Trail News

Grand Teton 100–When everything goes right does not mean it’s a breeze….

ByHuffer

The Grand Teton 100:  Four laps of three sections, just around eight hours a lap, that’s 32 hours and it’s done. So what’s stopping you? map and profile:  http://www.dreamchaserevents.com/gtr/gtr_maps.htm course description:  http://www.dreamchaserevents.com/gtr/gtr_descriptions.htm results: http://www.grandtetonraces.com/results.php?d=100 Well bud, looking up the 2780 feet of Fred’s Mountain I had an early idea, in fact I had more than…

Shock and Awe

ByHuffer

I was listening to NPR yesterday and they were talking about this 8 year old girl who ran 2,212 miles in 55 days (about 40 miles a day).  You can read (or listen) to the story here.  I thought a lot of people here might find the story interesting, but I hope it doesn’t upset…

Final Triple Trek Notes and Information from the Race Directors

ByHURT Hawaii

This year we were granted the privilege of having the Permit process waived. (VERY IMPORTANT) This was based on our smaller numbers (we eliminated the 10 mile race from this event) and our promise that we would get everyone parked outside of the Nature Center (on Makiki Heights Street, including down by the Board of…

A Hard Lean Horse

ByHuffer

It beat us up bad, no opinions to the contrary.  Everyone has blisters and muscle problems and we are all hobbling around and making those long groaning sounds when we stand up or sit down.  Mean and brutal are the common assessments of the Lean Horse experience for the HURT team members.  Unpaved road, should…