Marcus Barton

<p>Welcome to episode eighteen of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>On this week’s show we have Mr. Xterra (and Mr. Low Tide Boy for 2020) <a href="https://speedylizard.com/">Marcus Barton</a>. We had a great time chatting with him about his journey in swimrun and we think that you’ll really enjoy the interview! More on that in a bit.</p><p>Shelter in place continues in California and we’re still exercising and did some endurance antics this week. Chris ran a marathon on Friday for no reason and Chipper ran 33 laps around his block to celebrate his 33rd birthday. Fun times!</p><p>For shout outs this week we are tipping the hat to Bruno Frisch. He’s a Novato resident and stud athlete who’s been giving us great feedback on the show. You can find him on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ironfish1/">here</a>.</p><p>We also have a special announcement: we are going to start producing some bonus content for everyone in the form of swimrun-specific gear reviews. Our first review will be on the <a href="https://www.blueseventy.com/collections/swimrun">Blue Seventy Alliance</a> wetsuit. The folks over there were cool enough to send us a couple of suits to try out and gave us their blessing to put out our opinions. Not only did they do that, they also created a discount code for all our fans for 20% off on their site. Just use the code SWIMRUN at checkout on their <a href="https://www.blueseventy.com/collections/swimrun">website</a>!</p><p>Now for this week’s interview. If you don’t know who Marcus Barton is, well you should. He’s a great ambassador for the sport and we had a great conversation chatting about his love for swimrun and his journey in the sport. </p><p>Marcus started racing triathlon in 2007 and his first race was XTERRA Uwharrie. He was instantly hooked on <a href="https://www.xterraplanet.com/race">XTERRA</a> events. He was part of the XTERRA Ambassador team for 7 years and in 2016, he was bestowed with the honor of being named Mr. XTERRA. In 2014,