I love paddling the MR340 race, but it didn’t work out this year. Instead, I re-worked the race tracking site RaceOwl. In order to ensure the site worked good, I sat on the sidelines and babysat the website. I’m glad I did as there were a few hiccups that needed to be worked out.
As a bonus, I got to follow my favorite racers and friends down the river electronically. I tried to get to the finish line in time to see JoJo finish, but I was about 5 minutes late. 
She was surprised to see me at the finish line, but I had to run to work as this was around 6:30am. I came back for the awards ceremony to see all of the goodness. Of course I left work early to ride my unicycle on the Katy Trail first!
I ended up staying for the last paddler to come in before heading home, ending an amazing race even if I wasn’t racing!
Hogan Haake