Missouri River 340 Race from Kansas City to St Charles
The year 2023 has drawn to a close. It was a particularly interesting year for me, filled with paddling, biking, river racing, travels, new outdoor activities, and health challenges. I plan to write some reviews and post new videos on my fitover67 YouTube channel. I rounded off 2023 with a 12-mile gravel bike ride in …
Finishing 2023 year with gravel biking and SUP paddling Read More »
The 18th Missouri River 340 Race, nonstop from Kansas City, KS to St Charles, MO started as planned on August 1st, 2003 at Kaw Point (confluence of Kansas and Missouri Rivers). However, the race was canceled about 4pm next day due to severe thunderstorms and flooding in the lower Missouri River. In the past years …
Stand up paddleboards at Kaw Point before MR340 race Read More »
2023 MR340 – Missouri River 340 race starts on August 1 at Kaw Point in Kansas City and will run for 340 miles nonstop across the state of Missouri to St Charles. There are 549 boats on the race roaster this year, kayaks, canoes, rowing boats, pedal drive boats and SUPs in different classes from solo to …
My 2023 goal and challenge: returning back to river racing – Missouri River 340 Read More »
Can you stand for 60 or 70 hours? What about stand up paddling 340 miles on the Missouri River? Stand up paddling in the Missouri River 340 race was pioneered by Shane Perrin in 2011. After three solo SUP finishes he moved on to building and racing bigger team paddleboards. There were no solo SUP …
Solo stand up paddlers in Missouri River 340 race Read More »
In 2009 after 3 first editions of the MR340 Race I managed to gather some thoughts from different paddlers about their experience from racing across the state of Missouri: I believe that this mini series provides some good information and insights for beginners and paddlers who are thinking about participating in MR340. And some good …
I am still recovering old articles from this blog archives with some good memories and stories.. This one was originally posted sometime in August of 2006 after the first Missouri River 340 event, 340 miles long river race from Kansas City to St Charles. You can find here more MR340 related posts. Believe me, it …