SwimRun is a multiple-stage race which involves many peculiarities & challenges. It resembles a fight for survival and offers adventure experiences in nature. Athletes in pairs, who compete in off-road running and open water swimming, are participating, with continuous alternations from one sport to another, tied together with an elastic rope and carrying an individual watertight float. They are required to swim in shoes or store them temporarily in their personal float swimming buoy and wear them again for the next run, and they must wear a wetsuit both at sea and during the run. Unless otherwise decided (due to the summer weather), it is customary to carry with them in their waterproof swimming buoys any food or drink they wish to take during their race, returning the packets at the end.

• Only pairs of roped athletes compete, so each athlete has first aid if needed,
• A wetsuit is mandatory, which does not allow the athlete to leave the surface of the sea, no matter what happens and
• It is compulsory for each athlete to wear a waterproof personal float, which enables him to have food and hydration with him, but also to hold on if something happens to him in the sea.

The first application of sport in the Mediterranean, started in Greece and specifically in Hydra in November 2018. In fact, while it was designed to take place in 3 rotations of each of the two swimming and running parts of a total race distance of 14.7 km (3.7k Swimming and 11k running), due to weather conditions 2 rotations totaled distance 13.1km were implemented (3.1k swimming and 10k running).
Since then (from 2019) it has been designed to carry out two distances, that were implemented in 2019 and 2021.

- Initiation to SwimRun 9,4 (Swim 0,6k | Run 4k | Swim 0,9k | Run 3,9k)

- Core Distance SwimRun 23,6 (Swim 1,5k | Run 5,5k | Swim 1,7k | Run 7,8k | Swim 2,6k | Run 4,5k)

With the experience of 2021 as well as the feedback from experienced foreign athletes who took part in the event, the routes,the rationale and the distances were changed and enriched for 2022, as follows:

- Initiation distance SwimRun 12,8k (4 legs of Run, total distance 10,8k, 84,4% | 3 legs of Swim, total distance 2k, 15,6%)

- Core distance SwimRun 24,1k (6 legs of Run, total distance 19,4k, 80,4% | 5 legs of Swim, total distance 4,7k, 19,6%)

- Advanced distance SwimRun 40,1k (7 Running Legs, total 34,5k (85%) | 6 Swimming Legs, total 5,6k (15%)

Completing the 2022 event, new improvements incorporated in 2023, introducing the 3 distances, but in the following way:

- Initiation distance SwimRun 12,8k (4 legs of Run, total distance 10,8k, 84,4% | 3 legs of Swim, total distance 2k, 15,6%)

- Core distance SwimRun 23,4k (6 legs of Run, total distance 19,7k, 84,4% | 5 legs of Swim, total distance 3,65k, 15,6%)

- Advanced distance SwimRun 38,7k (7 Running Legs, total 33,9k (87,6%) | 6 Swimming Legs, total 4,8k (12,4%)

Finally, due to adverse weather conditions, a contingency plan was followed for the 2023 event, while the same distances and routes remain for 2024.

TRIMORE SwimRun Hydra, from 2022, is a part of the MySwimRun Championships, qualifying for the finals each year, and in 2023, the Advanced/ Marathon Distance 38,7k was the world final of the championship.

• Discover the best SwimRun sceneries of Europe!
• There are already 10 races in 10 different countries part of the Series, which offers distances for Sprint, Half Marathon and Marathon.  
• Enjoy the different flavour and special culture at different locations from individual organizers . 
• There is an annual ranking of your points you gathered at our qualifier races for Sprint (~10k), Half Marathon (~20k) and Marathon (~40k) and Different age groups at the championship. 
• Enjoy the image status having been qualified for the Championships or your annual ranking (result from the sum of the ages of each pair of atletes).
• Find more informations at www.myswimrunchampionships.comand live ranking of athletes at Ranking Status-Qualification | My SwimRun Championships.

TRIMORE SwimRun Hydra, part of the World Tour of the SwimRun Championship, gives qualification to athletes based on their participation in all the races in the world, while at the same time, in collaboration with Aquatic Runner (the pioneer of Individual / Solo SwimRun from Italy), gives qualification to pairs of winners to participate individually in the race. AquaticRunner's slots for 2023, will be awarded to the 1st men's team, 1st women's team & 1st mixed team.

SwimRun Hydra at the end of 2022, in a survey carried out by swimrun.com, rewarded as one of the "Highly Commended" SwimRun races of the year in Europe. All results at  Winners of the Swimrun Annual Awards 2022 announced!-swimrun.com.

Athletes may use special swimming equipment like paddles or pull buoys and wear shoes during running. Floating aids are not allowed that are not provided by the organizer). Each piece of equipment has to be carried throughout the race.

The team of 2 must complete the race tied together with the rope which the organizer will provide with the exception of the long distance (Advanced) during which athletes are allowed to untie while running in special places (difficult descents and climbs). Mandatory equipment are: wetsuit, swimming cap, vest shirt with bib number. Shoes & wetsuits can be taken off during swimming or running, but have to be carried until the end of the race (the orgianizer provides - and is obligatory - a buoy for safety & transfer of belongings for each athlete), with the exception of the long distance -Advanced- during which it is not allowed to be used during the run and is offered by the organization before each difficult swim and is handed over by each athlete after the completion of the swim, while the wetsuit in every subsequent swim, should be worn.

