More 2011 Top of Tantalus Photos
Here are the photos taken by Robert P Smith both while running the Top of Tantalus race and afterward.
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2011 Top of Tantalus Photos
Aloha Athletes, Cheryl captured some great photos as runners finished the last climb to the finish this past Saturday. Thanks for sharing.
Saturday Training 4-16-11 “Mike’s Perimeter Solo”
Aloha Athletes ! It's exciting for me to have something different on the Saturday Training agenda…actually Friday night, Saturday and into Sunday. For those of you who don't already know, Mike Muench will be repeating from last year, an Oahu Perimeter Solo, starting this Friday night at 6:00 pm. Mike will be postiing the details,…
Stage run on the roof of Africa
For those of you looking for the adventure of a lifetime, check this out: http://www.nomadicexperience.com/assets/trips/running/SENE%20Stage%20Run%202011.pdf Tanzanian ultra-runner, Simon Mtuy, is organizing a staged trail run around the perimeter of Mount Kilimanjaro in October. The course will be (roughly) 185 miles, over 8 days, and will traverse the perimeter of Mount Kilimanjaro at approximately 6,000 above…
Oahu Perimeter Run April 15-17
The Unofficial Oahu Perimeter Run takes place this week-end. Everyone is invited to come out and run all or a portion of the course. Teams are welcome, individuals are welcome. Solos: Aloha Tower Start 6:00PM Friday April 15th. Teams/Fast People Aloha Tower Start 6:00AM Saturday morning April 16th. Here is a…
2011 Top of Tantalus Results
Aloha Athletes, I heard great things about today's race. First, I want to thank everyone for their cooperation in our parking situation. It sounds like that all worked out great. Mahalo! Secondly, I should also thank all of you runners who came out and participated. From what I hear, we had a lot of new…
low-carb training
Here's an interesting article on potential benefits of training for endurance running on low-carb diet. https://regonline.activeeurope.com/custImages/301212/eatlowtrainhigh.pdf Nick
HURT Trail Series Shirts
Aloha All ! The ever popular HURT Trail Series Shirts will no longer be available for purchase at the HURT Trail Series races. However, if you'd like to buy one (or more) please go to: www.missionpossiblefilms.com/store/hurtproducts.html The latest version is on sale there in several popular colors. Although there's been a price increase to $29.95,…
Important Announcement: Top of Tantalus Parking and Carpooling
This Saturday's Trail Series run will have some changes!!!! First, the race starts at 8:00 a.m. We were required to obtain a permit from the State Parks Division. The permit prohibits us from using more than 25 parking places on the Park premises, and also prohibits us from collecting any money in the Park. Therefore,…
Daniel Velasco Really HURT
Aloha Athletes, Another athlete was severely injured recently over on Maui. Daniel is such a deserving person and nice guy and was an awesome athlete, we're all hoping he will be able to regain feeling back in his legs and recover from a near fatal accident. He was recently on the cover of Trail Runner magazine. Here…
Umstead Live
Best place to follow is on FB http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63182752474 HURT runners Catra, Andy Kumeda and Andy Velazco are running. I had to drop last month when my knee went bad but Ray K is running my number for me. Jon Lawler went through 100K just under 8 hours so there could be a good 100 mile…
What I like about HURT
Apparently in reaction to the crappy weather last year, the organizers of the Ultra Tour de Mt. Blanc, famous for their 20+ page rule book, have announced that henceforth runners must carry a jacket meeting the following "definitive" spec: "Jacket with hood and made with a waterproof (recommendation: minimum 10,000 Schmerber) and breathable (recommendation: RET…
