International
Friendship battle 2025
We are going to extend the successful battle in 2025
and with lots of inputs from 2024 we will have some changes,
eg. the battle will be a little bit later than last year from 16th May till 15th of June 2025.
We are going to publish the new concept in january 2025.
Battle report 2024
Wow, what a month, what excitement!
16,790 km of SwimRun – truly magical.
On May 11th, 20 teams from 10 nations embarked on the SwimRun journey to collect kilometers for their teams, their countries, and, of course, for themselves. The numerous posted pictures showcased the fun, the adventures, and the creativity involved. Team spirit was crucial as participants motivated each other, committed to shared goals, and dealt with challenging and often colder conditions.
Additional challenges spiced things up, demanding performance, creativity, and teamwork.
You were amazing, thank you for your contributions and achievements.
Please find the final battle report for all details.
Hope to see you battling again in 2025
Michael & Andreas
The winners of our challenges are:
7th challenge
The best team of the last week
Kreuz & Quer they battled 139,9 km on average per Person and summed up to a leading total of 839,5 k ahead of Happy SwimRun Hippos and Kreuz & Quer -wet bandits
6th The Longest Individual Distance June 3-9, 2024
Eugen Klein postet 40,5 k.
5th challenge 24 Hours on Tour June 1-2, 2024
unfortunately nobody made it happen in 20024
4th challenge The Coolest Single Outfit: May 27 - June 2, 2024
• This award went to Sacha Bergerhausen for his creative and provacating pur style
3) The longest swim
Challenge 3, results: The Longest Swim May 20-26, 2024
The victory with incredible 10,8 k went to UK ,
to team weswimrun posted from Jan Rigby
2) The Coolest Team Picture
Team Frostbite -all year around (Sweden)
1) The strong beginning
Team Kreuz & Quer (GER)
link for daily update of all participants
All about our teams
Either you love the spirit of a team, the fun of SwimRun adventures or friendly rivalry to others, that doesn´t matter.
Enjoy the battle !!!
Kebab League
France
TL: Arnaud de Lustrac
Mission:
We’d love to encourage and motivate individuals to gather a group of friends to train together and embarque on an extraordinary journey
Trektoes
Finland
TL: Meri Viljanen
Mission: we want to share our passion for swimrun up here in the Northern hemisphere and try to encourage new people to enjoy this fantastic adventure in nature
Kreuz & Quer Capitals
Germany
TL: Christoph Vogt
Mission: Conquer the waves, conquer the streets – our Berlin Swimrun Team knows no bounds! Whether water or land, we never give up, always reaching our goals together!
Frostbite-Swimrun all year around
Sweden
TL: Henrik Forsell
Mission:
Swimrun, always, at all times, in any conditions-just for the fun of it!
MySwimRun France
France
TL: Yoann Perignon
Mission:
Breaking waves and defying distances, loving to share unique moments ready to take on all challenges together.
Team Alpe Adria
Austria
TL: Antonia Winkler
Mission:
One for all, all for one! Boundless SwimRun fun!
Kreuz & Quer - the wet bandits
Germany
TL: Marcel Sandow
Mission: up from the sofa, out into the adventure together
Love SwimRun
Wales/UK
TL: Chloe Rafferty
Mission: It’s all about having fun and spreading the swimrun love!
Danube Pinguins
Austria
TL: Andrea Weiss
Mission:
one team - one dream - run and swim together
Happy SwimRun Hippos
Austria
TL: Cornelia Gsenger
Mission:
spread swimrun vibes and make the sport more popular in our area
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2023 Frienship battle
Germany - Austria
Link zum Endergebnis
Was für eine battle, was für ein Monat.
Kaltes Wetter, kalte Seen haben es nicht leicht gemacht und die battle hat zunehmend Fahrt aufgenommen. Scheinbar hat es Spass, denn am am letzten Tag sind noch die meisten Eintraege eingegangen.
Gratulation an alle TeilnehmerInnen, an alle Teams, an die 2 Nationen, ein würdiger Wettkampf bringt folgendes amtliche Endergebnis. Über 6100 km wurden erbattelt.
Gratulation an Deuschland,
das den freundschaftlichen Wettkampf klar für sich entschieden haben. Wir dürfen aus österreichischer Sicht anmerken, dass dies kein Gastgeschenk an unsere beliebtesten Nachbarn war.
Das deutsche Team hat (diesmal) nicht mit Glück sondern verdient und mit ihrer berüchtigten mentalen Stärke gewonnen. Es freut uns aber, dass Österreich mit Abstand die meisten Newcomer einbrachte (50 % Neueinsteiger) und diese viel Spass an SwimRun gefunden haben.
Gratulation an Kreuz und Quer ambitious,
die in unnachahmlicher Manier die battle von Beginn an dominiert haben und mit einem Schnitt von 255,7 eine echt starke Leistung erbracht haben.
Gratulation an das lead Team von LaufSinn SwimRun die fast die meisten km erreichten und das 2. Team mit einem starken Finish die Ducks noch knapp vom Stockerl stiessen. Alle 4 Teams hatten über 100 km erkämpft.
Aus österreichischer Sicht hat Happy SwimRun Hippos die interne Wertung vor den Backwaterman flyers fuer sich entschieden, mit vielen Newcomern eine beachtliche Leistung.
Eine Extraklasse für sich waren
Marcel Sandow 531,5 km, und Michale Gerlach 506,5, die Jörg Fuchs auf den dritten Platz verwiesen. Mit Gerhard Schiemer schaffte ein Österreicher den 4. Platz. Denke er wird sich beim Backwaterman SwimRun revanchieren wollen.
Zur Erinnerung: der Charity Betrag geht an Claudia Mueller mit ihrer Initiative Wie schwimmen - du hilfst
auf ein Neues in 2024
das Veranstalterteam
Michael und Andreas