Come (ultra) swim with us!

Team Envol is about swimrun, right? Yes. However, we do have members whose focus lies elsewhere. To be a swimrunner you need to be a trail runner and an open water swimmer. Our community and our coaches include people with a stronger love for just "The Big Blue" ,...

Swimrun makes me feel alive

This is the story of Anne Bardon. She thought she was to old to get into a new sport at the age of 50. Today she knows how wrong she was! How did you find swimrun? By chance! I was following the famous French coach Lucile Woodward through her sports programs online....

It took six years

The story of Sabina and Alexis It’s been a six years long journey, but this year, both Sabina Rapelli and her boyfriend Alexis Charrier reached the goal of becoming the World Champions of swimrun. Sabina in a team with Desirée Andersson and Alexis with Matthieu...

Americas original swimrun – Team Envol style!

Text: Trista Mennen  Photos: Ötillö and private Casco Bay, Maine was the first swimrun race in the USA. It is still going strong and on August 11 Team Envol, "The Blue Nation" was well represented! The weekend was kicked off with a pre-race clinic Saturday morning for...

If it was easy everyone would do it

No one said Rockman Swimrun would be easy. Nicolas knew from experience. Richard could only imagine. Coming from Tahiti he wanted a solid swimrun adventure in Scandinavia. Thats what he got. Watch this short documentary and take part of their journey.  

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Doing the Ötillö World Championships this year?

Doing the Ötillö World Championships this year?

If the answer is yes you are probably well into your training and preparations. Here is a video with Envol Swimrun's Head Coach and Ötillö veteran Nicolas Remires giving advice about the race and the preparations, together with one of the creators and race directors -...

A cold day with warm hearts

A cold day with warm hearts

Lene Sandvoll Stern DID finish the race! She did it well and was rewarded with a spot on the podium. Warming her face is her team mate, Åsa Larsson who unfortunately couldn't race with her this day (above image).   DNF - those three letters no athlete wants...

Fantastic Feminine Feat

Fantastic Feminine Feat

Winners in the women's category, third overall, only seconds from the second place. 9h 51min 42 sec - Team Envol HEAD Zoggs Desirée Sabina absolutely smashed it.  If you saw Desirée Andersson and Sabina Rapelli in the starting lineup with the start field of SWIMRUNMAN...

From nowhere to happiness

From nowhere to happiness

Always in gyms but never an athlete. I was always admiring and watching sports but never doing any. Always very active, and willing to do new things. Ι was participating in some 5k or 10k running races for fun in Athens but my secret desire and childhood dream was to...

Partners in swimrun and life

Partners in swimrun and life

It all started in February 2019, when I [Saby] was looking for a partner for the swimrun season. I got in contact with Nicolas, knowing that Team Envol was well-known in the world of swimrun and that surely he would be able to give me some advice or direct me to an...

Can the brain fix the body?

Can the brain fix the body?

Can our brain create alternate movement patterns so that despite some severe injuries, you will be able to continue your practice? This was the question Moshe Feldenkrais asked himself after a bad knee injury during 2nd WW. Team Envol member Bénédicte Motz is learning...