New (September) UltraRunnning Photo: On the lower left-hand corner of the September issue (Dump The Slump, page 12), is a fellow wearing a HURT Trail Series shirt and holding two beers. Maybe someone will recognize this!
Trail News
TANTALUS TRIPLE TREK (TTT) Information
Race Day: (Saturday) August 31st, 2013 – 5:30 am Start. Aloha Kakou, Welcome to our 22nd Annual TTT. OK, here’s where we get a little serious on the mileage (50km or 30 miles), after all, this race marks the official beginning of H.U.R.T. training. Each runner will complete three of the Trek 10 mile loops,…
Saturday Run: Triple Trek Preview – 8.24.13
Aloha Athletes, This weekend Jeff will be leading another Triple Trek preview run. Same deal as last week, meet at the Nature Center (near the bathrooms/picnic table) starting at 6am and the distance will be 10 miles. Again those that want to stay for longer mileage can do as many loops as they like, I'm…
Manoa Cliff Project Restoration 8.17.13 – Trail Work Summary
Aloha Athletes, Today the H.U.R.T. group combined forces with the Mānoa Cliff Forest Restoration project to do some maintenance on our beloved Tantalus trails in preparation for Triple Trek on August 31st. Photo by Wily Woo Many of you likely pass through the two gates regularly without giving more than a passing thought as to why…
Saturday Training: August 17 – Tantalus Training Run
Aloha Athletes! This weekend we'll be doing the course preview for the sold out Tantalus Triple Trek 30 miler, the first official ultra distance of the trail series and my personal favorite. Sue, Heather, and Fish always put on a fantastic race and hopefully they are doing their rain dancing to make sure we have…
Trail Maintenance Opportunity: Sunday 8-18-13 9:00 a.m.
Aloha Athletes, After a few quick e-mails this morning we have an opportunity to do some trail maintenance in preparation of the Tantalus Triple Trek. I was able to run a couple of loops up there this weekend and overall the course is in pretty good shape with the exception of the area on the…
Saturday August 10th: Peacock
Aloha Athletes: On the agenda for this Saturday: Peacock We'll be meeting at Dillingham airfield by 5:45 am for a 6am start. One group is doing a roughly 15 mile run and another may do an alternate route that includes Long Road. If you've signed up for Peacock in October, it's never too early to…
2013 Maunawili Out and Back Results
Aloha Athletes, My apologies for the late posting of these results, just getting back from a computer free couple of days on the North Shore (highly recommended!). PJ sent me this short video to post as how could we possibly have a "Run with the Pigs" without a real pig. Don't worry folks, the…
Saturday, August 3: Run With the Pigs
Maunawili Out-n-Back 22-mile and Relay – some last minute details: Design by Melanie Decker Koehl When: Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. Where: Nuuanu-Pali Lookout (map) Here is a google map of the route in one direction. All registered runners need to be at the Nuuanu-Pali Lookout by 6:30 to get marked with…
Saturday Training: July 27 – Maunawili Training Run
Aloha Athletes: This will be the final opportunity to get out for a preview of the Maunawili Out and Back course. Last weekend, we had groups starting from both ends of the trail and at several different times. I expect this week will be the same. For those wanting the closest-to-race experience will be starting…
Saturday Training: July 20 – Maunawili Taining Run / Run With the Pigs Information
Aloha Athletes: This Saturday, the playground will be the Maunawili Trail, site of the upcoming Maunawili Out and Back (aka – Run With the Pigs). There are many options for start times and locations – do what works for you. There will be a group starting at the Waimanalo end of the trail at 5:30…
Congratulations to Two Special Runners at Two Very Different Runs!!
Aloha Athletes, Over the last few days a couple of the HURT family of runners have had some incredible results and success at two of the toughest ultra races on earth. First, Larry Inouye started the Hardrock 100 this past Friday morning. If you don't know anything about Hardrock, know that it has 67,984 feet…
