Trail News
Each person on the Official Final Start List will be given an automatic entry to the 2009 event
The above title comes directly from the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run web site.That’s some good news. I received this photo from Marian’s sister. You can see it’s pretty smoky. Cheryl said they will bring back other photos with them. Kinda looks like our recent bad Vog days here in Hawaii. If you want…
Kaena Point Firecracker 10 Mile Trail Race: July 5, 2008 7:00 a.m.
The next race in the H.U.R.T. Trail Series is the Kaena Point Firecracker 10 mile race. This race is a fast, flat, out and back course that parallels the ocean along jeep trails and an old sugar cane rail line. The race starts at 7:00 a.m. on July 5. The course is typically hot on…
Sad, so sad! 2008 Western States Officially Canceled Due to Fires
Shock and sadness. Very tough decision by race organizers. Something us runners all have to consider when preparing for a race. "35th Western States Endurance Run has been Canceled.Dear Western States Runners, It is with deep regret that we announce today that the 35th running of the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run has been canceled,…
Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve in Jeopardy
FYI…This is not normal running or trail info however some of us have been involved in the Haiku Stairs group for sometime. This is from a supporter of the Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve: "We just learned this evening H.B. 2704, the Ha`iku Valley Cultural Preserve Bill, is on a list of potential vetoes by the…
Saturday Training 6-28-08 Maunawili Out and Back
Aloha Athletes: This week Mike Muench will lead the group from the Pali Lookout. Saturday Training: Maunawili Out and Back Meeting time: 5:50 am Starting time: 6:00 am Meeting place: Pali Lookout Parking Area Training: One way or both directions Distance: Approximately 11 miles one-way, 22 miles round trip. Time: 2 – 3 hours, one-way…
Best of Luck to Marian and Ernest!
They will be running for one of these: Marian Yasuda and Ernest Tay have trained hard and put in the miles to prepare themselves for the Western States 100 Mile Mile Endurance Run. The race starts Saturday, June 28th at 5:00 a.m. California time. You can read more about the race here and follow along…
June 27: HURT Night Loop – Intro
For the newbies and the oldies, this is just a fun night loop. Stash will be dropped at both locations, but bring enough food. Also, it is dark at night so maybe a light would be useful. Please email me so I can get an idea of how many people are planning to join the…
Saturday Training June 21, 2008: Manoa to Jackass Repeats
Aloha Athletes, I am posting this Saturday’s training with some trepidation. It sounds a lot like H.U.R.T 100 training and it seems way to early for that already. Remember, you do as much as you want and this training is an out and back of about 12 miles round trip. I also learned that the…
Some More Mango Madness Photos
Rex stopped by this morning with some more photos from Mango Madness. Unfortunately he was using a borrowed camera and many shots were very blurry. I think there are many you will enjoy looking at though. Thanks again to all the runners who came out. I know we had a very good mix of newbies…
Mango Madness Results and More (UPDATED RESULTS)
I’ve updated the results. My apologies for those runners originally left off. They were on the Excel spreadsheet but were getting lost in the conversion to pdf. (???) The link is updated below in the text. What can you say when you have this guy as one of the co-race directors? At least Don’s Team…
San Diego Sojourn
Aloha Runners, I had some time during the past week as I was touring college campuses with my daughter to throw together a race report click from San Diego. I am hopeful that you can derive some benefit from it. Thanks to all for the phone messages and e-mails. I truly appreciated them all. Aloha,…
