There was ice on the car when I left my old Peace Corps buddy Wayne’s home in Las Cruces New Mexico. It may have warmed up a bit in the ten mile drive south to the Mesquite exit but it didn’t really matter much. It was still cold. Double the temperature and it would below…
Aloha Athletes, It’s time to do a double loop. Please note the 5:00 a.m. start time. As always, you can join us for part of the day or a portion of the HURT course. Don’t feel you have to go 40 miles if you just want to get some training or trail experience. Saturday Training…
As announced earlier (original announcement), we ran a contest for the best short promo or endorsement of the HURT 100. There were four entries received. Click here to read all of the entries. It was a hard decision as they were really all well written. The winning entry, Jimmy Wrublik! Congratulations Jimmy. Thanks to our…
Click here for the latest HURT 100 participant list. One returning HURT 100 participant, in fact she has been at every HURT 100, Catra Corbett, just won the PCTR San Francisco 24 hour race. She was first woman and 5th overall. Watch out for Catra at HURT. She’s been doing great at lots of races!!…
Manoa Cliffs Trailwork on Saturday, 28 October. Mahalo to Mae, Bozo, Trish, PJ, Harald, Nathan, Young John, Matt, and Bob for coming out to work this past weekend! I am certain runners and hikers will appreciate the great work you all did on this section of trail. Our group accessed their work area by walking…
Congratulations to Kona Ironman finishers, Nick Kaiser, Wendy Minor, and Gil Loomis. It sounds like they all had excellent races. Here’s a photo of Gil wearing his finishers hat along with Steve Dewald. Note the post-race recovery drinks! Click to enlarge it. Talking with Wendy Minor, she looks forward to the week after Ironman as…
This week we are planning a Friday evening training to get on the trails after dark. This is really important training for the HURT 100 as approximately 12 hours of the race are done in the dark. It’s important for participants and their pacers to be comfortable on the trails, confident in their lighting choices,…
Aloha! A big Mahalo to all of you who replied to the recent request for trail work volunteers! Just a short post with the particulars: 1. Date: Saturday, 28 October 2006 2. Time: 0800 3. Meet: At bottom of concrete road. Parking topside will be tight, so in the…
BEWARE! Yesterday there were two incidents (possibly connected! …gasp…) involving an unidentified haole runner wreaking havoc on local HURT runners. The suspect was said to be about 5’7”, 130 lbs., and wearing gray shorts. According to eye witnesses who have requested to remain anonymous, (thanks for the anonymous tip, Don Fallis, Rex and Kat) the…
This Saturday we are planning on running a HURT loop starting in Manoa and going over to Nuuanu and then running to the Nature Center and finishing back in Manoa at Paradise Park. Rex and Kat will be leading this week. Good luck to Gil, Nick, and Wendy over in Kona!! Just a head’s up:…
The Makiki-Punchbowl-Tantalus Neighborhood Board meeting is scheduled this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (updated time) at the Maikiki District Park at 1527 Keeaumuku Street. The parking lot entrance is off of Keeaumoku, just Makai of Wilder Street. The building is just Mauka of the swimming pool, to the left. We got on their agenda, and they…
As PJ said, the HURT 12 Hour concluded an exciting and fun 2006 Trail Series. PJ took a few pictures and you can view them here. Click here to see the results. The man with the most laps was Paul Hopwood of Maui. He came over and participated as a way to check out the…
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.