Having had a pretty crap 12 months containing the kind of family loss you’d normally experience over half a lifetime, including what seemed like endless piles of “sadmin,” I finally found myself with the headspace to think about racing another world series distance swimrun. I’d had my eye on Ötillö Cannes for a while; frankly, who wouldn’t want to race around the South of France in the middle of October! Warm seas, sunny days, endless patisserie, count me in. But, had the airlines calmed down since the summer and stopped cancelling people’s flights at the last second? I couldn’t cope ..read more

Having had a fairly successful swimrun season (with a second place at Breca Gower and a third place at the Breca National Champs in Jersey, both competing as a solo lady and both over Breca’s sprint distance of 21 km), I found myself with a pretty easy decision as to whether I should sign up to race in Malta with Ötillö to round off the year. The only question was, should I sprint or should I attempt the world series race? V and I had been timed out five hours into the now notorious bad weather of world series race day in 2019, so I did have some unfinished business. But, V was now i ..read more

dhb Aeron SwimRun Wetsuit 2.0 My goal is to give you an idea of what this wetsuit provides and also a good insight into what you should be looking for in any swimrun wetsuit. If you are in a hurry, ready to buy this wetsuit, let me cut this short, my sincere opinion on the suit is that it is: Comfortable, stretchy and buoyant. All qualities that you need in a swimrun wetsuit. In the last few months I have had the opportunity to test extensively the dhb Aeron Swimrun Wetsuit 2.0, that includes both summer and winter (December) activities, giving me a good understanding of the qualities of this ..read more

Join Söuthsea Swimrun this June as we battle against swimrun teams from all over the world to complete the most swimrun distance over the month.   How do I join team Söuthsea Swimrun in the battle Join Söuthsea Swimrun club. You’ll also gain access to some awesome race discounts, so it’s well worth the £25 membership fee: http://southseaswimrun.com/product/membership/ Register as part of team Söuthsea Swimrun: https://envolcoaching.net/product/the-big-battle-registration/ Enter the event (same link). It only costs 100 kroner, less than a tenner, so it’s well worth it f ..read more

“Swimrun is about experiencing nature in the purest possible way, with Respect for yourself, for your team partner, for others and for the environment.” Ötillö A huge part of the swimrun ethos, as developed by our sport’s founders, is respecting our natural environment; Söuthsea Swimrun is wholeheartedly behind this philosophy. We believe we have a responsibility for our swimrun playground, to ensure we do no harm, and leave no trace as we enjoy our sport. This page aims to provide advice and information to enable us all to be responsible swimrunners and will be a growing ..read more

Swimrun Events Companies Ötillö (where it all began, born in Sweden but now hosting events all over the globe): https://otilloswimrun.com/ Breca (hosting events in the UK, New Zealand, and Canada): https://www.brecaswimrun.com/ As Keen as Mustard Events (Cambridgeshire): https://www.akamustard.events/ Mad Hatter Sports Events (Cornwall): https://www.madhattersportsevents.co.uk/ Love SwimRun (Wales): http://loveswimrun.co.uk/ Wales Swimrun (from the people that brought you the Long Course Weekend): https://www.thewalesswimrun.com/ Watch These Ötillö 15 years of swi ..read more

If you’ve watched swimrun race videos or seen people running along your local beach or coastal trail looking like a bunch of crazy super heroes, you’d be forgiven for seeing a lack of kit as a hindrance to getting into swimrun. However, think again. We’ve broken it down into separate lists of essential kit and “nice to haves” so you can get out swimrunning as soon as possible. Essential Kit—I want to give it a go, but what do I actually need? Wetsuit This will vary depending on where you are in the world and what time of year it is. In the summer, you can get out there in your swimsuit, tr ..read more

Swimrun is traditionally a team sport in which two people (all male, all female, or mixed) swim and run together over relatively large distances through nature. The sport was born out of a drunken bet in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden in 2002. Anders Malm, the owner of the Utö Värdshus hotel, his friend Janne Lindberg, and a couple of his staff challenged each other to race as two teams to Sandhamn, another island in the archipelago, roughly 75km away. It took them over 24 hours to get there that year, and similar when they did it again the year after, but their efforts would form the ba ..read more