{"id":1883,"date":"2023-02-15T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T19:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2023-02-15T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T19:46:25","slug":"great-aloha-run-carole-kai-onouye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/great-aloha-run-carole-kai-onouye\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1884\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1884\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mw-cover-020823-great-aloha-run-ac-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/mw-cover-020823-great-aloha-run-ac-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/mw-cover-020823-great-aloha-run-ac-5.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/mw-cover-020823-great-aloha-run-ac-5.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/mw-cover-020823-great-aloha-run-ac-5.jpg?resize=335,223 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY ANTHONY CONSILLIO<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>It\u2019s the last stop for Great Aloha Run co-founder Carole Kai Onouye, who\u2019s making her final race as event organizer one to remember.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s greatest run of all is back this month, and it marks a milestone year for co-founder Carole Kai Onouye.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly four decades of spearheading the event, the woman who\u2019s been the face of the fundraising race effort is stepping down. When the 39th annual Hawai\u2018i Pacific Health Great Aloha Run comes to a close Feb. 20, Kai Onouye will finally be able to take a step back from the annual responsibility. She\u2019s even looking forward to traveling more with husband Eddie and taking walks with her pup Charley Girl.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carol Kai Onouye talks Great Aloha Run 2023\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJSUpxcMz38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But, that doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t see her around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still going to be supporting it monetarily and coming around and visiting,\u201d assures the founder of Car-ole Kai Charities Inc. \u201cI can\u2019t run, but I walked it in 2 hours and 5 minutes at a slow pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone ran past me,\u201d she adds with a laugh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1885\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1885\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/108942227_1408829905982834_8644743004826830372_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/108942227_1408829905982834_8644743004826830372_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/108942227_1408829905982834_8644743004826830372_n.jpg?resize=450,328 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/108942227_1408829905982834_8644743004826830372_n.jpg?resize=768,560 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/108942227_1408829905982834_8644743004826830372_n.jpg?resize=335,244 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Racers take off at an early iteration of the Great Aloha Run. This year\u2019s event takes place Feb. 20 in person or virtually.  <strong>PHOTO COURTESY GREAT ALOHA RUN<\/strong><br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s participated in the Great Aloha Run for all 39 years \u2014 plus the Carole Kai Bed Race (1974-1994) \u2014 Kai Onouye also has some great tips for those getting into training mode for the upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people want to start a health regimen, walking is the easiest and best because you\u2019re outside and moving your legs in the fresh air,\u201d she shares. \u201cYour heart is pumping, and you can also do it with other people, so it\u2019s a social thing, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1886\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1886\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1987-gar-copy1styear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1987-gar-copy1styear.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1987-gar-copy1styear.jpg?resize=450,307 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1987-gar-copy1styear.jpg?resize=768,524 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1987-gar-copy1styear.jpg?resize=335,229 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carole Kai Onouye at the inaugural Great Aloha Run in 1985. PHOTO COURTESY GREAT ALOHA RUN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That camaraderie plays out each year at the Great Aloha Run. Families, co-workers and friends participate as groups and have fun doing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fun, festive kind of tradition that a lot of them look forward to,\u201d adds administrator\/event coordinator Claire Nakamura Rochon, who will soon be one of those to take the reins from Kai Onouye.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1887\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1887\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg?resize=450,338 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg?resize=72,54 72w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/1989-gar-original.jpg?resize=335,251 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carole Kai Onouye at the inaugural Great Aloha Run in 1989. PHOTO COURTESY GREAT ALOHA RUN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor one family, the grandma is 101 years old, and they push her all the way. They come every year because it\u2019s around her birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, just like the state in which its resides, the Great Aloha Run welcomes everyone: all ages, all skill levels, those in wheelchairs or hand-cycles, military members, visitors and more. In fact, that mindset is where the event gets its race philosophy of \u201cke kukini me ke aloha pau\u2018ole\u201d (the race with compassionate love). There\u2019s also still a virtual race option in place for those unable to participate in-person on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1888\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1888\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg?resize=260,450 260w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg?resize=768,1329 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg?resize=592,1024 592w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/96427.jpg?resize=335,580 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carole Kai Onouye and her walking partner, Charley Girl. PHOTO COURTESY CAROLE KAI ONOUYE<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the social element of the Great Aloha Run is a huge drawing point, it\u2019s what the race does behind the scenes for the local community that event organizers are most proud of. Since its inception in 1985, the 8.15-mile foot race and its participants have raised more than $16 million for 150-plus nonprofits. And it shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1889\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1889\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/img00013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/img00013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/img00013.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/img00013.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/img00013.jpg?resize=335,224 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kai Onouye at one of the early Great Aloha Run events. PHOTO COURTESY GREAT ALOHA RUN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year, in addition to the numerous nonprofits that will benefit, the Great Aloha Run has partnered with Nulo Pet Food, which has pledged to donate up to 14,000 pounds of pet food to local animal shelters and rescue organizations. For each human signed up to race (in person or virtually), the company will donate a meal for a pet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPets have extremely healing properties for people,\u201d explains Nakamura Rochon, who noted at press time that the Great Aloha Run was nearly halfway to meeting Nulo\u2019s goal. \u201cThere are so many good things about pets, and we felt like that was worthy to talk about and be part of our whole initiative of fitness and wellness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, thousands have already registered for the 2023 Great Aloha Run, and Kai Onouye is excited to see thousands more do so in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want people to come out,\u201d she notes. \u201cEven if they can\u2019t finish, we have people along the course who can pick them up. It\u2019s the participants that help us reach the charities. Without their participation, we cannot have the reach that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more and register online at <a href=\"http:\/\/greataloharun.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greataloharun.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the last stop for Great Aloha Run co-founder Carole Kai Onouye, who\u2019s making her final race as event organizer..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finishing Strong - Hawaii Island MidWeek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/great-aloha-run-carole-kai-onouye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finishing Strong - 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