This Saturday is Mango Madness, the 4th race in the HURT trail series. The race has been sold out for over a week now. Meet at the pumping station at the corner of Makiki Street and Makiki Heights Drive. Race starts at 7AM. Consider carpooling as there is limited parking and we are over race…
We call this course preview "Mango Madness Lite". It's about half the distance, but will give you a good idea of what the course could be like. Meet this Saturday, May 31st, 6AM, at the pumping station at the corner of Makiki Street and Makiki Heights Drive. Look for Jacque, my co-race director. At the…
Mango Madness Course Preview is this Saturday, May 24th at 6AM. Meet at the pumping station at the corner of Makiki Street and Makiki Heights Drive. Mango Madness is a race that is 10++ miles through some tough, technical, and steep terrain of the Tantalus trail system. Participants will be led on the same route…
Aloha Athletes! Thanks to everyone who came out today for the new and improved Run with a View 10ish mile trail run. We had sunny skies and a great turnout with 106 starters. Congrats to Amity and Leandro on their wins. As far as I know, no one missed the memo about the new start…
Aloha Athletes, A quick word of caution, the H-3 Freeway Honolulu-Bound is scheduled for a Full Closure this Weekend starting Friday night. Factor this in to your travel plans and make sure to leave plenty of time to arrive for race start. See full article: http://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2014/05/05/h-3-freeway-honolulu-bound-full-closure-scheduled-this-weekend/ Thank you for the heads up Bob! Rosie
Aloha Athletes, Run with a view is the 3rd race in the 2014 H.U.R.T Trail Series and it's happening this Saturday! Very important, for those of you that have ran before, the start/finish is in a new location this year and we no longer start at the top of Ka'ahele Drive in the park. About…
Aloha Athletes, Augusto DeCastro was out on course Saturday taking photos. You can view them at: http://augustodecastro.smugmug.com/invite/1604382117534b9747c672c2.58332642 Thank you so much for all that you do Augusto!! Rosie
Aloha Athletes! Yesterday brought us an abundance of rain and mud to the second race in the trail series, Vi's Top of Tantalus 7 miler. A huge mahalo to our race directors Kat and Judy. The beanies for race prizes were a premonition of things come as the temps were utterly freezing yesterday. Most runners…
Aloha Athletes, Remember the deadline to sign up (www.ultrasignup.com) for the race is April 9, 11:59p. 33 slots remain! Vi's Top of Tantalus run will start and finish at the Pu'u Ualakaa Park, about two miles up Tantalus Mountain on Round Top Drive. This race is conducted in memory of our dear HURT friend, Vi Medusky-Jones, who passed…
Aloha Athletes, Judy will be leading a course preview run for the upcoming Vi's Top of Tantalus 7 miler. Race day is April 12th so if you aren't sure of the course, I highly suggest coming to the preview. Judy just so happens to be one of the race directors and always puts on an…
Aloha Athletes! Getting in to the Irish theme Yesterday kicked off the start of our trail series with the sold out Aiea Loop Express. Starting before dawn, runners began to arrive wearing their finest shades of green to celebrate the St. Patty’s day theme. It was a fantastic day full of both sunshine and rain,…
Aloha Athletes, This weekend is the start of the 2014 H.U.R.T. trail series and we're kicking it off with the Aiea Loop Express 7(ish) miler. Prizes will be given for the top 10 men and women and for the best costume! Just a reminder that the trail series races are no longer show-up-and-sign-up and Aiea…