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When I was in Hvar, Croatia; for the kick off to the ÖTILLÖ swimrun season, I popped my head into to hear Michael Lemmel giving a presentation on the history of ÖTILLÖ and the evolution of the [...]

Only one team is left in the pursuit of one million Swedish Krona, but the boys in the Golden Jersey will be chased yet again by the top world teams at ÖTILLÖ Utö on May 28th. For an extremely [...]

In 2013, Mats Skott and Michael Lemmel had more demand for the original ÖTILLÖ event than they could handle so they decided to do a qualifying race in late spring. It was a given that the first [...]

In 2007, a team from Navy Seals in San Diego signed up for “a new swimrunning race in Sweden. They arrived at Stockholm airport directly from a mission at an undisclosed location. Joe had been [...]

As one of swimrun’s most exceptional athletes Kristin Larsson is one of a kind having won six swimrun races in 2016 and broken numerous course records. A mom to her three-year-old son, motherhood [...]

While everybody knows that swimrun originated in the Stockholm archipelago, it’s less known that the headquarters of HEAD Swimming, which produce swimrun wetsuits, is situated in the town of [...]

Swimrun came to Finland in 2014 with the Solvalla Swimrun and began with only 16 teams at the full distance start line. Today, three years later, the number of participants has grown to some 100 [...]

Swimming, running and yoga have more in common than you would think at first, with movements that are synchronised with breathing. Breath awareness from yoga can also greatly benefit a [...]

The moment Zoe Perry read the backstory of how ÖTILLÖ started in a pub as a bet, she didn’t need any more convincing. She knew right then and there that the Isles of Scilly would make the perfect [...]

ÖTILLÖ founders Mats Skott and Michael Lemmel have support the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust to ensure that the islands’ natural habitats can be fully explored by swimrun competitors in the [...]

At ÖTILLÖ, we know that we can’t conquer nature but we can try to become part of it. Then, and only then, can we be successful as swimrunners. For this reason we believe in having a shoe that not [...]

Andy Blow founded Precision Hydration in 2011 after learning he had a higher than average amount of sodium in his sweat, which was impacting his performance. Turns out it’s important to [...]