What’s a RAGNAR Race?
Hilo, HI to Hapuna Bay, HI
November 4-5, 2017
Lissette and I knew another extreme athletic event was on island when we were returning from dinner in the mountain town of Waimea at 8:00 pm on Saturday night. As we descended the narrow and winding, Kawaihae road toward the coast, we spotted someone running against traffic and up hill toward us-dangerous. As we approached we could see the runner had “Christmas” lights on their vest and a light mounted on their head. We knew they were definitely not “local” because know one that drove this road, night or day, would run on it at night. We continued to pass numerous other runners on the Queen “K” highway all the way home to Mauna Lani. Their support vehicles were stacked along the side of the road-all decorated with bright banners, inflated animal figures and glow in the dark paint.
The “night” runners peaked our interest and we decided to do a web search to figure out who had invaded our island this time. Low and behold we found the group-RAGNAR. Ragnar’s websi...
