Team Monkey Sea Monkey Run

<p>Welcome to episode 162 of the<a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/"> Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>It’s Partners month and this week we have the newish team of Sarah Keiffer and Viv Mroz, a.k.a., Team Monkey Sea Monkey Run. To say that these ladies have caught the Swimrun bug is an understatement! After racing Ödyssey Swimrun Orcas Island with the Traverse Fitness crew, they signed up for Swimrun NC soon after, and just qualified for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. Their energy is infectious and we loved this conversation.</p><p>But first…</p><p><strong>Training Update</strong></p><p>No major training updates this week other than now that we know what we will be doing in early September, the rest of our training calendar will be falling into place accordingly. </p><p><strong>Shoutout</strong></p><p>Our shoutout this week goes out to the 8 U.S. teams that qualified for Worlds. Our hope is that as the sport continues to grow here in the states, that more folks will put ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship on their bucket list of must-do events. Huge congrats on qualifying and happy training! </p><p><strong>Wisdom Nugget of the Week</strong></p><p>“Inner peace, then outer results. Not the other way around.” - Mark Allen</p><p><strong>Feats of Endurance</strong></p><p>This week’s winner is Kathryn Meinhardt. She recently posted a solid 10,000 yard swim and wore her new Löw Tide Böyz swim cap. Basically making it an automatic win but also a stout feat of endurance in its own right.</p><p>Make sure to sign up for our LTBz <a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/lowtideboyz">Strava Club</a> and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.</p><p><strong>This Week in Swimrun</strong></p><p>Now for the “news.”</p><p>In Sweden, <a href="http://www.kosterswimrun.se/">Koster Swimrun</a> announced the date of this year’s event. Or should we say dates…because this event is a three day experience with athletes arriving on Sept. 22nd to take a ferry to the Koster Islands from Strömstad, ra