Bellingham Swimrun Course Preview w/Brent Molsberry

Welcome to episode 175 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!

We’ve got a fun episode for everyone this week. Joining us to do a deep dive on the Bellingham Swimrun is race director Brent Molsberry. This local event in northern Washington is perfect for beginners and seasoned Swimrunners alike and we touch on everything you need to know to put this race on your list…we even let you know which real estate agent to use if you’re planning on moving to Bellingham.

But first…

(Chipper to read)

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Training Update

The training continues as we barrel towards Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay in early July. In other training news, Chris has officially graduated from the remedial swim program that he was on and is henceforth onto “big boy” swims for the rest of the season.

Shoutout

This week we’re shouting out everyone that showed up for our Lake James Post-race zoom party. We had a good group of folks and it was fun/harrowing to hear the war stories of race day and get a ton of training tips from the likes of Marcus and Beek, Trista and Amy, and The Dierksens.

Wisdom Nugget of the Week

You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. – Carl Jung

Feats of Endurance

This week’s winner is friend of the pod Alex Sheen for strava-ing walking around during the coronation that took place last week that you may have heard about. Good stuff!

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

Now for the “news.”

The Lagoa Swimrun is set to take place this weekend in Portugal. As will all of Swimrun Portugal’s events, this one looks amazing with warm water swims and views for days. As with most of their events, they have distances for everyone including a kids race, which we love!

Our friends at Swimrun del Bilancio recently announced their race date of June 4th for this year’s event. The race takes place in Barberino di Mugello in the Tuscany region of Italy close to Florence. The race offers two distance options, but most importantly, did we mention that this race takes place in Tuscany?

In ÖTILLÖ news, the company announced that they are revamping the World Championship points ranking system. Starting this season, the first 30 World Series teams of each category will be awarded with points, where the winning teams will earn a maximum of 60 points. In addition, you can earn 50% of the points by finishing in the top 30s of an ÖTILLÖ Merit Race. Based on all accumulated points that you collect during the 2023 season, the best Swimrunners of the new ÖTILLÖ Ranking will earn a spot for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2024. Besides the podiums of the World Championship in 2023, there will be no direct qualifications for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2024.

The ÖTILLÖ Ranking will immediately be implemented but only count for the qualification of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2024. If you still want to qualify for this year's World Championship, you can earn a direct spot at this year's World Series Races, qualify through a ÖTILLÖ Merit Race, or apply for a Race Director Choice as in the past.

That’s it for this week. Reach out to us if there’s any Swimrun news that you’d like for us to share on the show.

Show Business

Swimrun season has either already started or is about to start for most folks in the U.S. and that means getting your kit sorted out. If you’re looking to unload or load up on some new gear, make sure to head over to our Swimrun Swapmeet on FB and help or be helped by your fellow Swimrunners to make sure you have what you need for your event.

Bellingham Swimrun Course Preview

We mention it often that to grow the sport of Swimrun in the U.S., we need more local events that cater to beginners looking to try the sport…get their shoes wet, so to speak. Bellingham Swimrun is just such a Swimrun and it’s a gem. Joining us for this course preview is Brent Molsberry. He’s a previous guest of the show, friend of the pod, race director for Quest Races and Ödyssey Swimrun, Sophie’s Dad and Annie Molsberry’s husband. In this conversation, we get an overview of Bellingham Washington, why it’s such a great location for Swimrun, we share the name of the best real estate agent in the West Coast, get a course preview of both their long and short course distance events, and so much more.

If you’re interested in Swimrunning in early June in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Bellingham Swimrun is for you! Register at questraces.com.

Enjoy!

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That’s it for this week’s show.

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- Chip and Chris