We were somewhere in the middle of the “Pig Swim,” a one-mileish swim during the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship, when I stopped swimming and sat
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Two Chances to Get Ready for ÖTILLÖ Worlds in Sweden
By the time you arrive in Sweden for ÖTILLÖ Worlds, your fitness cake is already baked. You are not going to gain anything by trying
ÖTILLÖ Gothenburg: Third Time’s Still Not Easy
Some races become familiar. That doesn’t mean they become easier. This was my third time racing ÖTILLÖ Gothenburg, and while I knew what the course had
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
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
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
Spam Fika Year in Review – Low Tide Boyz Podcast
What the hell is Spam Fika? If you don’t know by now, that’s the name of our swimrun team, consisting of yours truly and Kawika
Swimrun Austin
Austin Swimrun! What a way to cap off the swimrun season! It’s been a long one for me having done nine swimrun races this year,
Speedy Lizard 