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AMA #1 with Tower 26 Coaches Megan and Jim

AMA #1 with Tower 26 Coaches Megan and Jim

FromLow Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast


AMA #1 with Tower 26 Coaches Megan and Jim

FromLow Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to episode forty-two of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast!This week we have our first AMA-style episode with Tower 26 coaches Megan Melgaard and Jim Lubinski. We were lucky to get these super experienced coaches on the show and it was a lot of fun. We asked them a bunch of listener questions about open water swimming and, it’s safe to say, that we learned a ton and think that you will as well. More on the interview later in the show.  Training UpdateWe had a good week of training with a big 3-hour Swimrun practice to dial everything in for Ödyssey Swimrun Austin on November 8th. It’s almost taper time so please pray for our wives as we will surely get moody on race week. Racing Odyssey Swimrun Austin? Check out our full course preview guide here. Shout Out/Feats of Endurance Weekly AwardThis week we’re doing a combo shout out to Adrian Cameron. He’s a member of our Strava Club and participated in Ödyssey Swimrun’s Austin course preview training day and was essentially our man on the ground. He gave the club a ton of great intel on the course and we really appreciate him taking the time to share the knowledge. If that wasn’t enough, we got the idea on Sunday night to try to get Adrian on the show to do an Addendum for our Austin Course Preview episode and he was down to help us with that. That Addendum bonus episode is out now! Major tip of the hat to Adrian.This Week in SwimrunWe have a short report this week.ÖTILLÖ Cannes took place over the weekend. The weather looked much better than last year and everything that we saw about the event looked amazing. Big shoutouts to former guests of the show Desirée for winning the mixed division with her partner, Guillaume Heneman, and for Nicolas Remirez finishing in third place overall with his partner, Francesc De Lanuza Gimeno.Over in the Canary Islands of Spain, Swimrun Fuerteventura took place. Can’t believe we’re saying this…but we may have added yet another race to the bucket list. The photos of the event looked spectacular and it looked like a nature paradise to swim and run in.We’re sure that we may have missed some events. 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 UpdatesOur latest column in Triathlete Magazine, What to Expect at Your First Swimrun Race, is out in the digital newsstands now! Check it out and give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it.Ödyssey Swimrun Austin is super close to selling out! Join us in Texas, if it’s safe for you to do so, and use the code LOWTIDEBOYZ and save 25% on your entry. In addition, if you’re racing Austin but still need a Swimrun wetsuit, we have some that we can bring for you to use for the race. We have 3 Men’s medium (Blueseventy Alliance Swimrun Long-sleeved, Orca RS1 Short-sleeved, Head MyBoost Pro Sleeveless) and 2 Men’s large suits (Blueseventy Alliance Swimrun Long-sleeved and Zone3 Swimrun Evolution Short-sleeved.) Send us a message and we’ll make sure to bring it for you.Finally, head over to our website to pick up some cool Löw Tide Böyz gear and show your Low Tide Pride. InterviewNow for this week’s AMA-style interview with Megan Melgaard and Jim Lubinski from Tower 26. Megan and Jim are super experienced triathlon and open water swim coaches. They have helped thousands of athletes improve in open water and we were lucky to be able to pepper them with questions from our listeners. We covered everything from how to get started with open water swimming to how to use open water sessions to replace pool sets if you don’t have access to a pool. This was a great conversation and we already anticipate having them back on the show so answer more questions in the near future.You can learn more about Tower 26 and the coaching offerings on their website. If you want to follow Jim on Instagram his handle is @jimlube and if you want to follow Megan her Instagram is @meganmelgaard.That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Lö
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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We are the Löw Tide Böyz (Chipper and Chris), a Swimrun team based in Northern California and we're on a mission to help grow the sport of Swimrun in the United States while striving to make it as accessible, inclusive, and diverse as possible. On our podcast we share our love for the new-ish sport of Swimrun and interview race directors, athletes, and other cool people in the space all the while chronicling our own training and racing adventures and having as much fun as possible in the process.