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Pearl Harbor Bikepath 10K
Photo by Tesh Teshima. Start of Pearl Harbor Bikepath
10K on May 14, 2006
The Pearl Harbor Bike Path 10K is a scenic run sponsored
by the Mid Pacific Road Runners Club each year for what seems like
the beginning of time. The start is about 400 yards down the road
from
Lehua Elmentary School in Pearl City, on the edge of a Navy installation.
After a 400-yard sprint, it quickly turns right onto the Pearl Harbor
Bike Path that is used daily by thousands of recreational runners
and walkers. Immediately to the left is a very large banyan tree,
that is probably the largest on the island. Most runners are so
busy jockeying for position, that they often don’t notice
this amazing tree. The path then goes slightly downhill for a half
mile and between a water crestnut farm on the left and right of
the path. It heads over a couple of short 10-foot bridges, and through
the middle of a large power plant. Another half mile, and you begin
to enter the Neal
Blaisdale Park for about 200 yards with a fantastic view of scenic
Pearl Harbor waters on the right and historic Ford Island in the
distance. At the other end of the park, you run over a rather longer
bridge over a local stream. Then, down the other side and through
a more commercial area for the next mile, with scattered views of
Pearl Harbor again between the trees and bushes. A very short, yet
steep uphill, leads you to a street intersection, where you cross
to the other side and head down the path again on the outskirts
of another local park with views of …..Pearl Harbor again.
A left takes you briefly under the H1 overpass, and further down
another 200 yards to the turnaround next to the Navy’s COMPACFLT
Boat Landing………………….The
return trip takes you back the same route through the same breathtaking
scenery toward the finish line in the Lehua Elmentary School parking
lot…………..What a Great Run in a Historic
Part of the Island ! !
John Burns
Last Updated: May 14, 2006
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