Waikiki Training Distances

Waikiki Training Distances:
Waikiki Training Distances:
I’m learning to use my new GPS unit so you may be interested in some exact training distances around the Ala Wai. Lokahi CC has a buoy at the Library end of the canal. From there to the #8 marker post off the end of the breakwater is exactly two miles. To get a mile split line up the two signs at the library end of the pedestrian bridge just past the Surf Club docks in front of the park. The #4 red can buoy (“taco bell’) in the channel is a popular place to start. From taco bell to Diamond Head buoy is 2.96 (say three) miles. This is a great training run – upwind towards Diamond Head and then catch the swells coming back. Plus the math is simple: If you do the 6 mile round trip in one hour that is exactly ten minutes per mile. Taco Bell (TB) to the Outrigger windsock is 2.0 miles. This isn’t a straight line, but assume you make a right angle turn at the swimmer’s channel, just past the surf line. TB to the red buoy at Kewalo Basin is 1.29 (say 1.3) miles. 2.6 miles down and back in 26 minutes is ten minutes per mile, and 23 minutes: 24 seconds is a nine minute average for the hot shots. If you are feeling particularly energetic do a triangle from TB to DH to Kewalo and back to TB. This is 8.35 miles total and one hour: 23 minutes is a ten minute average. Note that a direct line from DH to Kewalo is outside the bell buoys at the entrance to the channel. Another note: these are distances from the NOAA charts on my computer. If you ever get a chance to take a GPS unit your training run, it’s an eye opener. You’d be surprised how much you wander around when you think you’re going in a straight line. If you have a favorite run I’d be glad to calculate it for you, but I’ve only loaded the charts from Hawaii Kai up to Pearl Harbor, nothing for Kailua yet.

" If it feels good and natural when you first try it, it's probably wrong". Dave Pelz Putting Bible.

Submitted by dblane on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 8:38am