HURT 100 Related

Hawaiian Tales of CourageHawaiian History is filled with a multitude of tales of courage. These are stories that make you proud to be Hawaiian, touch you deeply, and do so even if you are only Hawaiian at heart. At all 6 of the HURT 100 Mile Trail Endurance Runs, there to have been stories of…

Davey Crockett posted a great HURT race report on the Ultra list and he gave me permission to link it here. It includes photos and times and is very well written. Click here to read his report.

Little known is the efforts of a few very very tired friends, who stuck around right after the race, and then came to the Nature Center the morning after, to deal with the aftermath of the mess we created there. I’m talking about Mike and Patricia, Joel and Stephanie, and the Huffer, who swept, mopped…

I have some video clips that were taken during the race. Some show parts of the trail and aid stations and others are interviews with either runners or pacers. These were shot with a Treo–basically a phone, so the quality is not professional but they are still fun to view. Click here for the link….

Daren Sefcik sent me a link to a page on his web site with some great photo’s of the H.U.R.T. 100 course. These were taken the day before the race. A great way to show friends where you spent your weekend. Daren also has photo’s from previous H.U.R.T. 100 races on his site too. Click…

Aloha ! Utah’s Karl Meltzer continued his recent dominace of many of the tough mountain 100’s by winning the HURT 100 Trail Endurance Run in the record-breaking time of 22:16. Karl, known for his intense, focused running style and quick aid station transitions, was relaxed, smiling, and even cracked an occasional witty one-liner on the…

I am posting the final-final results from the 2006 H.U.R.T. 100. It was a great race overall with ideal conditions and fantastic competition. I think everyone had a great time at the dinner last night–a fun way to end the weekend. If you have photo’s from the race, please send them to me at kailuamac@yahoo.com…

The unofficial results are now posted. Click here to see them. It’s nice to see that people were using this as a way to check results throughout the race. We will continue to look at ways to improve this service for future races.

So much for dry trails. It rained the entire time we were at the pre-race meeting today and I heard from someone who said it had rained most of the day at the Nature Center. Lot’s of new faces and people looking around and asking who’s this and where’s so-and-so. Stay tuned for updates.

The start of the 2006 H.U.R.T. 100 is less than 48 hours away. For those of us running it–Yikes! For those who are organizing it–double Yikes!! So many last minute details. The weather is predicted to be sunny Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with rain predicted for Monday. The trade winds are up today (Thursday) and…

A couple of more participants have been added to the H.U.R.T. 100 race. Click here for the latest (spell corrected) list.

Big John has assigned race bib numbers for H.U.R.T. 100 participants. Click here to see your number. This race is coming up fast. I guess I better get out and get some training done!