Congratulations to everyone who participated in the first race of the HURT Trail Series, Aiea Loop Express! Ryan Karwiel and Malory Peterson won their respective categories. Click here for the rest of the results.
Here's a post race thank you note from Aiea Loop Express race director, Michael Cole:
To All of the volunteers, course marshalls, cooks, parking tsars, and runners, you made the Aiea Loop Express a Fantastic FUNDAY RUNDAY!!! John PJ Salmonson, Marian, Jeffrey, Jacqueline, Jacki, Juliet, Arvel, Benita, Jaren, Iris, Glen, Augusto, Kalani, Kana, Sandi, Myra, Cassie, Liza, Mike Hee and anyone I may have accidentally omitted, You ALL make my small part in putting on this race Easy with your endless supply of energy!!!MAHALO!!! And, A HUGE THANK YOU to Brenda for keeping me on track and the many, many things she does everyday:)))
Kalani was gracious enough to capture some of the shenanigans, and you should be able to see his album below or through his Facebook profile.
**Aloha, please contact me for permission to use my images elsewhere on social media, or for use in magazines, print, web articles, etc.**This album is public so please feel free to tag anyone you may know.
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.
HURT and its partner agencies require that no self-directed trail maintenance occur on publicly-owned trails. Any individuals performing trail work outside of official HURT-organized events, are doing so on their own accord and will be held personally responsible by State and Federal agencies for any violations. Such activity could jeopardize our relationships with partner agencies and lead to inability to use public lands for our events.