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Hilo Grand Opening and Run Groups
As we announced in last month's newsletter, we now have a location open in Hilo! We've been open for a couple of weeks now, but we're holding our official grand opening this Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2. On Friday, we'll be open from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., since it's First Friday down on Hilo Bayfront. Between 5 and 8 p.m., we'll have a special commemorative gift for all customers. And all day Friday and Saturday we'll be giving away a free gift with each purchase!
The new store is located on Hilo Bayfront in the S. Hata Building near Cafe Pesto. Our normal hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
We're also excited to announce the establishment of our Hilo run groups. The groups will meet Wednesdays at 5 p.m. and Saturdays at 6:30 a.m. The groups are free and open to runners and walkers of all ability levels. The runs start and finish at the Hilo store.
We'll also offer several different free training groups throughout the year, starting with a Couch to 5k program for the Hilo Bay 5k/10k. That group started up this week (although there is still time to join in) and the race takes place on Sunday, September 7. This group is perfect for people who have never run before or who haven't been running in awhile. These groups meet at the same time and place as our weekly running groups.
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KONA v. HILO
In addition to adding our Hilo location to the back of our popular Run Big shirts, we've also expanded our offerings to include a KONA logo shirt and a HILO logo shirt. So now you can show your pride in your side of the island while running.
For runners in Kona, the shirt is offered on a grey Mizuno short sleeve technical tee for men and women, as well as a royal blue Mizuno short sleeve technical tee for women.
For runners in Hilo, the shirt comes in a grey Mizuno short sleeve technical tee for men and women and a grey Brooks racerback for women.
But remember, no matter what side of the island you're on, you still Run Big!
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Hilo Shirt - $34.99 Kona Shirt - $34.99
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Honolulu Marathon Training Groups!
This year, Big Island Running Company is excited to announce that we will be offering two training groups for the Honolulu Marathon - one in Hilo and one in Kona. Since many of our local residents signed up for the race back in December for $26.20, it’s time to start the training!
Our programs will be a 16-week training program starting in mid-August, with slightly different schedules based on current fitness and training goals. The official training schedules will start the week of August 25. The week before we will have two introductory meetings, one in Hilo and one in Kona.
The Kona program's introductory meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, at our Alii Drive store, with a short run afterwards. Runs will be scheduled to coincide with our group runs at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and a long run at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
The Hilo program's introductory meeting will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 20 at our Hilo Bayfront store, with a short run following. This schedule will coincide with our group runs on Wednesday at 5 p.m. and a long run at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
All of the programs will require the participant to also have additional running days on their own.
The Honolulu Marathon will take place on Sunday, December 14 at 5:00 a.m. Even if you missed out on the early kamaaina special, there is still time to register for the race at the Honolulu Marathon’s website.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 327-9333 (Alii Drive), 329-9919 (Kaloko), 961-5950 (Hilo) or by email at melissa@bigislandrunningcompany.com.
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