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…
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.