn more about the event race director Kristen Jeno on Episode 65, listen to our recap of the 2021 race with special guests The Swaggy Zaddys (Marcus and Lee) on Episode 69, check out our course preview on Episode 113, and/or listen to our 2022 race report on Episode 121.

That’s it for this week. Reach out to us if there’s any Swimrun news that you’d like for us to share on the show.

Show Business

We are experiencing major FOMO to be missing this year’s Swimrun Lake James so we thought we would host a virtual post-race party/meetup to get everyone’s race report on how the day went. Join us on

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