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Frequently Asked Questions
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Q1. How can I be a volunteer for the Oahu Perimeter Run?
A1. Click here to volunteer
or if you have a question for the race director. Please include
name, phone number, and e-mail.
You can also call (to be named) for other questions.
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Q2. How did the Perimeter Run Start?
A2. To be accurate, the first Oahu Perimeter Relay was more than 31
years ago. In 1968, sailors of the New Zealand ship Blackpool, docked
for a time in Honolulu, challenged the Oahu running community to a
race around the island "for blood and money" - a fundraiser
for charity. The challenge was taken up by teams from the Army, Navy,
and Marines, as well as two teams from Mid-Pacific Road Runners Club:
a civilian team and a military reserve team headed by Johnny Faerber.
The race started at 3 am from Pearl Harbor, and the first runner crossed
the finish line exactly 15 hours later. Johnny Faerber's team won
the first event and he ran the anchor leg! During the first running
of the race, all legs were 7 miles. Since then, the race has been
refined and improved, and has also weathered a few storms including
a flood, a washout at Kaena Point, and cancellation a couple of years
during the '80s due to lack of insurance coverage. |
Q3. Who has the course record?
A3. Course records are held by the Mushroom Track Club's team
of men in 12:21 in 1990 (although on one year's slightly different
course, a UH team captained by Johnny Faerber clocked 12:11
in 1975), the Mushroom Track Club Quick Chicks in 15:31:36 in
2001, and the mixed team Running Room Mushroom in 13:00:27 in
1993. Military teams make up 75% of the runners with intense
and friendly rivalry throughout the years, especially between
Army and Marines. |
Q4. How can I submit my teams pictures or stories (written
articles) to be displayed on the website?
A4. Click here to submit
your pictures or stories VIA e-mail. Submit all pictures in JPEG format
300 pixils by 200 pixils. |
Q5. How can I be a sponsor for the Oahu Perimeter Run?
A5. Click here to submit
details to sponsor this race. |
Q6. Can we do anything to improve parking at the
finish?
A6. In coming years, we will try to get a permit to reserve parking
at Kapolani Park for finishing Vans. |
Q7. How do you prevent cheating?
A7. There are 8 monitoring checkpoints that check all team members
numbers running past. Any team that does not get spotted at any of
these check points gets disqualified. |
Q8. Can bikes follow runners on the course.
A8. Bikes are forbidden on the course for safety purposes. Bikes following
teams will be disqualified. |
Q9. How can you better mark the hand off areas?
A9. We are concidering markers like golf flags that will mark the
handoff areas better for early starting teams. |
Q10. If the event is going to limit teams, how will
I know if my team is accepted?
A10. All accepted teams will be posted on the website, so enter
early. In 2003 and 2004 about 40 teams could not register each
year. |
Q11. Can there be food and drink at the finish?
A11. Yes. |
Q12. Can you better explain the Kaena Point time penalty?
A12. There is a 1 hour grace period to get to Kaena point when the
fist light on Saturday. If you arrive earlier, you can not start the
Kaena Point leg until it is light. You will get credited up to 1 hour
on your team time for the wait if you started at 11P but anything
over one hour is at your team expense. (ie you had to wait at Kaena
Point for 2 hours, your team gets one hour subtracted from its time
but you wasted an hour waiting for the course to open to runners.
All other teams need to predict thier times acurately or the team
time will accumulate waiting for daylight to start the Keana Point
Leg. |
Q13. Can we have more colorful shirts next year? Can
the design be as good as 2003?
A13. This idea is being concidered. |
Q14. Can we start ealier so we can finish the race before
the finish line closes at 430P?
A14. The first leg starts at 5P Saturday evening but if your team
needs more time to finish the race, the race director will make special
arangements to start your team as early as 3P. |
Q15. Can we use reflector belts instead of reflection
vests?
A15. Reflector vests are mandatory to be worn throughout the whole
race day and night for safety conciderations. |
Q16. Did the police know this race was going on?
A17. A racing permit is required to be filed with the office of transportation
and all police precincts are informed one day prior to the race beginning. |
Q17. How do I get to the mandatory Team
Captains meeting?
A17. Kapalani Park is at the base of Diamond Head in Waikiki
on Kalakaua Ave. A mandatory Captains' meeting will be held
at 12:00 pm (noon) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 at Kapolani
Park "Pavilion" area. |
Q18. Is the race run during a full moon?
A18. The race is run during the full moon in February. |
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Q19. Can we see ourselves in the 2004 Perimeter Run movie?
A19. The 2004 Perimeter Run movie will be submitted to the 2004
Hawaii Film Festival and could be viewed at the Varsity Movie Theater
in Early November 2004. Click here
if you want to order a DVD that shows various points on the course.
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