Gerry Rodrigues & Emma-Kate Lidbury

<p>Welcome to episode thirty-two of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>One the show this week we have Gerry Rodrigues, Founder of <a href="https://www.tower26.com/">Tower 26</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eklidbury/?hl=en">Emma-Kate Lidbury</a>. Former Pro Triathlete and Editor at <a href="https://www.triathlete.com/">Triathlete Magazine</a>, to talk about their new book: <a href="https://www.velopress.com/books/triathlon-swimming/">Triathlon Swimming: Master Open Water Swimming with the Tower 26 Method</a>. We do a deep dive into the book and their swimming methodology later in the show.</p><p>In other exciting news, we’ve reached the milestone of 10,000+ downloads! We’re surprised and humbled by all the support that we’ve gotten since starting the show and have a lot of gratitude for everyone that’s checked out the show.</p><p>Training Update</p><p>We did yet another Swimrun last weekend which was fun and Chris is in the middle of the <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a33232327/one-punch-man-workout-30-day-challenge-transformation-results-video/">One Punch Man Challenge</a> where he is doing a 10k run, 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 squats every day for a week. Why? Nobody knows, least of all him.</p><p>Shout Outs</p><p>This is a special shout out to the “Dude from Costco” that recognized Chris wearing a Löw Tide Böyz shirt and chatted him up. It was totally random but definitely the highlight of an otherwise ordinary trip to Costco. </p><p>Feats of Endurance Weekly Award</p><p>This week’s winner is Kawika (Beek) from <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/otillo-catalina-course-preview-2-swimrun-gear-team-baywatch">Team Envol Baywatch</a>. He did the Pier to Pier Quest and submitted an audio clip describing his 27 Mile point to point Swimrun adventure for your listening pleasure. We also got our first Feats of Endurance award acceptance speech! </p><p>We love seeing everyone working out in our <a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/lowt