Jersey Fun Run Presented By ESPN 1420

I was super bummed when the 2015 Jersey Fun Run came around since I caught the flu and couldn’t go. my family was able to make it and they had a blast. Needless to say it was a must to go this year while I was well.
Its a nice low key event but its well organized. First find and rep your favorite team or school’s jersey. Any sport will do. Come an hour or hour half early to enjoy the vendors and activities and park. There are generally some autograph sessions (various athletes or local celebrities, Hawaii 5-O’s Teilor Grubbs was there both years) and this year we got to post with the Pro Bowl trophy — very cool
The race itself was not too short and not too long. Our child would’ve ran the whole thing if not for the fact that mom is outta shape. My own ability was my only «con» about the whole event, haha!
This is a terrific event for families and benefits Special Olympics Hawaii. The staff and volunteers are wonderful. I should mention along the course are fun games for both adults and kids of all sports. It definitely is a FUN run and it has a shorter and longer course too for those who want to be more (or less) challenged.
We had a terrific time! This was a kick off event for Pro Bowl so i wonder if it will be back if the Pro Bowl isn’t but I hope the stadium and SO Hawaii continues to hold it.

I’m so glad I had the opportunity to participate on this fun run. It was awesome. We were throwing footballs, batting baseballs, and running all around Aloha Stadium.
We ran around the stadium, through the locker rooms, and right across the field. Yes, right across the open field. We were all sporting our favorite team jerseys and shirts. It was super fun. I can’t wait to do this again next year.

If a person, not particularly fond of running, were smacked in the face with a handful of FUN, you’d get ESPN’s Jersey Fun Run!
This run in particular is great for every family member, even your 80 year old adventurous grandparent. This course introduced you to all sections of Aloha Stadium, allowing us to galavant through the stands, roam up and down the walking ramps, and into the locker rooms. We even made a special appearance onto the field as the Radford Dance Team cheered us on as if we were the pro athletes ourselves.
Not only did the course keep things interesting, but the variety of sport activities offered for the kids were so popular that even the the bigger kids (adults) couldn’t help but participate. We dribbled through cones, took a shot at goal, hit a homer, threw a touchdown pass and showed off our agility skills as we made our way through ladders and bunny hopped over cones. To top it off, there was a competition for the best end zone dance. I opted out of this one because we want to be certain some kid giving their all will be the lucky winner!
At the end we were treated with fresh fruit and refreshing drinks. Overall, a fun-​tastic family run and one I would gladly do again. Did I mention that they chose to hand out the event shirts after the race so no one needed to run with them or take the 5 mile trek back to their car. Talk about thoughtful!
HAPPY FUN RUN!

Had a great time at the Jersey Fun Run! Thank you Unilocal for the tickets! I’ve done a few runs at Aloha Stadium and this was by far the best. Usually they just have you run around in circles, but this one, we ran through the locker rooms, across the field and had obstacles to complete! After we crossed the finish line we got Gatorade, Bananas, Donut holes and Apples! Thanks ESPN 1420, Unilocal,and all the other sponsors for such a fun event!

First of all shout outs to Unilocal Hawaii for hooking an Elite up as well as Unilocalers and the Unilocal community for the promo deals and what not. When I first heard about this event through Unilocal,I was like YES! #GDFR (it’s Going Down For Real!) I am so in!
I believe that this is the first event of it’s kind in regards to the Jersey Fun Run here in Hawaii. I think they made this event because since the Pro Bowl wasn’t in Hawaii this year (2015), they decided to do something that can celebrate Football before the Super Bowl by having a jersey fun run! I mean why not right?! If you think about it, when you go to the Pro Bowl, everyone is representing their team and celebrating football in general! So the Jersey Fun Run was the answer! Good job ESPN 1420 Honolulu!
Ok going back to the event, alright so the event is held at the Aloha Stadium (perfect place). It was on a Saturday morning where they have Swap Meet going on at the same time. In a way, it’s kinda good too because you can go swap meet too before or after the event haha. The parking for the event is pretty much in front of the Aloha Stadium entrance on Gate #1 and Gate #2. Oh yeah, parking is about 3 bucks. Before going inside, a photo company takes your picture of either yourself or your group and then you can go to their website a day later and copp it lol.
Before run festivities.
There’s some pre-​run festivities where they have booths and small kine entertainment. It wasn’t that big or anything and I felt that the participation, attendance, and amount of runners was a decent turn out for their first time doing this event. The booths consisted of Jack in the Box (they gave away tons of prizes!), ESPN 1420: they had former UH players like Colt Brennan, Leonard Peters, and Nate IIloa signing autographs, Jamba Juice, Gatorade, etc. They said something about a group warm-​up kinda thing kinda I don’t they we heard about it. All we saw was cheerleaders and stuff before the run. It was really cool seeing everyone’s jerseys: you have your typical Superbowl teams (choke Seahawks fans, small kine Patriots), lots of Broncos, lots of UH Rainbow Warrior gear for sure, and a little bit of a lot of everything else. Some people didn’t even have to wear jerseys which is of course not a requirement to participate at the event. There are some contests that you can enter yourself in for free too and win some cool prizes like most spirited and best touchdown dance! My friends and I entered the best touchdown dance contest and eventually won at the end ;)
Jersey Fun Run!
Ok now onto the fun! The whole run is consisted actually running around inside the stadium! The starting line was around Gate #2 or so and they have a big inflated Football helmet as the starting point! Once we heard a gun shot (which was super loud! I think it freaked out some people) off we went! First off was a run around through the bleachers and stands, then you walk way through the bottom level, along the way you will get a chance to play some interactive games (UH Wahine Soccer team doing soccer, baseball stuff, football stuff, etc.). The interactive games along the run was what really made the run fun I felt! Going the through the locker rooms was really cool too. What made the run even more significant was going through Hawaiian Airlines field doing football drills and stuff! You even get to do a celebratory touchdown dance at the end zone! Along the way, there are many many volunteers holding signs and guiding you on where to go so that you don’t get lost! I felt that was really good and showed some effective planning and work when thinking about this run because it is a big stadium and you can easily get lost if you don’t know where you are going and not familiar with the stadium especially if you have keiki (kids) involved. Towards the end their are even routes where you can take a short way or long way through the course. If you want to challenge yourself take the long way which is better because you get to go through the spiraly uphill like ramp to the top of the stadium which is of course the scenic route. If you take the short way then you just stay at the bottom. You end off at the starting point where the big inflated Football helmet thing is celebrate with yourself or with your friends.
Post run fun
After the run there are many volunteers handing out water, donuts, bananas, and apples for recover from the run of course. You also get to get a finishers shirt at the end. Actually it’s not really a «Finisher’s Shirt.» It’s actually just an event shirt that says jersey fun run but it’s still really cool that we get a shirt. There’s more entertainment after the run. There was this kids band called Chaotic Five that played, they are really good! You get to visit the booths again. They do the most spirited contest for whoever entered. They announce the best touchdown dance winners. Since my friends and I won (TEAM TEKNIQ), we had to do the dance again ahaha.

