Meet at the Waikiki end of the Waikiki Shell parking lot at 6 a.m. We will stretch and walk to the start on Kalakaua Avenue. After the race, meet the group at our tent located Diamond Head of the Kalakaua tennis courts. Cheer for our late-finishing athletes and share food and drink, complements of the […]
Meet at Kahala Mall (the tables in front of Whole Foods) at 5:30 p.m. This will be a 60-minute slow-and-easy recovery run out and back through the golf course sub division (enter at Waikui Street, across from Star of the Sea School). On the call, we will debrief from the Hapalua race.
Meet at Kahala Mall (Whole Foods, as on Monday) at 5:30 p.m. This will be another recovery run (75 minutes) in Kilauea and Ainakoa Valleys (mauka of the mall). We will debrief the race and talk about the Hibiscus half-marathon training.
Meet at Palolo Valley District Park (in the parking lot at the corner of Palolo Avenue and Kiwila Street) at 6:30 a.m. This will be a 90-minute run mostly on the lower end of the valley towards Waialae Avenue. Some hills, but not as much as recent workouts.
Meet at Brian's place (4133 Sierra Drive) at 4:30 p.m. for a potluck meal (starting about 5:30 p.m.). Please bring a guest who is considering joining the training. Brian will talk about the Hibiscus, Summer Strengthening, and Marathon programs, which fill our schedule between now and the end of 2025. We will also acknowledge one […]
Meet at the restroom on 22nd Avenue in Kilauea District Park at 5:30 p.m. for a 90-minute visualization run on the Hibiscus Half-marathon course.
Meet at the intersection of Farmer's Road and Kolohala at 5:30 p.m. for a tempo interval workout (6 x 6-minutes, with one minute rest intervals). Read Brian's blog articles on "Understanding Tempo Intervals" and "Comfortable Tempo Training" so you understand the ability-building purpose of the workout.
Meet at 7:00 a.m. (NOTE TIME Changed from 6:30) in the parking lot behind the Diamond Head Theater (520 Makapuu Avenue). This will be a visualization run on the Hibiscus half-marathon course, which is also part of the Honolulu Marathon course.
Meet at Kahala Mall (Whole Foods) at 5:30 p.m. This is a hilly course through Kaimuki, similar to the course we ran this past Saturday. Mostly a chit-chat run with friends, with some instruction from Brian on posture in the hills.
Meet at the intersection of Farmers Road and Kolohala Street in Kahala at 5:30 p.m. This is a tempo interval workout (14 x 2 minutes, with 30-second rest intervals). We will build on the workout we did last Wednesday, running the first 8 intervals on level ground, and the next 6 on the Koloa Street […]
Meet at Ala Puumalu Park at 7:00 a.m. (NOTE TIME CHANGE) for a long run in Moanalua Valley and onto the trail beyond the road if the weather cooperates. Some of you may want to drive to the trail head and run from there. This is the first of several introductory Saturday workouts on easy […]
Meet at Palolo Valley District Park in the parking lot on the corner of Palolo Avenue and Kiwila Street at 5:30 p.m. This is a hill workout in the back of the valley where we have been before. Brian will teach new comers the basics of correct hill training.
Meet at the corner of Farmers Road and Kolohala Street at 5:30 p.m. This is a tempo interval workout (7 x 7-minutes, with one minute rest intervals).
Meet at the Paradise Park parking lot at 6:30 a.m. We are meeting early to avoid the tourists and parking fees. The trail to the falls is built for tourists so it's very tame. It would be an excellent way to introduce your friends to the trail training which begins on Saturday, May 31.
Meet at Kahala Mall (Whole Foods) at 5:30 p.m. This is an 90-minute run in the Kaimuki area (the course we missed a week ago because of rain). Athletes who did the race yesterday will cut the course and the workout to 60 minutes.