It wasn’t all bad

It wasn’t all bad

There has no doubt been a lot of disturbing things going on this year. Some had an impact on more people than what is “normal”. Some events and people were just a bit more disturbing than “normal”.  Some claim that 2020 was just a long horror show. We disagree. It...

Give yourself a break

Give yourself a break

The only training that matters is the one that is done. Team Envol members have their sessions ranked by priority. Figure out which ones are priority to you, put them in the calendar and do them! Not just for the sake of training. The rest of your life will also benefit from it!

3.2 million deaths per year

3.2 million deaths per year

So what can we do? Some of need to find new ways to exercice, some of us need to start exerciseing! We all need to move! For many uf us our mental health is also depending on it. Some say the sofa is “our battlefield”. We say i’ts our training shoes. Every sweaty t-shirt, every sore muscle, every lungful of fresh air is a victory.

This is the season of “buying”. We buy gifts, we buy stuff (because it’s on sale or we think we deserve it) and we buy food in a way that tips the scale of distrubution even further. We can only recomend you to invest in something that is good for you and also helps save the world. Physical activity. It is also the season of giving. A box of choclate might be nice to recive. Physical activity is better – and it shows you really care!

Hats off, chapeau och hatten av!

Hats off, chapeau och hatten av!

One expression in three languages for ÖtillÖ for making the races in Cannes happen. Hard work and a bit off luck allowed a bunch of happy swimrunners to once again pull on a race bib. After succsessefully jumping through every Covid-19 hoop out there I heard that for...

SUMMARISE SWIMRUNMAN LAFFREY

SUMMARISE SWIMRUNMAN LAFFREY

What a joy to attend a swimrun event again! This weekend was scheduled the SwimrunRun series by HEAD events at the large lake of Laffrey, south of Grenoble. An exceptional start list. Team ENVOL was strongly represented with 10 teams (9 in the Vertical format and 1 in the Classic)

Mountain memories

Mountain memories

For some it went exactly as planned. For others not at all. Swimrun can be a bit like life in general. Unfair, hard and fantastic!  Nicolas - Did you realise the race was over when you fell? Was it hard to tell your partner? How do you feel now? After a first tough...

It’s a family affair

It’s a family affair

Filipe Rodriguez and his 10 year old daughter Maria did the Ötillö race in Engadin, Switzerland. The race was a great 75 min experience!  It was my suggestion but she had great memories from Ångaloppet a few years ago and wanted to try another race. I had to talk to...