We are the Löw Tide Böyz (Chipper and Chris), a Swimrun team based in Northern California and we're on a mission to help grow the sport of Swimrun in the United States while striving to make it as accessible, inclusive, and diverse as possible. On our podcast we share our love for the new-ish sport of Swimrun and interview race directors, athletes, and other cool people in the space all the while chronicling our own training and racing adventures and having as much fun as possible in the pro ...
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The State of the Sport of Swimrun on Planet Earth w/Dave Dammer
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Episode 255 | The State of the Sport of Swimrun on Planet Earth w/Dave Dammer Welcome to episode 255 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great show for everyone this week. We also seem to have backed ourselves into a theme this month but we’re going to roll with it. Joining us to talk about the state of the sport of Swimrun on Pla…
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The State of Nutrition Science w/Dr. Sam Shepherd
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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 Hy…
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ÖTILLÖ Austin 2024 Race Report
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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 j…
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Torpedo Swimrun w/Rich McMartin
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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 …
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ÖTILLÖ Austin 2024 Preview w/Lars Finanger
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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. Enjoy! ~~~ That’s it for…
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Surprising Things We've Learned about Swimrun in 4ish Years of Podcasting
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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. T…
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Swimrun Coniston 2024 Race Recap w/Hannah and Nick Mathers
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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…
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Nargus Harounzadeh's 100km NYC Swimrun FKT!!
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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 50…
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ÖTILLÖ and Back Again w/ Team Mamaa Boyz
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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 …
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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) th…
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Rockman 2024 Race Recap with Ben Paxton and Cameron Holman
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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…
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ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2024 Race Recap Show
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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 an…
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Team Tracy and Sarah's Excellent Adventure
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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 Excelle…
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The Ultimate Gear Guide for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship
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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,…
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ÖTILLÖ Casco Bay 2024 Race Report
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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…
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Taking on Big Challenges w/Susie Moonan
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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 t…
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Folsom Swimrun 2024 Race Report
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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 ov…
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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. G…
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Effortless Swimming w/ Brenton Ford
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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! But first… Trai…
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OTILLO Whistler 2024 Race Report
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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 famili…
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Live from Whistler with Staffan Björklund
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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. We discuss recent races, including the World Championship and Bjorklund's expe…
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Countdown to ÖTILLÖ: Whistler Edition
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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 st…
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LTBz Top 5 Lists Guessing Game Show
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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 to…
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EX Swimrun 2024 Race Recap w/Nicholas Roman
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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…
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Bellingham Swimrun 2024 Race Report
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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 t…
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Boots on the Ground at ÖTILLÖ Whistler w/Marcus and Lars
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Welcome to episode 231 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week. Joining us to talk about their experience on the ÖTILLÖ Whistler course are Lars Finanger and Marcus Barton. They recently went up to scope out the course (and make some changes) and we brought them on to share all the fresh intel with all…
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Welcome to episode 230 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Gear Talk is back! In this episode we do a deep dive into the FORM Smart Swim 1 and 2 Goggles. FORM was cool enough to support the show last month and send us pairs of their new Smart Swim 2 goggles. Since we had already purchased the Smart Swim 1 goggles we sent a pair up to Annie fo…
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Yet To Be Named New Show Format with Coach Liz Gilden
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Welcome to episode 229 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a brand new show format for everyone this week. This “Yet To Be Named Show Format” is definitely not going to be called “Coaches Corner” but definitely features our first guest, Coach Liz Gilden. She’s a former pro triathlete, a fellow Swimrun kool-aid drinker and half of Te…
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Swimrun 101: The Best Swimrun Shoes for 2024
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Welcome to episode 228 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a new addition to our Swimrun 101 Series this week. In this episode we discuss the state of the Swimrun shoe in 2024, share our thoughts in choosing the right Swimrun shoe for your next race, and give our rankings on the current shoes that are out there. Note, you can watch …
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Rob Preston, One Water Race Champion
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Welcome to episode 227 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re stoked to welcome back to show our friend and legendary adventure racer Rob Preston. His team is gearing up to defend their One Water Race title and we checked with him on what it’s like to race a Swimrun that only takes a few hours, what it’s like to swim 70kms, and other such …
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The Ask Us Anything Extravaganza Episode
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Welcome to episode 226 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! You’ve asked…and we’ve (tried) to answer all your Swimrun questions in an As Us Anything-style format. We got Swimrun training, gear, and life questions on deck thanks to all the great questions that the fans submitted and we had a blast recording this show! For those interested in no…
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The Ultimate Guide to Carbon Fiber Swim Paddles w/Hugh Bowman
