Four-peat for King; event record field of more than 2,000 participate in Hawaii
By: Dayton Morinaga, XTERRA
KUALOA RANCH - KA'A'AWA, Hawaii - (December 4, 2011) - The anticipated rain never hit Kualoa Ranch, but the reign of Max King continued at the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship.
King, 31, won the XTERRA Trail Run World title for the fourth consecutive year, this time topping a record field at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii on Sunday, December 4.
More than 2,000 runners from around world participated in the event, and in keeping with the tradition, none of them came close to King.
King (left, XTERRA Photos), an Olympic Marathon hopeful from Bend, Oregon, completed the 21.9-kilometer course (13.6 miles) in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 27 seconds. He received $2000 and a roundtrip airfare from Hawaiian Airlines for the victory.
