This past weekend for me personally consisted of zero training. Not good! I did manage to get 20 road miles in at the Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden on Friday. I can’t remember the last time I have run 20 miles on the road? My training schedule was pre-empted by coaching our two daughters in a soccer…
This Sunday, November 20th, is the absolute deadline for entry into the 2005 Mystery Run scheduled for Friday, November 25th, 2005. If you are interested in doing this race, you must indicate so by sending something to hurtpals@aol.com A short essay describing your worthiness is all that is required. Click here for more info!
In my mind, the best way to train for the H.U.R.T. 100 is to get out on the course and put in the miles. Of course, living here in Hawaii makes that easy, the course is 20 minutes from my house. This past Saturday I ran two loops or 40 miles. It wasn’t fast (or…
Aloha Athletes ! Congratulations to all who came out and played in the mud last Saturday. It definitely reminded me of my childhood. A big Mahalo to both PJ for her aid station, and to Kat for her stash. Thanks girls ! With the clock ticking, we have another tough training day planned for this…
I am posting this H.U.R.T. 100 entrant list to let you know who is entered as of today. So far it looks like a lot of strong and fast women are planning on being in Honolulu on January 14th and 15th. I’ve heard talk of someone breaking 24 hours this year? Who’s going to do…
Hey I just checked the NYC web site and saw that there were 18 runners from Hawaii. Leading the Hawaii runners was H.U.R.T. runner Harald Ebeling with a time of 3:17:29 for a 7:31 pace. Our friend, Darin Mingo was the second Hawaii finisher with a time of 3:32:27 for a 8:05 pace. Congratulations to…
My own personal H.U.R.T. training was nil this past weekend as work and family (soccer) commitments kept me off the trails. I did get a new pair of Montrail Hardrocks (Fleet Feet Kailua is now stocking the Hardrocks) to replace my Highlines so I am ready to hit the trails. Somehow being ready to hit…
This time it’s not a whimpy 4 hour event. Limited to 20 brave souls. Friday night 11/25/05. At a location to be determined. Entries are by invitation based on a short (or not so short) essay on why you’re qualified to participate. Click here to see sample of 2004 essays….
This past Friday evening several of us met for a night training run on the H.U.R.T. 100 course. I should have known it was going to be one of those nights when I called Cheryl as I was leaving Kailua and she told me it was already raining pretty hard in Manoa. It was a…
Don asked me to post this e-mail to the blog about LED lights. The latest Lowe’s Home Improvement advertisement has a couple of interesting looking LED lights. One is a 1-watt handheld for $19.97 and they also have a 1-watt headlamp if anyone is interested for the same cost. These might be a good choice…
Steve Dewald and Hurtpal Wendy Minor completed their double (Ironman + Xterra) this past weekend by participating in the Xterra World Championships on Maui. This race consists of a 1500 meter swim, a 30K mountain bike and a 10K trail run. Steve had a time of 4:05. Wendy got special mention in the race report:…
A lot of us follow trail and ultra running. Some of us are into triathlons and even adventure racing. Click this link to an article on the Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team. Here’s another link if you are interested in more information: http://www.usatf.org/groups/MountainUltraTrail/ Aloha, Bob
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