Run To The Sun is back! Celebrate the 30th running of this iconic Maui event starting in Kahului, ending at the top of Haleakala, covering 36 miles and 10,023 feet. Save the date- Saturday, August 17, 2019. For more information, please visit Valley Isle Road Runners website: virr.clubexpress.com
Jeff Fong Inspecting the JJ100 Start/Finish Line Aloha! If you did not already know, a couple of our HURT Ohana will be running the Javelina Jundred this weekend in the high deserts of Arizona. The race will start at 3am HST, Saturday, October 29, 2016, with a 30-hour cutoff. For an official finish, they have to…
Now that HURT100 is a Western States 100 qualifier, we've got a lot more entrants from Hawaii to the 2016 WS100! Check them out: Alex GarciaMichael GarrisonRod HuddlestonTimothy KimbroughScot KuwayeJason LesterConnie LutkevichAlex NunnGlen OshiroJoseph PopeSylvia RavagliaSam ReedJeff SnyderKelly SutcliffeCassie Turner The 2016 WS100 Lottery will be held December 5, 2015, 6:30 am HST, so mark…
Aloha Athletes, We received this exciting news! I bet this makes some of you train a bit harder for January! "aloha John & PJ – I’m writing to let you know that we have selected the 2016 HURT 100 as a qualifying race for the 2017 Western States 100. Any runner who completes the race…
This Saturday, before most of us have yet to wake from our slumber, many of our H.U.R.T. ohana will already be off and running representing Hawaii at Miwok! The Miwok 100K is very hilly (approximately 11,800 feet of cumulative elevation gain) with spectacular views of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, Mt. Tamalpais and…
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…
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
Dear HURT community, I just wanted to share the news, and a few details with you of an ultra foot race happening this October in Arizona. The event will take place on October 12th, 2013, and will be the first official ultra run to be held in the spectacular Canyon de Chelly, on the Navajo…
Last weekend saw the transgrancanaria trail run. They offer 24k; 42k, 83k and 113k options. I plumped for the 83k. Gran Canaria – one of the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa in the Atlantic – is quite similar to Oahu in size and general morphology (Canaries are a volcanic chain like Hawaii),…
HI Gang, Go Trail Magazine just did a great article on the Kilimanjaro Stage Run that I participated in back in October. http://gotrailmag.com/go-interactive/projects Follow the link and then click on the photo and that will take you to the Go Trail Magazine article. There's also a trailer for a film of the run that will…
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!!
So I finally made it out to the SD100 course to scope it out…wow…how beautiful that course is going to be. I had to choose between sight seeing over the vistas or tripping down the trail…safety first of course! Goods and bads to every course. Its not quite the sustained climbing of HURT, but it…