Monthly Archives: April 2011

Day 6 Thursday @6a – up and ready for another epic day. We started the bike ride by 7:30a and went on our way to the volcano, Mauna Kea at 9000ft elevation. It was a hot day like every day on the … Continue reading →

Wohoo all done! We started with a hot run and followed it with a delicious epic breakfast. @11a we did a 20m bike up hills to the mountain and down to the beach where we did 2m swim at Captain … Continue reading →

the day started with not so great stomach..quess it was those left over pancakes i ate last night..couldnt sleep again…so that helped me..i have never ate so much food but it taste so good..oh and the combination on those rides..like … Continue reading →

After yesterday’s epic adventure and hard riding, what was on the plan for the day looked easy:  20K long run at 7:00; 33K ride over to Capt. Cook at 11:00; swim over to the Capt. Cook monument and back (3.5K … Continue reading →

Yikes! Are you kidding me? Now you want me to run 20 km (10 km run was mandatory for camp & 20 km was optional), ride up to Captain Cook (a climb of over 1500) and down to Kealakekua Bay … Continue reading →

What happens to the body that endures 8 hours of hard training for 7 days straight…in the heat? Apparently it gets pretty inflamed. Things feel pretty puffy. I’ve heard that about ultra running but have never experienced it …but then … Continue reading →

Day7 (!!) Today dawned hot and sunny, and began with run, like the majority of epic camp days.  The was a 10k minimum, with a recommended 20k. I trotted south on Alii in search of kaopectate. The gas station was … Continue reading →

i finally i had a good night sleep but yesterday my legs felt like falling off..so i was nervous about how i was going to feel but really day 6 the legs have to feel tired . After a very … Continue reading →

Day 1 was Epic, Day 2 was Epic, Day 3 was Epic, Day 4 was Epic, Day 5 was an “Epic Rest Day”, and Day 6 was EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It really doesn’t get any more Epic than this… Today was the … Continue reading →

The climb we did today really was EPIC!!  We scaled 9000 feet over 123kms up to the Visitors Center at Mauna Kea volcano. The 17% grade over some sections was certainly enough to make me feel like I was about … Continue reading →