For the last couple of years, this logo has been on the HURT 100 site. Starting on Friday, the UTMB kicks off and there is a nice group of U.S. runners this year. On the men's side, Scott Jurek, Geoff Roes, and Karl Meltzer will be running. If you go to the UTMB site, there is a lot of information about the race and it is possible to track runners as well. Also, 2010 HURT 100 winner, Tracy Garneau of Canada is running the race. It should be interesting to see how Tracy and Geoff do coming off their Western States wins.
The UTMB actually consists of 4 runs of varying distances and our own Nick Kaiser, who I think spends half his year in Europe and the other half here in Hawaii is back for his second year. Nick is running what they call the The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix – CCC® 2010.
Get out there and run!
Aloha, Bob
Trail Maintenance Announcement
HURT enjoys the privilege of partnerships with State and Federal agencies that hold the responsibility of protecting Oʻahu public lands. Those partnerships are based upon mutual trust and cooperation and shared concerns for the ʻaina. To keep that trust and continue to be provided the opportunity to host trail events, we (HURT) must understand and abide by rules that govern our partner agencies.
HURT does organize and facilitate official trail maintenance only when coordination with our partners has occurred. All trail work is performed under the supervision of a permitted individual with advance permissions. Some trails are off-limits for HURT to perform trail maintenance due to the sensitive flora. No HURT trail maintenance will occur outside of these parameters.
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