Jon Littlewood from Swimrun Club

Welcome to episode thirty-seven of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!

On this week’s show, we have Jon Littlewood from Swimrun Club. He’s a Swimrunner out of the UK that is doing some really cool stuff for the sport. More on his interview later in the show.  

Training Update

Our training plans were ramping up for Ödyssey Swimrun Austin on November 8, 2020, but wildfires on the West Coast have put a bit of a pause button on our build towards the race. We have been forced to mostly workout indoors since the air quality has been dangerously unhealthy but will be back out there as soon as the sky clears. 

Undeterred we are still super stoked for the race in a few months. Need some added incentive to sign up for Swimrun Austin? Use the code LOWTIDEBOYZ and save 25% on your entry. 

Shout Outs

This week we’re shouting out the entire United Kingdom. Our listenership has been growing a ton in the UK and we are really appreciative of all the love and engagement on our meme page that we’ve been getting from across the pond. Hopefully, when COVID is past us and we get a chance to do our European show tour, we’ll be able to meet a lot of you when we come to town.

Feats of Endurance Weekly Award

Our award this week goes out to Donnie and Preston. These guys were some of our earliest Strava Club members and in the OG spirit of Swimrun do a lot of training together which we love to see. Congrats and keep up the good work guys!

This Week in Swimrun

We heard about a couple of Swimrun events this past weekend that looked pretty cool.

The Åland Swimrun took place on Saturday in Åland Finland. They had to modify the race a bit and cut out the “Tough Enough” 51k distance but they still hosted 3.5k, 8.5k, and 15k distances. The water looked a bit cold but everyone was smiling in the photos that we saw.

Bewl Water Swimrun put on by the Folks at As Keen as Mustard events happened on September 13th. That race featured 6k & 10k solo courses and a 21k solo and team course. This looked like a really fun local race.

We’re pretty sure that we may have missed some events. Send us an email at [email protected] and tip us off if there’s are a race that you are doing and we’ll do our best to include it.

LTBz Updates

Our latest column in Triathlete Magazine, “What’s the best ‘Full Spec’ Swimrun Kit?” is out on the digital newsstands now! Let us know if there’s a burning Swimrun question that you’d like to have answered.

We got some new merch in the works so make sure that you check out our website for the latest in LTBz apparel and stickers. 

We also just released a new Youtube video about how to make a lasso style swimrun pull buoy mount, so give that a look if that is something you are wanting to try out.

Finally, the rock flute intro is about to make a comeback! We are working on a course preview episode for Ödyssey Swimrun Austin so look for that to drop soon.

Interview

Next to us, Jon Littlewood is probably the most stoked person on Swimrun. He started out as a trail runner that enjoyed it most when the conditions were miserable. He was basically a Swimrunner before he knew that it was a sport. He learned about Swimrun in June of 2020 and has gone full speed ahead since then!

In this interview, we chat about how he fell in love with the sport, his mission to help grow the sport in the UK, and how he’s setting up Swimrun Club (a new app), Swimrun Radio (a new podcast, and his plans for the future. We covered a lot of ground in this episode and his passion for the sport is infectious. He has a lot of irons in the fire and we’re looking forward to seeing what Jon is able to build for the sport.

You can learn more about Swimrun Club and sign up to help test their forthcoming Swimrun app here. You can also learn about the soon to launch Swimrun Radio here.

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