Episode Details

Welcome to episode forty-one of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast!

This week we have Ben and Rhian Martin of Team Precision Hydration UK. You can probably guess where they are based out of by this point but what you might not know is that they were the number 1 ranked mixed team in the Ötillö World Series in 2017 and 2018. They’ve traveled all over Europe to race and they share their wealth of experience in this interview. Get your notepads ready for this pro-tip bonanza! More on the interview later in the show.  

Training Update

We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming…in terms of training. With Ödyssey Swimrun Austin around the corner, we are sharpening our knives/rusty machetes with a big Swimrun practice this weekend. Yeehaw!

Shout Outs

This week we’re shouting out our newest Patron on Patreon, Team Max Mockermann, AKA, G Flo, and Tobias. They have been friends of the show since our early days and we really appreciate all their feedback and insider product reviews that they’ve been sending our way. Much like us, they take Swimrun and Swimrun gear seriously but don’t take themselves seriously and we can’t wait to be able to race with them at some point. Thanks again for the support guys! 

Feats of Endurance Weekly Award

Our award this week goes out Sarah V. She did something that has been on our bucket list over the weekend that was pretty much a shoe-in for getting the award: a rim to rim to rim Grand Canyon run. Make sure to join our Strava Club to be part of the action. 

This Week in Swimrun

We have a fun report this week.

Keen As Mustard Events in the U.K. was at it again this past weekend with Box End Bedford Swimrun. It was looking chilly out here but hey, it could be way worse! At least that’s the look that people had when they crossed the finish line.

Swimrun Portugal hosted the 4th edition of Swimrun Madeira and it looked amazing. We checked in with Race Director Bruno Safara (and former guest of the podcast) after the race and he told us that he got his mind blown with how perfect the weather was. The water was 23 degrees Celsius (73 Fahrenheit)!! 

Gravity Race Lake Annecy looked like a dope event. (Fun fact: Lac d’Annecy is basically the next lake over from Lac du Bourget to the northeast where last week’s Swimrun Aix-les-Bains) The courses and the views looked great. The event had a 44k distance that looked particularly sporty. They also had over 550 participants which would have seemed huge in 2019 but in 2020 it’s just bonkers!  

Finally, ÖTILLÖ Cannes is happening this weekend. After the Utö bummer fest a few weeks back, it will be great to see Ötillö back to hosting a Swimrun! Check out last year’s hype video, The Force of Nature, to see what it’s all about. (The video was produced by our former guest of the show, Rasmus Lodenius) 

We’re sure that we may have missed some events. Send us an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com and tip us off if there’s a race that you are