The Race Course

• Start and Finish at Riverside Park in downtown Burlington, WI.
• Riverside Park is a Burlington Parks Dept facility – with portable toilets, parking, and rain shelter.
• The Pursuit runs through a looped river course – no need to shuttle cars.
• The Pursuit is spectator friendly. Paddlers will pass the start/finish line several times.
• Yearly conditions vary, but the fastest ever race time is 91 minutes.
• Distance is approximately 13 miles.
• The river in Burlington can easily accommodate many boats. But the loops do make for quite a bit of traffic out on the course.
• Except for a few hundred yards of deep water, most of the course is run at 1 to 5 feet deep.
• The river bottom is consistently gravel to hard mud.
• Fallen tree strainers, submerged logs, and shoreline obstructions are numerous on the upstream segments.
• If you tip going up, there are deep spots, but much of the course is under 5 feet of water, with a hard bottom to stand on.
• This is NOT a boat eating course. Experienced  paddlers will easily see the river signs for rocks and obstructions.
• Overall, Burlington’s geology provides a winding course with a good mix of shallows, bogs, and deep water with stiff up and down current.
• You’ll make quite a few crossings, and several hard turns.
• Racers say that combined, the course length, course layout and race format make the C1-K1 Pursuit a unique and high intensity experience.