Please Help!! Do you know anyone who might be interested in a free entry for the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon on Sunday, May 7th this year? I am a volunteer for the marathon. We have entrants from every state but yours. We will give a free entry to anyone willing to do the full–it is…
Aloha Athletes ! We have a special treat planned for this Saturday. Gordon Lau has graciously volunteered to lead us on a new run, starting at the trailhead at the top of Kaahele and taking us on (for me) some new trails over to the Waimano trailhead, and back. This route is called the Kaahele/Waimano…
Photos from the Top of Tantalus race this past weekend can be seen by scrolling down the left side of this site or by clicking here. Clicking on each photo will make it larger. Thanks to Rex and Kat for these! Also did you lose a pair of shoes on Saturday? A pair of shoes…
Aloha Athletes ! The HURT Trail Series Top of Tantalus 7 mile race was a blast, with 56 runners competing under perfect conditions. A big MAHALO goes out to Co-Race Directors Rex Vlcek and Bob Murphy for a great job of putting-on this fun race !Nice job guys ! Big John will be posting the…
Aloha Athletes ! The April issue of Ultrarunning magazine has a great article on the HURT 100, held last January. Included in this issue are outstanding articles written by Co-R.D.’s John and P.J. Salmonson. Of special interest to me, and hopefully to many of you, is the article written by P.J., which gave well-deserved recognition…
Trail Runners, The road is closed on the short way to Puu Ualakaa Park. This is due to the recent mudslides during the heavy rains. Please go the other way (the long way) to get to the park. It’s 7.5 miles vs. 2.5 miles. Turn at the pumping station and go left up and around…
Aloha Athletes ! The first 2006 HURT Trail Series race is tomorrow ! The Top of Tantalus 7 mile race is the first race of this years 7 race series and will start this Saturday at 7 am at Puu Ualakaa Park. Just show up with your $10 entry fee at around 6:30 am and…
Aloha gang, I decided today to return to Maui on July 1st to get the Haleakala Bike/Hike monkey off my back, and I’m looking for company to share in the suffering…I mean fun! You can check out my post from last May entitled Haleakala Mis-Adventure (click here to read it) for all the gory details…
This past Saturday I volunteered to be the aid station at the Pali Lookout for the group running from Kailua to the Nature Center and back–a long 40+ mile day. (Having done this run last August, I know how long the day is!) I was told to expect the group around 2:00 p.m. so I…
I am writing this post for the 11 regular readers of this site so please pass the word. There has been a rumor–in fact more than a rumor, that famous ultra runner and co-race director for the "Top of Tantalus" run, Bob Murphy will be leaving the islands later this year. Now I know, once…
Bob Murphy sent me a link to an article about H.U.R.T. 100 Finisher, David Goggins and his quest to run Badwater and to do it as a charity. Click here to read the full article in the Navy Compass.
Aloha Athletes ! The 1st 2006 HURT Trail Series Race is almost here ! The "Top of Tantalus" 7 mile race will be held on Saturday April 15, with check-in starting at 6:15 am. Just show-up with your $10 entry fee, and we’ll sign you up !. This fun race will start at 7:00 am…
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