In this episode, Chris Thomas sits down with brother and sister in-law Lauren Anderson and Sean Lougheed out of Ontario, Canada. They finished 3rd overall and 2nd place canoe in the 2025 Yukon 1000 under the handle Team Outlaws. We cover so much in this episode from origin stories to getting to the Yukon 1000 via the YRQ, the importance of being connected to the land, cross training during the winter in a cold climate, stretching, interesting in-race recovery biohacking strategies, pre-race bloodwork to guide physiologic optimization, showing up for each other as teammates, and becoming the best version of oneself through epic paddling adventures. There’s so much more to this episode, but I’ll let you hear it from Lauren and Sean themselves on this 28th episode of the Dabbling in Paddleism Podcast…

www.yukon1000.org

IG: @outlaws_paddling

Sean’s book/app recommendations:

-Kings of the Yukon, by Adam Weymouth: https://a.co/d/3cs0gb4

-Great Heart the history of a Labrador Adventure, by James West Davidson: https://a.co/d/3cs0gb4

-The National Film Board of Canada: https://www.nfb.ca/

Lauren’s book recommendations:

-Two Against the North, by Farley Mowat: https://a.co/d/6QLhRAj

-Songs of a Sourdough, by Robert W. Service: https://a.co/d/2FuTgcG

Fastest Known Paddle (FKP): www.fastestknownpaddle.com

FKP Podcast episode w/ Lindsey Tilton: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/17-chris-thomas-fastest-known-paddle-paddlings-answer/id1752312685?i=1000732530635