George Bjälkemo & Pontus Lindberg of Kraken Swimrun

<p>Welcome to episode thirty-six of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>On the show this week we are talking with George Bjälkemo and Pontus Lindberg of Kraken Swimrun to chat about their epic 3-day Swimrun Adventure covering the entire Stockholm Archipelago. Yes, you heard that right. A total distance of 242km while traversing 79 islands in just 42 hours! George and Pontus are also the reigning Ötillö World Champs and just super cool dudes. More on all this later in the show.  </p><p><strong>Training Update</strong></p><p>Our training plans are ramping up now that we are just two months away from <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/austin">Ödyssey Swimrun Austin</a> race on November 8, 2020. There will be lots of Swimrunning in the near future as we dial in our technique after not racing since early March.</p><p>A quick reminder that we want to see you at the race with us! We’ll be the guys in the back of the race. Need some added incentive? Use the code <strong>LOWTIDEBOYZ</strong> and save 25% of your entry. </p><p><strong>Shout Outs</strong></p><p>This week we’re shouting out Justin. We’ve known Justin for years and he got hooked on Swimrun at the Sprint distance race at <a href="https://otilloswimrun.com/race_category/catalina/">Ötillö Catalina</a>. He sent us some lovely feedback on the show and we really appreciate him taking the time to do that.</p><p><strong>Feats of Endurance Weekly Award</strong></p><p>Our award this week goes out to Nuno. He raced Swimrun Zêzere over the weekend and it did nothing to help our FOMO for not being able to be there are chatting with the race director last week.</p><p>Congrats and thanks for being part of our <a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/lowtideboyz">Strava Club</a> community.</p><p><strong>This Week in Swimrun</strong></p><p>A lot of folks were riding the good vibes from the <a href="https://otilloswimrun.com/race/otillo-swimrun-final-15k/">Ötillö Sprint Final 15k race</a> in Utö and jumped into races this past w