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Welcome to episode 225 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got something for all you gear freaks out there this week! Joining us to have a deliciously niche chat about all things carbon fiber paddles is our friend and fellow obsessed Swimruner, Hugh Bowman. We’ve been fans of these paddles for years, talked about them incessantly, and i…
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Swimrun Cape Cod Course Preview
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Welcome to episode 224 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We've got a great course preview for everyone this week. Joining us from Cape Cod to talk about Swimrun Cape Cod are New England Endurance Events Race Directors Kathleen Wheeler and Andy Scherding. This event is taking place on Sept. 21st in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and it’s going to …
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Team Ripped Club London (Jono and Rob)
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Welcome to episode 223 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got another “feel good” episode for everyone this week. Joining us from the U.K. are Jono Hey and Rob Bell, A.K.A., Team Ripped Club London. These guys have a great origin story and we had a blast chatting with them about all things Swimrun, as we are wont to do. But first… This…
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Brian Johns, Head of Coaching Science at FORM Swim
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Welcome to episode 222 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re super stoked for this week’s episode for a couple of reasons. First, we survived April Fool’s Day. Second, FORM Swim is sponsoring the show all month long. And last, but not least, we have 3x Olympian and Head of Coaching Science at FORM Swim, Brian Johns on the show this week t…
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Henrik Forssell, A.K.A. The Swimrun Pappa
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Welcome to episode 221 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great “feel good” episode for everyone this week. Joining us from Stockholm is our friend Henrik Forssell, a.k.a., The Swimrun Pappa. It was great to have him on the podcast to chat about all things Swimrun and his remarkable Swimrun streak. But first… Training Update Trai…
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ÖTILLÖ Whistler Course Preview
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Welcome to episode 220 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re super stoked to share another course preview episode this week. Joining us to discuss all things ÖTILLÖ Whistler is Race Director Dale Tiessen. We are very excited for another Swimrun in our time zone and can’t wait to share all the details on what is sure to be a magical Swimru…
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Studland Swimrun Course Preview
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Welcome to episode 219 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got a great one for everyone this week! Joining us from England to talk about the inaugural Studland Swimrun is race director David Trehane. This race is a labor of love by someone who loves Swimrun as much as we do. We do a deep dive on the newest event to hit the U.K. Swimrun …
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2024 USA Swimrun Season Preview
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Welcome to episode 218 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’re trying something new this week and will be sharing all the Swimrun events taking place (and our annotated thoughts) on this year’s US race calendar. There are a ton of races happening and we’re here for it! Obviously you should sign up for as many races as you can. Enjoy! ~~~ Th…
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5 Tips for the Best Team Swimrun Experience Ever
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Welcome to episode 217 of the show. Partners month 2024 concludes this week with Chipper and Chris pontificating about our top 5 tips for the best Team Swimrun Experience Ever! We’ve combed our deep archive of show guests and will share our favorite wisdom nuggets on the whole partners thing…our favorite aspect of Swimrun. Be sure to check out our …
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Welcome to episode 216 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Partners month 2024 continues this week with a new team formed for one righteous purpose: to race this year’s edition of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. Joining us in Studio G this week are our dear friends Addison Nuding and Phil Saenkov, A.K.A. Team “TBD.” In this conversati…
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Welcome to episode 215 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We have an awesome show for everyone this week. Joining us to share their ÖTILLÖ story is Anna and Ben, A.K.A., The Kalamanders. Their unique journey to and at the 2023 ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship is as inspiring as it was awesome. We totally loved this conversation and kno…
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Welcome to episode 214 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Happy Swimrun Christmas everybody! Fresh off the news that they qualified for the 2024 ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun Championship we welcome to the show our friends Pete and Jarett, A.K.A., Team MamaaBoyz. We had a fun conversation about their brief but epic Swimrun journey and we got their tho…
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Welcome to episode 213 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this episode we are kicking off our fourth annual Partners Month where we feature one of our favorite parts of Swimrun: the partner aspect. Kicking things off this year is the father and son duo of Team Feel The Byrn, A.K.A. Axel and Gordo Byrn. If the name Gordo sounds familiar, w…
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Welcome to episode 212 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this week’s episode we dive into our long bucket list of Swimrun events that we want to participate in and take you with us (figuratively) to the Gulf of Morbihan and present to you the award winning Swimrun Troll Enez. Co-race directors Laura, Renan, and Jocelyn join to tell us al…
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We Swimrun Founder Mike Alexander
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Welcome to episode 211 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! In this episode, we head across the pond to Wales for a proper chin wag with We Swimrun Founder, Mike Alexander. We met Mike in Sweden last year and hit it off right away while engaged in an exchange of laurels (We swim caps for LTBz buffs). We knew that we wanted to get him on the sh…
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2nd Annual Gear Talk Gear Awards
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Welcome to episode 210 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! We’ve got the whole gang together for the 2nd Annual Gear Talk Gear awards! We came with some new unique/funky categories this year. On a more somber note, this will also be the last show where Brooke joins us as she is moving on to other interests. Please join us in thanking her for …
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Welcome to episode 209 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! It’s a new year and we’re stoked to kick it off with one of our favorite humans and Swimrunner extraordinaire, Fanny Kuhn. If you aren’t familiar with Fanny, she is a two-time Swimrun World Champion, Co-founder of Wild Swimrun, and is basically Swimrun royalty. We can’t think of a bet…
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Welcome to episode 205 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! Welcome to our final show for 2023. This week we have another installment in our Swimrun 101 series, this one on gear maintenance. We get a lot of gear questions (we love them, keep them coming) and a good amount are about how to maintain gear. So we thought we’d put something out the…
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Welcome to episode 207 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! This is our fourth annual “Fireside Chat” where we take a look back at 2023 and look forward to what’s next. This year has been another epic one on so many levels and we are filled with gratitude for the love and support of our families, friends, Patreon members, brand sponsors, and f…
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