The Swimrun Monks

<p>Welcome to episode fifty-nine of the<a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/"> Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>Partner’s month continues with the return of the first team that we ever interviewed on the show: The Swimrun Monks. It was great to have our friends Sean and Phillip back on the show to talk about all kinds of stuff.</p><p>More on our interview with The Monks later in the show.</p><p><strong>Shoutouts</strong></p><p>This week we’re shouting out Henna Rönkönharji all the way from Finland. We know that she’s been loving the show and we really appreciate her for listening. </p><p>Adventure Time/Training Updates</p><p>Spring racing in California is not looking promising so our unstructured training continues...except for pool swimming.</p><p><strong>Feats of Endurance</strong></p><p>We are happy to announce that Dave Gardner is this week’s Feats of Endurance winner. We hiked the Rocky Raccoon 50k race in Huntsville Texas like it was nobody’s business. Strong work Dave.</p><p>Make sure to join us on <a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/lowtideboyz">Strava</a> and cheer on your fellow Swimrunners as they train all over the world.</p><p><strong>This Week in Swimrun (Powered by</strong><a href="https://raceid.com/en/"><strong> Raceid.com</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><p>We have a couple of updates to share this week.</p><p><a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com">Ödyssey Swimrun</a> announced a new race this week. Mackinac Island, located in northern Michigan, is a vacation destination that looks like a dope place to host a Swimrun. There will be short and long course distances and both courses pretty much take all around and over the entire island. The race date is Sunday, August 29, 2021, and <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/mackinac">registration</a> is open now!</p><p>Looks like the results of Chipper’s forensic googling were correct and ÖTILLÖ’s new race for 2021 is in <a href="https://otilloswimrun.com/race_category/gothenburg/">Gothenburg</a> and the setting looks perfect for an OG S