Boston Wet Sox

Welcome to episode fifteen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!

On this week’s show we have the U.S.-based mixed team, the Boston Wet Sox! Bronwen and Greg are partners in swimrun and in life and we had a great time chatting with them about their journey in swimrun. More on that later.

We’re still under a shelter at home order in California and trying to balance work, family and training has been a challenge. As usual, we encourage everyone to listen to the medical and science experts about best practices and hopefully we will be past this and back to racing soon. Until then, stay safe everyone!

For shout outs this week we wanted to give props to Trista Mennen. She’s been a fan of the show for a while and gave us some great feedback for improving the show and that. Follow her on Instagram here.

Now for the today’s interview. We caught up with the mixed team, The Boston Wet Sox. Bronwen and Greg Dierksen are a married couple living in Boston with their 4 year-old daughter, Gwen. The couple grew up on opposite coasts but met in college at Boston University where they were both on the swim team.

They've been competing in Swimrun events since the inaugural Casco Bay Islands Swimrun in 2016. Their race resume includes two trips to the Ötillö World Championships, Ötillö World Series races at the Isles of Scilly and Catalina, as well as numerous North American races in North Carolina, Virginia, Maine, and Massachusetts. Their most recent challenge involves attempting to be more than mediocre employees, athletes, and parents inside a 940 square foot apartment during quarantine.

We met them on Catalina for Otillo Catalina in what feels like 3 years ago…where they placed 3rd in the mixed division and got their slot for this year’s world championship.

We has a wide ranging chatted about their journey in the sport and how they got hooked on swimrun at the Ötillö World Championship in 2017. They talked about how they have progressed in the sport and how they balance training with a family (spoiler alert: they train separately.) They shared tips on being good partners and they race strategies.

You can follow Bronwen and Greg’s journey on Instagram.

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