Oscar Olsson
Welcome to episode forty-four of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast!
Like some of the most popular superheroes with alliterative names, this week’s guest definitely fits in. We’re not talking about Matt Murdock, Clark Kent, Bruce Banner, or Peter Parker. This week we have the one and only, Oscar Olsson on the show. While he needs no introduction, we should do one anyway. He’s widely regarded as one of the best Swimrunners in the world and is a great ambassador for the sport.
This interview was a blast and we’re super stoked to share that conversation later in the show.
Training Update
It’s race week!!! We’re super stoked for Ödyssey Swimrun Austin on Sunday. The hay is in the barn and we can’t wait to see a lot of our listeners and friends at Pace Bend Park. If you need to cram some last-minute racecourse info check out our Odyssey Swimrun Austin Course Preview!
Shout Out
This week we’re shouting out the Commonwealth of Australia. They’ve been climbing the charts on our downloads list and we’re really happy that they are finding our brand of content interesting. We’ll keep it going!
Feats of Endurance Weekly Award
This week’s winner is Lee G. He’s a member of our Strava Club and has been putting in the work heading into Swimrun Austin. He’ll also be racing with one of our favorite humans, Marcus Barton. Enjoy the taper and see you there Lee!
This Week in Swimrun
We have another short report this week.
There were no races again this week because of increased COVID restrictions.
In happier news, we are super stoked to announce that this segment is now being powered by Raceid.com. They recently rebranded from race.se to raceid.com in late October and we’re looking forward to beefing up our “reporting” with their help.
Send us an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com 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
We don’t have any updates this week that you haven’t already heard before.
Stay tuned for our race report of Swimrun Austin next week!
Interview
Now for this week’s interview. Oscar Olsson is one of the most well-known Swimrunners in the world and has the personality to match. His enthusiasm for Swimrun and the community is infectious and we had a great time chatting with him about his Swimrun journey.
In this interview, we chatted about his athletic background and how he found Swimrun and fell in love with the sport. We also chatted about his preparation for races including the ÖTILLÖ World Championship and races of the first impression. We talked about the mental side of training and how he’s been handing the curveball that COVID has thrown to the world. He shared his experiences racing Catalina and how he just popped in and raced the World Championship at the last minute one year.
Oscar runs his own gym and coaching business, o2Tri in Gothenburg Sweden. He’s also super accessible on Instagram to answer questions from Swimrunners.
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