John Yelland, Mad Hatter Sports

<p>Welcome to episode 123 of the<a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/"> Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>We have a great show for everyone this week. Joining us in Studio G is John Yelland, one of the founders of <a href="https://www.madhattersportsevents.co.uk/">Mad Hatter Sports</a> and organizer of the upcoming <a href="https://www.madhattersportsevents.co.uk/st-austell-bay">Hokey Cokey Swimrun</a> taking place on May 21st in Cornwall, UK. This was a great interview filled with lots of laughs, a feel-good origin story, and, of course, Swimrun content.</p><p>But first... </p><p><strong>Training Update</strong></p><p>We are back at it after taking a light break the week after <a href="https://www.trisignup.com/Race/NC/Nebo/SwimRunNCLakeJames">Swimrun Lake James</a>. We are now upping the swim volume, the run volume, and, well, just a lot more volume all around as we barrel towards <a href="https://otilloswimrun.com/race/otillo-swimrun-world-championship/">ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship</a> in September. </p><p>Want to learn more about our ÖTILLÖ build? Check out our <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/countdown-to-otillo-4-months-out">Countdown to ÖTILLÖ</a> episodes.</p><p>Next up for us is <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/casco">Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay</a> on July 17th. Based on our calculations, it is 9 weeks away!</p><p><strong>Shoutouts</strong></p><p>We haven’t given out any shoutouts the last few weeks so here’s an outsized shoutout for our new Patrons on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lowtideboyz">Patreon</a>. Thank you Nick and Hannah M., Jeff H., and Dave D. for supporting our brand of super niche content and helping to fund our random sticker giveaway. (BTW, another giveaway is coming soon!)</p><p>We also want to give a special shoutout to a fellow Bay Area Swimrunner Jonathan Pascual. He was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 paraganglioma cancer, a rare and aggressive form of cancer and he began chemotherapy and radiation last week. If anyone wants to help him and his fa