The experience is unprecedented, particularly intense and with amazing changes of emotions. The scenery and nature offered by the terrain of Historical Hydra, fits perfectly in the fulfillment of all the parameters of a special and indelible sporting experience.

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In SwimRun Hydra 2023 we will have the following distances:

- Initiation distance SwimRun 12,8k (4 legs of Run, total distance 10,8k, 84,4% | 3 legs of Swim, total distance 2k, 15,6%)

- Core distance SwimRun 23,4k (6 legs of Run, total distance 19,7k, 84,4% | 5 legs of Swim, total distance 3,65k, 15,6%)

- Advanced distance SwimRun 38,7k (7 Running Legs, total 33,9k (87,6%) | 6 Swimming Legs, total 4,8k (12,4%)

Awards

1. The first 3 teams overall
2. The first 3 mixed teams
3. The first 3 female teams
4. The first 3 male teams
5. The first family (siblings or parent with child)
6. The first couple (declared in registration as married couple by the law)

Special Awards

• First team from Hydra
• Sum of ages of a couple less than 45 years old
• Sum of couples aged more than 110 years

AquaticRunner slots, will be awarded: 1st men's team, 1st women's team & 1st mixed team.

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2024

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2023 

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2022

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2021

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2019

SWIMRUN HYDRA RESULTS 2018

Race Date 2023: November 24 - 26

Distances: 

- Initiation distance SwimRun 12,8k (4 legs of Run, total distance 10,8k, 84,4% | 3 legs of Swim, total distance 2k, 15,6%)

R 3,5k | S 0,45k | R 1,6k | S 0,65k | R 2k | S 0,95k | R 3,7k

- Core distance SwimRun 23,4k (6 legs of Run, total distance 19,7k, 84,4% | 5 legs of Swim, total distance 3,65k, 15,6%)

- Advanced distance SwimRun 38,7k (7 Running Legs, total 33,9k (87,6%) | 6 Swimming Legs, total 4,8k (12,4%)

Things you should know about the race

1. The race must be done by two people, who will fight together as a pair and complete all parts of the race together, tied with the special rubber rope, which will be given by the event. An exception is the advanced distance, during dangerous sections of downhill and uphill, where athletes are allowed to disconnect.
2. If one of the two leaves, he abandons the couple. The teammate of an injured athlete, should take care of his/her partner as well as alerting help
3. Each athlete recognizes as his primary concern the safety of his couple.
4. During the swimming legs of the race, athletes can use glasses, paddles and barrels (Buoy), but they should make sure to have all the equipment with them during the whole race. It is forbidden to abandon part of the equipment.
5. The personal float offered by the event to one of the couple or to both if the weather requires it, should be used during the swimming leg in the appropriate way so that the position of the couple is visible by the security forces but also to offer safety to the athletes if needed (embraced by the in need,  to rest). Especially for the advanced distance, the use of the personal flotation device is not allowed during the run, but it is offered and required at the start of difficult swims and is delivered upon completion of those.
6. Athletes should make sure to have with them water and / or anything they wish to receive as food. During the race, there will be power stations only for the Advance distance without punishment and for emergency in the others during which there will be a mandatory time punishment (2' per bottle) for those who had not properly predicted their water. The punishment will be carried out on the spot at the refueling point, before the couple starts for the rest of their journey. Before starting he will have to deliver the bottle he received to the refueling.
7. The organization, at its discretion if the weather conditions require it (a lot of heat), may offer water refueling without punishment. A relevant announcement will be made before the preparation process of the athletes on the day of the race, in order to prepare them properly.
8. Athletes are required to wear wetsuits and should be able to run with it or remove it during running and wear it again before being introduced to the sea.
9. The wetsuit should at least be up to the shoulders (Long Jogn) and up to the thighs (shorts), while it is acceptable to be 2 segments, but with full overlap in the joint.
10. In order to protect the environment that hosts us, before the start of the race, each athlete is going to present to the judges of the race the content of his personal float. Everything that each athlete carries with him will be recorded, so that upon his termination it will be confirmed that he has brought back and delivers the empty packages of water and nutritional supplements. The organizer may check on all finishers, on part of them at its discretion or only on the podium winners at its discretion. Objections to the sample are not admissible. A penalty of 10 minutes is imminent if the content is not as stated.
11. An extremely limited number of athletes are going to take part in each of the three SwimRun distances and for this purpose. a first come, first served basis will be followed during registrations for the completion of the whole process (payment - medical certificate).
12. When a relevant procedure is applied, the pre-registered persons will have priority in each of the subsequent phases.
13. Pre-registration (when applied) does not require the payment of an amount or a supporting document, it is an informal commitment of that couple who submits it that they wish when the registrations are opened to submit their final registration (including documents)
14. SwimRun Hydra participants are aware of the danger of the sport in which they are enrolled to participate and take full responsibility for their participation.
15. SwimRun Hydra participants give their consent to the creation of multimedia material (videos - photos) which the organizer may freely use for the promotion of the event, including sending them to the media. Also, for the purpose of the athletes' participation in the My SwimRun Championships, the participants give their consent to provide this organisation with their data and also consent to the creation of award lists based on age, performance, etc., to the posting of results on its online media, to the use of multimedia material and to the organisation's communication with them.