Saturday, February 2: 
Run & Walk for Whales.  Kicking off the 39th annual Maui Whale Festival, Pacific Whale Foundation’s annual Run & Walk for Whales is one of Maui’s largest and most scenic run and walking events. With newly designed courses safer than ever, people of all abilities and ages are encouraged to join in this fun and rewarding event. Choose from a 1 mile, 5K, 10K, or 10 mile course. The event includes a free continental breakfast, door prizes, post-race entertainment with Marty Dread and a Wild & Wonderful Whale Regatta. All proceeds benefit non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation’s mission to protect the ocean through science and advocacy. Online registration will close at 11:59 pm (Hawaiian-Aleutian time) on January 30, 2019, so register today at www.mauiwhalefestival.org/runwalk. Race begins and ends at the Maui Harbor Shops in Ma`alaea.  Post-race festivities take place in the courtyard at the Maui Harbor Shops. For information email race director at run@pacificwhale.org.