re: The folks with 13.1 stickers on their cars

I'll stick with Tough Mudder, Spartan, and Warrior Dash. Marathons are boring.

That actually sounds fun.

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A true bucket list type ultra endurance event.

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Enjoy. I'll watch it on TV on sportsmans channel when they make it a 30 minute summary show.

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So you don't even run?

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I run about 20 miles per week

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What a gyp to use gravity, currents, and other forms of mother nature to do all the work. So if I get on a barge in Yankeeland somewhere and cruise the mighty Mississippi to NOLA I am some sort of super athlete? Get me a paddlewheeler, non stop poker games, and a case of Pappy Van Winkle and then you might have my interest.

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You wouldn't last the first 24 hours. Hell, you wouldn't make the first cutoff.

Your core, back, and shoulders are essentially running a 340 mile ultra marathon. You must be in top physical and mental shape to complete this race.

Based on your post, I can tell that you'd be an early race casualty.

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Get me a paddlewheeler, non stop poker games, and a case of Pappy Van Winkle and then you might have my interest.

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However, I would absolutely enjoy a paddlewheeling drunk fest on the mighty Mississippi as a casual vacation.

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I would absolutely enjoy a paddlewheeling drunk fest on the mighty Mississippi as a casual vacation.

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Do you think you can just wake up one day and play cards non stop with no sleep and only warm booze to keep you company? It takes decades of dedication and training to go 4 straight days with zero sleep and only cigars and sweet painted ladies to keep you awake. This is not your casual post game football kegger where you wake up the next afternoon in bed with some 300 pound russian woman, 2 midget hookers, and the flattened remains of what appears to be an extinct reptile.

Is this a with or against current race?

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Is this a with or against current race?

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Do you actually think people could complete a 4 day 4 night 340 mile race on the Missouri River against the current in under 88 hours?

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Is this a with or against current race?

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For example, the race starts on a July Tuesday morning at 8:00 in the morning. Your first checkpoint is 50 miles away and you must be there no later than 5:00 pm. That gives you 9 hours to reach that checkpoint.

If you simply floated at the speed of the current (average 3.5 miles per hour), you would have only traveled 31.5 miles by 5:00 pm.

The next checkpoint is 23 mile beyond the 1st checkpoint and you must be there no later than 9:00 pm.

Thefore, in the first 13 hours of the race you must have at least traveled 73 miles. If you floated no faster than the speed of the current, you would have only traveled 45.5 miles.

On the flipside, if you averaged 7 miles per hour (double the speed of the current), you will have traveled 91.0 miles in 13 hours.

I hope you realize that averaging double the speed of the current is not easy. To demonstrate this, attempt to paddle your canoe or kayak an average of 3.5 - 4 miles per hour on flat water for an extended amount of time.

Come back and tell me how long you can maintain that average speed on flat water and then consider doing that for 4 days and 4 nights with no sleep.

On top of that, maintain that average speed while racing in Missouri's incredibly hot and humid July heat which usually averages somewhere between 90 - 100 degrees each day.

I just assumed you were a fan of that AM station.

I'm not saying it's easy.


I'm saying with current that fast you don't have to be on for the entire time. Just like any off road foot race. You eventually go down hill and can coast for a bit.

Is it open entry or do you have to qualify?