This is a photo from last year's race, but I am already pondering what we can do during the summer. The upcoming cold snap, with windchill temperatures possibly dropping as low as -40, has me yearning for a little heat, humidity, and even some bugs if we need the whole package.
The MR-340 race this year takes from July 12 through July 15, 2022. You have 140 days to get in shape. Here is how their website introduces the race.
"Imagine a race across the entire state of Missouri, just you and your boat thrown against 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs and rain. This ain’t no mama’s boy float trip. This race promises to test your mettle from the first stroke in Kansas City to the last gasp in St. Charles. Just entering it will impress your friends. Finishing it will astound them… and winning it? Well, you always thought you were sort of a legend anyway, didn’t you? It’s time to prove it.
The Missouri 340 is an endurance race across the state of Missouri. Competitors will start in Kansas City and finish, some of them anyway, in St. Charles. With numerous towns and hamlets, the course offers plenty of opportunity for resupply while enroute. The Missouri River is also incredibly scenic and isolated in some stretches, with wildlife and beautiful vistas to rival any river in North America. But if you’re trying to win this race, you won’t have time to enjoy any of it."
rivermiles.com/mr340/https://rivermiles.com/mr340/
Reflection Questions:
What has been the most physically demanding thing you have ever done?
What has been the most emotionally demanding event you have tackled?
What has been the most challenging spiritual discipline you have ever undertaken?
What are the similarities and the differences in the answers you provided to the three previous questions?
The MR-340 race this year takes from July 12 through July 15, 2022. You have 140 days to get in shape. Here is how their website introduces the race.
"Imagine a race across the entire state of Missouri, just you and your boat thrown against 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs and rain. This ain’t no mama’s boy float trip. This race promises to test your mettle from the first stroke in Kansas City to the last gasp in St. Charles. Just entering it will impress your friends. Finishing it will astound them… and winning it? Well, you always thought you were sort of a legend anyway, didn’t you? It’s time to prove it.
The Missouri 340 is an endurance race across the state of Missouri. Competitors will start in Kansas City and finish, some of them anyway, in St. Charles. With numerous towns and hamlets, the course offers plenty of opportunity for resupply while enroute. The Missouri River is also incredibly scenic and isolated in some stretches, with wildlife and beautiful vistas to rival any river in North America. But if you’re trying to win this race, you won’t have time to enjoy any of it."
rivermiles.com/mr340/https://rivermiles.com/mr340/
Reflection Questions:
What has been the most physically demanding thing you have ever done?
What has been the most emotionally demanding event you have tackled?
What has been the most challenging spiritual discipline you have ever undertaken?
What are the similarities and the differences in the answers you provided to the three previous questions?
Ash Wednesday is on March 2, 2022.
The Season of Lent should be a bit challenging.
(Nine days to get ready for the journey.)
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