Ford Island Bridge 10K 2009

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For the past 11 years, the Ford Island Bridge Run has been the largest 10K (6.2 miles) run on Oahu. The April 4th run will start at the entrance of the Admiral Bernard Clarey Bridge, continue across the bridge and around historic Ford Island and back over the bridge, ending on... Richardson Field. Young and old alike have enjoyed this scenic route. Phone the Athletic Office at (808) 473-2437 or (808) 473-2494 M-F from 0700 to 1530 for more information. read more

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  Well organized race through historic Ford Island

  This was my first experience with this race. It's very well organized, and had about 2600 participants this year - mostly military and DoD folks and their families. It felt like a small-town race, as a lot of the participants seemed to know each other.

  I'm a lifelong civilian, and had only visited Ford island once - to see the Pacific Aviation Museum.

  The course is simple enough. It starts at a park near Aloha Stadium, then runs across the Ford Island Bridge, which is a long concrete structure with a couple of humps. Once we got to Ford Island, it was a counterclockwise loop past the military housing, old hangers, the USS Missouri and the aviation museum.

  Road conditions were excellent. There isn't much traffic on Ford Island on a weekend morning, so we saw very few vehicles on the roads.

  The organizers had set up two water stops near the 2 and 4 mile markers. There were 2 portajohns places nearby, also.

  Most of the strollers followed instructions and started near the back of the pack.

  Packet pickup was near the race site a week earlier, and was also well organized. It was the quickest pickup process I'd seen at an Oahu race.

  I arrived at 5:15 am and found plenty of free parking at the marina. There's also parking near the USS Arizona Memorial.

  But 20 minutes later, people were parking across the highway at Aloha Stadium - at $5 a car.

  There were plenty of portajohns available before the race - but no drinking water.

  There aren't any convenience stores or fast food near the start, so I had brought my own water and beverages.

  I've yet to see a race on Oahu that lets users bring their own chips. This race was no exception - but they did use Velcro ankle bracelets that had chips and numbers. These are much easier to attach than the typical rent-a-chip.

  The water line after the end of the race needed more volunteers - the line was backing into the finish chute area.

  by Bill S.

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