This was a remarkable month for canoe and kayak racing in the United States. The U.S. played host to not one, but two world championships. Of course, I attended the whitewater slalom worlds up at Deep Creek, Maryland, last weekend. This weekend, the canoe and kayak marathon worlds took place at Oklahoma City.
Earlier in the year I had entertained thoughts of driving a big loop around the country and watching both events, but in the end I just didn't have the time or energy to do that. It was tough to decide to skip the marathon worlds, because my friend Mike Herbert of Rogers, Arkansas, was entered in both the masters' and the open age groups. He ended up in fifth place in Masters 50-54 and 20th in the open category.
The Oklahoma City newspaper did a nice write-up of Mike here.
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