Good News! This morning, Judge Kevin Chang presided over citizenship ceremonies for 64 people from many different countries. Filiesha LeRand, one of our local trail divas, has officially become an American citizen. It was certainly a long process for her but well worth the effort. All went well until we tried to enter the courtroom……
Aloha Athletes ! Dryer than expected trails and cool breezes greeted our small band of up-beat non-Honolulu Marathoners on Saturday on the Maunawili Trail. It was an enjoyable day of HURT-style comraderie. Big thanks to Rex for providing the stash and to Bob McAllaster for some awesome cookies for the finish. Congratulations to all that…
Aloha Athletes ! With Sunday being the Honolulu Marathon, only the die-hard ultrarunners who are seriously training for the HURT 100 will likely be joining us for Saturday Training. However, we have a nice training run planned on the Maunawil Trail. Join us for all or part…it will be fun. A big mahalo to Rex…
This past Saturday I was able to get out on the trails after some scheduled work fell through. I had put in a long week of work-related late nights and fighitng off a cold so I wasn’t sure how the day would go. As it turned out, the trails were the driest (not sure of…
Here’s the latest entrant list for the H.U.R.T. 100. Click here to see the list. Early entry deadline is 12/5/05. After that the price goes up. Get your entry in quick if you want to save some money. Applications are available to download on the right side under H.U.R.T. 100 Race Links. This latest update…
Some reflections on a first ultra Download 50_at_50.pdf
Aloha Athletes ! Multi-Hardrock winner Karl Meltzer has entered the HURT 100. Karl has won several other 100 mile races and is especially known at Hardrock, where he holds the course record in both directions. With no one being able to break the 24 hour barrier at HURT to this point, it will be interesting…
Aloha Athletes ! It was reported that last Saturday’s Training Run had lots of fast trail runners battling mother nature under very rainy conditions. We’ll see if this Saturday is any different as we return to the HURT course, starting at Paradise Park, for a double HURT loop. Thanks to Bob McAllaster for providing the…
This past Saturday several of us were scheduled to run from the entrance of Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden out to Waimanalo and back. This is about 30 miles. When I showed up at about 5:50 a.m. I was surprised to see so many people. As we gathered around in the darkness, I began to make out…
You can see the latest H.U.R.T. 100 entrant list by clicking here. There are 49 entrants as of today. If you are considering this race, now is the time to get your application in. Remember the entrance fee goes up after 12/5/05. All of the race information, including entrance application, is available on the right…
Aloha Athletes ! Since the Mystery Run has been postponed and in an attempt to give the HURT course a highly needed rest from foot traffic, we have a Thanksgiving treat for you. Bob McAllaster and Rex Vlcek will be leading you on a very fun training run. Gobble-gobble !! Saturday Training 11-26-05 :The Garden…
A non-running story………….Jeff Huff and I have season tickets to UH Basketball and see each other (across the court) at games all year. We have suffered many “almost” great years and have remained loyal as best we could. This years opening game (Saturday) was against 4th ranked Michigan State and as is his practice Jeff…
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.
