By Staff Reports
(O‘ahu)– Turtle Bay Resort has announced its selection by the ultimate long distance, overnight relay company Ragnar, to be the location of the first relay in the Hawaiian Islands that is part of the Ragnar Trail series. The Ragnar Trail North Shore Oahu overnight running relay will take place April 21-22, 2017. With capacity for up to 350 teams at Turtle Bay Resort, approximately 2,600 participants are expected to compete.
Ragnar develops long distance, team, overnight running relays that take place in the most breathtaking places in the world. In the running relay format, teams come together to conquer a course over two days and one night, and push their limits, on little amounts of sleep, with friends and a community of runners by their side.
Ragnar Trail North Shore Oahu will consist of teams of eight people who will run relay-style on three different single track loops. Teams will run day and night through lush jungle vegetation and along the ocean coastline at Turtle Bay Resort until each team member has completed all three trail loops traversing close to 120 miles together. The total mileage for each runner is 13.3 miles, a little more than a half marathon. Members can choose to camp with their team along the trails, party at Ragnar Village complete with campfires, s’mores, music, food, endless coffee and comfy hammocks, or stay in one of the newly refreshed rooms at Turtle Bay Resort.
Special discounted team entry fees are available for kama‘āina at $1,360 for teams of eight people, $905 for teams of four people and $340 for teams of eight high school students. Credit cards must have a valid Hawai‘i billing address. Register at http://run.ragnarrelay.com/north_shore_oahu.
Located on O‘ahu’s North Shore, the 850-acre Turtle Bay Resort offers 30 percent more space for adventure than all of Waikīkī. Following the completion of a $52 million multi-phased renovation in 2016, the resort now showcases 410 refreshed, all ocean view guest rooms and suites plus 42 newly designed ocean front Beach Cottages, as well as an upgraded lobby and cultural gallery, seven restaurants and bars, 11,000-square-foot spa and expanded fitness center. This expansive beach resort features both water and land adventures through its on-property helicopter pad, horse stables, tennis courts, golf courses, spa and fitness center, hiking and mountain biking trails and surf school. For more information, contact Turtle Bay Resort at 1-866-475-2569; or visit the resort’s website at http://www.turtlebayresort.com.