All-time race day at Orcas Island 🙌
Huge congratulations to all the racers who showed up, pushed their limits, and made this event unforgettable

📸: Ben Groenhout

Stepping into the elite athlete spotlight, @nargus and @alexberggren94 📣

Describe Orcas Island in 3 words
⛰️Breathtaking, serene, lush – Nargus

What’s your favorite part of the Swimrun community?
⛰️There is always someone ready to help or support you – Nargus
⛰️That we are like a big family taking care of each other and cheering each other on! – Alex

What’s one thing you wish you knew before your first ÖTILLÖ?
⛰️ To have the right gear! – Alex

What section of the Orcas course are you most looking forward to?
⛰️All the cold swims – Alex

What’s one thing you wish you knew before your first ÖTILLÖ?
⛰️More swimming training – Nargus

What’s your go-to mindset when things start getting hard?
⛰️This is a privilege – Nargus
⛰️I try to shut down my brain and all thoughts and just keep going – Alex

Locked in with @beekagram & @_marcusbarton for our elite athlete spotlight 📣

Describe Orcas Island in 3 words
🌲”Beautiful & Brutal = Brutiful” – Beek

What section of the Orcas course are you most looking forward to?
🌲The forest leading down to Twin Lakes – Beek
🌲The downhill sections. Specifically, the parts immediately after the uphill sections. Seriously, descending Mount Constitution with the views. – Marcus

What’s your snack/ fuel strategy?
🌲Precision Hydration on the course! – Beek
🌲Consume calories early and often – Marcus  

What’s your go-to mindset when things start getting hard?
🌲It’s hard for everyone out here right now. Just have to have more grit. You put in the work – Imagine how much worse it could have been, if you hadn’t. – Beek
🌲Smile when it hurts – Marcus

What’s your favorite part of the Swimrun community?
🌲The people. It’s one of the only sports where someone will help fix your equipment, share fuel, and then happily race you into the ground 10 minutes later. – Marcus