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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I am the Swedish Champion !

I am the Swedish Champion !

It's true! I had a medal hung around my neck and the words "Congratulations, you are Swedish Champion" said to me. There wasn't hundreds of people competing in my class (50 m freestyle). Certainly not in my age group ... but if I'm told I'm the Swedish Champion I'll...

From 50m to 42km, this is my story

From 50m to 42km, this is my story

Alexis Charrier discovered Swimrun in 2017 when his dad sent him the link to the Costa Brava Swimrun. Today he is on of Team Envol’s absolute top athletes, lining up the podiums! Below is his story from that first race....

And we still want more!

And we still want more!

Every week Team Envol members receive a newsletter. This was part of the last one for the year - worth sharing with all of you! ----------------------------------------------------- We wish you all a great last week of the year 2021 with some super festive moments...

Are you ok not to be ok?

Are you ok not to be ok?

The day before the race, the day before ÖtillÖ we wrote ”Everybody leaving Sandhamn in the morning won’t cross the finish line on Utö. We hope our 44 will.” Now we know that didn’t happen. One team never made it to the start line, one of the team members can probably...

Our blue, white and black squad is ready

Our blue, white and black squad is ready

Monday morning 06.00 the horn will blow in Sandhamn, signaling the start of the Ötillö Swimrun World Championships. On that start line will be no less than 44 members of Team Envol. Excited, nervous, scared, happy. Experienced and first timers. The pulse will be high...

The Big Success

The Big Success

We created The Big Battle because we were bored. There were cancelled races, laws and rules against gatherings, closed pools and why even think about travelling somewhere. We wanted to do something that brought some life back into the swimrun community. Something that...