Nanci Gandy left Hawaii on Wednesday evening on her own deployment where she will join her husband in Iraq. Colin was deployed a few months back. We wish them well in this next adventure of their lives. Safe travels & a speedy return.
At TTT, we were joined by Brenton Floyd and his grandmother "mamabetty", his handler, in Brenton’s effort to complete his SECOND round of marathons in all 50 states and D.C. Greg Cuadra, Nancy Gandy (finishing her first ultramarathon!), did the TTT the following day with Brenton. Cheryl Loomis, Kelly McPherson, and PJ Salmonson did the…
HURT 100 finisher, Brian Wilson, sent in some photo’s of a race he did on the mainland this summer. Here is what Brian said about the race: "The race is called Mt. Misery Mania. It is run as an interval relay but also has an Ultra division. It is 56.5 miles climbing from 750 to…
Aloha! Ran across a nice article in Hawaiian Airline’s "Hana Ho" magazine when I was coming home from the Kilauea Wilderness run. Here’s a link if you would like to read the article, click here. While out there on the TTT course this weekend, take a moment to reflect on the fact that Na Ala…
Here’s my description of a perfect Sunday–yesterday. It started out with an early run. From home to Waimanalo via roads, then Mauanwili Trail to Pali (Hairpin Turn), and home via the road. 18 miles–1/2 road, 1/2 trail. Rainy blessing on the roads at daybreak, misty, quiet, fun trail with not another soul, yummy strawberry guava…
Rod Bien submitted this race report from his recent completion of the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 Mile Race. I’ll let readers read the report to know how he finished. I’ll just add congratulations Rod on an excellent race!!! Click here to read Rod’s report. Aloha, Bob
I received the following from Nanci Gandi. Her husband Colin, was recently deployed and he wanted all of us to know this. Thanks Nanci! Let him know our Muanawili race is tomorrow. "As many of you know, on Wednesday the 10th of August, my husband Colin left for a second tour in Iraq . In…
Bob Murphy sent his Hardrock report to post. It is really well written and if you know Bob, I think you will enjoy reading it. Click here to read it. Also, to get a visual of what Bob is writing about, click here for some really excellent photos at Hardrock taken by Klas Eklof. Thanks…
HURT finisher and Navy Seal, David Goggins recently competed in the Badwater Ultra Marathon. In an interesting article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Navy Seals are using ultra events and other endurance sports activities as a way to recruit potential new Seals. Click here to read the article. The article even details the entry…
Here are a few photo’s from Bob Murphy’s recent successful Hardrock race. Click here to view. Click the photo’s to enlarge them.
We just got off the phone with 2006 Hardrock 100 Finisher, Bob Murphy. We got a hold of Bob as he had just got back to his room. Don and Cheryl were with him. Cheryl said he did an amazing job. According to the Hardrock Live site, Bob finished at 3:35 a.m. Sunday morning. Congratulations…
A few will remember our old friends Tom and Donna Jones– Tom was one of our most talented runners back in the old days when HURT called themselves "Team Radar". He did Run to the Sun, Western States, Massanutten 50 Miler in Virginia, among others. Tom and Donna visited us for BBQ last night, and…
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