February 14-Valentines Day, Also a Birthday
Yes, in addition to February 14 being Valentine’s Day. It’s someone’s birthday. Can you tell who by the photo below? I’ll give you a hint–his initials are RC. Does that help?
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Congrat’s to a couple of past HURT 100 participants
This may be old news for some of you. David Goggins won the inaugural Twin Peaks 50 miler last weekend in S. California. This race was directed by Jessica Deline. More info and photos are here. Beverly Anderson-Abbs won the Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica. More info is here. Congratulations to these two fine runners.
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How Cold Was It?
It’s been a bit chilly this weekend for us thin-blooded local folks. However, just to keep things in perspective, I got a call from Rex this morning to go check out the run our friend Bob Murphy did on Saturday. Here’s a couple of photos that I lifted off the Psycho-Wyco Trail Run site. Bob…
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HURT Thank You and Training Thank You
Here’s a couple of e-mails received lately. One is thanking us for the support during the HURT 100 and the other is thanking us for a training run. Hello to Everyone who helped with H.U.R.T #7 I would like to thank everyone that helped with the H.U.R.T. 7. Each aid station person was so helpful…
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Saturday Training: 2-10-07
Aloha Athletes ! This Saturday, as a change of pace, we’ll be continuing Run to the Sun Training, but at the beautiful Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden/Top of Pali Lookout training route, with 2 (or more?) repeats planned for the serious R2S folks. Rex and Don are planning some special treats for after the run. Saturday Training…
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Mahalo to all the 2007 HURT 100 Supporters
We want to thank everyone who supported the 2007 HURT 100. Putting on a race like this would be extremely difficult without the generous support from many people and organizations. Please click here to read about everyone who helped.
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Dangerous dog alert
I had the misfortune of being attacked by a dog this morning on Moleka trail. The dog (young, moderate sized, black with white markings on face) was accompanied by a middle aged woman (who had it on a leash but made no attempt to restrain it) and another more mature dog (brown/black) that joined the…
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Pig Hunting in Makiki/Tantalus and Manoa
As we all know, there are lots of pigs out around the HURT course. We have also seen all the damage they cause. The State DLNR has authorized and opened the area to pig hunters for the next year. Hunting is scheduled to begin on February 4th. Hunters will only be allowed to hunt Wednesdays…
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Saturday Training: 2-3-07
Aloha Athletes, Last week we had a good size group out for the start of Run to the Sun training. Unfortunately, with Cheryl sleeping in, we had to ad-lib a bit on the route out through Manoa Valley. Funny when you think about it, we are basically trail runners and know our way around the…
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Volcano marathon gpx file
For anyone planning a recce of the Volcano marathon route, here is a way-point file showing the cross-country part of the route. The most tricky bit is the turn off from the Kau Desert Trail onto the Mauna Iki trail, but there are a number of spots where it is easy to mistake natural features…
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HURT 100 Video from Paul Sibley
As many of you know, Paul Sibley had his own reasons for completing the HURT 100 this year. A year ago, he pulled out after being diagnosed with cancer. Click this link to view his success in 2007.
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HURT 100 Photo’s from Leon Draxler
Leon Draxler sent me a disc with a lot of great photo’s from the HURT 100. Some are a bit dark but they show great shots of the trails and of the runners. Click here to view the photos. Thanks Leon!
