Colorado River 2011 Race Dominated by SUPs (Stand-Up Paddlers)

22 August 2011 3 Comments

Colorado River Race 2011 - Glenwood Canyon

Yesterday, I paddled the Colorado River Race in the Glenwood Canyon – 10 miles on the Colorado River from Dotsero to Hanging Lake Area. The race is organized by Jerry Nyre from Canoe Colorado. At the same time it was also Regional Open Canoe Downriver Championships and Wildwater Race setup by Nate Lord.

I missed a couple of previous races. Last year at that time I was paddling in postponed Missouri River 340 race. This year the MR340 was canceled due to flooding. So, I took my Sea Wind canoe to the Colorado River instead.

The weather was beautiful and water level pretty high at 2400 cfs. The race was dominated by stand-up paddlers (SUP). There were about dozen of them. Certainly SUP is getting popular in Colorado. There were also two tandem canoes, two solo canoes (including my Sea Wind), a wild water racing kayak (Jeremy Rodgers), Huki surfski and one recreational kayak. I could miss somebody.

I took some pictures with Pentax Optio W30 at the start and a few at the finish. It was the staggered start. SUPs went first.

I finished the race in 1:21h more than 1 minute behind Nate. It was a great workout for me. I managed to keep a pretty even heart rate (142-146) over the entire race. See the race results below pictures.

Do I need to switch to SUP if I want to do some paddle racing in Colorado?

Colorado River Race 2011 - Glenwood Canyon

2011 Colorado River Race Results

	SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board)
1	Brent Redden	1:22:00
2	Ken Hoeve	1:25:18
3	Steve Hamilton	1:20:34
4	John Bridenbaugh	1:30:21
5	Andy Lanes	1:33:21
6	Carl Selles	1:35:12
7	Jeff Lanes	1:37:44
8	Heather Prentice	1:44:10
9	John Cowper Thwaite	1:51:32
10	Tyler Thompson	2:12:38
11	Eric Samdall	2:12:41

	Unlimited Kayak
1	Jeremy Rodgers	1:05:18
2	Mark Levesque	1:09:21

	Recreation Kayak
1	Kathy Selles	1:31:45

	Recreation Canoe
1	Paul Wetsel & Travis Baumgart	1:37:17
2	John Putnam & Ethan Putnam	1:47:10

	Solo Canoe
1	Nate Lord	1:20:04
2	Marek Uliasz	1:21:04

Sea Wind Canoe on the Loveland Pass

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Scott Mansker said:

Hi Marek,

Love the SUP pictures. We’ve been seeing more of them in races out here. MR340 is on for October 11-14th this fall if it fits your schedule. Otherwise, 2012 looks to be July 31st.

Scott

# 22 August 2011 at 6:14 pm