It’s the middle of the night. Or maybe it’s early morning. I cannot really tell because I’ve lost track. Although I have a watch on,
Author: Marcus Barton
The Slump (And the Choice We All Have)
We’ve all been there That slump. That quiet, nagging feeling that you’ve slid backward. That things aren’t where they should be, or where they once were, back
Swimrun Camp ATX Is Back
And This Year We’re Fully at Pace Bend Every year when we wrap up Swimrun Camp, Trista and I take a hard look at what
Train Hot and Race Cold
Swimrun Is Cold Business — So Why Train in the Heat? Most swimrun races across the globe take place in chilly climates, during chilly times
Marked by Emotion: Behind the Scenes at Rockman Swimrun 2025
EMOTIONAL. If I had to sum up Rockman Swimrun 2025 in one word, that would be it. Emotional. So emotional, in fact, that I’ve quite
Endurance Test: Marcus and Ben’s R2R2R Alt Journey
Interview repost from SwimrunFrance.fr Marcus Barton, an iconic figure in swimrun and author of the blog “Speedy Lizard”, took on the extreme R2R2R “Alt” challenge with
The Original Rockman – Part 1
History On the 13th of July 2014 at 7 am, the Rockman race was born and the first swimrun outside of Sweden. It marked the
ÖTILLÖ Whistler Preview
When Lars Finanger of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun USA invited me to Whistler to check out the tentative ÖTILLÖ Whistler race course, I didn’t hesitate for a
Fun On Utö (Sweden)
Back in August, Michael Lemmel took us on a wonderfully fun swimrun adventure on Utö, an island in the Stockholm archipelago. It has some of
ÖtillÖ Swimrun World Championships 2023
We had completed about 200 meters of a 1400-meter swim, the first leg of 23 swims interspersed with runs in between. In total, we were
Rockman Training
As part of a five-part series of live webcasts, we talked to Coach Nicolas Remires of Envol Swimrun about how he would suggest preparing for
Adventure 1 World Cup USA – 24 Hour Adventure Race
Spent 24 hours racing with Team Checkpoint Zero and Team MRC. What a tough crew that doesn’t give up! We had two teams of three
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