MOTTO OF THE HURT100:
“We wouldn’t want it to be easy.”
This race isn’t easy. In fact, it is grueling, as you can see from the results from this years HURT100:
2026: 72 Finished: 12 females/ 60 males
2026: 54 DNF (Did Not Finish): 14 female DNF/ 40 males DNF
Last weekend we followed Candice on her 9th Hurt100 race. This means that while on our back patio or in bed at our home in Mesa Arizona, we watched bib #10 on the HURT100 ultra website….for 29 hours and 33 minutes—all through the day, night, and Sunday morning. This also means that while we were following Candice’s journey through the Hawaiian jungle, she was running 100+ miles, pretty much nonstop, for these same 29 hours and 33 minutes.
Adam, her partner who has also been helping with her training regime, was in Hawaii to support her….and also because he loves her. He had been intending to pace her during the night and for her last 22 mile lap.
But Thursday while training on his bike for the Kona Ironman World Championships that he has qualified for, he was hit by a car. He and Candice spent most of Thursday night before the HURT 100 race in the hospital. Luckily, he had no broke bones, but he did sustain extensive bruising, and a concussion.
Adam was still able to crew Candice. Their friend, Wookie, who lives in Hawaii, stepped up and paced her.
The HURT100 is a brutal race. The rainforest is absolutely beautiful, but the trail is a constant jumble of twisted roots, mud puddles, and wet boggy areas. For some reason, Candice loves this race, and year after year she returns to tackle the course. She is such an amazing runner and racer. She and the jungle, may come to blows. But she is strong and determined. The jungle admires her spirit and in the end, is kind to her.
We have a few photos of our dear Candice (and Adam too) during the race, starting at 6 am Saturday morning….
We are so very proud of our daughter….this is the kind of grit that gets each of us through the hard times in life.
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