Ödyssey Swimrun Austin Course Preview

<p>Welcome to episode thirty-eight of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Löw Tide Böyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>We’ve got a super-comprehensive course preview for you this week. We’re doing a deep dive to give you as much information as possible for <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/austin">Ödyssey Swimrun Austin</a> happening on November 8, 2020. This is our second attempt at this type of show and we tweaked the format a little bit to take into account that this will be the first year for this event.</p><p>These episodes are pretty labor intensive and we definitely could not have done this without the help from <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/lars-finanger">Lars Finanger</a> and the rest of the crew from <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/">Ödyssey Swimrun</a>, Lauren and Matt Hurley from the Black Sheep Endurance Project, and Bronwen and Greg from team <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/boston-wet-sox">Boston Wet Sox</a>. A huge thank you for sharing all their insight for this show.</p><p>Let’s get right to it!</p><p><strong>The Stars at Night are Big and Bright…. (Getting to Austin and What to Do)</strong></p><p>Swimrun has arrived in Texas! For anyone who’s not familiar with the great state of Texas, it’s a pretty massive state with a lot of variety in terms of terrain and climates. Swimrun Austin takes place in <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pace+Bend+Park/@30.4596361,-98.0192444,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x20f207a3de9e2ce8!8m2!3d30.4596361!4d-98.0192444">Pace Bend Park</a> in Spicewood, Texas. This Park is within the city limits of Austin and is about an hour drive (40ish miles away/1hr drive) from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Here’s a handy <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Austin-Bergstrom+International+Airport,+3600+Presidential+Blvd,+Austin,+TX+78719/Pace+Bend+Park,+2011+Pace+Bend+Rd+N,+Spicewood,+TX+78669/@30.328479,-98.0134403,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8644b13b8b4aff45:0x1ca7fca8c9dc2768!2m2!1d-97.6663529!2d30.1974711!1m5