Aloha Athletes! For this week, were heading back to the N. shore, up to the Dillingham/Peacock area. This is a great training area and has worked out really well for those training for Run to the Sun and also other longer runs on the mainland. Hope you can make it! Meeting time: 6:45 am (Please…
Aloha Athletes ! Last Saturday night was a night to remember for a few lucky ultrarunners. It was Marian Yasuda’s 47th Birthday Run, complete with a fun scavenger hunt that kept us entertained for the entire 40 miles of road running. Marian, with the help of hubby Neal, planned the entire event. Marian cooked a…
The 2007 Swamp Romp was held this morning on the Marine Base in Kaneohe. There were supposedly over 250 teams of 6 entered into this years race. This is always a fun event to watch and from what participants tell me, it’s a fun event to do as well. Teams come together from all kinds…
OK trail runners, the 2007 HURT Trail Series schedule has been finalized. Click here to view it. These are low key, fun races, designed for new and experienced runners. There is no pre-race entry form. Just show up, 30 minutes prior to the start of each race, pay your entry fee ($10) and get ready…
Aloha Athletes! Last week we had two options for training. Five of us showed up for the training at the Garden. Wendy did her longest run ever–three repeats up to the Pali Lookout and back. The other group went to the N. Shore and had a great day up at Peacock Flats and Dillingham. This…
Aloha All, We would like to encourage those of you who ran H.U.R.T. 100 this year to submit an article to Ultrarunning. Don Allison wants to feature H.U.R.T. in the April issue, therefore he needs submission by February 27. For those interested you can find the submission info here http://www.ultrarunning.com/ultra/about/submissions.shtml . Please submit directly to…
It was announced today that Don Fallis has been accepted as a participant in the 2007 Badwater 135 Ultra Marathon. The event takes place during July and starts at Badwater (the lowest place in the U.S.-282 feet below sea level) and runs through Death Valley up to the Mt. Whitney Portals. The distance: 135 miles….
Aloha Athletes, This coming Saturday you have two options. If you can, I highly encourage you to chose Option 1. It’s rare we train up there and the views and trails are a great change of scenery. Training Option 1: Dillingham/Peacock Flats (Led by Don and Cheryl) Meeting time: 6:45 am (Please be on time–allow…
Yes, in addition to February 14 being Valentine’s Day. It’s someone’s birthday. Can you tell who by the photo below? I’ll give you a hint–his initials are RC. Does that help?
This may be old news for some of you. David Goggins won the inaugural Twin Peaks 50 miler last weekend in S. California. This race was directed by Jessica Deline. More info and photos are here. Beverly Anderson-Abbs won the Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica. More info is here. Congratulations to these two fine runners.
It’s been a bit chilly this weekend for us thin-blooded local folks. However, just to keep things in perspective, I got a call from Rex this morning to go check out the run our friend Bob Murphy did on Saturday. Here’s a couple of photos that I lifted off the Psycho-Wyco Trail Run site. Bob…
Here’s a couple of e-mails received lately. One is thanking us for the support during the HURT 100 and the other is thanking us for a training run. Hello to Everyone who helped with H.U.R.T #7 I would like to thank everyone that helped with the H.U.R.T. 7. Each aid station person was so helpful…