Rex Vlcek took some great photo’s of this past weekend’s Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. Click here or scroll down the right side of the blog, under Photo Albums, to see a glimpse of what this race is all about. If you want to meet a couple of the WS participants and hear first-hand…
Just a quick reminder: Don’t forget to check out www.ws100.com this weekend to follow the progress of Hawaii runners, Jeff Huff (#215) and Bob Murphy (#304) at the Western States 100. Other H.U.R.T. friends running the race include Leon Draxler (144) and Monica Scholz (F7). This 100 mile race goes from Squaw Valley to Auburn,…
Two other H.U.R.T. runners were MIA (missing in action) from this past weekend’s Mango Madness race. Their where-abouts have now been confirmed. Marian and Neal Yasuda were in San Diego running in the Rock and Roll Marathon. This is a big race with over 17,000 finishers. Marian ran a 3:53 and Neal’s time was 4:07….
Becky Gifford completed her first ultra recently, the McDonald Forest 50K. For those who don’t know, Becky is the wife of Jamie, 2005 H.U.R.T. 100 mile winner. Glenn Tachiyama took the following photo of Becky and Jamie. Congratulations to Becky on her accomplishment.
Some of us H.U.R.T. participants lament the fact that the race is run during one of the darkest months in Hawaii–January. This means for most participants, almost 12 hours of darkness navigating through the jungles, using the brightest lighting system we can find. Well, I’ve come up with the perfect race for those who hate…
I placed a new link under Ultra Links on the right hand side of the blog for Sam Musleh’s site: ultraBlog.us He has also placed a link for our blog on his site. Currently there is a good race report on his site from this past weekend’s Massanutten race writen by David Bursler.
As mentioned on the Ultra list, there was a great article in USA Today on ultra running. The article is focused around this past weekend’s Massanutten race, however it has some pretty good information about ultra running in general. Included is a mention about winner, Matthew Estes, and his troubles at the H.U.R.T. 100 in…
Alex Papadopoulos finished his first 100 mile race this past weekend at the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. His time was 31:37:30. Great job Alex! This race is held in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia. The race has a tough reputation for the rocky terrain. Alex lived in Hawaii over the last several months…
The trails around Oahu were a little quieter this past weekend as several H.U.R.T. regulars were on separate but similar "stealth" missions to the Miwok 100K, just North of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. This race gets lots of attention as it is a qualifier for the following year’s (2006) Western States 100,…
The inaguaral Arizona Ironman triathlon was this past Saturday, (4/9/05) and H.U.R.T. members (past and present plus friends of H.U.R.T. members) did well. Steve Dewald completed the race in 11:49.01. Showing his H.U.R.T. legs, Steve ran a 4:15.45 marathon to end the race. Wow! Congratualtions and way to go Steve!! Other times: Collette Haney: 12:15.12…
Dean Karnezes has been getting all of the attention but Pam Reed isn’t sitting still. She will attempt 300 miles on Easter weekend in the Tuscon area. Pam was the overall Badwater winner in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, she placed second behind Dean Karnezes Click here for the full article.
Here is somethng cool, a race up Kilimanjaro: http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/our_town/article/0,1713,BDC_2518_3553404,00.html I came across this and know how some of you just love challenges and running up hills. This race is being organized by Pemba Sherpa, a member of Boulder’s running group, Boulder Trail Runners. In July, 30 runners will participate in this event including H.U.R.T. runner…
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