Honolulu Marathon Clinic celebrates 50th anniversary
HONOLULU — Jack Scaff’s greatest trick turns 50 this weekend, and scores of fitness marks are lining up to be taken in once again.
Scaff is best remembered as the founder of the Honolulu Marathon. Still, his proudest achievement, the one to which he remained devoted until his death last year at the age of 87, was the Honolulu Marathon Clinic, the free training program that each year prepares runners of all levels to achieve their personal marathon goals, be it simply completing the 26.2-mile distance, setting a new personal record or competing for age-group honors.
But participating in the Honolulu Marathon has never been an actual requirement. The not-so-secret secret of the clinic is that the race is simply an attractive carrot for prospective horses who might benefit from the now well-grounded lessons (and weekly application of those lessons) designed to promote cardiac fitness and overall health.
