Hurt Ohana, I am in town this week and planning to do a long run THU night(preferred) or FRI morn (early!) before my flight back. Peacocks would be great (long road to a Gordon's loop) or I can do tantalus or a waimanalo o/b…. Anyone interested just post here, or Facebook me. If no takers,…
Congratulations are in order for two of our H.U.R.T. family members. Today, Johnny & Mieko welcomed their new baby girl, Mariko, in to the world at 6lb 10oz. Future ultra running champion? I'm betting on it. I know I'm speaking for everyone when I say that we can't wait to meet her!!
Aloha athletes, Apologies for the late notice but there is an important event happening Saturday, September 14 at 4:00 p.m. that we would like to share. The event is to celebrate the birthday of a friend to all and the mother of many….Cheryl! As a special part of this celebration, we will be asking for…
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…
Round We Go I am constantly humbled by the kindness and generosity of the Hawaii sports community. It is truly a collection of people from all walks of life, all shapes and sizes, old and young who gather daily to take part in the gift of life by exercising the body that was given…
Aloha Athletes, As many of you know, Nickademus Hollon, became the 13th ever and this year's winner, of the Barkley Marathons. He was one of two who finished. He was third at January's HURT 100. His race report can be found here. I would encourage you all to read it. Congratulations Nickademus!! Aloha, Bob
Aloha Athletes, I thought some of you might be interested in this so I am posting for all of you to check out. Hello! To help keep you abreast of research related to ultramarathon running, I call your attention to some recent publications from our group which I’ve listed below. Links to the abstracts (when available) are…
Aloha Athletes, A few of us were able to attend the service for Matt Leathers today. It was a humbling experience for me as a civilian to be in the company of these men and women who serve our country so unselfishly. Matt's family and children were in attendance as well and it was clear…
Today we learned missing Navy Seal was one of our own, Matt Leathers. Matt finished the HURT 100 in 2012 and also participated in the 2013 race. We are all extremely sad about this loss. My own personal experince of Matt was limited. I remember him from running up at Peacock in 2011 and Barbi and…
Aloha Athletes, The HURT 100 is fast approaching as many of you know on January 19 and 20. Some runners have stepped up to raise some funds for excellent causes. Two time winner Jason Loutitt is raising money for a foundation called Playing for Change. More info here. Local runner Paul Sibley is committing his…
I dropped in on George at Queen's after going into another room first and seeing a rather large man that really didn't look like George! The other man was nice, but I needed to find the real George. Cancer takes its toll and too many of our HURT family see this. George was happy, alert and…
I am posting some photos here for those who didn't see these on Facebook. Try clicking this link and you might be able to see them: Hannah Photos Also Hawaii Sport did an interview with her. Click here to read it. They are some great shots. Congratulations again!!
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