Race Directors Reports

Catalina Race Directors Report 2020 Dreams do come true. A little over two years ago we decided to go for the the mammoth challenge of setting up an ÖTILLÖ race weekend in the United States of [...]

The storm within What a great end to a very special year. Our first ÖTILLÖ Malta became everything we could imagine and more. We started the week with one of our key staff, Håkan, not being able [...]

With nature we can never take anything for granted! When we arrived in Cannes in the beginning of last week we were a bit concerned about the weather forecast; a big, unusual rainstorm was [...]

Finally! Since four years we have been hoping to have the weather we had this past weekend. September is one of the best months to be in the 1000 Lakes and finally we could show everyone why we [...]

What a perfect Saturday. The weather gods were kind to us with a sunny day with a bit of wind and very pleasant temperatures in the air and in the water. In total we had 232 racers from 18 [...]

2019 is the year when things changed. ÖTILLÖ was no longer a chase for time but more a battle of the minds and soul for the win. In the grey morning with raindrops in the sky you could feel and [...]

How do you summarize a weekend like the 2019 ÖTILLÖ Engadin weekend? One word: mind – blowing. Why? In total 29 nations came to participate. Almost 240 racers were registered in Saturday’s Sprint [...]

In hindsight we cannot say anything else than that we all were very fortunate! Friday stormy, Monday morning rain, Tuesday stormy. The two days in between being Saturday and Sunday race days had [...]

This is why we love Swimrun! Our new concept of Sprint & Experience on Saturday and World Series on Sunday is really great. The Saturday Sprint is a mixture of serious racing up front and [...]

What a start to 2019! A weekend of contrast; of black and white. A beautiful, calm Saturday where you could feel the joy of all Sprint and Experience racers laughing and smiling around the [...]

Some dreams do come true! – Race report ÖTILLÖ Cannes 2018 After several years of searching for a home in France we finally have found it in Cannes. Who would have thought? A city environment [...]

This 3rd edition of ÖTILLÖ 1000 Lakes will go down in the history books. It was the first race weekend where we introduced the EXPERIENCE distance and also our Solo ÖTILLÖ style in sprint and [...]