Bali Hope Swimrun Course Preview w/Race Director Tom Hickman

<p>Welcome to episode 167 of the<a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/"> Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>We’ve got something special for everyone this week. We are sharing a course preview for the <a href="https://www.bali-hope.com/swimrun">Bali Hope Swimrun</a> that is taking place from September 27-30 in Indonesia. If you’re like us and thought “you had us at Bali” then you're going to love our conversation with race founder Tom Hickman.</p><p>But first…</p><p>Training Update</p><p>Training is starting to ramp up and Chris is about to start swimming again! We also recently made a pact, after a particularly wet and wild trail run on Sunday, that our weekend long runs/Swimrun trainings would be non-negotiable and would take place rain or shine. #nodogging</p><p>Shoutout</p><p>This week we’re shouting out our newest Patron on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lowtideboyz">Patreon</a>, Daniel Kernell. We really, really appreciate your support!</p><p>Speaking of Patreon, we recently hosted our first Patron meetup of the year and we had a great time chatting with everyone. Thank you all so much for taking the time to join us. It definitely got us super energized to keep putting out Swimrun content for everyone!  And Dave, make sure you’re keeping your fingers pointing towards the bottom of the pool during your pull phase.</p><p>We also have a bonus shoutout to Marc Stettler. About a month ago we gave a shoutout to the Country of Switzerland for making it into the top 10 in terms of downloads. Marc reached out to let us know that he was likely personally responsible for this since he downloaded our entire back catalog of episodes so that he could binge listen to the show. Strong work and bless you!</p><p>Wisdom Nugget of the Week</p><p>“The only zen that you find on the top of mountains is the zen you bring up there.” - Robert Pirsig </p><p>Feats of Endurance</p><p>We haven’t had this segment in several weeks so we have a list of recognitions to give out. In no particular order:</p><ul><li>Miriam Fendler for ru