Saturday, January 16, 2010

H.U.R.T. 100

As some of you may already know, everyone's favorite Hawaiian and all-around good guy Ryan Gillia will be running in his first 100-mile race starting this morning, 6am Hawaiian time. It's a hometown 100 miler but also widely seen as one of the more difficult races in the world (#17 out of 100 on this list). Yup, it's the HURT 100.


Ryan on the HURT course




I've been in talks to pace the guy (the last 20 miles) for the past couple of months now and I had hoped my injury would have healed up in time to build up that kinda mileage by now but alas, it was not to be. At least he's in the capable hands of Laura and a couple of other runners.


Here's a look at what Ryan will have to deal with for 100 miles, 30+ hours

Anyway, I just wanted to wish you luck man. Run smart, run long, but more importantly, have a blast out there!

(If you want to monitor the progress of the runners, you can do so by clicking here)

2 comments:

Alaskan Assassin said...

I cant believe I had to bail on that race. It is a fun course and I will for sure be running it again next year.

Weather is supposed to be perfect all weekend over there as well.

Billy Burger said...

Finished in 34:37!