The MR340 is a 340-mile nonstop race down the Missouri River, from Kansas City to St. Charles, with an 88-hour cutoff. In July 2024 I paddled it solo.
- Boat #1825, men’s solo division
- Started Tuesday 23 July 2024, 7:00 a.m. at Kansas City
- Finished Thursday 25 July 2024, 9:58 p.m. at St. Charles
- Official time 62:58:17, which is 339 river miles at an average of 5.4 mph
- 132nd overall and 42nd in men’s solo, with no penalties
The training shows up on the YouTube channel I made getting ready for this race, Spirit of Rocheport: scouting stretches of the Lamine and Missouri Rivers and the conservation areas around Rocheport, most titles counting down the days to the start. A few from that run, oldest first: “Hiking to Parole Island on the Missouri River” (164 days out, February 11, 2024), “The Lamine River is a great training course for all experience levels” (134 days out, March 11, 2024), “I paddle for 7 hours and 28 miles on the Lamine River” (115 days out, April 10, 2024), and “Exploring a flooded Moniteau Creek” (84 days out, May 5, 2024).
In 2025 and 2026 I was on the other side of the race, volunteering with Missouri River Relief, the river cleanup and education group that works alongside the event.
Two years later I built the live and replay race tracker for the 2026 race on the Rocheport Times. My times are the race’s official ones.