Imagine a sport where you run and swim your way across wild and stunning landscapes; craggy islands, sandy beaches, deep fjords, calm lakes, big hills, rocky outcrops. A sport which is developing, where its ok to wear paddles, fins and pull buoy. A sport where you don't stop to take off your wetsuit or put on your shoes because there are multiple swims and multiple runs.
Imagine doing all this with someone else, working as team, playing to each others strengths, being tied to one another, sharing the adventure together.
If you can swim, if you can run, you can swimrun.
Jude and Paul are both experienced swimrunners having taken part in plenty of long couse swimruns around the world. Add in the fact that they are Open Water Swimming Coach and Jude is a Trail Running Coach, they are well placed to give you top tips and coaching on everything swimrun including:
- what to wear
- what shoes to use
- how to swim on tow / run on tow
- how to prepare for a swimrun
- what does a swimrun training plan look like for you
- what equipment to use
- what to eat and when
- working together as a team
Their Swimrun's include Otillo Engadin, Hvar, Isles of Scilly, 1000 Lakes, the Hokey Cokey, Breca Buttermere, Breca Jersey, Roseland, AKAM Nene Park, Rockman and more.
Wanting to encourage more people to take part they set up the South East Swimrun Series in the UK which known for its community spirit in welcoming new comers and experiened swimrunners alike. Click here to see the South East Swimrun in action at Longside Lake
For other swimruns around the UK take a look at.
http://otilloswimrun.com
https://www.madhattersportsevents.co.uk/swimrun
http://www.rockmanswimrun.com
https://loveswimrun.co.uk
https://swimrunconiston.com