It was an ominous start. On Tuesday morning, as hundreds of racers were supposed to be slipping into the Missouri River, a drenching storm with flashing lightning settled over Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas. For more than an hour the athletes were stuck on shore, anxiously pondering the brutal headwind they would face when the race got underway.
Lucky for the 255 kayaks, canoes and pedal-powered craft that muscled through the Missouri River 340, a marathon paddle from Kansas City to St.
