I have posted Start/Finish information for the first couple of races under the Upcoming Races section on this blog. With the first Trail Series race exactly one month away, on April 16th, I wanted to get this up for everyone. Off to British Columbia, Canada in a few hours, visiting family, also skiing and snowboarding….
Aloha Trail Runners, Thought you might be interested in this post from Aaron Lowe: "As you may have heard or seen in the news, Magnum Tours has been fined by the DLNR $2,500.00 for illegal tour operations on the Manoa Falls Trail. While the Department sees this as a great success, we are still concerned…
Aloha Athletes ! Last Saturday’s training was wet…very wet ! Thanks to Todd & Cheryl for providing some great food, and to the large, fun group for braving the elements. PJ’s training schedule has us down for our final taper before Run to the Sun, so here’s the plan: Saturday March 19, 2005 "Tantalus Loop…
Aloha Athletes ! (Posted by Bob as we’re having some author posting typepad technical issues) Sorry to get this to you so late. Computer problems. Last Saturday’s Run to the Sun training was tough, but thanks to Rex it was made easier by his driving us down from the top on 3 Tantalus loops….
Contributed by Jeffery Rogers I had the pleasure of running the Kalalau Trail on Friday, March 4. For those who aren’t familiar with the trail, it provides the only land access to the rugged Na Pali coast on the Hawaii island of Kauai. Its 11 miles traverse five tropical valleys each with an exquisite waterfall,…
Dean Karnezes has been getting all of the attention but Pam Reed isn’t sitting still. She will attempt 300 miles on Easter weekend in the Tuscon area. Pam was the overall Badwater winner in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, she placed second behind Dean Karnezes Click here for the full article.
The 2005 H.U.R.T. Trail Series schedule has been announced and is available here. Get out your calendar and save these dates! The schedule is also listed under Upcoming Races. This is a fun series of shorter races that is open to any runner. Races are scheduled about once a month from April through November. Runners…
Dean K. has been getting lots of press. Those of you who subcribe to the Ultra list have probably read about his upcoming book tour. It seems not all ultra runners are in favor of the press Dean is bringing to the sport or they are just jealous of how he has been able to…
Aloha Athletes ! With Run to the Sun only 3 weeks from Saturday, this will be the last big training week before starting to taper. Saturday Training 3-05-05 "Manoa+Tantalus x 3" Meeting time: 5:50 am Starting time: 6:00 am Meeting place: Hawaii Nature Center lower parking lot Training: 10 mile road run, plus 3 Tantalus…
Marshall Ulrich has a new title as he is the first person to complete the "Triple Crown of Extreme Sports" – ultra running, adventure racing and mountaineering. http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/Stories/0,1413,164~8318~2737467,00.html At 53 years old, he is about to complete the "seven summits", climbing the highest peak on all seven continents. He has many running accomplishments including 10…
I know many of us consider ourselves to be ultra runners and also trail runners. I came across this organization: the American Trail Runner Association (http://www.trailrunner.com/). The site looks like it has some pretty good information on it. Check it out!
I came across something interesting called Endurance Radio today. The site (http://www.enduranceradio.com/) has interviews of endurance athletes. Today’s interview (2/22/05) was of Diana Fitzpatrick a Western State’s 100 participant. I listened to it this evening while doing some other work. Additionally each day they feature a race or talk about an upcoming race. The web…