I did that 3 times back in the '90s each time the Wednesday before the race. Lots of folks training on the course and the Energy Lab was open. There wasn't a wide shoulder on the Queen K all the way to Kawaihae like there is now. Great experiences and I qualified for and finished Kona after doing the course on my own the previous two years. I was in Kona doing media work the years I did the course on my own.
Had a friend follow me on the run in a car to give me aid during the run. Did it totally on my own the second time which was much tougher on the run. The third time, a year after I did the race for the first time, I ended up trying to take a nap in the Energy Lab and my friend thankfully drove out to check on me and gave me a ride back to town.
It would be disappointing to not be able to run the current course in the Energy Lab but you could just run longer on the Queen K like they did in the early years in Kona. The course didn't always go into the Energy Lab.
Had a friend follow me on the run in a car to give me aid during the run. Did it totally on my own the second time which was much tougher on the run. The third time, a year after I did the race for the first time, I ended up trying to take a nap in the Energy Lab and my friend thankfully drove out to check on me and gave me a ride back to town.
It would be disappointing to not be able to run the current course in the Energy Lab but you could just run longer on the Queen K like they did in the early years in Kona. The course didn't always go into the Energy Lab.
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Mark Lemmon: Oct 15, 23 11:06