For those of you who haven’t seen them yet, here are links to a couple of pictures showing everybody’s favourite ultrarunner amid cheering crowds at the Badwater post-race party: Don#1 Don#2 Don#3 Don#4 Don#5 And believe it or not, he’s even smiling in one of them! Harald
Looking at the race results for the Volcano runs and I am surprised we had anyone out for our Saturday training run. There were so many of our regular runners listed in the results that I only want to place a link. Otherwise I will surely leave a name out and someone will be upset…
Saw this article on NY Times on ultra-distance runners and diabetes and thought it would be of interest. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/fashion/26fitness.html
Aloha Athletes,With just returning from a trip and following Don’s Badwater adventure, I almost forgot about posting for Saturday. After reading Mike’s post just below this one, this seems pretty trivial. Yes, I know we just did this run a couple of weeks ago. Remember, it’s all good training. Saturday Training: Maunawili Out and Back…
The crooked man crab walked down the desert highway turning the light comedy of Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks into a separate circle of Hell, the pain on his face adding that final twist of reality that brought people to cheer or turn their faces in horror. But the bent man didn’t hear most…
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Starting Monday, click here for the link to follow the web cast of the 2007 Badwater Ultra Marathon. Remember Don starts in the first wave at 6:00 a.m. and there are three starting times; 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
I’m not the best at loading photos, but here is a link to SnapFish for lack of another tool: Mt. Rainier Photos I hope it is easy to view – so great photos.
The Triple Trek is a coming up pretty fast (September 1) and it’s time to do some training for it. Saturday Training: Trek Loops Meeting time: 5:50 am Starting time: 6:00 am Meeting place: Hawaii Nature Center , Lower Lot Training: Trek Loops Distance: 10 miles per loop, up to you as to how many…
Larry Inouye and myself, Paul Sibley, made it to and most importantly back from the summit of Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet) along with our climbing partner Carl Overaa! This was an amazing endurance effort that saw us push up and back with over 20 hours of climbing in less than 48 total hours carrying packs…
Night Hurt Loop: 07/13/07, Friday 8:00 PM start at Pairadice Park (parking on upper Manoa Road) Plan will be to do a HURT loop return to cars, do a Pairadice to Jackass, to Pali Parking lot, meet the gang, do a Maunawili out and back, head back to cars via same route. Estimated Time: A…
Aloha Athletes, Saturday Training: Maunawili Trail Meeting time: 5:50 am Starting time: 6:00 am Meeting place: Pali Lookout Parking Area Training: One way or both directions Distance: Approximately 11 miles one-way, 22 miles round trip. Time: 2 – 3 hours, one-way and 4.5 – 6 hours round trip What to bring: Water, gels, electrolytes, what…