Lars Finanger

<p>Welcome to episode nineteen of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>On this week’s show we have <a href="https://www.instagram.com/larsfinanger/?hl=en">Lars Finanger</a> of <a href="https://www.odysseyswimrun.com/">Ödyssey Swimrun</a>. This might be one of our favorite shows so far. (Every other show is tied for second place!) </p><p>We’re still under shelter in place and still training for life at this point. We’ve also committed for some reason to grow our hair out. Chris has already been on that train but Chipper just joined. Fans of the show can suggest what type of mullet Chipper should grow.</p><p>For shout outs this week we are virtually waving our hands to Sarah Fergot. She’s a Novato resident and stout swimrunner in her own right. She’s had a bunch of the races she had on the calendar get cancelled including a 50K and a 100 mile ultra. She’s channeling that energy positively and is currently running the virtual race across Tennessee. That race is a 1000 kilometers and she has until August 1st to cover that distance. Best of luck Sarah!</p><p>Now for this week’s interview. It’s safe to say that Lars has done a ton to help grow the sport of <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">swimrun</a> in the US. While in this interview we chat about his background as an athlete, writer and race director, we could dedicate an entire episode (and we shall) to talk about Ödyssey Swimrun (formerly Swimrun USA.)</p><p>Lars was born in Norway and grew up in Saudi Arabia. He participated in his first triathlon event in an Eighth Grade Physical Education class (it was organized by his Dad) and grew up playing baseball and endurance events. He has two kids and his wife Emily is a stout athlete in her own right (she won Norseman twice!)</p><p>Lars learned about swimrun when he was working for <a href="https://www.slowtwitch.com/">Slowtwich.com</a> and <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/podcast/jonas-colting">Jonas Colting</a> was commenting on the forum about that <a href="https://low