Aloha Athletes ! Thanks for the response thus far. However, like the Marines, we still need a few good men (and women) for trail marking on Friday morning January 12 and un-marking on Monday January 15, 2007. No experience necessay, and it will give you a new perspective of the HURT 100 course, not to…
Aloha HURT 100 Athletes ! In case you missed the nice, detailed post by Bob McAllaster last week (click here to review it), describing the 50 mile training run this Saturday, the following is a repeat of the plan. This Saturday is the big day for 50 miles of HURT 100 training ! The day…
Aloha Athletes, I just received an e-mail from Cathy Tibbetts with the sad news that Marc Witkes died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday while running the Tucson Marathon. Marc was a very nice young man and athlete, who has been on the board of the Hardrock 100 for many years. I was fortunate…
Aloha Athletes ! You still will have the opportunity to get a little training in over this crazy weekend filled with numerous fun events, including some concerts and the Honolulu Marathon, by joining the group for a HURT loop. With a long day of training (and part of the night) planned for next Saturday, enjoy…
Aloha Athletes ! PJ and I will be putting together a HURT 100 trail marking team. Organizing will begin in earnest the week of December 8-15, 2006, so if you are interested, please plan on contacting either one of us that week. Trail marking is planned to be done the morning of Friday, January 12,…
Aloha Athletes ! This Saturday will be a repeat of the one Saturday before last, starting at Cheryl’s at 5:00 am, going to the Waimanalo side of Maunawili Trail, up to Pali Lookout, down Pali Hwy./Old Pali Hwy. to Jackass Ginger and over to the Nature Center, and return to Cheryl’s. If you have questions…
Aloha Athletes ! Now’s your big chance to kill 2 birds with one stone…"turkey’s", that is ! You can join the group for a good training run this Saturday, and all the while work off some of the added calories consumed over Thanksgiving. We’ve even moved up the starting time to 7:00 am for those…
Aloha Athletes ! Mike Muench finishes his first 100 miler !!! Mike did the Javalina Jundred 100 mile race in Arizona in the very respectable time of 28:20. Congratulations Mike ! As is HURT tradition, we will be scheduling a fun run with Mike, when he returns, to hear all the battle (and rattler) stories….
Aloha Athletes ! Congratulations to all who competed in last Saturday’s Triple Trek and also a big mahalo to race directors John and PJ Salmonson and their hard-working volunteers for putting on another wonderful race. There were many great performances. In the men’s race there was winner Josef Gyurke, followed by Nick Kaiser, Harald Ebeling…
Aloha Athletes ! Congratulations to Sally Skimin for winning the 22 Mile Maunawili Out and Back trail race last Saturday for the second year in a row and to Harald Ebeling for giving her a run for her money. There were some outstanding performances by a number of runners, under perfect weather conditions. Thanks to…
Aloha Athletes ! Congratulations to everyone that participated in the Volcano Marathon and the various other distances. Of special note is the performance by 9 year old Jacob Dewald in the 10 mile race, winning the 1-13 age group in record time. What a super kid ! Back to the marathon. HURT had it’s share…
Aloha Athletes ! If you are among the many fortunate athletes that will be heading to the Big Island for this Saturday’s Volcano Marathon, good luck and have a great race ! I for one am totally bummed that I had to cancel my plans due to an injury. For the few others of us…
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.
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