H.U.R.T. Hawaii

Runners and Races on the Mainland

Hawaii runners have been running in races on the mainland lately. Let's see, first there was Joel Jenkins and gang up at Umstead where Joel bagged his first 100. I have confirmation that Jeff Huff participated in a race near San Francisco called Diablo. Bob Murphy finished third at the MacNaughton 100 mile race under cold, wet, and muddy conditions. Did you know Mauricio Puerto ran Coyote Two Moons?

A couple of other notes: David Goggins won the MacNaughton 150 mile race. HURT 100 runner Charlotte Vasarhelyi was the first woman and 5th overall at the MacNaughton 150.

Mauricio has promised me some photos and brief race report. How about the rest of you?

Send in those race reports and photos!!

Aloha, Bob

Recognize this guy??

Umstead Results: Congratulations to Joel!!

Joel finished his 1st. 100  29:52!

Stef..................29:15

Patricia Carroll....................28:02

Mike Garcia.........87.5 miles

Cat Moore..........62.5 miles

May Martinez........50.0 miles

 

Congratulations to all!!!

Thanks from Luanne!

Special thanks for all of you who helped. I think Marian picked her up in Waikiki. Training with H.U.R.T. runners up at Peacock was definitely a good experience for her.

Bob,

Please tell all the runners that it was a pleasure to meet them and a highlight of my trip to run with them.  I appreciate you getting me in touch.  Sorry you couldn't have made it too.

Sounds like I'll be seeing a lot of the Hawaii runners at Miwok.

Until then,

Luanne Park

Thank You Letter and Poster Boy!

As many of you know, Ben Cavazos ran the H.U.R.T. 100 in Kuwait this year. You also are probably aware he was chosen Army Athlete of the Year.

You can read Ben's thank you letter here.

Congratulations Sgt. Major Cavazos!

We look forward to having you on the trails here again soon!!

Click the image to enlarge it. (I think we need to give Ben some sh%t for not wearing a H.U.R.T. shirt!)

Remember Collette? She's now living in Texas

Remember Collette (Fifi)? She sent me this recently.

hi pals!

 

the tri kids and I had fun at the sprint triathlon Saturday; link to the results are here:

 

http://www.stpatrickstriathlon.com/images/StPattyAgeGroup2008.txt

hope all's well.   

aloha fifi

We like to keep track of our H.U.R.T. friends!
PJ

Yea Cheryl !

There's likely not one ultrarunner in Hawaii that doesn't know my good buddy Cheryl Loomis. Well, last night I received my March 2008 issue of "Ultrarunning" and was excitedly scouring the section "Ultrarunning's 2007 Ultra Lists" when I came across the category "Oldest 100 Mile Finishers-Women". This gave a list of 11 women's names, their ages, specific races and race times. Not only was Cheryl Loomis mentioned...she was listed TWICE, for Western States and for HURT. She was the ONLY woman listed twice ! (2 out of 11). Wow ! Please keep in mind that this list includes ALL runners and races in the United States (not just Hawaii). Cheryl has many running friends and fans that are very proud of her, but no one is more proud of Cheryl's accomplishments than me ! I know how hard she trains ! I know how much she gives to all her running friends ! So, send her a congratulatory e-mail and/or just tell her how proud you are of her, the next time you see her. She deserves it ! We love you, Cheryl. I'm proud to know you.  Don

Another Article on Ben

I know you have all heard about Ben and his H.U.R.T. 100 run in Kuwait. Here's another article chronicling his efforts.

Ben Cavazos--Army Male Athlete of the Year!!

Jay Edwards sent this as a comment and I wanted to make sure everyone sees it.

Congratulations Ben!!!

I wanted to send a note to the HURT Community that SGM Ben Cavazos was selected as the Army Male Athlete of the Year for 2007. Once the board heard about the HURT 100 and the Wounded Warrior Project this must have really made an impact. This is a huge honor for Ben and was due in large part to the HURT Ohana.

It was a run, a birthday bash, and a final pre-race potluck!

Several H.U.R.T. runners gathered Saturday morning for an easy stroll through the park--Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, to wish Don Fallis a belated happy birthday, and to eat some good food.

This picture unfortunately doesn't show all who showed up--only those who stuck around late. All those running the H.U.R.T. 100 seemed ready to have get some rest this next week in anticipation of the race.

Ben Cavazos Kuwait H.U.R.T. 100

(Click image to enlarge it.)

This message is for everyone. However it is especially for the participants in the H.U.R.T. 100. Half-a-world away, one of our own H.U.R.T. runners will doing the same as you are--running 100 miles. Ben Cavazos is one of a very select few of runners who has participated in every H.U.R.T. 100. This year Ben is serving our country, deployed in the Middle East. Ben is a special guy and this is not something the H.U.R.T. race directors would normally allow, however for Ben, they have made an exception.

Please click here to read about Ben's quest and his mission to raise money for the Wounded Warrier Project.

Good luck Ben. We'll be thinking of you!
Aloha, Bob