Bill didn’t tell me that thunder and lightning would be involved. First time racing the Uwharrie 18-hour Adventure Race and had a blast with the
Author: Marcus Barton
Technical Trails He Said
Coach Nicolas prescribed that I run on “technical trails”. Did Joe and I meet the prescription? Good swimrun training for: SwimRun NC Rockman Swimrun ÖtillÖ
One Tough Night
Blue Ridge 24 hour Adventure Race this past weekend. 86 miles of mountain biking, running and bushwhacking with 12,000 feet of climbing. Raced with an
Winter Swimrun Camp
Winter Swimrun Camp! Fun-as-hell weekend training with swimrun friends. It started with a day swimrunning in 41°F / 5°C air and 48°F / 8°C water
Rocks! Technical Trail Running
Running on technical trails always gets me super excited. Even just the anticipation on the drive there gets me fired up. One of the great
What is Swimrun??
Ding! An Instagram message comes across my phone with a request: “Any interest in doing a guest contributor piece for Human Powered Movement?” Seems they
26 hours in Pisgah
Spending 26.2 hours (not miles) running around the mountains looking for checkpoints on mountain bike, foot and canoe may not sound like fun to some
Quick Tips for Swimrun
There seems to be lots of new folks giving swimrun a try. Yay! It’s exciting to meet new swimrunners at races and online. On the
ARK ORNO X Wetsuit Unboxing
Unboxing of the ARK ORNO X swimrun wetsuit, the most thermal suit in the Ark lineup. This thing is incredibly light and fast. More info:
Impromptu Swimrun
I love swimrun, but I love sharing it with others even more. Maybe it’s one of the things that appeals to me the most since
I’m in Trouble – Löw Tide Böyz Podcast 69
I joined the Low Tide Boyz again, this time for a little story telling of how Swimrun Lake James went down for me and Lee Greene; the Swaggy
Rockman Swimrun 2021
I had almost as much fun putting this video montage together as I did actually doing the race… Almost. Going through so many video clips
Speedy Lizard 