Rob Preston, One Water Race Champion

Welcome to episode 227 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!

We’re stoked to welcome back to show our friend and legendary adventure racer Rob Preston. His team is gearing up to defend their One Water Race title and we checked with him on what it’s like to race a Swimrun that only takes a few hours, what it’s like to swim 70kms, and other such mind blowing topics.

But first…

Training Update

Training is underway for ÖTILLÖ Whistler. We did our first Swimrun of the year over the weekend and it was cool to have Team TBD and Hunter come out to join us. Bonus shoutout for Addison making an appearance after racing the Miwok 100K the day before.

Shoutout

This week we’re shouting out former guest of the show Anna Lundberg. She showed true Swimrun spirit when a listener reached out asking us to connect her to Anna to get advice on how to deal with injury after listening to our interview with her. Swimrunners help Swimrunners and Anna was more than happy to help. 

Feats of Endurance

This week’s winner is long time friend of the show and Patreon supporter Carolyn B. for getting a PR at the Toronto Half Marathon over the weekend. She’s been getting back into running after some time off and was putting in the work all Spring to get ready. Strong work!

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

Show Business

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LOWTIDE15 to save 15% on your race registration for any and all 2024 events. We’ll be lining up at Whistler, Casco Bay and Austin this year. Hope to see you out there!

Rob Preston, One Water Race Champion and Bluey Watcher

It was great to catch up with Rob. We asked the hard hitting questions, such as, does he watch Bluey? What are “sleep monsters?” Oh, and what it’s like to win the One Water Race, a.k.a., the Ultimate Proof of Human Capacity, in 2023. Rob is great and we loved this conversation and know that you will too.

Enjoy!

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That’s it for this week’s show. 

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-  Chip and Chris