Aloha Athletes ! If you were not among the 70 or so lucky runners last Saturday at the Maunawili Out and Back HURT Trail Series race, my condolences. It was just TOO MUCH FUN !! When you have co-race directors Marian and Neal Yasuda at the helm, everything is just perfect ! For starters, Marian…
Hujambo HURT rafikis! Congratulations! We have a 140 lb., 5’8" 25 year old who ran a 1:52 800m on a dirt track at altitude in Kenya! To make a long story short, Lesley and I are back from Africa where we have been traveling for the past six weeks with our buddy Todd (my teammate…
Aloha Athletes ! For the few of us who will not be making it over to the Big Island for this Saturday’s Volcano Marathon, we will have a close second choice, Peacock Flats. Although you will have several route options at Peacock, a few of us plan to do a recent route popular with Huffer…
H.U.R.T. runners participating in the Volcano runs next weekend are invited to a post race party hosted by Neal and Marian Yasuda. HURT folks who are in Volcano for the Wilderness Runs to join us Saturday night (July 26th) at 6:30 for some cocktails and pa’ina. We will be at the same house as last…
Hi Folks ! I just received a second e-mail from Leon, on site at Badwater. Race director Chris Kostman has received permission to use the section of road that has been recently closed going into Lone Pine, so THE RACE IS ON to Mount Whitney ! I’ll keep you posted if I get any further…
Aloha Athletes ! Just a few minutes ago I received an e-mail from Leon Draxler on-site at the presently ongoing Badwater Ultramarathon. They are having major rain storms in the high plains area past Panamint and have already closed part of the highway along the racecourse into Lone Pine ! RD Chris Kostman is thinking…
At Saturday’s training run, there were many runners out to support Marian as she prepares for Western States. Hopefully someone (Mike M?) will write up a little report. Marian has already posted her thank you as a comment here. However, all those runners were also out to support Don Fallis in his race to beat…
Paul Sibley has nice write up in Saturday Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/31/news/story07.html Sibley is the luminaria chairman for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Kailua July 12 and 13. He is participating to show "you don’t have to succumb to the fact that it (cancer) is going to take over your life.
Aloha Athletes ! First and foremost is a big mahalo to all the wonderful volunteers that made last Saturday’s HURT Trail Series race, "Run With a View" a big success. There was mention of the"menehunes" that did all the great trail maintenance and grooming. I happen to know for a fact that these were not…
Aloha Athletes ! If you have been wanting to check out Saturday’s race course or just want to get out on the trails for a few hours, I have something for you. This Friday (5-9-08) at 1:00 pm, we will be meeting at the end of Kaahele Rd. (the mauka end, of course) and will…
Aloha Athletes ! With everyone busy or going to do the Miwok 100k or doing training at Peacock Flats, we were unsuccessful in putting together a race preview for the upcoming (May 10) Run With A View. So, it looks like this Saturday training will be at Peacock Flats. We have a full day planned,…
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.