Hana Relay 2006 Story

Story

The "Hana Relay 2006" is a story about the Hawaii Foodbank team on vacation in Maui getting ready to run the Hana Relay in a week. The Hawaii Foodbank team discovers the beauty of Maui by visiting Molokini Crater and snorkeling on thier first day. The team also scrambles to find a van driver when Jeff Ling cancels due to work commitments. The team meets Greta Cornett to help drive the van on the catamaran and Amanda Clark, a massage therepist to help the team stay loose during the race.

During the week, the team finds adventure at the Hana Lava Tube exploring over a mile deep in the cave.

The worlds largest Red Tea Leaf maze is on Maui. Some of us found it more difficult to get out of the maze then it was to get in. The team had a competion to see who could get out of the maze first.

We spent alot of time in Lahina exploring the the shops and art galleries. Our hotel was positioned on the beach so each morning we spent a couple hours on the beach having fun. We played vollyball, made sand castles, kayaked, and had several picnics. We watched the sunset on servel accations because the beaches at Lahinia are one of the few places you can view 5 Hawaiian Islands at once. The weather was perfect and sunny each day. Sometimes at night it would sprinkle with rain making the week humid.

When the day was done or sometimes several times a day, we stopped and had some ice cream.

During some times of the week, we talked about the 4 hour and 37 minute Hana 52-mile Relay record and whether or not it was possible with our team if we could break the record. We all agreed that if that was going to be a possiblity, that everyone needed to run as fast as they could and handoffs needed to go smoothly. Could we do it? Could we do something spectacular on Saturday morning?

Last Updated: September 18, 2006