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Welcome to episode 110 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!

Partners Month continues this week with our friends John Brandershort and Addison Nuding, A.K.A. The Kanchō Bōyz. They are a team based in Colorado and one that we can directly credit their origination to our constant efforts, i.e., nagging. Their first event was Orcas Island long course and that should tell you all you need to know about their mettle. More later in the show.

But first... 

Training Update

Swimrun Lake James is coming up in 10 weeks and we are following the program as the weeks count down. We’ll be kicking off some Swimrun practices soon but in the meantime it’s all about hills.

Shoutouts

This week we are shouting out our newest Patron on Patreon, Scott Turner. His name should sound familiar as he has been shouted out before for both being super stoked on Swimrun and for hooking us up with homemade jam and honey from his family farm when we met up at Casco Bay last year. We really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at a race soon! 

Feats of Endurance

This week’s winner is Ray Conboy. He posted a workout with a title that hits close to home for Chris: ”Chill Old Man Yoga.” He was definitely feeling seen.

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This Week in Swimrun

Welcome back to the LTBz news desk.

Last Thursday, ÖTILLÖ announced the results of ranking applications slots for the 2022 edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. Congrats to all the teams that qualified. We wish you a safe and healthy training block and look forward to seeing you all there. (More on this later in the show)

A special shout out to the 8 US Teams that qualified on Thursday:

Team Adorkable (Trista and Amy)

The Swaggy Zaddys (Marcus and Lee)

Team Envol Baywatch (Beek and Blake)

Team RadKat (Juli and Matthew Davenport)

The Boston Wet Sox (Bronwen and Greg Dierksen)

Team #batmanparents (Liz Baugher and Jacob Gilden)

California Swimrun (Mel Bartow and Andy “The Godfather” Hewitt)

In other news, our friends at Swimrun Portugal announced the dates for all seven of their 2022 events. Registration is opening soon so stay tuned for that.

Over in the U.K., Mad Hatter Sports’ Hokey Cokey Swimrun in St. Austell Bay in Cornwall is coming up on May 21st. Registration is open now for both their short and long course distance options!

In the bummer portion of the news, Breca Swimrun had to postpone both 2022 Breca Wanaka and Bay of Islands race events due to New Zealand Covid restrictions. The race directors are as bummed out as the participants and they thank the Swimrun community for their support and understanding during these unprecedented times.

That is it for this week. Feel free to reach out and let us know if there’s anything that you’d like for us to mention