Maria Rohman

<p>Welcome to episode 144 of the<a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/"> Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>On this week’s show we welcome back the co-founder of <a href="https://www.wildswimrun.com/">Wild Swimrun</a> and all around amazing human being, Maria Rohman. Hard to believe that the last time we had Mia on was all the way back in <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/wild-swimrun">episode 10</a> but she’s back to share all the latest news at Wild Swimrun and her thoughts on how to inspire the next generation of Swimrunners.</p><p>But first...</p><p>Training Update</p><p><a href="https://swimrunnc.com/">SwimrunNC</a> is a little over a week away! Not sure we’ll get a Swimrun practice in before the race but we’ll definitely be hitting steep hills to get ready for the terrain. </p><p>If you’re racing SwimrunNC, make sure to join us for a shakeout Swimrun at 3pm after packet pickup to do some final gear checks and scope out a bit of the course. Plus there will be fika at the end. Get all the info on FB <a href="https://fb.me/e/1RK4PbZq4">here</a>.</p><p>Shoutouts</p><p>This week we are shouting out Chipper’s buddy Nate who finished the Run Rabbit Run 100 miler. It took him 31ish hours to complete the grueling course that had over 16,000ft of elevation gain. He also got stung by bees during the race! Strong work señior! </p><p>Feats of Endurance</p><p>This week’s Feats of Endurance winner is <a href="https://robbalucas.com/">Rob Balucas</a>. Back in 2015, Rob was in a serious bike accident in Marin County while training for his first 70.3 triathlon and was paralized from the waist down. In the year’s since he’s racing a bunch of Ironmans, is involved in the Challenged Athletes Foundation, and basically goes around inspiring people all day. Fast forward to today…at the time that this podcast is released Rob is racing the Ironman World Championship in Kona for the first time! Best of luck and we’re rooting for you!</p><p>Bonus shoutout to <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/helen-wikmar">Helen Wikm