Lets get the fundamentals out of the way first; this was my first attempt at 100, and I dropped out at 55 miles. However, aside from not finishing, it was a great event and well worth coming back for. The course is described as hilly, but I would call that an understatement – these are…
We just got off the phone with 2006 Hardrock 100 Finisher, Bob Murphy. We got a hold of Bob as he had just got back to his room. Don and Cheryl were with him. Cheryl said he did an amazing job. According to the Hardrock Live site, Bob finished at 3:35 a.m. Sunday morning. Congratulations…
Start time will be 5:30 am, and sign up will be the morning of the race. TTT is now part of the trail series, so the cost will be $10. Prizes will go to the first 10 men and women finishers. There will be NO 10-Miler this year! The course consists of three,10-mile loops, and…
A few will remember our old friends Tom and Donna Jones– Tom was one of our most talented runners back in the old days when HURT called themselves "Team Radar". He did Run to the Sun, Western States, Massanutten 50 Miler in Virginia, among others. Tom and Donna visited us for BBQ last night, and…
The Tahoe Rim Trail races start on Saturday morning with the 100 mile race starting at 5:00 a.m. and the 50 mile and 50K races starting at 6:00 a.m. This is the first year for the 100 mile race. I am not sure this race will provide updates throughout the race. Click here to go…
The Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run starts Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m. EST. I am not sure if this race has a way to track runners while the race is going on. The weather is predicted to be very hot and humid for the race. Click here for a link to the race site. Vermont…
The Hardrock 100 starts today in Silverton, Colorado. Former Hawaii resident and HURT runner, Bob Murphy will be giving the race his best shot. The race starts at 6:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time and there is a 48 hour time limit. Click this link for race updates: http://www.hardrock100.com/index.asp Click Hardrock for more general info on…
Here’s a link to an article on Sam Thompson and his quest to run 50 marathons in 50 days as a fundraiser for Katrina victims. http://news.yahoo.com/s/kitv/20060713/lo_kitv/9509301 Sam ran in Honolulu on Wednesday. Ultra runners may have heard of Dean Karnazes plan to do something similar later this fall. Dean plans on running the Maui marathon…
This coming weekend several Hawaii ultra runners will be participating in three different races on the mainland. From Vermont to Colorado and Nevada (Lake Tahoe area). I’ll be following up later this week with their names and hopefully links to allow you to track their progress. Hardrock starts Friday morning while the other two races…
Here are the results from the Kaena Point Firecracker 10 Mile Race. Sorry for the delay in getting these out. Congratulations to the winners and thanks again to all the participants and those who helped out. Click here to see the results, it’s two pages long.
I received a few more photo’s today from Jozef Gyurke of the Kaena Point Firecracker race. Thanks Jozef!! There’s some great pictures here. Click here to see them.
Happy 4th of July!! Thanks to all the runners who came out to run the Kaena Firecracker 10 mile race this past Saturday. We had a record number of runners for the HURT Trail Series (82) and record times. We hope to get the results posted soon! Thanks to Joel and Steph Jenkins for putting…
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