It was announced today that Don Fallis has been accepted as a participant in the 2007 Badwater 135 Ultra Marathon. The event takes place during July and starts at Badwater (the lowest place in the U.S.-282 feet below sea level) and runs through Death Valley up to the Mt. Whitney Portals. The distance: 135 miles….
Yes, in addition to February 14 being Valentine’s Day. It’s someone’s birthday. Can you tell who by the photo below? I’ll give you a hint–his initials are RC. Does that help?
This may be old news for some of you. David Goggins won the inaugural Twin Peaks 50 miler last weekend in S. California. This race was directed by Jessica Deline. More info and photos are here. Beverly Anderson-Abbs won the Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica. More info is here. Congratulations to these two fine runners.
It’s been a bit chilly this weekend for us thin-blooded local folks. However, just to keep things in perspective, I got a call from Rex this morning to go check out the run our friend Bob Murphy did on Saturday. Here’s a couple of photos that I lifted off the Psycho-Wyco Trail Run site. Bob…
I‘m back on the mainland but I wanted to point out to the blog that David Carlsson not only completed 100k at HURT but a week later placed ‘first‘ in the Hilo to Volcano run in case you guys didn‘t know. Great work for a guy who a month ago was just trying to get…
Don Fallis celebrated a birthday recently. Here’s the cake Don’s friend Pete Martinez had made for him. Click the picture to enlarge it. Happy Birthday Don! Click here Download Video_Don.3g2 for a short video clip.
Aloha Athletes, I just received an e-mail from Cathy Tibbetts with the sad news that Marc Witkes died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday while running the Tucson Marathon. Marc was a very nice young man and athlete, who has been on the board of the Hardrock 100 for many years. I was fortunate…
It’s that time of year for training, and viruses. The Oahu ER’s are filling up with people coming in with severe nausea and also the other end. With our training increasing, please take extra care to wash hands to avoid getting sidelined doing that last weeks of volume before HURT. Trust me, I know the…
Here’s some photo’s of Cat Moore running a marathon in Bagdad. She’ll miss the HURT 100 do to her overseas commitment, however expect her back for Run to the Sun!! Safe Travels Cat!! (Remember each photo will enlarge when you click it.)
Congratulations to Kona Ironman finishers, Nick Kaiser, Wendy Minor, and Gil Loomis. It sounds like they all had excellent races. Here’s a photo of Gil wearing his finishers hat along with Steve Dewald. Note the post-race recovery drinks! Click to enlarge it. Talking with Wendy Minor, she looks forward to the week after Ironman as…
The Dewald boys, Jakob and Lindsey, finished out the Keiki Triathlon series yesterday at Kapolei to earn themselves slots in the 2007 USAT National Championships in Wisconsin next spring. These slots come with free airfare!! Jakob competes in the 7-8 age division. He swept the entire series. Lindsey competes in the 9-10 age group and…
Just a heads up. A local women and her two dogs are frequently on Moleka in the evening. I have had 5 encounters with her. The first three encounters, the dogs were unleashed and all over me, actually knocking me off the trail and down an enbankment (#3). At this time I politely asked her…
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