Aloha Athletes! Yesterday kicked off the start of our trail series with the sold out Aiea Loop Express. Starting before dawn, runners began to arrive wearing their finest shades of green to celebrate the St. Patty’s day theme. Most of the volunteers were clad in their finest winter attire braving the dare I say freezing…
Aloha Athletes! This weekend is the start of the 2015 H.U.R.T. trail series and we're kicking it off with the Aiea Loop Express 7(ish) miler. Prizes will be given for the top 10 men and women and for the best costume. Huge thanks to the RD’s Mike & Randy… last year was the first time…
Aloha Athletes, This Saturday, we’ll be doing a short preview run for the first of the races in our 2015 trail series kicking off next Saturday. Join Michael, the race director for the sold out Aiea Loop Express if you’d like to know what you are in for come race day. Mileage is estimated to…
Aloha Athletes, Posting this a bit early since I'll be off the phone grid next week. Next week, join Augusto at Peacock for a 16 mile training run. Meet at long road at 6am – the route will head up long road, over cross over to 3 way, then back to the start at long…
Aloha Athletes, This Saturday, we are planning to do a reverse Trek loop (10 miles) starting at 0700 from the Nature Center. Meet at the picnic tables for a nice easy Valentines Day run. Don't forget to wear your red… if there is not enough red we might just take a trip up Concrete…
Aloha Athletes, This Saturday, meet at 6:00am at Kailua Beach Park and park in the car park next to the boat sheds opposite Buzz’s. We will be running over sand, road and dry, rocky trails so please select appropriate foot wear. Estimated time on the move for the group will be between 2.5 –…
Aloha Athletes, Can you find this spot on the trail?? Photo by Augusto DeCastro This weekend the lovely Wendi is going to be leading an easy exploration of the trails from Waimano to Kaahumanu. Geared toward beginners, plan to turn around about 1 1/2 hours in bringing the total to approximately 3 hours on the…
Aloha Athletes, Photos by Rob Lahoe Congrats to all those who toed the line to run/volunteer/pace or help in any way at the H.U.R.T. 100 this year! This Saturday we'll be doing our annual recovery run/shuffle/walk aka whatever you decide to make it. Please come out and share your stories and enjoy some good times…
Aloha Athletes, The awesome team at Oahu Mountain Bike Ohana, IMBA and the State of Hawaii have been working hard arranging a weekend full of classes to help us learn about and maintain our trails. Come learn about trail design, technique and about the invasive species and how to eradicate them when you see them…
Yey! Nature Center aid station now has parking Nazi's covered both days (Barbi and Rob Lahoe), as well as coffee gophers (Jessie Faige & Tara O'Neill) – Thank you!!! This is one last plea for our aid station supplies (mostly aimed at HURT Trail series Race Directors – please everybody look in your storage areas –…
Hey everybody, Barbie McAllaster was kind enough to volunteer for the parking nazi on Friday afternoon, for the Mandatory Runners' meeting. So we still need a good soul to handle parking for an hour and a half Saturday morning, at the Nature Center, 4:15 am. That will give you enough time to run up and…
Aloha Athletes, For those of you thinking about helping out at the HURT 100 who may not have signed up yet, PJ is still looking for a few volunteers to assist at the Nature center in the following roles: Parking attendant Friday afternoon 1/16 from 12:30 to 2pm, to direct people to the lower parking…
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