Are YOU Ready to Road Rumble

Down the Hard Hot Highway...

 

Here we are into the second month of the HURT Trail Series, Rex, Jan and Lisa are already doing HURT loops, Huddy and Jeff are running everywhere, Brian is doing elevation training while carting around a small car on his back, Nick and Huffer did 27 at Peacock, and what are you doing to get ‘back into’ Ultra training?   Has that question become something that nags at you while you knock off those 10 and 15 K street runs that are all the rage right now? 

 

 

Well, relax!  Paul and I have a great cure for the Ultra Runner Blues. Starting next Friday, April 16,  at 6:00 PM at the base of the Aloha Tower, Paul and I will be embarking on an Island Perimeter Run. A tourist’s delight, a calm and enjoyable tour of the island, a mellow ‘getting to know you’ stroll along the calm rural roads of Oahu.  You are invited to join us if you so desire.  It will be a great chance to do some distance, ‘time on feet’ kind of training before the summer races slip up on us. And if you don’t feel getting to know the entire island step-by-step is quite your cup of tea, a group of HURT ladies (Cheryl, Julie, Julie, Jan, Bonita, et.al.) will be starting a relay some time Saturday Morning.  You could put together a group and run along with them.  Or you join us along the way for a few miles of Tropical Splendor. We will be out there until some time early Sunday afternoon.   

 

This will be an entirely unsupported run, with no guiding authority. Each runner/walker is entirely on his own.  We may have some aid along the way, but it may just be a 7/11 stage run.  Paul and I will be maintaining a relaxed pace and do not intend to do better than 7 or 18 minute miles (;). We will take a few hour break at Turtle Bay. So most anyone with some minor distance training will be able to keep up with us and do the distance (135 Miles).  

   

Paul will be doing the run as a fund raiser for the Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation HCCF ,nd I will doing the same for St. Francis Hospice SFH  .  If you decide to run you could pick a charity of your own.  If you do not feel up to getting out on the Hard Hot  Highway you might just prefer to donate to one of the Charities we are representing.   

 

The planned route can be viewed at:  Round the Island Map

 

Contact me if any of this sounds interesting to you, or for a map of our planned route, or stay tuned to Paul's Facebook and twitter accounts as he will be electronically active during the run.   Aloha, Mikem.

Comments

[Andy]

Just got off the websites for both organizations. I encourage everyone to be similarly inspired to donate in honor of these two brave runners!

[Frank]

We left Mike and Paul at Koko Marina at 10 PM; almost mile 14. They had a Fish and a dog running with them. Start time was 6:10 and the going was a bit slow on the crowded sidewalks in Waikiki. They are out on some open road now and keeping a smart pace.

Follow Paul'ls Twitter for more timely updates.

[Mikem]

Estimated Pace Schedule. Running Counter Clockwize (East Side First)

Landmark Day Est Time of Arrival

Aloha Tower Friday 6pm
Waimanalo Beach Friday 11pm
Castle Hospital Saturday 1am
Hygenix Store Saturday 4am
Kualoa Ranch Saturday 7am
Laie Saturday 10am
Sunset Saturday 1pm
Haleiwa Saturday 3pm
Mokuleia Saturday 4pm
Kaena Pt Saturday 7pm
Farrington Hwy Saturday 10pm
Waianae Sunday 1am
Nanakuli Sunday 3am
Makakilo Sunday 5am
Fort Weaver Rd Sunday 7am
Leeward CC Sunday 9am
Nimitz Hwy Sunday 1pm
Aloha Tower Sunday 3pm

[John]

Mike/Paul,
Which direction?
Any loose schedule, we like to join.
Have fun.

[Mikem]

Reflective Gear, lots of it--day and night. Lights, strobes, blinkers, reflectors...anything that says
"HERE I AM!!". Run on Left where possible and never dispute right of way. Aloha

[Paul]

Hanging with Mike and Paul for over 40 hours...what could be better!! Please bring some coffee when you meet us. Mucho Mahalo!

Twitter = @CancerRunner