Welcome to episode 148 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!

We have something special for this week’s show. Joining us in Studio G is the amazing obstacle course racing, ultramarathon running, CrossFit games competing, Swimrun World Championship finishing and all around amazing human being: Katie Knight. Her story of how she got to ÖTILLÖ and raced with the one and only Nicolas Remires is amazing and we’re stoked to share it with all of you. 

But first...

Training Update

It’s race week! Our last Swimrun of the year is just around the corner and we are super stoked to be closing out the year (for the third year in a row) at Ödyssey Swimrun Austin. Hope to see you all there!

Shoutouts

Our shoutout this week goes to Braden Bell. He reached out to us earlier in the year to let us know that he was going to train to race his first Swimrun, and after putting in the work and being an early beneficiary of the “LTBz Gear Loan Program,” we will be lining up in Austin. We’re stoked for him and know that he will have a blast!

Feats of Endurance

This week’s winner is friend of the pod, Brooke Fallon. She ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. over the weekend and finished with a great time. (You can learn more about Brooke by listening to Episode 114 of the show where we interview Brooke and her daughter, Samantha, A.K.A. Team Fearless Fallons.)

Make sure to sign up for our LTBz Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.

This Week in Swimrun

We’ve got a short one for everyone this week.

Swimrunman recently announced the dates for their 2023 events. They will be hosting 3 events in France and all offer multiple distance options, ÖTILLÖ merit race points, and epic locations.

Speaking of ÖTILLÖ, they are hosting their final race of the year this weekend on the island of Malta. If you want to learn more about this race, check out Episode 98 for a race recap show with one of our favorite teams/humans, Bronwen and Greg of The Boston Wetsox.

Finally, are you looking to upgrade your swim paddle game? (That’s mostly a rhetorical question.) Make sure you head over to frankpaddle.com to pre-order a set of their Pro paddles. We love these paddles and love the attention to detail that goes into every set. Need more of an incentive? (Another mostly rhetorical question.) Everyone who places a pre-order will be entered into a drawing to win a set of paddles that have been custom painted by the Löw Tide Böyz. Yeah, we know. Wild!

That is it for this week. Feel free to reach out and let us know if there’s anything that you’d like for us to mention on the show.

Show Business

Join us in Pace Bend Park for an LTBz/Wild Swimrun shakeout Swimrun/FIKA on Saturday, Nov. 5th at 11am at Camp Tex Lake where packet pickup and the start/finish will be for Sunday’s race. 

Katie Knight

It was great to chat with Katie. She is an amazing athlete and a great ambassador for everything that she does. In this conversation we discussed her athletic background, what the World’s Toughest Mudder entails, and how she found herself at the start line of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship in early September. She was featured in this year’s hype movie so make sure that you check that out to get even more details on her Swimrun journey. This was an inspiring conversation and we know that you will love it and much as we did!

Katie owns her own coaching business called Knighttimetraining.com and listeners can find her on Instagram.

That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at [email protected] with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.

Thanks for listening and see you out there!

-  Chip and Chris