Congratulations to Two Special Runners at Two Very Different Runs!!
Aloha Athletes,
Over the last few days a couple of the HURT family of runners have had some incredible results and success at two of the toughest ultra races on earth.
I hope Larry will write up a race report and we get to see some more photos.
The next runner, Doug Long, ran an equally challenging and extremely difficult ultra in the Badwater 135. Many people may think running on the road has got to be easy compared to a tough mountain run. The image below is the course profile. Badwater is far from a flat run in the desert. Oh, and did I mention heat? Yea, it gets a little hot in the desert, like 93 degrees at 6:00 a.m. up to 118-degrees around 3:00 p.m. Doug got a taste of Badwater last year when he paced and crewed for Hannah Roberts. She returned the favor this year. Based on Doug's results–he crushed it timewise, I think Doug likes the heat!
Again, Congratulations to both runners. We loved following you from afar and look forward to hearing more about both of these great adventures.
Aloha, Bob