The air was warm and heavy with moisture even at 7:00 am as we all stood in grass just back from the Pali Overlook. Modern day warriors, men and women of Oahu, coming together in the killing grounds of the last great Hawaiian battlefield, waiting for the race stages to move out. Each filtering down…
The Dewald boys, Lindsey and Jakob, as well the rest of their family, traveled to Wisconsin to participate in the USA Triathlon Championships. Jakob finished 9th in his age group and Lindsey finished 15th in his age group. Very impressive! Team Hawaii only sent 10 kids. Out of 15 teams some with as many as…
Thanks to Neal and Marian Yasuda for directing a great race on Saturday. Everyone had fun and they had excellent post-race food. Again, lots of new faces who are fast runners showing up at these trails races. Jozef Gyrurke won the men’s race and Julie Dohenney won the woman’s individual race. On the relay side,…
Someone sent me a disc with photos from this past weekend’s Volcano races. Was it Nick? Harald? Jozef? I am not sure. Thank you and next time, please include a return address or note so I know who took the photo’s. Click here to view. OK, it was Jozef who sent these photos! Thanks Jozef….
For those of you who haven’t seen them yet, here are links to a couple of pictures showing everybody’s favourite ultrarunner amid cheering crowds at the Badwater post-race party: Don#1 Don#2 Don#3 Don#4 Don#5 And believe it or not, he’s even smiling in one of them! Harald
Looking at the race results for the Volcano runs and I am surprised we had anyone out for our Saturday training run. There were so many of our regular runners listed in the results that I only want to place a link. Otherwise I will surely leave a name out and someone will be upset…
Saw this article on NY Times on ultra-distance runners and diabetes and thought it would be of interest. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/fashion/26fitness.html
Aloha Athletes,With just returning from a trip and following Don’s Badwater adventure, I almost forgot about posting for Saturday. After reading Mike’s post just below this one, this seems pretty trivial. Yes, I know we just did this run a couple of weeks ago. Remember, it’s all good training. Saturday Training: Maunawili Out and Back…
The crooked man crab walked down the desert highway turning the light comedy of Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks into a separate circle of Hell, the pain on his face adding that final twist of reality that brought people to cheer or turn their faces in horror. But the bent man didn’t hear most…
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Starting Monday, click here for the link to follow the web cast of the 2007 Badwater Ultra Marathon. Remember Don starts in the first wave at 6:00 a.m. and there are three starting times; 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
I’m not the best at loading photos, but here is a link to SnapFish for lack of another tool: Mt. Rainier Photos I hope it is easy to view – so great photos.
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