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Lara Sloan

44 YO
Captain
Santa Cruz, CA
Merits
→ 2015 Pikes peak ascent, Colorado Springs
→ 2016 Vic-Maui Sailing race, Victoria BC (16 days, 2nd place)
→ 2017 Trek Cycling Tour, Mallorca, Spain (5 days)
→ 2017 Ironman 70.3 North American Pro Championships, St. George, Utah
→ 2017 Ironman Full Distance, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
→ 2019 Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz, CA
→ 2019 Odyssey Alcatraz Swim, San Francisco
→ 2021 Ironman 70.3 World Championships, St. George Utah
→ 2012 Adventure race, Mammoth, CA, Team Curl (36 hrs)
Merits
→ 2015 Pikes peak ascent, Colorado Springs
→ 2016 Vic-Maui Sailing race, Victoria BC (16 days, 2nd place)
→ 2017 Trek Cycling Tour, Mallorca, Spain (5 days)
→ 2017 Ironman 70.3 North American Pro Championships, St. George, Utah
→ 2017 Ironman Full Distance, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
→ 2019 Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz, CA
→ 2019 Odyssey Alcatraz Swim, San Francisco
→ 2021 Ironman 70.3 World Championships, St. George Utah
→ 2012 Adventure race, Mammoth, CA, Team Curl (36 hrs)

Q&A

– Why do you want to participate in One Water Race?

Growing up in Alaska, the ocean was not the first place to go looking for adventure, naturally it was the rugged outdoors. When I started surfing in California - the ocean stole my heart and many adventures followed which included sailing, surfing and open water swimming. I generally thrive in adventure, challenging circumstances and competition. I’m excited to have the opportunity to use my passions to advocate and bring awareness to the world's waters.

– Have you taken a similar challenge before?

This type of challenge will be totally new for me. I completed a 36 hr adventure race which included a very short dip in the cold water.

– What are your strengths?

Problem solving, maintaining a positive attitude and welcoming adversity.

– What are your weaknesses?

Pacing during the race. I was a collegiate track and field sprinter and over the years have been training to become an endurance athlete. It definitely takes some skill to dial it in.

– What will be your biggest challenge?

Accepting being cold and wet for days while pushing my limits with little sleep. Adjusting to swimming at night.

– Have you been to the Stockholm archipelago?

I haven’t. I’m really looking forward to it!

– What do you know/think about the terrain?

The videos and pictures look gorgeous. The terrain looks rugged and the water looks cold.

– What are you most looking forward to?

Crossing the finish line!!! The challenge of competing against the best adventure racers in the world and experiencing the beauty of the archipelago.

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"Some amazing but brutal islands are waiting for u "Some amazing but brutal islands are waiting for us, with fallen trees, taken down by beavers, bushes and thorns everywhere. Pär is half asleep. We suggest that he sings a song, but all he can think of is psalms. We wade through swamps, get attacked by vast amounts of mosquitos that we whip with spruce debris."

📝 Extract from race report by TEAM 1 - SWEDEN

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"The clear calm skies made the conditions enjoyabl "The clear calm skies made the conditions enjoyable as we watched our lead grow to the teams behind. By this time the news of Team 7 pulling out of the race had come through to us. This just reinforced our focus on our own routines; eating and drinking and just kept moving towards Landsort."

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"Robban had put a perfect line on the map and Alex "Robban had put a perfect line on the map and Alexander paved the way through the darkness, swimming towards Kymmendö. Soon we were happy to be on Ornö to take on the challenge of a long hard run and orienteering with sleepy minds. As we reached CP9 Robban told us the hard facts; we are now 6h behind and we need to speed up."

📝 Extract from race report by TEAM 4 - SWEDEN

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"On the way to CP3 we made our biggest mistake. Ar "On the way to CP3 we made our biggest mistake. Around 3am, I got tired and we made a change of lead navigator and I handed off the maps, and as we all know from adventure racing this never ends well… we ended up far south, off the current map that we had. It was beautiful and nice trails, the sun was rising, when we got to a point and realized something was off, there shouldn’t have been a cove and boat on our right. All of the sudden Kristen zipped down on the boat and said guys you are way off."

📝 Extract from race report by TEAM 3 - USA

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"We started out conservative, we planned to pace t "We started out conservative, we planned to pace the first day as easy as possible, Daniels navigation was on fire and even with us taking it easy we managed to just keep taking time on the other teams."

📝 Extract from race report by TEAM 7 - SWE/AUS

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"We had prepared ourselves to push on the first ni "We had prepared ourselves to push on the first night. So we did. Zipping across the island to CP3, passing Team 1, arriving in fourth just behind Team 4. Hyped up and ready to carry this momentum, we were made to wait for our boat to arrive before the maps could be released for Stage 3. We watched Team 4 leave the CP and disappear out of sight as we waited."

📝 Extract from race report by TEAM 5 - CAN/AUS/SWE

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