What a great way to get people psyched up for the Super Bowl! Well it got us excited but that might be because we are Pats fans…
Took the whole family out to Aloha Stadium Saturday morning and had a blast running around the grounds. The course went around, through, up and down the stadium which kept things very interesting. There were sports-​themed activities to do along the course, as well as agility challenges out on the field. I loved how things were mixed up and kept you wondering what was next.
Both my girls had fun and finished the run with big smiles. It was well-​organized and the event volunteers were great. The event raised funds for Special Olympics Hawaii, great time for a great cause.

Run event planners, take note. The Jersey Fun Run is how it’s done.
I felt so honored to take part of the inaugural fun run. I really didn’t know what to expect-​I would tell people, ‘I guess we are running the perimeter of the stadium’ I could not be more wrong. The entire event took place in the stadium-​we started near the entrance on the stadium mall side, went up, went down, by the seats, on the perimeter, down the ramps, up the circle ramps, in the locker rooms, onto the field… everywhere! There were volunteers along the entire route. I spent a lot of time trying to gain my bearings and eventually gave up! I couldn’t help but thinking what a logistical nightmare the entire thing was to set up. Luckily I was just a runner.
There was four stations that made you forget you were running. Think of it as HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training): soccer, softball, football, and a huge obstacle course on the field. It’s definitely a family friendly event. I saw many kids outpacing their parents.
It was cute how everyone was rocking their team’s jersey. It was funny since the next day was Super Bowl Sunday so everyone had football on their minds and pretty much most folks were in football jerseys. What happened to the soccer and basketball jerseys? Many people were just rocking swag from their favorite team-​jersey not required.
Anyways, I had a blast-​it truly was a Fun Run!

Hawaii’s first ESPN jersey fun run is officially in the books!
This was a really great and fun event! If you’re an NFL fanatic, then you would’ve liked this event as much as I did. I really enjoyed myself on this event. The crowded sea of fans in their favorite team’s jerseys and attire was a great sight to see. It was like a pro bowl type of atmosphere. without the Game & NFL players of course!
The Parking: The gates opened up at 7:30am for early bird entry. Arriving at the lot was pretty quick and finding parking was a breeze.
The Activities: The pre-​show activities was a fun filled environment. Lots of keiki games and a bunch of prize giveaways! The post-​show was awesome! There were live bands playing and also former players signing autographs. I got a few pictures and autographs with former UH — University of Hawaii players. Colt, Nate & Rocky to name a few. There was also Teilor Grubbs (Grace Williams aka Danno’s daughter) from Hawaii 5 – 0 and local commercial stars as well.
The Race: The race began at 9am just as planned. The course of the race (which was just a 3k run) started off at the DD gates and it looped around the stadium, thru the locker rooms, down onto the field, back thru the lockers, up the spiral ramps, a full lap around the upper deck sections, back down the spiral ramps and around the stadium again and finally finished where the race had started. What a way to shed some sweat, right?! The course was good fun though. There was alot of obstacles in between the course that made it such a fun run!
Overall, this event was hands down a 5 star experience! It was for a good cause too. I hope they keep this race/​event running (pun intended) in Hawaii for many of years to come.
Big mahalos to Unilocal for the invitation!

This fun run was absolutely a «fun» run! ESPN 1420 did a wonderful job putting this event together.
It was a perfect event for families and for the sports lovers. I seen all types of jerseys, baseball, UH, pop warner, even a Mexico football jersey. Being that it is still football season and Super Bowl is tomorrow, majority were wearing football jerseys and repping their favorite team. It was a good mixer because when you saw someone else with your favorite team on, you acknowledge each other, cheer, high five them and even start conversations with them on how long they have been a fan.
The run itself was an easy, short 3k. Some walked it, but kids (having loads of energy) ran that thing. We ran through the locker rooms, up the spiral, across the top level of the stadium, down the spiral, through the home teams locker rooms and across the other end of the stadium. We also got to go through an obstacle course on the field, throw footballs, kick soccer balls and hit baseballs. All of it was loads of fun and we even broke a sweat!
I will definitely do this again next year if they bring it back. It was a fun way of getting my morning cardio.