Aloha Athletes ! Our next HURT Trail Series race is coming on Saturday May 7, 2011. Please keep tuned to this HURT blog for information and directions. There's NO on-line sign-up or registration, just show-up 45 minutes before the race start with $10. Just bring your money. Remember…no on-line registration ! HURT Trail Series shirts are…
Aloha Athletes ! My new Ultrarunning Magazine (April 2011) came today and low-and-behold it was chocked full of all kinds of cool stuff about Hawaii ultrarunning and ultrarunners, complete with photos of three of my most favorite people in all the world…Cheryl Loomis, Paul Hopwood and Nick Kaiser. I may j ust have to cut…
Here are the photos taken by Robert P Smith both while running the Top of Tantalus race and afterward.
Aloha Athletes ! It's exciting for me to have something different on the Saturday Training agenda…actually Friday night, Saturday and into Sunday. For those of you who don't already know, Mike Muench will be repeating from last year, an Oahu Perimeter Solo, starting this Friday night at 6:00 pm. Mike will be postiing the details,…
For those of you looking for the adventure of a lifetime, check this out: http://www.nomadicexperience.com/assets/trips/running/SENE%20Stage%20Run%202011.pdf Tanzanian ultra-runner, Simon Mtuy, is organizing a staged trail run around the perimeter of Mount Kilimanjaro in October. The course will be (roughly) 185 miles, over 8 days, and will traverse the perimeter of Mount Kilimanjaro at approximately 6,000 above…
Aloha All ! The ever popular HURT Trail Series Shirts will no longer be available for purchase at the HURT Trail Series races. However, if you'd like to buy one (or more) please go to: www.missionpossiblefilms.com/store/hurtproducts.html The latest version is on sale there in several popular colors. Although there's been a price increase to $29.95,…
Aloha Athletes, Another athlete was severely injured recently over on Maui. Daniel is such a deserving person and nice guy and was an awesome athlete, we're all hoping he will be able to regain feeling back in his legs and recover from a near fatal accident. He was recently on the cover of Trail Runner magazine. Here…
Best place to follow is on FB http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63182752474 HURT runners Catra, Andy Kumeda and Andy Velazco are running. I had to drop last month when my knee went bad but Ray K is running my number for me. Jon Lawler went through 100K just under 8 hours so there could be a good 100 mile…
Apparently in reaction to the crappy weather last year, the organizers of the Ultra Tour de Mt. Blanc, famous for their 20+ page rule book, have announced that henceforth runners must carry a jacket meeting the following "definitive" spec: "Jacket with hood and made with a waterproof (recommendation: minimum 10,000 Schmerber) and breathable (recommendation: RET…
Aloha Athletes ! Surprise ! Surprise ! Something new…well, a 6:30 am start is new. With Marian finishing her Miwok training and Rob just beginning Hardrock training, Peacock just happens to be the best training we have for both venues. So…have fun ! If you have another training spot for Saturday, just posting it as…
Aloha Athletes ! Well folks, it looks like I'm totally out of the loop. All I have for you for this Saturday is "5 am at the bottom of Long Road" and "maybe some will want to do Top of Tantalus", sooooo, hopefully some of you can post comments on what your plans are. The…
HURT enjoys the privilege of partnerships with State and Federal agencies that hold the responsibility of protecting Oʻahu public lands. Those partnerships are based upon mutual trust and cooperation and shared concerns for the ʻaina. To keep that trust and continue to be provided the opportunity to host trail events, we (HURT) must understand and abide by rules that govern our partner agencies.
HURT does organize and facilitate official trail maintenance only when coordination with our partners has occurred. All trail work is performed under the supervision of a permitted individual with advance permissions. Some trails are off-limits for HURT to perform trail maintenance due to the sensitive flora. No HURT trail maintenance will occur outside of these parameters.
HURT and its partner agencies require that no self-directed trail maintenance occur on publicly-owned trails. Any individuals performing trail work outside of official HURT-organized events, are doing so on their own accord and will be held personally responsible by State and Federal agencies for any violations. Such activity could jeopardize our relationships with partner agencies and lead to inability to use public lands for our events.
