Aloha Athletes ! As happens rarely, you will be getting this Saturday off, so take advantage of it and have some fun. With so many of our regulars joining Cheryl for the Miwok 100k in the Bay area, we will not be having an organized Saturday Training run this week. All the best to Cheryl,…
Many regular H.U.R.T. runners, friends, and past H.U.R.T. 100 participants are off later this week to San Francisco to participate in the Miwok 100K. For some it is their first ultra of this distance, for many others it is a great opportunity to qualify for Western States. The race is run on trails in the…
I came across the attached article and thought it might be of interest to many of you. Roy Pirrung has written an article for The Sheboygan Press titled With Effort, It’s Possible to Improve Distance-Running Times. Click here to read the article. After you have read the article, let me know what you think by…
Kat has posted additional pictures from this past Saturday. Enjoy. They can viewed by clicking here. Click the first photo to make it larger and easier to scroll through them.
Aloha! This past Po’aono (Saturday), HURT members gathered to erect a bench at the top of Nuuanu Trail in memory of fellow runner, Kent Bien. After all work was complete, we joined hands, formed a circle, and shared memories of Kent. It was only fitting that our tribute was blessed with cool mountain rain. My…
Aloha Athletes ! You might know that when I have to miss a Saturday Training run that it will be one of the best…EVER ! A BIG mahalo goes to Gordon Lau for setting up this fun Kaahele/Waimano run, for clearing trail, for putting out the huge stash for all to enjoy and for almost…
Gordon maps out an adventure….one way or the other. Gordon Lau got the highest praises from all for his planning and implementation of last Saturday’s training run. It was an adventure through new and uncharted (for most of the HURT crowd) areas around Ka’ahele and Waimano. It would be hard to elaborate the full extent…
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…
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.
