The Boston Wet Sox Go to Malta

Welcome to episode ninety-eight of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!This week we welcome back to the show Bronwen and Greg Dierksen, A.K.A. The Dierksens, A.K.A. The Boston Wet Sox. They recently made American Swimrun history at ÖTILLÖ Malta and they joined us on the show to share their race report of their epic day.But first... Training UpdateThis week’s update is that there is no update. #offseason #YOLO #LFGagaininmidDecemberShoutoutsWe’ve got triple shoutouts this week for our three new Patrons on Patreon. Thank you Sarah, Scott, and Brett for helping us keep the lights on. As we mentioned last week, we have a special holiday gift for our patrons as a token of our gratitude that we will be mailing out in the next few weeks.Feats of EnduranceThis week’s award goes to Jess VandenBussche from Hamilton, Canada. She recently posted one of the best strava titles that we’ve seen in a while for a 5k Personal Best that she accomplished during a race: If I Puke, I Puke. The only response that we have to that is...HELL YEAH! Strong work Jess!Check out and join our Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for Swimruns and stuff.This Week in SwimrunAll the news that we could find on the internet contained herein.The Swimrun season is winding down but there were still some cool events that took place over the weekend.Our friends at Swimrun Portugal hosted their Lagoa Swimrun and the photos looked amazing. We can’t wait to get to Portugal to race one of Bruno’s races one of these days!To say that Hugo Tormento is on absolute fire since racing ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship where he finished third with Matthieu Poullian (You can hear all about their race on Episode 92 of the podcast) would be the understatement of the year! Hugo won ÖTILLÖ Cannes with Max Andersson, won ÖTILLÖ Malta with Adriel Young (Adriel has also had a legendary year in his own right with 9 podiums--8 wins and one second place--in 9 races this year), and then a week later (this past weekend) won Swimrun Reunion (an race on an island off of the coast of Madagascar) with Heneman Guillaume. And if that wasn’t enough, he finished 11th in the Aquathlon World Championships just two weeks after Cannes.In other news, if you’re already planning your 2022 calendar like we are, heads up that Swimrun Costa Brava announced that next year’s race will be on April 23 and registration is open now. Over in the U.K., Mad Hatter Sports opened registration for their Hokey Cokey Swimrun that is taking place on May 21st.Here in the U.S., Ödyssey Swimrun will be announcing their 2022 race lineup soon so make sure that you sign up for their newsletter and/or follow them on the socials for updates on that.That’s it for this week. Be sure to tip us off if there’s any news that you would like for us to share on the show.UpdatesWe still have a handful of 50k download and 100th episode stickers left. If you want some free stuff just go to lowtideboyz.com/stickers and fill out the form and we’ll put some Low Tide love in the mail to anywhere in the world. We have new hats and beanies arriving soon. Stay tuned for updates on new ways to show your Low Tide pride this holiday season.The Dierksens Go to MaltaWhat can we say about Bronwen and Greg? They are just the best! We’re lucky to have them come back on show to share their historic experience at ÖTILLÖ Malta. Why historic? Because they are the first American team to ever win an ÖTILLÖ race. They are also the first team to ever podium an ÖTILLÖ race (Isles of Scilly in 2019.) They are great ambassadors for U.S. Swimrunning and also happen to be the nicest and most generous athletes around. They’ve contributed to a bunch of our course preview shows and whenever they dispense advice, we listen.It was great to hear about their experience in Malta and we think that everyone will enjoy this interview.That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at [email protected] with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris