70 Hours Awake, 100 Snickers, One Lighthouse | One Water Race 2026

The 2026 One Water Race is in the books, and Team USA France touched the Landsort lighthouse after three and a half days across the Stockholm archipelago. We sit down with Chris Wright, who raced the inaugural edition in 2022 and came back this year for his third start and his first finish.

Chris was the lead swimmer on a four-person team that returned fully intact from last year. He walks us through the decision to say yes again, a training year built around swimming with paddles, and why the real gains came from executing the same plan better, not changing it.

We get into the 30-second debrief with the boat captain at every island, the 8.5K Danziger Gat swim in three to four foot waves, staying within the eight-hour cutoff, and what 70 hours awake does to your ears. Chris also explains the 4 PM start and the new A/B checkpoint decisions, wearing three wetsuits, swimming-induced pulmonary edema, dry robes, and a fueling plan built on ramen and roughly 100 fun size Snickers.

It is race week in the States too. Swimrun Cape Cod and ÖTILLÖ Colorado in Fort Collins both happen this weekend, and ÖTILLÖ Austin in early November is the last race left on the US calendar.

00:00 Intro
02:00 Race week: Swimrun Cape Cod and ÖTILLÖ Colorado
05:00 ÖTILLÖ Austin preview
07:00 Chris Wright on touching the lighthouse
10:00 Saying yes to a third One Water Race
11:00 Training: swim volume and paddles
12:00 Team communication and the 30-second boat debrief
15:00 What experience teaches: navigation, chafing, risk buffer
18:00 What ends a race: stomach, cold, gear
22:00 The 8.5K Danziger Gat swim
26:00 When the team knew they would finish
28:00 Hallucinations and 70 hours awake
30:00 The One Water community on Råholma
32:00 New format: 4 PM start and A/B checkpoints
37:00 Three wetsuits and pulmonary edema
39:00 Staying warm and dry robes
41:00 Fueling: ramen and 100 Snickers
44:00 Burger, beer and a 10 day recovery
48:00 What's next: Orcas, Bellingham and ÖTILLÖ
51:00 The Twix debate

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