Interesting article in the NY Times on Ultrarunning and toenail removal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22FITNESS.html My favorite quote is "You know any sport has gone off the rails when you have to remove body parts to do it,” said Christopher McDougall, the author of a recent book about ultrarunning called “Born to Run.”
The Peacock 54 is certainly not the only endurance event being held in Hawaii this weekend, as Xterra is also this weekend. Our HURT family will be well represented at Xterra, as Bob & Barbi McAllaster, Nick Kaiser, Steve Dewald and Amy Bennet Eck will be doing Xterra. Nick and Amy will be doing the…
Aloha Athletes ! It's FINALLY here ! The race of the year ! 54 tough miles over an 18 hour time period for a measly 10 bucks ! Not only that…you get aid stations with water and sports drink AND Kat's yummy moche and Cheryl's famous pasta salad !! Also, don't forget that you can…
aloha HURT gang! Here is the skinny on Chicago: We re-conned the course the day before by "hanging out" on the 103rd floor of the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower. I could tell that Nate was drooling over getting his BASE jumping career going early. We blindly put our faith in engineers and architects like Senelly…
Aloha Athletes ! This Saturday will be your last chance to train on a Saturday before the Peacock 54 race on October 24, 2009. So….come out to the Dillingham Airfield control tower parking lot at 7:30 am and join us for some fun on the trails. Don
Planning to push out from Paradise Park around 5:30pm for a HURT double. If you are doing Peacock Flats as a training run, then this is a good build. If you are racing Peacock Flats, think twice. Not planning to drop supplies around except at Paradise Park. Working on nutrition and slow pace endurance, so…
Aloha Runners, The November 1, 2009 drop date to assure a $50.00 refund is fast approaching. For those of you who are injured or not able to participate in H.U.R.T. 10, or if you would like to be removed from the wait list please notify PJ To date there has been no movement on the…
You can follow Matt's progress at today's Chicago Marathon here. As of this writing, Matt has passed the 10K mark in 00:35:02, on track for a sub 2:30 finishing time! Update: Matt's split half-way: 01:14:37 – still on target! Update: Matt's struggling a little, but it still looks like a new PR for him –…
Aloha Athletes ! In addition to the gut-busting Peacock 54, we now have the only-half-gut-busting Peacock 54 option: The Peacock 54 Relay. It's all Gordon's fault, so give him all the grief…I'm totally innocent…like I always am. So, now all of you who have used the excuse "I wasn't able to train enough" (excuse #4)…
Aloha Athletes ! Well, we're almost there, with only 2 Saturday's before the Peacock 54 race on October 24, 2009. If you're not quite there training-wise, it's likely you won't be quite there training-wise on race day. Oh well…so it goes. You may have to tough it out a bit. It builds character. So, as…
I came down the Kealia Trail last Saturday morning convinced that I was done. I had 38 miles on my feet and was ready to call it a day, and more importantly my quads were telling me they didn't like me very much. But when I got to the bottom I let the morning crowd…
UPDATED WITH NEW PHOTOS: Here is another link to the correct photo album from Johnny Landeza Sounds like the gang had a great training weekend up Peacock way. For those of you who couldn't make it or are unfamiliar with Peacock, Wily Woo posted some great photos on Facebook. Click here to see them. By…
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