race-week-2026
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 2: Lexington to Waverly
Roughly a day’s paddling downstream from the Kaw Point start, MR340 racers pass two of the river’s oldest Missouri towns: Lexington and Waverly. Neither is a place most spectators think about, but both carry real…
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Sharing the channel: barges and paddler safety on the Missouri
The Missouri River isn’t a race course that happens to have other traffic on it — it’s a working river that the MR340 borrows for a few days every summer. Barges, towboats, and other commercial…
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Jumping silver carp: the MR340’s flying-fish hazard
If you’ve ever seen a video of a fish leaping clean out of the Missouri River and smacking a boater in the chest, there’s a good chance it was a silver carp. This week, hundreds…
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Why 340 miles? Inside the MR340’s paddling culture
Three hundred forty miles, nonstop, no support crew allowed to touch your boat, on a river that doesn’t stop moving just because you’re tired. Why would anyone sign up for that? The Missouri River 340…
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 1: Kaw Point & the Kansas City start
Every mile of the MR340 tells a story before the race ever gets there. We’re running this course mile by mile over the next two weeks, starting at the beginning: Kaw Point, where the Kansas…
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How to follow the MR340 live
The Missouri River 340 starts Tuesday morning at Kaw Point in Kansas City, and by the time paddlers reach our stretch of the river, most of them will have been on the water for a…