Last weekend was the 19th FANS 24 Hour Run in Minneapolis. There were a few HURT veterans there including Carl Gammon, Les Martisko and Andy Velazco. I had the pleasure of running a bit with Carl and meeting his wife and family. He had a large group at the end of ‘tent city’ supporting several…
Due to a dearth of mangos the Mango Madness has been rescheduled to this Saturday, June 14, 2008. We have also changed the site of this event, and will now start at the Triangle Park, aka Water Tank Park at the junction of Makiki Heights Drive and Makiki Street. Please disregard our past directions to…
After many times running to the top of Haleakala, I could not wait to run into the crater. In the old days, Aka Bill had invited me to join him for a moonlight night run up there but it never worked out. This time invitation this time came from Marian Yasuda. It was to be…
I received an e-mail today from John and PJ telling me Jeff Huff had broken 24 hours at the San Diego 100 Mile Run. Click here to see the full results. In addition to finishing under 24 hours, he also finished in 10th place overall. I tried calling Jeff to congratulate him but only got…
There has been some discussion of the trail modifications that are going to be installed at Tantalus side of the Manoa Cliffs trail, and, much later, over on Pauoa Flats—Boardwalks or bridges over some of the more muddy areas, so to speak. I can not say I was too excited about them when I first…
The SockGuy was nice to provide several socks that read CancerSucks for $5 a pair. I think all of you can think of a good reason to get mud on these. Although I really love them for many personal reasons, I have both pink and black in either S/M or L/XL available. If interested, please…
Time: Saturday June 7, 6:30 AM (start) Place: Water Tank/Triangle Park at Makiki Heights Drive and Round Top Drive Course: Mango Madness Course + Reverse Trek and Trek Loops –as many as you feel inclined to do. This Week we will run a Mango Madness race preview. It will give all those who have sent…
At Saturday’s training run, there were many runners out to support Marian as she prepares for Western States. Hopefully someone (Mike M?) will write up a little report. Marian has already posted her thank you as a comment here. However, all those runners were also out to support Don Fallis in his race to beat…
Paul Sibley has nice write up in Saturday Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/31/news/story07.html Sibley is the luminaria chairman for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Kailua July 12 and 13. He is participating to show "you don’t have to succumb to the fact that it (cancer) is going to take over your life.
Ko’olau Summit Trail Backpack This past Memorial Day weekend five HURT runners had a three day backpack of a lifetime! The group included Fish (Fishman) Ernest (ET) Larry, Jim M and me, Gordon Lau (Jr). We would be backpacking the Ko’olau Summit Trail (KST) from the Pupukea Boys Scout camp to California Ave via Schofield-Waikane…
Aloha Athletes, June 28th is the start of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run and two lucky Hawaii runners will be there, Ernest Tay and Marian Yasuda. While Ernest might be running an easy 14 miler as described by Mike M. here as the Eastside Shuffle, Marian has chosen to run 54 miles up…
This morning I was working at the Planet Sun kiosk in the lobby of the Navy Exchange when I received a tap on the shoulder. I turned to see a smiling Ben Cavazos. Ben is back for nice R & R from Kuwait to see his son BJ graduate from high school and to enjoy…
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.
HURT does organize and facilitate official trail maintenance only when coordination with our partners has occurred. All trail work is performed under the supervision of a permitted individual with advance permissions. Some trails are off-limits for HURT to perform trail maintenance due to the sensitive flora. No HURT trail maintenance will occur outside of these parameters.
HURT and its partner agencies require that no self-directed trail maintenance occur on publicly-owned trails. Any individuals performing trail work outside of official HURT-organized events, are doing so on their own accord and will be held personally responsible by State and Federal agencies for any violations. Such activity could jeopardize our relationships with partner agencies and lead to inability to use public lands for our events.
