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…
The Peacock 54, in three weeks, marks the end of the Trail Series and the beginning of HURT training. The period after Peacocks is is often a time when the few courageous recover from the 54 and mull over their training schedules for the next couple of months. It is also that time when those…
A few days ago, Waddell became the first paraplegic to summit Kilimanjaro on his own power. You can ask my wife Lesley, Don Fallis, or me: this is a big, tough mountain to make it up on two feet, let alone Waddell's method. Check out his blog, which is supposed to have video of his…
Something to turn those friday night dreams pleasant…..tomorrow's reality. I headed out toward Dillingham before the Friday afternoon rush hour fouled the roads and brought the flow of traffic to a standstill. Made it there in less than an hour and with surprisingly easy driving. Moving along the bottom of long road by 4:10, I was hoofing…
UPDATED 10/6/09 A nice video from Vi’s Adventure Trek.
Aloha Athletes, Just a reminder that if you want to put an application in for this race that you have 15 days to get it in. Well, maybe to be more precise, to get into the lottery for a chance to run the race. Here is the link for all the info: http://ws100.com/appform.htm Good luck….
If you haven't run much at Peacocks and are still intent on doing a double loop I recommend you check out Last year's information post by Mike Muench and Sean Price. This is a must read for anyone who does not have the course memorized in daylight, and dark and stormy night. You might also…
Aloha Athletes ! I was so taken by the photo of Matt Stevens barfing on-the-run at the Maui Marathon Half-Marathon that it got me to thinking. Is that the secret ingredient that we have been missing all these years? After all, I've never known anyone personally, other than Matt, who could run a half-marathon that…
I expected a post on this subject by Monday morning at the latest (that's Monday, Sep 21) but it now seems as if a landmark event is about to go unnoticed by the HURT community – which is why I feel the need to step in. While some of us were having a field day…
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.
