Race schedule update

It has occurred to me that my first race of the season is now less than four weeks away.  So it seems like a good time to re-post the schedule.  This is still very much a "working" document--I probably won't make every race on this list, and there very well might be an event or two I don't yet know about that I'll end up going to.

I'm still not sure of the date of the "Paddle Grapple" race, so for now I've just got it penciled into the same weekend it occurred on last year.  It briefly appeared that the Gator Bait race was in jeopardy when its director of the last few years decided to step down, but somebody has stepped up to take her place and has announced a race date a couple of weeks later than last year's.  Meanwhile, I've added a race up in Nashville at the end of June.

There's a registration link for every event whose registration is now open.


March
18  Battle On The Bayou.  Old Fort Bayou, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.  An 8.25-mile out-and-back course on a flatwater coastal bayou.  Register


April
1  Top of the Teche.  Bayou Teche, Leonville to Arnaudville, Louisiana.  A 7.7-mile race down a Class I river.  Register

8  Bluz Cruz Canoe and Kayak Race.  Mississippi River, Vicksburg, Mississippi.  A 21-mile race down the Mississippi from Madison Parish Port to the Vicksburg front.  Register

22  Pascagoula Run.  Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Mississippi.  A 12.5-mile race finishing at Lighthouse Park in Pascagoula.  Register

29  Bluegrass River Run.  Kentucky River near Richmond, Kentucky.  A 19-mile race down a scenic deep-water river.  Register


May
13  Osage Spring 12.  Osage River near Jefferson City, Missouri.  A 12-mile race down a Class I river.  Register

20  Chitimacha Race.  Bayou Teche, New Iberia, Louisiana, to Chitimacha Nation.  A 20-mile race down a Class I river.  Register


June
17  Outdoors, Inc., Canoe and Kayak Race.  Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee.  The 36th edition of this classic.  A 5000-meter race down the Mississippi, finishing at Mississippi River Park in downtown Memphis.

29  Music City SUP and Kayak Race.  Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee.  A 6-mile flatwater race.


July
17-22  Gorge Downwind Championships.  Columbia River, Hood River, Oregon.  Register


August
5?  The Paddle Grapple.  Fontana Reservoir near Bryson City, North Carolina.  A 6-mile flatwater race.

10-13  U.S. Canoe Association National Championships.  Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa.  Flatwater marathon races in numerous classes sanctioned by the USCA.


September
9  Lower Atchafalaya Race.  Atchafalaya River, Patterson, Louisiana.  An 8-mile race on this major distributary of the Mississippi River.


October
7  Gator Bait Race.  Barnett Reservoir outside Jackson, Mississippi.  A 5.5-mile flatwater race.