The Sugar Land Kayak Club is pleased to announce that Sugar Land, Texas will host the 2020 ACA Marathon National Championships. This event doubles as the annual Marathon Team Trials: the selection race that determines which athletes will represent the USA in the 2020 Marathon World Championships, to be held in September in Norway.

The National Championship / Marathon Trials will be held on Brooks Lake on May 9-10, 2020.  The course will consist of 6-8 laps (depending on classification) of approximately 3.2 kilometers each, with a mandatory portage on all but the first lap.

Brooks Lake offers unprecedented convenience for out-of-state competitors. There are two hotels located on the lake, directly adjacent to the start/finish line. The event site is also in the proximity of Lake Pointe Town Center, which features with dozens of shops and restaurants, and is connected to hotels via a pedestrian bridge.

Brooks Lake is approximately one-mile in length, 60-meters wide at the front & back buoy turns, 120-meters across in the center, and is 10-feet deep end to end.  This smaller setting offers spectators a chance to witness a majority of the race from one location.

For other marathon events, check out the ACA calendar.

Learn more about the ICF discipline of canoe marathon, here.