The 2024 Maui Marathon was a memorial run for the 101 people lost in the fires in Lahaina.
For the past eight months, in the aftermath of a devastating fire in Lahaina that killed 101 people and displaced almost 10,000, reasons to celebrate on the island of Maui have been few. On April 21, a bright spot emerged—the annual running of the Maui Marathon, which has been a fixture in the community since 1970. The race that went off in 2024 bore little resemblance to previous editions of the race.
On the night of August 8, 2023, Brad Kukral was at work at the Westin Ka’anapali, where he’s a bartender and the running concierge for the hotel. Madeline Kukral, also an experienced runner, was at the home that they rented in Lahaina, four miles to the south. When the devastating wildfire broke out and quickly spread into town, Madeline Kukral grabbed a half-packed suitcase and the cat they were fostering at the time and fled south. She spent the night in her car on a road outside the town.
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